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Parties Involved:
Jason Ballard
Plaintiff
Covington County Commission
Defendant
Nicolas Ireland
Plaintiff
Dennis Meeks
Defendant
Lynn Sasser
Defendant

Document Text:

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION

JASON BALLARD and NICOLAS )

IRELAND, on behalf of )

themselves and all others )

similarly situated, )

)

Plaintiffs, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

v. ) 2:09cv1156-MHT

) (WO) 

COVINGTON COUNTY )

COMMISSION, et al., )

)

Defendants. )

ORDER

It is ORDERED as follows:

(1) Defendant Dennis Meeks’s motion to dismiss (Doc. No.

2) and defendants Lynn Sasser and Covington County

Commission’s motion to dismiss (Doc. No. 5) are

granted as to plaintiffs Jason Ballard and Nicolas

Ireland’s claim under the Fair Labor Standards Act,

29 U.S.C. §§ 201-219, against defendant Sasser in

his official capacity, as duplicative of the same

claim against defendant Covington County Commission.

Plaintiffs Ballard and Ireland do not contest this

issue. 

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(2) Said motions are granted as to plaintiffs Ballard

and Ireland’s state claims against defendant Sasser

in his official capacity, as duplicative of the same

claims against defendant Covington County

Commission. Plaintiffs Ballard and Ireland do not

contest this issue.

(3) Said motions are granted as to plaintiff Ireland’s

state claims against defendant Covington County

Commission because plaintiff Ireland failed to

provide it with pre-lawsuit notice of the claims.

Plaintiff Ireland concedes this issue. 

(4) Said motions are denied without prejudice in all

other respects. The court will address the

remaining issues in these motions when it resolves

the pending motions for summary judgment. 

DONE, this the 13th day of September, 2010.

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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