Mickelson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES MICKELSON, on behalf of Case No. 22-cv-0487-BAS-BLM himself and other similarly situated 12 individuals, ORDER REQUESTING SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING ON Plaintiff,

JOINT MOTION FOR

14 v. SETTLEMENT APPROVAL (ECF No. 25)

CITY OF ENCINITAS,

16 Defendant.

17 18 Presently before the Court is the parties Joint Motion to approve a Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) Settlement Agreement. (ECF No. 25.) Courts must evaluate a series of factors to approve FLSA settlements, including the scope of the release in the agreement. In this case, Class Members agree to release Defendant from “any and all wage- and-hour and overtime pay-related claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act, California law, or tort or contract theories, which accrued or could have accrued through the Effective Date of this Agreement, and that were or could have been asserted in the Action.” (Ex. 1 to Wilson Decl. ¶ 6, ECF…