Opinion
CIVIL 1:20-cv-00385-MR-WCM
02-28-2022
LESA PARKER, Plaintiff, v. ENCORE REHABILITATION SERVICES, LLC, Defendant.
ORDER
MARTIN REIDINGER, CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.
THIS MATTER is before the Court on the parties' Joint Motion for Approval of Settlement of FLSA Action. [Doc. 16].
On December 18, 2020, the Plaintiff, Lesa Parker (“Plaintiff”), filed this action against Encore Rehabilitation Services, LLC (“Defendant”) alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 201, et seq. (the “FLSA”) and the North Carolina Wage and Hour Act, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 95-25.1, et seq. (the “NCWHA”). [Doc. 1]. On January 20, 2022, the parties filed the present motion seeking approval of a settlement agreement. [Doc. 16].
Upon review of the parties' “Settlement Agreement, Release of All Claims and Confidentiality Agreement” [Doc. 17-1], and for the reasons 1 stated in the parties' Memorandum of Law in Support of Joint Motion for Approval of Settlement of FLSA Action [Doc. 17], IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that the parties' Joint Motion for Approval of Settlement of FLSA Action [Doc. 16] is GRANTED, and the parties' “Settlement Agreement, Release of All Claims and Confidentiality Agreement” [Doc. 17-1] is hereby APPROVED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties shall file a stipulation of dismissal within thirty (30) days of the entry of this Order.
IT IS SO ORDERED. 2