B.P. v. New York City Department of Education
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:24-cv-04845
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In B.P. v. New York City Department of Education, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled case without costs, allowing possible restoration within 30 days.
The plaintiffs—B.P. and L.P., individually and on behalf of E.P.—and the New York City Department of Education; the case was closed after the court was informed that it had settled.
What happened
B.P. v. New York City Department of Education involved plaintiffs B.P. and L.P., individually and on behalf of E.P., against the New York City Department of Education. The court was told that the case had been settled.
The court discontinued the case without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring it to the court’s docket if an application was made within 30 days. The court also directed the Clerk of Court to close the case.
Judge Ronnie Abrams entered the order on October 7, 2024. The order said that any agreement for the court to retain power to enforce the settlement had to be placed on the public record and approved by the court within the same 30-day period.
The detailed version
- B.P. v. New York City Department of Education · No. 1:24-cv-04845
- Ronnie Abrams
- Oct. 7, 2024
Background
The opinion states that the court was informed that the case had been settled. It does not describe the claims, the settlement’s terms, or the parties’ positions on the underlying dispute.
Court’s action
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 stated that an application to reopen filed after that period could be denied solely because it was late. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case.
The court also stated that, if the parties wanted it to retain jurisdiction—the power 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.
Disposition
Judge Ronnie Abrams ordered the action discontinued and the case closed, subject to the stated 30-day restoration procedure. The order did not decide the underlying claims.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.