Clinton v. Target Corporation

Background

The opinion concerns Sonia Clinton’s action against Target Corporation. It does not state the claims or describe the underlying dispute.

Mediation and Settlement

The court reported that, according to the mediator’s final report, the court-ordered mediation had taken place and the parties had reached an agreement on all issues. The opinion does not disclose the agreement’s terms or state whether the settlement had been consummated.

Ruling

Judge Jesse M. Furman ordered that the action be dismissed and discontinued without costs and without prejudice to the right to reopen it within 60 days of the order if the settlement was not consummated. Any application to reopen had to be filed by that deadline, and the court stated that later applications could be denied solely because they were late. The court also stated that requests to extend the reopening deadline were unlikely to be granted.

If the parties wanted the court to retain jurisdiction to enforce the settlement, they had to submit the agreement by the reopening deadline for the court to approve it as an order. The order separately required the parties to alert the court within three business days if the settlement required judicial approval, such as for certain class-action, minor-person, or Fair Labor Standards Act settlements. The court declared all pending motions moot, canceled all conferences, and directed the Clerk of Court to close the case.