Behnken v. Luminant Mining Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SIDNEY A. FITZWATER, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs Diane Behnken, Walter R. Brown, Joe Collette, Bill Doss, Jr., Daniel Griffin, and Willard Simpson, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, bring this putative collective action under 29 U.S.C. § 216(b), a provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq., to recover unpaid overtime pay from defendant Luminant Mining Co., LLC (“Luminant”). Plaintiffs move for conditional certification and court-facilitated notice to potential class members, and limited discovery. For the reasons…