Riley

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ERIN RILEY, No. 1:20-CV-01028-DAD-BAM Plaintiff, v. ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION FOR

APPROVAL OF FLSA RELEASE AND

TURLOCK IRRIGATION DISTRICT; SETTLEMENT MONIQUE HAMPTON and DOES 1-100, (Doc. No. 19) Defendants.

17 This matter is before the court on the joint motion for approval of the Fair Labor Standards Act release and settlement agreement. (Doc. No. 19.) Pursuant to General Order No. 617 addressing the public health emergency posed by the coronavirus pandemic, the court takes this matter under submission to be decided on the papers, without holding a hearing. BACKGROUND On June 24, 2020, plaintiff commenced this action alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), 29 U.S.C. § 201, et seq., and 29 U.S.C.§ 213, based both on defendants’ failure to pay plaintiff at an overtime premium rate for hours worked in excess of forty hours per week…