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Parties Involved:
Todd Pigott
Defendant
SolutionOne Cleaning Concepts, Inc
Defendant
Thomas Joseph Thornton
Plaintiff

Document Text:

MICHAEL L. TRACY, ESQ. (SBN 237779)

MEGAN ROSS HUTCHINS, ESQ. (SBN 227776)

LAW OFFICES OF MICHAEL L. TRACY

2030 Main Street, Suite 1300

Irvine, CA 92614

mhutchins@michaeltracylaw.com

T: (949) 260-9171

F: (866) 365-3051

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

THOMAS JOSEPH THORNTON

UNITED STATE DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THOMAS JOSEPH THORNTON,

Plaintiff,

vs.

SOLUTIONONE CLEANING CONCEPTS,

INC., et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No. 1:06-CV-01455-AWI-SMS

Assigned for All Purposes To:

Judge: Sandra M. Snyder 

Dept: 7

STIP U L A TION FOR JU DGM E N T AND

APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT

This Stipulation for Judgment is entered into between Defendants SolutionOne

Cleaning Concepts, Inc, and Todd Pigott and Plaintiff Thomas Thornton(collectively

“Settlement Parties”), by the signatures of their counsel of record to this Stipulation.

RECITALS

1. Each counsel who signs this stipulation has all authority required to bind the

Settlement Parties, and their successors, assigns, and heirs, to the terms of this

Stipulation and any Judgment resulting from it.

2. Beginning in or about June of 2006, counsel for Plaintiff and

Defendants were in communication about Plaintiffs’ claims asserted in

this action.

3. Between July 2006 and July 2007, the parties, through their attorneys,

exchanged information and documents related to Plaintiffs’ claims,

including information regarding their hours, pay and job

responsibilities.

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STIPULATION FOR JUDGMENT AND APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT

4. On or about July 3, 2007, after several months of discussion between

counsel for the Settlement Parties, Plaintiffs and Defendants agreed to a

fair and reasonable agreement to settle their differences. As part of that

agreement, the Settlement Parties agreed to seek court approval of that

settlement.

5. The Settlement Parties desire to resolve this litigation, and in doing so

do not concede the truth or falsity of any allegation of fact made in the

pleadings in this matter, nor do they concede the correctness or

applicability of any legal theory of recovery or defense asserted in this

action.

6. The Settlement Parties have negotiated and fully executed confidential

settlement agreement (referred to herein as the “Settlement Agreement”

or the “Agreement”). The Settlement Parties agree that the Agreement

constitutes a full and fair settlement of all claims raised by Plaintiff in

this matter and that could be raised by all Plaintiff in this matter. This

Judgment is intended to and will extinguish all of the claims of this

Plaintiff raised in this matter and that could be raised in this matter by

these Plaintiff and should be entered by the Court.

7. Because the settlement includes claims raised under the Fair Labor

Standards Act (“FLSA”), this Court must supervise and approve the

settlements. See Taylor v. Progress Energy, Inc., 415 F.3d 364, 374

(4th Cir. 2005) (“Claims for FLSA violations can, of course, be settled

when the settlement is supervised by the DOL or a court.”)

8. The Settlement Parties concede that this Court has subject matter

jurisdiction of this action by virtue of the federal claim for relief and

that, by agreeing to a judgment in this matter, they voluntarily consent

to this Court exercising jurisdiction over their persons.

9. The proper method by which a court may approve an FLSA settlement

is through a stipulated judgment. Schulte, Inv. V. Gangi, 328 U.S. 108,

114 66 S.Ct. 925, 90 L.Ed. 1114 (1946). See also Lynn’s Food Stores,

Inc. v. United States Department of Labor, 679 F.2d 1350, 1353 (11th

Cir. 1982) (“When employees bring a private action for back wages

under the FLSA, and present to the district court a proposed settlement,

the district court may enter a stipulated judgment after scrutinizing the

settlement for fairness.”)

10. The Settlement Parties seek to maintain confidentiality as to the terms of

the Settlement Agreements and stand ready to appear personally before

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STIPULATION FOR JUDGMENT AND APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT

Dated: August _ 2007

SUTTON HATMAKER LLPLaurian

Ewbank

By: /s/Laurian Ewbank

Laurian EwbankAttorney for

Defendants

the Court to provide whatever further documentation or information that

the Court may need to endorse this Stipulated Judgment, including a

copy of the Settlement Agreement for the Court’s in camera review.

TERMS OF PROPOSED JUDGMENT

The Court shall enter Judgment, dismissing this case with prejudice, without any

admission of wrongdoing by either of the Settlement Parties and without costs or fees

to either party.

This Stipulation was executed on August ___, 2007. This agreement may be signed

in counterparts, bearing facsimile signatures, each of which shall be deemed an

original. /////////IT IS SO STIPULATED.

DATED: August 3, 2007 LAW OFFICES OF MICHAEL L. TRACY

By: __/s/ Megan Ross Hutchins_

MEGAN ROSS HUTCHINS, Attorney for

Plaintiff THOMAS JOSEPH THORNTON

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STIPULATION FOR JUDGMENT AND APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT

ORDER ON STIPULATION

The Court has reviewed and accepted this Stipulation as a proper disposition of this

matter. The Court has determined that the settlement of this matter is fair and

reasonable. IT IS SO ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court enter Judgment in this

matter, dismissing this case with prejudice, but without costs or fees to either party.

Judgment shall be so entered forthwith.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 3, 2007 /s/ Anthony W. Ishii 

0m8i78 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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