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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Oct. 21, 2025

Christopher Sandoval Abreu v. The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company LLC

Judge
Robert Lehrburger
Docket
1:25-cv-06601
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
2
Civil ProcedureContract
In one sentence

In Abreu v. Stop & Shop, Judge Lehrburger dismissed the settled case without costs, subject to reopening if settlement was not completed within 30 days.

Who this affects

Christopher Sandoval Abreu and The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company LLC; the case was closed after the parties reported that all claims had been settled.

What happened

Christopher Sandoval Abreu sued The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company LLC. The court was told that the parties had settled all claims in the case.

The court dismissed the action without costs, except as the parties may have agreed in their settlement. If the settlement was not completed within 30 days, either party could ask to restore the case, and any request to reopen filed later could be denied solely because it was late.

Judge Robert W. Lehrburger also ruled that pending motions were moot, terminated the remaining case dates and deadlines, and directed the Clerk of Court to close the case.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Christopher Sandoval Abreu v. The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company LLC · No. 1:25-cv-06601
Judge
Robert Lehrburger
Date
Oct. 21, 2025

Background

The parties advised the court that all claims asserted in the action had been settled. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or the settlement's terms.

Court's Order

The court dismissed the action without costs, except as the parties may have agreed in the settlement. The dismissal was conditioned by a 30-day procedure: if the settlement was not completed within 30 days of the order, either party could apply by letter during that period to restore the action to the court's calendar. An application to reopen filed after that period could be denied solely because it was late.

If the parties wanted the court to retain jurisdiction—the power to enforce the settlement agreement—the agreement had to be filed publicly and the court had to enter an order retaining jurisdiction within the same 30-day period.

Other Dispositions

The court ruled that any pending motions were moot, meaning they no longer required a ruling. It directed the Clerk of Court to terminate all pending motions, vacate the remaining conference dates and other deadlines, and close the case. Judge Robert W. Lehrburger signed the order.

The authoritative version

Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.

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