Jones v. Blue Orange Digital, Inc.
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:24-cv-01228
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Jones v. Blue Orange Digital, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled case without costs or prejudice, allowing restoration within 30 days.
The parties to the settled action, including Celia Jones and the named defendants; the case was closed subject to the stated 30-day restoration and reopening conditions.
What happened
In Celia Jones v. Blue Orange Digital, Inc., the court stated that the parties had reported reaching a settlement. The opinion does not describe the settlement’s terms.
The court discontinued the action without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring it to the court’s docket within 30 days. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case.
Judge Ronnie Abrams also stated that any request to reopen filed after 30 days could be denied on that basis. The parties could ask the court to retain authority to enforce the settlement only if they placed its terms on the public record and obtained the court’s approval within the same 30-day period.
The detailed version
- Jones v. Blue Orange Digital, Inc. · No. 1:24-cv-01228
- Ronnie Abrams
- July 1, 2024
Background
The court stated that it had been informed that the case had settled. The opinion does not provide the settlement’s terms or explain the underlying claims.
Court’s Order
The court ordered that the action be discontinued without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring the action to the court’s docket if an application to restore it was made within 30 days. It further stated that any application to reopen filed after that period could be denied solely because it was late.
The court also stated that, if the parties wanted it to retain jurisdiction—meaning authority to enforce the settlement agreement—the settlement’s terms had to be placed on the public record and approved by the court within the same 30-day period. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.