Seto

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Kahekili Seto, et al., No. 20-cv-01788-KJM-CKD Plaintiffs, ORDER v. County of San Joaquin, 1S Defendant. 16 In this Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective action, the parties jointly move this 18 court to approve their settlement and dismiss this case with prejudice. As explained below, the court grants the motion. 20 I. BACKGROUND Plaintiffs are current and former sheriff deputy sergeants for the defendant County of San Joaquin. First Am. Compl. (FAC) 3, 6, ECF No. 7. Plaintiffs’ compensation is governed by a memorandum of understanding (“MOU”), which provides a cash payment in lieu of unused 24 health benefits (“cash-in-lieu”). Jd. 15-16, 18. In June 2016, the Ninth Circuit held that cash-in-lieu must be included in overtime pay 26 rates under the FLSA. Flores v. City of San Gabriel, 824 F.3d 890, 907 (9th Cir. 2016). Accordingly, plaintiffs brought…