Noel v. The City of New York
- Vyskocil
- 1:23-cv-03082
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 1
In Noel v. City of New York, Judge Vyskocil discontinued the action after a settlement in principle, allowing restoration by February 27, 2025.
Gordon Noel and The City of New York, the parties to the discontinued action.
What happened
In Noel v. The City of New York, the parties informed the court that they had reached a settlement in principle. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or the settlement’s terms.
The court discontinued the action without costs to either party. The case could be restored to the court’s calendar if the parties could not put their settlement in writing and applied to restore the case by February 27, 2025.
Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil ordered that if no restoration request was made by that date, the dismissal would be with prejudice.
The detailed version
- Noel v. The City of New York · No. 1:23-cv-03082
- Vyskocil
- Jan. 28, 2025
Background
The court received a joint letter filed by the defendant on behalf of both parties stating that they had reached a settlement in principle. The opinion does not state the claims asserted by Gordon Noel or the terms of the proposed settlement.
Ruling
The court ordered that the action be discontinued without costs to any party. It allowed the case to be restored to the court’s calendar if the parties were unable to memorialize their settlement in writing, provided that an application to restore the action was made by February 27, 2025.
The order further states that if no restoration application was made by that date, the dismissal would be with prejudice, meaning the action could not then be restored under the order.
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