Acevedo v. Professional Transportation, Inc.

In a collective action brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Seventh Circuit dismissed the appeal, explaining that the appellate court had no jurisdiction because the appeal was brought by non-parties. The appellate court noted that the Act requires that each plaintiff in a collective action to consent in writing to join the suit and file the consent in the court in which the action was brought, but that the “named plaintiffs” in the appeal did not satisfy either of those requirements because they had entered their consent in a separate lawsuit. (ROVNER and JACKSON-AKIWUMI, concurring)