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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 29:201 Fair Labor Standards Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

WESTERN DIVISION 

SHERRY DANDISON and RICHARD ORCHARD, 

individually and on behalf of all others 

similarly situated PLAINTIFFS 

v. No. 4:15-cv-62-DPM 

HANK'S FURNITURE, INC. DEFENDANT 

ORDER 

1. The parties' settlement agreement, NQ 44 at 3-10, is fair, reasonable, 

and adequate. Cheeks v. Freeport Pancake House, Inc., 796 F.3d 199, 203 (2d Cir. 

2015); Lynn's Food Stores, Inc. v. United States, 679 F.2d 1350, 1353 (11th 

Cir.1982). The Court approves it. The proposed notice, NQ 44at11-13, is clear 

and adequate. The Court approves it too. While the proposed attorney's fee 

is healthy, the records show that counsel spent many hours working on this 

case and negotiating a settlement. All material things considered, the realized 

hourly rate and the total fee are reasonable. 

2. The Court decertifies the conditionally certified collective action 

described in its 11 August 2015 Order, NQ 32 at 3. The parties' settlement on 

a broader scale moots the smaller group. And the Court certifies (finally, not 

conditionally) the following group as a settlement collective action. 

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All former sales associates at any Hank's location who were 

employed between 26 January 2013 and 26 January 2015, and who 

didn't participate in the Department of Labor settlement for the 

Bowman Road store in Little Rock, Arkansas. 

3. The parties should implement the settlement with notice and 

disbursement as soon as practicable. Joint status report about the settlement 

administration due by 18 December 2015. 

Motion, Ng 38, granted. 

So Ordered. 

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D .P. Marshall Jr. 

United States District Judge 

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