Dunbar v. Kandlelight LLC
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:25-cv-04759
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Kirkpatrick Dunbar v. Kandlelight, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled case without costs and without prejudice to timely restoration.
Kirkpatrick Dunbar and defendants Kandlelight LLC and Frank & Walter Eberhart L.P. No. 1; the action was discontinued and the case was directed to be closed, subject to the stated 30-day restoration and settlement-enforcement provisions.
What happened
Kirkpatrick Dunbar v. Kandlelight LLC, and Frank & Walter Eberhart L.P. No. 1 was reported settled, but the opinion does not describe the settlement’s terms.
The court discontinued the action without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring it if an application was made within 30 days. The court directed the Clerk of Court to close the case.
Judge Ronnie Abrams also said that any later application to reopen could be denied solely because it was filed after the 30-day deadline. The parties could ask the court to retain authority to enforce the settlement only if its terms were placed on the public record and approved by the court within that period.
The detailed version
- Dunbar v. Kandlelight LLC · No. 1:25-cv-04759
- Ronnie Abrams
- Nov. 17, 2025
Background
The opinion states that the Court was informed that the case had been settled. It does not provide the settlement’s terms or describe the underlying claims.
Ruling
The court ordered that the action be discontinued without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring the action to the court’s docket if an application to restore it was made within 30 days. It further stated that an application to reopen filed after that period could be denied solely because it was late.
The court also stated that, if the parties wanted it to retain jurisdiction—the authority to enforce the settlement agreement—the settlement’s terms had to be placed on the public record and approved by the court within the same 30-day period. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case. Judge Ronnie Abrams signed the order.
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