IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN 

SOUTHERN DIVISION

Cynthia Applebaum, Warren Black, Anita 

Matlock, Patrick Ridgeway, and William 

Sly, individually and on behalf of all 

others similarly situated, 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

MGM Grand Detroit, LLC., 

Defendant. 

Case No. 2:14-cv-13005-AC-MKM 

Hon. Avern Cohn 

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ORDER GRANTING FINAL APPROVAL TO SETTLEMENT OF CLASS 

ACTION AND DISMISSING ACTION WITH PREJUDICE 

 On May 4, 2016 this Court entered an Opinion and Order Granting 

Plaintiffs’ Motions for Court’s Preliminary Approval of the Settlement 

Agreement and Plan of Allocation (Dkt. # 42). In that Order this Court 

preliminarily approved settlement of this collective action brought under the Fair 

Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq. for a total, aggregate sum 

of $450,000, inclusive of attorney fees and costs; preliminarily approved the 

terms of the Settlement Agreement into which the parties entered to achieve 

that settlement; preliminarily approved the plan of allocation, the Notices, the 

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Participant forms; approved payment to be made to the Third Party Administrator 

of $7,500.00. The Court reserved judgment on the claim for Plaintiffs’ counsel of 

fees and costs totaling $162,500. Since that time, Plaintiff has filed a Petition to 

Approve Fees and Costs (Dkt.# 44). 

The Court having reviewed the filings by the Parties and otherwise being 

duly advised in the premise. 

IT IS ORDERED: 

1. All approvals preliminarily conferred in the prior Order are 

hereby confirmed and made final. In particular, the Settlement Agreement, 

including its attachments, and Plaintiffs’ proposed plan of allocation are 

unconditionally and finally approved, except as set forth in Paragraph 2 below. 

2. The Reversionary and Unclaimed Funds as defined by the 

Settlement Agreement, estimated by the Settlement Administrator to be equal to 

the sum of $25,354.74 (Dkt. # 45, ¶ 16), shall be paid by the Defendant to the 

Latin Americans for Social and Economic Development (“LA SED”), a 

Michigan based 501(c)(3). 

3. Plaintiff’s Petition for Attorney Fees and Costs is allowed. 

4. The Collective Action is certified and confirmed. 

5. All individuals who have not timely filed an exclusion form are 

hereby bound by the terms of the Settlement. 

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6. This Action is hereby dismissed with prejudice, without costs 

to either party, as to all plaintiffs, including all of the named plaintiffs and opt-in 

plaintiffs. 

7. The Court shall retain jurisdiction through and until the 

administrator’s report for the limited purpose of entertaining requests for the 

entry of any orders necessary for the enforcement of the settlement. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 s/Avern Cohn 

 Hon. Avern Cohn 

 United States District Court Judge 

Dated: July 25, 2016 

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