Austin v. JRPAC Inc.
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:25-cv-04178
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Austin v. JRPAC Inc., Judge Abrams discontinued the settled-in-principle case without costs, allowing restoration within 60 days.
Patrick Austin, JRPAC Inc. d/b/a Spice Symphony, and 182 Lex Realty, LLC. The case was closed, with a possible application to restore it within 60 days.
What happened
Austin v. JRPAC Inc. involved Patrick Austin and defendants JRPAC Inc. d/b/a Spice Symphony and 182 Lex Realty, LLC. The opinion does not describe the claims or the settlement terms, but reports that the case had been settled in principle.
The court discontinued the action without costs to any party. It allowed either party to ask to restore the case to the court’s docket within 60 days; later applications could be denied solely because they were late. The court also said that any request for it to retain authority to enforce a settlement had to put the settlement terms on the public record and receive the court’s approval within that period.
Judge Ronnie Abrams ordered the Clerk of Court to close the case. The order was dated August 26, 2025.
The detailed version
- Austin v. JRPAC Inc. · No. 1:25-cv-04178
- Ronnie Abrams
- Aug. 26, 2025
Background
The court was informed that the parties had settled the case in principle. The opinion does not state the claims asserted or the terms of the proposed settlement.
Court’s Action
The court ordered that the action be discontinued without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring it to the court’s docket if an application to restore was made within 60 days. The order states that an application to reopen filed after that period could be denied solely because it was late.
The court further stated that, if the parties wanted the court to retain jurisdiction—meaning authority—to enforce a settlement agreement, the agreement’s terms had to be placed on the public record and approved by the court within the same 60-day period. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case.
Disposition
The action was discontinued without costs, subject to the stated 60-day restoration procedure. The order did not decide the underlying claims or disclose the settlement terms.
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