Welborne v. Union Square Hospitality Group, LLC
- Valerie Caproni
- 1:24-cv-02129
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
In Welborne v. Union Square Hospitality Group, Judge Caproni dismissed the settled case with prejudice and without costs.
Robin Welborne, David Lee Mikell Jr., and Union Square Hospitality Group, LLC; the case was closed after the parties reached an agreement.
What happened
In Welborne v. Union Square Hospitality Group, LLC, Plaintiffs Robin Welborne and David Lee Mikell Jr. and Defendant Union Square Hospitality Group, LLC notified the court that they had reached an agreement on all issues through the magistrate judge.
The court cancelled all scheduled conferences and deadlines, dismissed the case with prejudice and without costs, including attorneys’ fees, terminated all open motions, and closed the case. The parties may ask to reopen it within 30 days by showing good cause.
Judge Valerie Caproni entered the order. The parties may also ask the court to retain jurisdiction to enforce their settlement agreement, but they must submit the agreement and a request for retained jurisdiction within 30 days.
The detailed version
- Welborne v. Union Square Hospitality Group, LLC · No. 1:24-cv-02129
- Valerie Caproni
- Apr. 22, 2025
Background
The court was notified that the parties had reached an agreement on all issues through the magistrate judge. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or the terms of the agreement.
Order
The court cancelled all previously scheduled conferences and other deadlines. It dismissed the case with prejudice and without costs, including attorneys’ fees, to either party. The Clerk of Court was directed to terminate all open motions and close the case.
The parties may apply to reopen the case within 30 days. Any application must show good cause for keeping the case open in light of the settlement. A request filed after 30 days or without a showing of good cause may be denied solely for that reason.
The parties may ask the court to retain jurisdiction—the court’s authority to enforce the settlement agreement—if they submit the settlement agreement and a request for an order expressly retaining jurisdiction within the same 30-day period.
Disposition
Judge Valerie Caproni dismissed the case with prejudice and without costs, terminated the open motions, and closed the case. This was a procedural order based on the parties’ settlement rather than a decision on the underlying legal claims.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.