Saunders v. Gotham Buds LLC
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:24-cv-05772
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Saunders v. Gotham Buds, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled-in-principle case without prejudice to restoration within 30 days.
Michael Saunders, the putative class, and Gotham Buds LLC; the case was closed, subject to a possible application to restore it within 30 days.
What happened
Saunders v. Gotham Buds LLC was a putative class action brought by Michael Saunders on behalf of himself and others described as similarly situated. The court was told that the case had been settled in principle.
The court discontinued the action without costs to either party and without prejudice to restoring it to the court’s docket if an application was made within 30 days. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case.
Judge Abrams also stated that any request for the court to retain authority to enforce a settlement agreement had to place the agreement’s terms on the public record and obtain the court’s approval within the same 30-day period.
The detailed version
- Saunders v. Gotham Buds LLC · No. 1:24-cv-05772
- Ronnie Abrams
- Mar. 25, 2025
Background
Michael Saunders brought this action on behalf of himself and others described in the caption as similarly situated. The opinion states that the Court was informed that the case had been settled in principle. It does not describe the settlement’s terms or decide the underlying claims.
Court’s Action
The court ordered that the action be discontinued without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring it to the court’s docket if an application to restore was made within 30 days. The court stated that an application to reopen filed after that period might 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 authority to enforce a settlement agreement, the agreement’s terms had to be placed on the public record and approved by the court within the same 30-day period. The opinion cites Hendrickson v. United States for that requirement.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.