Cruz v. JKS Ventures, Inc.
- Lewis Liman
- 1:23-cv-08311
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 1
In Cruz v. JKS Ventures, Judge Liman granted the parties’ joint motion, cancelled the conference, and said the proposed consent decree would be entered.
The parties to Cruz v. JKS Ventures, Inc., and the people covered by the proposed consent decree, although the order does not state the decree’s terms.
What happened
In Cruz v. JKS Ventures, Inc., the parties jointly asked the court to cancel a conference scheduled for June 20, 2024, because they had submitted a revised proposed consent decree.
The court said the revised proposal appeared to satisfy the standards for judicial approval of a consent decree. It granted the motion and cancelled the conference.
Judge Liman stated that the court would enter the proposed consent decree, with a written opinion to follow, and directed the clerk to close the motion docket entry.
The detailed version
- Cruz v. JKS Ventures, Inc. · No. 1:23-cv-08311
- Lewis Liman
- June 20, 2024
Background The parties jointly moved under Docket No. 27 to cancel a court conference scheduled for June 20, 2024, at 2:30 p.m. They explained that they had submitted a revised proposed consent decree, which is a court-approved agreement resolving a dispute.
Court’s Analysis The court stated that the revised proposed consent decree appeared to meet the standards for judicial approval described in U.S.S.E.C. v. Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., 752 F.3d 285, 294–95 (2d Cir. 2014). The order does not describe the decree’s terms or decide the underlying claims.
Ruling Judge Lewis J. Liman granted the parties’ joint motion and cancelled the scheduled conference. The court stated that it would enter the proposed consent decree, with an opinion to follow. The clerk was directed to close Docket No. 27.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.