Traynor v. Fry's Electronics, Inc.
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:19-cv-02693
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Traynor v. Fry’s Electronics, Judge Abrams discontinued the action after the parties reported a settlement in principle, without costs and without prejudice to timely restoration.
Yaseen Traynor, the people he sought to represent, and Fry’s Electronics, Inc.; the action was discontinued and the case was closed, subject to a possible application to restore it within 30 days.
What happened
In Traynor v. Fry’s Electronics, Yaseen Traynor brought an action on behalf of himself and other similarly situated people against Fry’s Electronics, Inc. The court was informed that the parties had reached a settlement in principle.
The court ordered the action discontinued without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring it to the court’s docket if an application was made within 30 days. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case.
Judge Ronnie Abrams also ordered that any request to reopen the action be filed within 30 days. If the parties wanted the court to retain power to enforce a settlement, they had to place the settlement terms on the public record and obtain the court’s order within that period.
The detailed version
- Traynor v. Fry's Electronics, Inc. · No. 1:19-cv-02693
- Ronnie Abrams
- Nov. 19, 2019
Background
Yaseen Traynor brought this action on behalf of himself and other similarly situated people against Fry’s Electronics, Inc. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims.
The court stated that it had been informed that the parties had reached a settlement in principle.
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 was made within 30 days. The court stated that any application to reopen filed after that period could be denied solely because it was late. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case.
The court further stated that, if the parties wanted the court to retain jurisdiction—that is, continuing authority—to enforce a settlement agreement, the agreement’s terms had to be placed on the public record and ordered by the court within the same 30-day period. The opinion does not state the settlement’s terms or describe a final settlement approval.
Classification
This is a procedural order because the court discontinued the action based on the parties’ reported settlement in principle and did not decide the underlying legal claims. Judge Ronnie Abrams entered the order on November 19, 2019.
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