Source: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-alnd-7_14-cv-01781/USCOURTS-alnd-7_14-cv-01781-0/pdf.json

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

---

1

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

WESTERN DIVISION

COREY SMITHERMAN, et al. )

)

Plaintiff, )

)

vs. ) 7:14-cv-01781-JHE

)

IGUANA GRILL, INC., )

)

Defendant. )

MEMORANDUM OF OPINION AND ORDER

On June 11, 2015, the parties filed a joint motion for approval of collective 

class notification in this FLSA action. (Doc. 19.) On June 12, 2015, the magistrate 

judge filed his report and recommendation, recommending that the parties’ joint 

motion be granted and that the agreed-upon notice of collective action and consentto-join forms that were attached to the report and recommendation be approved by 

the court as the court-authorized notice. (Doc. 20.) On June 16, 2015, the parties 

filed a “corrected” motion for approval of collective class notification, stating the 

original motion had included the wrong exhibit, which the parties had not agreed 

upon, and asking the court to approve the agreed-upon version attached to the

“corrected” motion. (Docs. 21 & 21-1). The magistrate judge then issued an order 

amending his report and recommendation to replace Attachment 1, “Notice of 

FILED

 2015 Jul-07 AM 10:48

U.S. DISTRICT COURT

N.D. OF ALABAMA

Case 7:14-cv-01781-JHE Document 24 Filed 07/07/15 Page 1 of 2
2

Collective Action,” with the attached corrected version. (Docs. 22 & 22-1.) No 

objections to the amended report and recommendation were filed by either party. 

The undersigned was then randomly drawn to review the report and 

recommendation, as amended. 

Having now carefully reviewed and considered de novo all the materials in the 

court file, including the report and recommendation, the Court is of the opinion 

that the report is due to be and hereby is ADOPTED, and the recommendation is 

ACCEPTED (doc. 20), as amended by the magistrate judge’s order of June 17, 

2015 (doc. 22). Consequently, the parties’ joint motion for approval of collective 

class notification (doc. 19), as well as their joint motion to amend same (doc. 21), 

are hereby GRANTED. This action is to remain assigned to the magistrate judge 

for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion and order.

DONE and ORDERED on July 7, 2015.

_____________________________

L. Scott Coogler

United States District Judge

160704

Case 7:14-cv-01781-JHE Document 24 Filed 07/07/15 Page 2 of 2