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VELEZ v. SANCHEZ

Case No. 04-CV-4797 (FB)(CLP).

754 F.Supp.2d 488 (2010)

Linda VELEZ, Plaintiff, v. Betsy SANCHEZ, Yolanda Munoz, and Shari Munoz, Defendants. Betsy Sanchez, Third-Party Plaintiff, v. Hernando Sanchez, Third-Party Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

November 30, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Fields, Esq., Brooklyn, NY, for Plaintiff Linda Velez.

Sheldon G. Karasik, Esq., Simon, Eisenberg & Baum LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants Betsy Sanchez, Yolanda Munoz & Shari Munoz.

Hal R. Lieberman, Esq., Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP, New York, NY, for Third-Party Defendant Hernando Sanchez.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BLOCK, Senior District Judge:

Linda Velez ("Velez") claims that she was trafficked from Ecuador and forced to work in the home of Betsy Sanchez ("Betsy"). That single assertion spawned two claims under the Alien Tort Statute ("ATS"), 28 U.S.C. § 1350, a third under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"), 29 U.S.C. §§ 201-19, and another nine under state law.1 All of those claims are asserted...

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