Perez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 IVAN PEREZ, No. 2:17-cv-00601-TLN-AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER BARCO, INC., d/b/a/ BELGIUM-BARCO

INC.,

15 Defendant.

17 This matter is before the Court on the parties’ Joint Motion for Settlement Approval. 18 (ECF No. 24.) For the reasons set forth below, the Court hereby GRANTS the motion. 19 /// 20 /// 21 /// 22 /// 23 /// 24 /// 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// 28 I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Plaintiff Ivan Perez filed his complaint on March 21, 2017, alleging that Defendant misclassified him and other similarly situated employees as exempt employees and failed to pay them overtime compensation under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), as well as additional California state law wage and hour claims for missed meal and rest periods, wage statements, and unfair competition under California’s Business & Professions Code section 17200, et seq. (ECF Nos. 1, 4.) Plaintiff worked for Defendant as a Customer Service Engineer. …