Martinez v. United States of America Health & Human Services
- Robert Lehrburger
- 1:19-cv-05582
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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Martinez v. United States Health & Human Services: Judge Lehrburger dismissed the settled case without costs, subject to reopening if settlement paperwork was not completed within thirty days.
The plaintiff, Diana Martinez, and the defendant, United States of America Health & Human Services; any pending motions, conferences, and deadlines in the case were also affected.
What happened
Martinez v. United States of America Health & Human Services involved claims that the parties told the court had been settled.
The opinion does not describe the claims, the settlement’s terms, or the events that led to the lawsuit. It states only that all claims had been settled.
Judge Robert W. Lehrburger dismissed the case without costs, except as the parties may have agreed in their settlement. Either party could ask to restore the case within thirty days if the settlement was not memorialized; pending motions were declared moot, and the court directed the clerk to close the case.
The detailed version
- Martinez v. United States of America Health & Human Services · No. 1:19-cv-05582
- Robert Lehrburger
- May 6, 2025
Background
The parties advised the court that all claims in the action had been settled. The opinion does not provide the claims’ details or the settlement’s terms.
Ruling
The court ordered that the action be dismissed without costs, except as the parties may agree in the settlement. The dismissal was based on the reported settlement and did not decide the underlying claims.
If the settlement was not memorialized within thirty days of the order, either party could apply by letter during that period to restore the action to the court’s calendar. An application to reopen filed after that thirty-day period could be denied solely because it was late. If the parties wanted the court to retain authority to enforce the settlement, they had to publicly file the agreement and obtain a court order doing so within the thirty-day period.
The court also ruled that any pending motions were moot and ordered them terminated. The clerk was directed to vacate remaining conference dates and other deadlines and close the case.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.