Herrera v. Essor Group, Inc.
- Rochon
- 1:25-cv-04247
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 1
In Herrera v. Essor Group, Judge Rochon ordered the parties to discuss settlement and report whether they settled or need further court involvement.
The plaintiff, Edery Herrera, and Essor Group, Inc., who must meet and confer, consider settlement and standing, and submit a joint letter to the court.
What happened
In Herrera v. Essor Group, the court ordered the parties to meet for at least one hour within 30 days after the summons and complaint are served. They must make a good-faith effort to settle and discuss whether the plaintiff has standing to bring the case.
If they cannot settle themselves, the parties must also discuss whether mediation through the court’s program or a settlement conference before a magistrate judge would be useful.
Within 15 more days, the parties must send a joint letter stating whether they settled. Judge Rochon ordered that, if they did not settle, the letter must request mediation or a magistrate-judge conference, or ask to proceed with an initial status conference.
The detailed version
- Herrera v. Essor Group, Inc. · No. 1:25-cv-04247
- Rochon
- May 23, 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 effort to settle the action. The parties must also consider whether the plaintiff has satisfied the threshold requirement of standing, meaning the legal requirement that a person have a sufficient connection to the dispute to bring the case.
If the parties cannot settle on their own, they must discuss whether additional 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 telling the court whether they settled. If they did not settle, the letter must request either referral to mediation or a settlement conference before a magistrate judge, while stating which option the parties prefer, or an initial status conference.
Disposition
This order sets settlement-discussion and case-management requirements. It does not decide the merits of the claims or the standing issue.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.