Moussannef v. City of New York
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:24-cv-01358
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Moussannef v. City of New York, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled case without costs, allowing restoration within 30 days.
Daniel Moussannef, the City of New York, Brian Adams, Deputy Chief Maximo Tolentino, Inspector Victoria Perry, and Lieutenant Joseph Abdelmessih; the action was discontinued after the reported settlement.
What happened
Moussannef v. City of New York was reported to the court as settled. The opinion does not describe the settlement’s terms or decide the parties’ underlying claims.
The court discontinued the case without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring it to the court’s docket within 30 days. The court directed the Clerk of Court to close the case.
Judge Ronnie Abrams also stated that any request to reopen filed after 30 days may be denied solely because it was late. The court said that any request for it to retain authority to enforce the settlement must place the settlement terms on the public record and obtain the court’s approval within that same period.
The detailed version
- Moussannef v. City of New York · No. 1:24-cv-01358
- Ronnie Abrams
- Oct. 15, 2024
Background
The court stated that it had been informed that the case had settled. The opinion does not provide the settlement’s terms and does not address the merits of Daniel Moussannef’s claims against the City of New York or the individual defendants.
Disposition
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 a request to restore it was made within 30 days. It directed the Clerk of Court to close the case.
The court further ordered that any request to reopen the action be filed within 30 days of the order. It stated that a request filed later may be denied solely on that basis. If the parties wanted the court to retain jurisdiction—that is, authority—to enforce the settlement agreement, the settlement terms had to be placed on the public record and approved by the court within the same 30-day period.
Judge
The order was signed by Ronnie Abrams, United States District Judge.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.