Jimenez v. Bentley Realty Company of N.Y., Inc.
- Rochon
- 1:25-cv-03803
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
In Jimenez v. Bentley Realty, Judge Rochon ordered the parties to pursue settlement and report whether they settled.
Iris Jimenez, Bentley Realty Company of N.Y., Inc., and Acropolis Shoes, Inc.
What happened
In Jimenez v. Bentley Realty Company of N.Y., Inc., the court ordered Iris Jimenez and the defendants, Bentley Realty Company of N.Y., Inc. and Acropolis Shoes, Inc., to try to settle the case.
Within 30 days after the summons and complaint are served, the parties must meet for at least one hour and discuss settlement in good faith. They must also consider whether Jimenez has met the legal requirement of having standing, meaning a sufficient connection to bring the case. Within 15 more days, they must jointly tell the court whether they settled. If not, they must ask for mediation, a settlement conference with a magistrate judge, or an initial status conference.
Judge Jennifer L. Rochon issued this case-management order on May 8, 2025. The order did not decide the parties’ underlying legal claims or whether Jimenez has standing.
The detailed version
- Jimenez v. Bentley Realty Company of N.Y., Inc. · No. 1:25-cv-03803
- Rochon
- May 8, 2025
Order
The court ordered the parties to meet and confer for at least one hour within 30 days after service of the summons and complaint. The meeting must be a good-faith attempt to settle the action.
Issues to Discuss
The parties were directed to consider whether Iris Jimenez has satisfied the threshold requirement of standing, meaning the legal requirement that a plaintiff have a sufficient connection to bring a case. The court cited Calcano v. Swarovski N. Am. Ltd. and Harty v. W. Point Realty, Inc. in connection with that issue. The order did not decide whether Jimenez has standing.
If the parties could not settle on their own, they also had to discuss whether further settlement efforts through the court’s mediation program or before a magistrate judge would be productive at that time.
Required Joint Letter
Within 15 additional days—45 days after service of the summons and complaint—the parties must submit a joint letter stating whether they settled. If they did not settle, the letter must ask the court either to refer the case to mediation or to a magistrate judge for a settlement conference, while stating a preference between those options, or to proceed with an initial status conference.
Disposition
The court entered a settlement and case-management order. It did not rule on the merits of the claims or resolve the standing issue.
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