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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Aug. 20, 2026

Jr. v. Experian Information Solutions

Full caption

Bobby L. Hughley Jr. v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc.; Equifax Information Services, LLC; TransUnion, LLC; Nelnet, Inc.; Kikoff Lending, LLC

Judge
Vyskocil
Docket
1:25-cv-00861
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1

Counsel11 of record
DEFENDANT
Greenberg Traurig, LLPLLP2 attorneys
Ryan Sirianni, Joel Edward Tasca
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PCPC2 attorneys
Alaric Ryan Taves, Andrew George Hope
Troutman Pepper Locke LLPLLP2 attorneys
John Komisin, Brenna Jean McGill
Ballard Spahr LLPLLP
Lauren Brown
Barbara Seniawski
Barbara L. Seniawski
Seyfarth Shaw LLPLLP
Heather Huggins Sharp
Floyd Law, PCPC
Jonathan Patrick Floyd
Troutman Pepper
Rachelle Pointdujour

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Civil ProcedureContract
In one sentence

In Bobby L. Hughley Jr. v. Kikoff Lending, Judge Vyskocil discontinued the case against Kikoff after a settlement in principle, subject to restoration by September 21.

Who this affects

Bobby L. Hughley Jr. and Kikoff Lending, LLC; the order terminates Kikoff Lending as a defendant and sets conditions for restoring the action against it.

What happened

Bobby L. Hughley Jr. sued Experian Information Solutions, Equifax Information Services, TransUnion, Nelnet, and Kikoff Lending. Kikoff Lending told the court that it had reached a settlement in principle with Hughley.

The court discontinued the action against Kikoff Lending without costs to any party. The order allows the action against Kikoff Lending to return to the court’s calendar if the parties cannot put their settlement in writing and an application is made by September 21, 2026.

Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil ordered the Clerk of Court to terminate Kikoff Lending as a defendant. If no application to restore the action is made by September 21, 2026, the dismissal as to Kikoff Lending will be with prejudice.

The detailed version

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Case
Jr. v. Experian Information Solutions · No. 1:25-cv-00861
Judge
Vyskocil
Date
Aug. 20, 2026

Background

The court received a letter from Kikoff Lending, LLC stating that it had reached a settlement in principle with Plaintiff Bobby L. Hughley Jr.

Ruling

The court ordered that the action be discontinued as to Kikoff Lending without costs to any party. The order permits the action to be restored to the court’s calendar if Hughley and Kikoff Lending are unable to memorialize their settlement in writing, provided that an application to restore the action is made by September 21, 2026. If no such application is made by that date, the dismissal as to Kikoff Lending is with prejudice. The Clerk of Court was requested to terminate Kikoff Lending as a defendant. The order does not state a disposition as to the other defendants.

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