Document ID: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-almd-2_04-cv-00459/USCOURTS-almd-2_04-cv-00459-0/pdf.json

Parties Involved:
Field Data Services
Defendant
Butch Nabors
Defendant
John Daniel Ray
Plaintiff

Document Text:

* The defendants originally filed a motion to

dismiss (doc. no. 2); however, pursuant to the court’s

order (Doc. No. 3), the defendants’ motion to dismiss is

treated as a motion for summary judgment. 

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, EASTERN DIVISION

JOHN DANIEL RAY, )

on behalf of himself and )

all others similarly )

situated, )

)

Plaintiff, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

v. ) 3:04cv459-T

) (WO)

FIELD DATA SERVICES, )

et al., )

)

Defendants. )

ORDER

It is ORDERED that the motion for summary judgment*

filed by defendants Field Data Services, Butch Nabors,

and Butch Nabors d/b/a Field Data Services (Doc. No. 2)

is denied, with leave to renew when the record is better

developed. The record as it stands is insufficient to

determine whether the defendants were covered by the Fair

Labor Standards Act of 1938 (“FLSA”), 29 U.S.C.A. §§ 201-

Case 2:04-cv-00459-MHT-SRW Document 6 Filed 01/03/06 Page 1 of 2
219, as an enterprise or plaintiff John Daniel Ray was

covered by the FLSA as an individual. The record

contains no evidence regarding the nature of the

defendants’ work generally or whether Ray’s work is

specifically related to interstate commerce. Moreover,

the evidence submitted by defendants is inadequate to

determine whether the annual gross volume of sales made

or business done by the defendants while Ray was employed

was less than $500,000. See 29 U.S.C.A. § 203(s)(1)

(stating that enterprises grossing less than $500,000 per

annum are not covered by the FLSA). Specifically, the

ledger sheet showing profits and losses for 2003 is

inadmissible without, at least, an accompanying

affidavit. See Fed R. Civ. P. 56(c).

DONE, this the 3rd day of January, 2006.

_____________________________ /s/ Myron H. Thompson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

Case 2:04-cv-00459-MHT-SRW Document 6 Filed 01/03/06 Page 2 of 2