Albert v. Honda Development & Manufacturing of America, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
EASTERN DIVISION
MICHAEL ALBERT, on behalf of
himself and others similarly situated,
Plaintiff, 	Case No. 2:22-cv-694
JUDGE EDMUND A. SARGUS, JR.
v. 	Magistrate Judge Kimberly A. Jolson
HONDA DEVELOPMENT &
MANUFACTURING OF AMERICA, LLC,
Defendant.
TREVOR TRIPOLI, on behalf of
himself and others similarly situated,
Plaintiff, 	Case No. 2:22-cv-3828
JUDGE EDMUND A. SARGUS, JR.
v. 	Magistrate Judge Kimberly A. Jolson
HONDA DEVELOPMENT &
MANUFACTURING OF AMERICA, LLC,
Defendant.
BRANDON WHATLEY, on behalf of
himself and others similarly situated,
Plaintiff, 	Case No. 2:22-cv-4372
JUDGE EDMUND A. SARGUS, JR.
v. 	Magistrate Judge Kimberly A. Jolson
HONDA DEVELOPMENT &
MANUFACTURING OF AMERICA, LLC,
Defendant.
MELISSA SCARBROUGH, on behalf of
herself and others similarly situated,
Plaintiff, 	Case No. 2:22-cv-4277
JUDGE EDMUND A. SARGUS, JR.
v. 	Magistrate Judge Kimberly A. Jolson
HONDA DEVELOPMENT &
MANUFACTURING OF AMERICA, LLC,
Defendant.
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ORDER
In November 2025, the Parties in this Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) collective and
putative class action notified the Court that they reached a settlement in principle and were
finalizing the details of their settlement agreement. (ECF No. 169.) After filing a few joint status
reports and obtaining extensions of time, Plaintiffs recently filed an “Unopposed Motion
Preliminary Approval of the Proposed Class Settlement and Preliminary Approval of the
Proposed Class.” (ECF No. 177.)
The above-captioned cases were consolidated in January 2023. (ECF No. 58.) The Court
recently explained that because the cases were consolidated, the Parties only needed to file in the
oldest case: Albert v. Honda Dev. & Mfg. of Am., LLC, 2:22-cv-694. (ECF No. 146, PageID
3280.) Thus, the Court CLOSES the following cases, which have been consolidated into Albert
v. Honda Dev. & Mfg. of Am., LLC, 2:22-cv-694: (1) Tripoli v. Honda Dev. & Mfg. of Am., LLC,
2:22-cv-03828, (2) Scarbrough v. Honda Dev. & Mfg. of Am., LLC, 2:22-cv-04277, and
(3) Whatley v. Honda Dev. & Mfg. of Am., LLC, 2:22-cv-04372. The Clerk is DIRECTED TO
CLOSE these three cases and REMOVE them from this Court’s active docket. The Clerk shall
also terminate any motions listed as pending in those three cases.
Albert v. Honda Dev. & Mfg. of Am., LLC, 2:22-cv-694 remains open. An order on
Plaintiffs’ Unopposed Motion Preliminary Approval (ECF No. 177) is forthcoming.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
3/9/2026 	s/Edmund A. Sargus, Jr.
DATE 	EDMUND A. SARGUS, JR.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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