Jeffery Williams v. Vintage India NYC LLC and Lexington 132 Realty LLC
- Garnett
- 1:25-cv-07667
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
In Jeffery Williams v. Vintage India NYC LLC, Judge Garnett ordered settlement discussions and paused Defendants’ response deadline.
Plaintiff Jeffery Williams, Defendants Vintage India NYC LLC and Lexington 132 Realty LLC, and counsel or unrepresented parties required to receive notice of the order.
What happened
In Jeffery Williams v. Vintage India NYC LLC and Lexington 132 Realty LLC, the court ordered the parties to meet for at least one hour within 30 days after each Defendant is served. They must make a good-faith effort to settle and discuss whether Plaintiff has met the requirement to show he has standing to sue.
Within 15 more days, the parties must jointly tell the court whether they settled. If not, they must request mediation, a settlement conference with a magistrate judge, or an initial status conference, and Defendants must state whether they plan to answer or ask the court to dismiss the complaint.
Judge Margaret M. Garnett paused Defendants’ deadline to answer or otherwise respond until after that joint letter is filed. The order did not decide the standing issue, the merits of the claims, or any motion to dismiss.
The detailed version
- Jeffery Williams v. Vintage India NYC LLC and Lexington 132 Realty LLC · No. 1:25-cv-07667
- Garnett
- Sept. 17, 2025
What the Court Ordered
Judge Margaret M. Garnett ordered Jeffery Williams, Vintage India NYC LLC, and Lexington 132 Realty LLC to meet and confer for at least one hour within 30 days after service of the summons and complaint on each Defendant. The parties must make a good-faith effort to settle the action.
The parties were specifically directed to discuss whether Williams has satisfied the threshold requirement of standing—the requirement that a plaintiff be entitled to bring the case in court. The order cited Second Circuit decisions concerning standing but did not decide whether Williams has standing.
Required Joint Letter
Within 15 additional days, or within 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 request either referral to the court’s mediation program or a settlement conference before a magistrate judge, with a preference identified, or an initial status conference.
The joint letter must also state whether Defendants intend to answer the complaint or move to dismiss it. If Defendants anticipate filing a motion to dismiss, they must briefly describe the basis for the anticipated motion in no more than one paragraph.
Effect on Defendants’ Response Deadline
The deadline for Defendants to answer or otherwise respond to the complaint is stayed, meaning it is paused, until the parties submit the joint letter. The court will then set either a deadline for Defendants to answer or a schedule for briefing a motion to dismiss.
Notice Requirements and Disposition
Counsel who had appeared when the order was issued must promptly serve the order and Judge Garnett’s Individual Rules and Practices on counsel or parties who had not appeared, and must file proof of that notice with the court.
This was a procedural order setting settlement, notice, and scheduling requirements. The court did not rule on the merits of the complaint, standing, or any motion to dismiss.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.