Opinion
No. 4:18-cv-639-DPM
03-27-2020
RAVEN WOODS PLAINTIFF v. SHIV HOSPITALITY, LLC and FEROZ PATEL DEFENDANTS
ORDER
The joint motion to approve the settlement and dismiss, Doc. 23, is granted. The agreement is a fair, reasonable, and adequate compromise of a good faith dispute. Lynn's Food Stores, Inc. v. United States, 679 F.2d 1350, 1353-54 (11th Cir. 1982); Melgar v. OK Foods, 902 F.3d 775, 779 (8th Cir. 2018); Barbee v. Big River Steel, LLC, 927 F.3d 1024, 1027 (8th Cir. 2019). Further, the attorney's fee was negotiated apart from the parties' settlement, removing any possibility of a conflict of interest between Woods and her lawyers. Melgar, 902 F.3d at 779; Barbee, 927 F.3d at 1027 n.1. The Court will dismiss the case with prejudice.
So Ordered.
/s/_________
D.P. Marshall Jr.
United States District Judge
27 March 2020