Flores v. The City of New York
Melissa Flores v. The City of New York, Police Officers John Doe and Richard Roe (names and number of whom are unknown at present), and other unidentified members of the New York City Police Department, New York City Police Supervisors and Commanders Richard Roes 1-50
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:25-cv-04150
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Flores v. City of New York, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled case without costs, allowing restoration only if requested within 30 days.
Melissa Flores and the defendants in this action, including The City of New York and the identified-by-pseudonym and unidentified police personnel and supervisors. The case was closed after the reported settlement, subject to the order’s 30-day restoration and settlement-enforcement conditions.
What happened
Melissa Flores sued The City of New York, several identified-by-pseudonym police officers, and unidentified police personnel and supervisors. The opinion says the court was told that the case had settled, but it does not describe the settlement terms.
The court discontinued the action without costs to any party. The order allows a party to ask to restore the case to the court’s docket within 30 days; an application filed later may be denied solely because it was late.
Judge Ronnie Abrams also directed the Clerk of Court to close the case. The parties could ask the court to retain authority to enforce the settlement only if the settlement terms were placed on the public record and approved by the court within the same 30-day period.
The detailed version
- Flores v. The City of New York · No. 1:25-cv-04150
- Ronnie Abrams
- Dec. 1, 2025
Background
The court was informed that this action had settled. The opinion does not state the settlement’s terms or describe the underlying claims.
Order
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 is made within 30 days. It stated that an application to reopen filed after that period may be denied solely because it was filed late.
If the parties wanted the court to retain jurisdiction—that is, authority—to enforce the settlement agreement, the settlement 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.
Disposition
Judge Ronnie Abrams discontinued the action and directed the Clerk of Court to close the case. The order did not decide the merits of the underlying dispute.
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