Opinion
ORDER RE: SUPPLEMENTAL SUBMISSIONS ON MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT OF FLSA CLAIMS RE:DKT., 21
Nathanael M. Cousins United States Magistrate Judge
Plaintiff Jamal Williams and defendant City of Berkeley move jointly for an order approving the settlement of plaintiff s FLSA claims and dismissing, with prejudice, plaintiffs claims against defendant. Dkt. No. 21. The motion is set for hearing on February 11, 2015. By January 23, 2015, the parties must file the following:
1. A declaration supporting the factual contentions in the joint motion, and any supplemental briefing, such as the factual assertions made about the value of plaintiff s FLSA claims. Civ. L.R. 7-5(a) ("Factual contentions made in support of or in opposition to any motion must be supported by an affidavit or declaration and by appropriate references to the record.").
2. An explanation of how the settlement amount is allocated between the FLSA and non-FLSA claims and why such allocation is a fair and reasonable resolution of the FLSA claims.
3. An explanation of why the Court should approve as fair and reasonable a settlement of FLSA claims that releases "the City, and its divisions, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, and employees, from any and all claims, demands, and causes of action of every kind, known or unknown, whether based on tort, contract, negligence, discrimination, reprisal, or any other legal theory of recovery, including without limitation under Federal or State statute, City ordinance, common law, or the Constitution of the United States or of a State, arising out of or in any way related to [plaintiffs] employment with the City." Dkt. No. 21 at 8-9. See Luo v. Zynga lnc., No. 13-cv-00186 NC, 2014 WL 457742, at *3 (N.D. Cal. Jan. 31, 2014); McKeen-Chaplin v. Franklin Am. Mortgage Co., No. 10-cv-5243 SBA, 2012 WL 6629608, at *5 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 19, 2012).
IT IS SO ORDERED.