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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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Case No.: 15-cv-00793 NC 

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

YONATHAN I. GONZALEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

NOR-CAL INSULATION, INC.; LUIS 

RAMOS BERMUDEZ; JOSE 

GUADALUPE LUCATERO,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-00793 NC

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Re: Dkt. No. 12

Plaintiff Yonathan Gonzalez moves to dismiss with prejudice this wage and hour 

case brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act and the California Labor Code. Gonzalez 

states that he settled this matter with defendants and that the parties signed a settlement 

agreement. Dkt. No. 12 at 2. Settlements of FLSA claims, however, require approval 

from the Court or the Secretary of Labor. Luo v. Zynga Inc., No. 13-cv-00186 NC, Dkt. 

No. 34, 2014 WL 457742, at *2 (N.D. Cal. Jan. 31, 2014) (“A district court presented with 

a proposed settlement of FLSA claims must determine whether the settlement is a fair and 

reasonable resolution of a bona fide dispute.”) (internal quotation marks and citation 

omitted). 

Accordingly, the parties are ordered to produce the settlement agreement and show 

cause why the Court should approve the settlement agreement and dismiss the case. The 

parties are further ordered either to file the settlement agreement publicly or else to show 

cause why the settlement agreement should be filed under seal under Civil Local Rule 

79-5. The parties must file its response to this Order within 14 days. 

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Additionally, this Court ordered defendants to file a consent or declination to 

proceed before a magistrate judge by June 17, 2015. Dkt. No. 10. Defendants have not 

done so. The Court orders defendants to file a consent or declination form by June 24. 

Finally, the Court continues the case management conference, currently scheduled

for June 24, 2015, to July 8, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 7, 4th Floor, at the San Jose 

Courthouse. The parties must file a case management statement by July 1, 2015. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 18, 2015 _____________________________________

NATHANAEL M. COUSINS

United States Magistrate Judge

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