Opinion
Master Docket No. 06-cv-17430-WYD-CBS (MDL Docket No. 1743).
February 3, 2010
ORDER
THIS MATTER is before the Court on Michelle Cottingham's Withdrawal of Her Opt In to Schultz v. American Family, filed February 1, 2010 [#375].
This case is a consolidated action for unpaid overtime compensation and related penalties and damages brought pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"), 29 U.S.C. § 216(b), and various states' wage and overtime laws. The action is comprised of two consolidated cases including Rocky Baldozier, et al. v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co., Case No. 04-cv-02174, initially filed in this court on October 20, 2004 (the " Baldozier case"), and a case initiated in the Northern District of Illinois styled Robert Schultz v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co., Civil Case No. 06-cv-00322 (Northern District of Illinois Civil Case No. 04-cv-05512) (the " Schultz case"). The cases were consolidated by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation ("MDL") and transferred to this Court as a single case on February 13, 2006. Plaintiff Cottingham previously consented to join the Schultz case, but now wishes to withdraw her consent.
Upon review of the file in this matter, it is hereby
ORDERED that Michelle Cottingham's Withdrawal of Her Opt In to Schultz v. American Family, filed February 1, 2010 [#375] is GRANTED.