Opinion
CV-22-00668-PHX-JAT
06-06-2023
Martin J Walsh, Plaintiff, v. Artificial Grass Masters LLC, et al., Defendants.
ORDER
James Teilborg Senior United States District Judge
In response to Defendants' failure to comply with a number of court orders, on January 24, 2023 Plaintiff Martin Walsh moved that Defendants be found in contempt. (See Doc. 9). Plaintiff asserted that Defendants failed to pay $92,500 in back wages, $30,000 in liquidated damages, and $15,000 in civil money penalties. (See id. at 9). He also asserted that Defendants failed to provide Plaintiff with the “Employee Schedule.” (See id.). Defendants replied claiming that the terms of the consent judgment placed them in an “exceptionally difficult situation ....” (Doc. 21 at 1). In June of 2023, Defendants made all of the payments required by this Court's original order and paid $745.91 in interest. In response to this, on May 1, 2023, the parties submitted a joint stipulation that both found Defendants in contempt and purged that contempt. (Doc. 26).
Martin Walsh served as the Secretary of Labor until March 11, 2023. See Rebecca Rainey, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh to Officially Depart Post March 11, Bloomberg Law, Mar. 9, 2023. After he stepped down, Julie Su became acting Secretary. See id.
This Court finds that the contempt motion is satisfied by the joint stipulation of the parties. It sets forth the basis for a finding of contempt, Defendants' failure to comply with this Court's order from April 29, 2023. It also sets forth the basis for the purging of Defendants' contempt, their eventual compliance with that order. This joint stipulation is therefore approved.
Accordingly.
IT IS ORDERED that the Joint Stipulation Finding and Purging Contempt, (Doc. 26) is GRANTED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion to Enforce Judgment (Doc. 9) is granted to the limited extent specified in the parties' stipulation.