Ana Melgar v. OK Foods

MELLOY, Circuit Judge.

*777 Employees of a chicken processing plant filed a lawsuit against their employer, OK Foods, Inc. and OK Industries, Inc. (collectively, "OK Foods"), alleging their employer failed to pay certain wages in violation of Arkansas state law and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ("FLSA"), 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq . The parties eventually settled their dispute out-of-court for a confidential amount made known to the court. While the district court approved the parties' settlement agreement (the "Agreement"), the court declined to award the agreed-upon $87,500.00 in attorneys'…