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

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IN THE UNITED ST ATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

CENTRAL DIVISION 

CHAD ASKEW PLAINTIFF 

v. No. 4:19-cv-177-DPM 

MOTIVE CARE & SUPPLY, INC. 

and DONALD LEONHARD 

ORDER 

DEFENDANTS 

The Court notes the joint stipulation of dismissal based on a 

settlement agreement. Ng 14. The Court's practice in FLSA cases, 

however, is for the agreement to be on the public docket. Delock v. 

Securitas Security Services USA, Inc., NQ 70 in No. 4:11-cv-520-DPM 

(E.D. Ark. 16 November 2012). The Court needs to make sure the deal 

is fair and reasonable, and that the parties negotiated the attorney's fee 

separately from the merits. Lynn's Food Stores, Inc. v. U.S., 679 F.2d 

1350, 1353-54 (11th Cir. 1982); Melgar v. OK Foods, 902 F.3d 775, 779 

(8th Cir. 2018); Barbee v. Big River Steel, LLC, 927 F.3d 1024, 1027 n.1 

(8th Cir. 2019). If the public filing is a deal breaker, the parties should 

so advise the Court. Joint report due by 21 February 2020. 

So Ordered. 

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