CLEVINGER v. MOTEL SLEEPERS, INC.

Civil Action No. 98-0096-A.

36 F.Supp.2d 322 (1999)

Tessia CLEVINGER, Plaintiff, v. MOTEL SLEEPERS, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. Virginia, Abingdon Division.

February 8, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl E. McAfee, McAfee & Associates, Norton, VA, for Plaintiff.

Mark Sheridan Brennan, Wright, Robinson McCammon, Osthimer Tatum, Richmond, VA, for Defendant.


OPINION AND ORDER

JONES, District Judge.

The question presented is whether an employee fired for complaining to her employer about its failure to pay a minimum wage is entitled to bring a retaliation claim under the Fair Labor Standards Act, where the employee filed no complaint with a government agency. I find that a plain reading of the statute does not include such a case, and grant partial summary judgment.

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