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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled July 10, 2024

Carnevale v. SellX, Inc.

Judge
Subramanian
Docket
1:24-cv-02365
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil Procedure
In one sentence

In Carnevale v. SellX, Inc., Judge Subramanian adjourned the default-certificate deadline while the parties finalized settlement materials for court review.

Who this affects

The order affected plaintiffs Casey Carnevale, Michael Huffer, Stephanie Majors, and Craig McCarthy by extending their deadline to seek a certificate of default, and it gave all parties additional time to submit settlement materials for court review.

What happened

Carnevale v. SellX, Inc. involves plaintiffs Casey Carnevale, Michael Huffer, Stephanie Majors, and Craig McCarthy, and defendants SellX Inc. and Dean Glas. The parties told the court that they had reached a settlement in principle.

The parties asked to postpone the plaintiffs’ July 12, 2024 deadline to seek a certificate of default so they could prepare formal settlement materials for court review under the cited precedent. Their letter said they expected to submit those materials by August 9, 2024.

Judge Arun Subramanian adjourned the deadline to August 9, 2024 and directed that, if the settlement materials were not submitted by then, the plaintiffs were to seek a certificate of default. The court also terminated the motion listed as Docket 14; the order did not decide the case’s underlying claims or approve the settlement.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Carnevale v. SellX, Inc. · No. 1:24-cv-02365
Judge
Subramanian
Date
July 10, 2024

Background

Plaintiffs Casey Carnevale, Michael Huffer, Stephanie Majors, and Craig McCarthy are represented by Bantle & Levy LLP. The opinion identifies SellX Inc. and Dean Glas as defendants, represented by Book Law LLP. The parties jointly informed the court that they had reached a settlement in principle and were working to put it into a formal agreement.

Request

The parties asked the court to stay or extend the plaintiffs’ July 12, 2024 deadline to seek a certificate of default. They requested additional time to finalize and submit materials for the court’s review under Cheeks v. Freeport Pancake House Inc., 796 F.3d 199 (2d Cir. 2015). The parties’ letter requested an extension through August 9, 2024.

Court’s action

Judge Arun Subramanian adjourned the deadline to August 9, 2024. The order states that if the parties had not submitted their settlement materials by then, the plaintiffs were to seek a certificate of default. The court also directed the Clerk of Court to terminate the motion at Docket 14.

What the order did not decide

The order did not approve or reject the settlement and did not decide the merits of the plaintiffs’ claims. The provided opinion text does not identify the claims asserted in the case.

The authoritative version

Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.

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