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Do Sign Envelope ID: 7G37WFA-DE92-4972-9841-3148011G7aE3
<br />SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE
<br />ARAGON, ET AL. v. CITY OF COLTON
<br />Case No. 5:20-CV-00776-JGB-SP
<br />IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
<br />FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
<br />This Document is subject to Public Disclosure
<br />This is a settlement agreement ("AGREEMENT") between Defendant CITY OF
<br />COLTON ("CITY" or "DEFENDANT") and Plaintiffs RICHARD ARAGON, JOEY
<br />ARMENDAREZ, JONATHAN BOGGS, RAY BRUNO, CON CENDEJAS, ADAM
<br />CHITTENDEN, CHRISTOPHER DEANDA, THOMAS DEBELLIS, MICHAEL
<br />DELCID, JONATHON ENGLE, WILMER FLEENOR, LUKE GRANGER, CALEB
<br />GUINN, AMANDA HARTEL, RONALD HELMS, SERVANDO HERNANDEZ,
<br />RICHARD HOUSLEY, BRANDON HUMPHREY, TY HUTCHISON, BRIAN
<br />KALOUSEK, JUSTIN LODARSKI, MICHAEL LOYA, JEFF MILLER, AARON
<br />MULHALL, JAKE NOVAK, NATHAN PALMER, HENRY PEREZ, MICHAEL
<br />RUSTUN, STEVEN SANDS, DAVID SANTOS, DAVID SILVA, RYAN STESLICKI,
<br />SHAUN TARLON, JASON TOOLEY, JOHN VAIL, KEVIN VALENTIN, STEVEN
<br />VALLEZ, JUSTIN WEEMS, JAKE ZAVOSKY, JEFFREY ZUIDEMA, AND ALL
<br />PLAINTIFFS WHO HAVE FILED CONSENTS TO JOIN (collectively, "PLAINTIFFS")
<br />in the collective action case entitled Aragon, et al. v. City of COLTON (C.D. Cal. Case No.
<br />5:20-CV-00776-JGB-SP) ("ACTION"). Each party is sometimes hereinafter referred to
<br />individually as "PARTY" and collectively as "PARTIES."
<br />RECITALS
<br />This AGREEMENT is made with reference to the following facts:
<br />A. On April 14, 2020, current CITY fire employees RICHARD ARAGON,
<br />JOEY ARMENDAREZ, JONATHAN BOGGS, RAY BRUNO, CON CENDEJAS,
<br />ADAM CHITTENDEN, CHRISTOPHER DEANDA, THOMAS DEBELLIS, MICHAEL
<br />DELCID, JONATHON ENGLE, WILMER FLEENOR, LUKE GRANGER, CALEB
<br />GUINN, AMANDA HARTEL, RONALD HELMS, SERVANDO HERNANDEZ,
<br />RICHARD HOUSLEY, BRANDON HUMPHREY, TY HUTCHISON, BRIAN
<br />KALOUSEK, JUSTIN LODARSKI, MICHAEL LOYA, JEFF MILLER, AARON
<br />MULHALL, JAKE NOVAK, NATHAN PALMER, HENRY PEREZ, MICHAEL
<br />RUSTUN, STEVEN SANDS, DAVID SANTOS, DAVID SILVA, RYAN STESLICKI,
<br />SHAUN TARLON, JASON TOOLEY, JOHN VAIL, KEVIN VALENTIN, STEVEN
<br />VALLEZ, JUSTIN WEEMS, JAKE ZAVOSKY, and JEFFREY ZUIDEMA filed the
<br />ACTION on behalf of themselves and all similarly situated individuals, a civil complaint
<br />against CITY, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Case No. 5:20-
<br />CV-00776-JGB-SP, alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") and seeking
<br />unpaid wages, liquidated damages, and attorneys' fees and costs based, in part, on the Ninth
<br />Circuit decision in Flores v. City of San Gabriel, 824 F.3d 890 (9th Cit. 2016) ("FLORES
<br />DECISION"), which held cash -in -lieu of health benefits and cafeteria plan contributions shall
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