Ortiz v. N.Y.C. Health and Hospitals Corporation
- Valerie Caproni
- 1:24-cv-00702
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Ortiz v. N.Y.C. Health and Hospitals Corporation, Judge Caproni dismissed the settled case with prejudice and without costs.
Tasheinna Natay Ortiz, N.Y.C. Health and Hospitals Corp., and Software Galaxy Systems, LLC; the case was closed after the parties reported reaching a settlement.
What happened
In Ortiz v. N.Y.C. Health and Hospitals Corp. and Software Galaxy Systems, LLC, the court was told that mediation had resolved all issues between the parties.
The court canceled all scheduled conferences and deadlines, dismissed the case with prejudice and without costs—including attorneys’ fees—and directed the clerk to close the case and terminate pending motions. The parties may ask to reopen the case within 30 days if they show good cause. They may also ask the court to retain authority to enforce their settlement by submitting the agreement and a request within that same period.
Judge Valerie Caproni entered the order on July 1, 2024.
The detailed version
- Ortiz v. N.Y.C. Health and Hospitals Corporation · No. 1:24-cv-00702
- Valerie Caproni
- July 1, 2024
Background
The court was notified that the parties reached an agreement on all issues through mediation on June 28, 2024.
Order
The court canceled all previously scheduled conferences and other deadlines. It dismissed the case with prejudice and without costs, including attorneys’ fees, to either party. The clerk was directed to terminate all open motions and close the case.
The order allows the parties to apply to reopen the case within 30 days. Such an application must show good cause for keeping the case open despite the settlement. A request filed after 30 days, or without a showing of good cause, may be denied on that basis alone.
The parties may also ask the court to retain jurisdiction—its authority to oversee enforcement—to enforce their settlement agreement. To do so, they must submit the settlement agreement and request an order expressly retaining jurisdiction within the same 30-day period.
Disposition
Judge Valerie Caproni dismissed the case with prejudice and without costs and directed that it be closed. The opinion does not decide the underlying claims because the parties reported resolving all issues through mediation.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.