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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled May 1, 2025

Fernandez v. Tracer Bullet, LLC

Judge
Ronnie Abrams
Docket
1:25-cv-02645
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil ProcedureClass Action
In one sentence

In Fernandez v. Tracer Bullet, LLC, Judge Abrams closed the settled case without costs, allowing restoration within 60 days.

Who this affects

Felipe Fernandez, the people he sought to represent, and Tracer Bullet, LLC; the case was closed after the reported settlement.

What happened

In Fernandez v. Tracer Bullet, LLC, Felipe Fernandez brought the action on behalf of himself and others similarly situated against Tracer Bullet, LLC. The court was informed that the case had been settled.

The court did not describe the settlement terms. It discontinued the action without costs to either party and without prejudice to restoring it to the court’s docket if a restoration request was made within 60 days.

Judge Ronnie Abrams also directed that any request to reopen filed after 60 days could be denied solely because it was late. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case. If the parties wanted the court to retain authority to enforce the settlement, they had to place the agreement’s terms on the public record and obtain the court’s approval within the same 60-day period.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Fernandez v. Tracer Bullet, LLC · No. 1:25-cv-02645
Judge
Ronnie Abrams
Date
May 1, 2025

Background

The opinion states that the Court was informed that the case had been settled. Felipe Fernandez was the plaintiff, bringing the action on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated. Tracer Bullet, LLC was the defendant.

Order

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 60 days. The Court stated that any application to reopen filed after that period could be denied solely because it was late.

The Court further ordered that, if the parties wanted it to retain jurisdiction—authority to resolve disputes about enforcing the settlement—the settlement terms had to be placed on the public record and approved by the Court within the same 60-day period. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case.

Disposition

Judge Ronnie Abrams ordered the action discontinued and the case closed. The opinion does not provide the settlement’s terms or decide the underlying claims.

The authoritative version

Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.

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