Brown v. First Avenue Clothing, Inc.
- Rochon
- 1:25-cv-04745
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Brown v. First Avenue Clothing, Judge Rochon ordered the parties to discuss settlement, including standing, and report whether they settled.
Altuane Brown, First Avenue Clothing, Inc., and Duro Realty, LLC; the order requires the parties to meet, discuss settlement and standing, and submit a joint letter.
What happened
In Brown v. First Avenue Clothing, Inc. and Duro Realty, LLC, the court ordered the parties to try to settle the case. Their discussions must include whether Altuane Brown has met the legal requirement of standing to bring the case.
Within 30 days after the summons and complaint are served, the parties must meet for at least one hour and make a good-faith effort to settle. If they cannot settle, they must also discuss whether court-connected mediation or a settlement conference with a magistrate judge would be useful.
Within 15 more days, the parties must send a joint letter stating whether they settled. If they did not, the letter must request mediation or a magistrate-judge settlement conference, or ask the court to hold an initial status conference. Judge Jennifer L. Rochon did not decide standing or the merits of the case.
The detailed version
- Brown v. First Avenue Clothing, Inc. · No. 1:25-cv-04745
- Rochon
- June 9, 2025
Order
The court ordered the parties to meet and confer—that is, to discuss the case directly—for at least one hour within 30 days after service of the summons and complaint. They must make a good-faith attempt to settle the action.
Standing Issue
The court directed the parties to consider whether Altuane Brown has satisfied the threshold requirement of standing, meaning the legal requirement that a person be entitled to bring a particular case. The order did not decide whether Brown has standing.
Further Settlement Discussions
If the parties cannot settle the case themselves, they must discuss whether additional settlement discussions through the court’s mediation program or before a magistrate judge would be productive at that time.
Reporting Deadline and Disposition
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, they must ask the court either to refer the case to mediation or to a magistrate judge for a settlement conference, while stating which option they prefer, or to proceed with an initial status conference. Judge Jennifer L. Rochon issued this case-management and settlement order; the opinion does not resolve the standing issue or the underlying claims.
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