Dunbar v. Margaritas Yorkville LLC and George Ronai
- Valerie Caproni
- 1:25-cv-06563
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Kirkpatrick Dunbar v. Margaritas Yorkville LLC, Judge Caproni dismissed the settled case with prejudice and without costs.
Kirkpatrick Dunbar, Margaritas Yorkville LLC, and George Ronai; the case was dismissed after the parties reported reaching an agreement.
What happened
Kirkpatrick Dunbar v. Margaritas Yorkville LLC and George Ronai ended after the parties told the court they had reached an agreement on all issues.
The court canceled scheduled conferences and deadlines, dismissed the case with prejudice and without costs, including attorneys’ fees, terminated open motions, and closed the case.
Judge Valerie Caproni allowed the parties 30 days to seek reopening for good cause or to ask the court to retain jurisdiction to enforce their settlement agreement.
The detailed version
- Dunbar v. Margaritas Yorkville LLC and George Ronai · No. 1:25-cv-06563
- Valerie Caproni
- Dec. 1, 2025
Background
On November 24, 2025, the parties notified the court that they had reached an agreement on all issues. The opinion does not describe the agreement’s terms.
Order
The court canceled all previously scheduled conferences and other deadlines. It dismissed the case with prejudice and without costs, including attorneys’ fees, to either party. The Clerk of Court was directed to terminate all open motions and close the case.
Possible Reopening and Enforcement
Within 30 days of the order, the parties may apply to reopen the case. The application must show good cause for keeping the case open in light of the settlement and must be filed within that 30-day period. A late request or one without a showing of good cause may be denied on that basis alone.
If the parties want the court to retain jurisdiction—the authority to oversee enforcement—to enforce their settlement agreement, they must, within the same 30-day period, submit the agreement under Rule 7.A of the court’s Individual Practices and ask the court to issue an order expressly retaining jurisdiction.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.