Wheeler v. City of New York
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:24-cv-00469
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Wheeler v. City of New York, Judge Abrams required revised settlement-dismissal papers before deciding whether to retain jurisdiction to enforce the settlement.
Elsun Wheeler, Freddie Davis, the City of New York, the other defendants, and the parties’ settlement-related filings.
What happened
Wheeler v. City of New York involves plaintiffs Elsun Wheeler and Freddie Davis and the City of New York and other defendants. The parties submitted a joint request to dismiss the case based on a settlement.
The proposed order asked the court to keep authority over the case so it could enforce the settlement. But the parties did not attach the settlement agreement.
Judge Ronnie Abrams ordered the parties to file revised dismissal papers and, if appropriate, the settlement terms by July 3, 2025. The order did not itself dismiss the case or decide the settlement’s terms.
The detailed version
- Wheeler v. City of New York · No. 1:24-cv-00469
- Ronnie Abrams
- June 11, 2025
Background
The parties submitted a stipulation and proposed order asking the court to dismiss the action. The proposed order also asked the court to retain jurisdiction, meaning continuing authority over the case, to enforce the parties’ settlement agreement.
Court’s Analysis
The court noted that the proposed filing did not include the settlement agreement. The court referred to its June 3, 2025 order, which stated that parties seeking continued court jurisdiction to enforce a settlement must place the agreement’s terms on the public record and obtain the court’s approval. The opinion cited Hendrickson v. United States for that requirement.
Ruling
The court ordered the parties to file a revised stipulation and proposed order by July 3, 2025, along with the settlement terms if appropriate. The order did not itself dismiss the action, approve the settlement, or decide whether to retain jurisdiction. Judge Ronnie Abrams therefore required corrected settlement-related filings before taking further action on the proposed dismissal and jurisdiction request.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.