Aboumrad

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MIKE ABOUMRAD et al., Case No.: 20cv933-L-KSC

Plaintiffs,

ORDER DENYING WITHOUT

v. PREJUDICE JOINT STIPULATION

FOR APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT

BORREGO SPRINGS FIRE

AGREEMENT AND DISMISSAL OF

PROTECTION DISTRICT,

CASE WITHOUT PREJUDICE Defendant. 16 (ECF NO. 11)

Pending before the Court in this collective action alleging violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq. (“FLSA”), is a Joint Stipulation for Approval of Settlement Agreement and Dismissal of Case with Prejudice (ECF No. 11, “Joint Motion”). For the reasons stated below, the Joint Motion is denied without prejudice. The action was filed pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 216(b) by seventeen of Defendant’s employees “on behalf of themselves and all similarly situated individuals.” (See ECF No. 1, “Compl.,” at 2.) They alleged Defendant used an unlawful compensation computation method which undercounted…