S.G. v. New York City Department of Education
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:19-cv-07053
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In S.G. v. New York City Department of Education, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled case without costs and without prejudice to timely restoration.
S.G., V.G., and the New York City Department of Education. The case was closed after settlement, subject to a possible application to restore it within 30 days and the stated conditions for retaining jurisdiction to enforce the settlement.
What happened
S.G. v. New York City Department of Education involved S.G. and V.G., individually and on behalf of S.G., a child with a disability, against the New York City Department of Education.
The court was told that the case had settled. It discontinued the action without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring it if an application was made within 30 days.
Judge Ronnie Abrams directed the Clerk of Court to close the case. Any request to retain jurisdiction to enforce the settlement had to place the settlement terms on the public record and obtain the court’s approval within the same 30-day period.
The detailed version
- S.G. v. New York City Department of Education · No. 1:19-cv-07053
- Ronnie Abrams
- Nov. 26, 2019
Background
The opinion states that the case had been reported settled. The caption identifies S.G. and V.G. as plaintiffs, individually and on behalf of S.G., a child with a disability, and the New York City Department of Education as the defendant.
Court’s Action
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 order states that an application to reopen filed after that period could be denied solely because it was late.
The court also stated that, if the parties wanted the court to retain jurisdiction to enforce a settlement agreement, the agreement’s 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.
What the Order Did Not Decide
The opinion does not describe the settlement’s terms or decide the underlying dispute. It is a procedural order ending the case based on the reported settlement, subject to the stated 30-day restoration and settlement-enforcement conditions.
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