Peake

I. BACKGROUND

24 This case involves an unpaid overtime collective action, wherein Plaintiffs are non- 25 exempt employees of the City of Coronado’s Fire Department who argue they are entitled 26 to compensation under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq., 27 and seek unpaid overtime compensation, liquidated damages, and reasonable attorneys’ 28 fees. (Complaint (“Compl.”), Doc. No. 1, ¶ 1.) Plaintiffs filed the Complaint on April 27, 2021. (See generally Compl.) They allege the City violated the FLSA by failing to pay compensation for overtime hours worked at the rate of 1.5 times the regular rate of pay. (Id. ¶ 2.) On October 25, 2021, the Parties filed a notice of settlement. (See Doc. No. 15.) The Settlement provides Defendant will pay $196,000 to Plaintiffs as the total amount of unpaid overtime owed and liquidated damages, apportioned as follows: Plaintiff Peake will receive an individual settlement payment of $51,433.26 for owed unpaid wages and a second check totaling $51,433.26 for liquidated damages and all other damages or relief recoverable; Plaintiff Summers will receive $27,314.74 for owed unpaid wages…