Opinion
3:22-cv-314-DPM
11-29-2023
JAMES ADDISON, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated PLAINTIFF v. FRITO-LAY INC. DEFENDANT
ORDER
D.P. Marshall Jr. United States District Judge
Joint motion, Doc. 16, noted. The request to keep the settlement agreement confidential is denied. While the parties' preference for confidentiality is understandable, the Court's practice in FLSA cases is for the agreement to be on the public docket. Doc. 70 in Delock v. Securitas Security Services USA, Inc., Case No. 4:11-cv-520-DPM (E.D. Ark. 16 November 2012); Doc. 27 in McMechen v. Blackboard, Inc., Case No. 3:18-cv-218-DPM (E.D. Ark. 19 December 2019). If this is a deal breaker, the parties should so advise the Court and the trial date will be restored. If it is not, please file the settlement agreement on the public docket. And please advise about whether the attorney's fee was negotiated separately from the merits, as required. Barbee v. Big River Steel, LLC, 927 F.3d 1024,1027 n.1 (8th Cir. 2019); Melgar v. OK Foods, 902 F.3d 775, 779 (8th Cir. 2018). Joint report and settlement agreement (or not) due by 15 December 2023.
So Ordered.