Greene v. City of New York
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:19-cv-00246
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Greene v. City of New York, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled case without costs, allowing restoration within 60 days.
Donna Greene, the City of New York, Detective Braulio Aponte, and John/Jane Does 1-2; the case was closed after the reported settlement.
What happened
Greene v. City of New York was reported to have settled. The court therefore discontinued the case without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring it to the court’s docket within 60 days.
The court directed that any application to reopen filed after 60 days could be denied solely because it was late. It also explained that any settlement-enforcement agreement would need to be placed on the public record and approved by the court within the stated 30-day period.
Judge Ronnie Abrams ordered the Clerk of Court to close the case. The opinion does not decide the underlying claims.
The detailed version
- Greene v. City of New York · No. 1:19-cv-00246
- Ronnie Abrams
- Dec. 19, 2019
Background
The court was informed that the action had settled. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or the settlement’s terms.
Order
The court ordered that the action be discontinued without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring it to the court’s docket if an application to restore the action was made within 60 days. It stated that an application filed after that period could be denied solely because it was late.
The court further 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 stated 30-day period. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case.
Result
Judge Ronnie Abrams discontinued the action and directed that the case be closed. The order did not reach the merits of the parties’ underlying claims.
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