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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Jan. 6, 2020

Girotto v. Vista Imaging Group, LLC

Judge
Ronnie Abrams
Docket
1:19-cv-06466
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil ProcedureContract
In one sentence

In Girotto v. Vista Imaging Group, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled case without costs, allowing restoration within 30 days.

Who this affects

The parties to the settled action: Girotto and Vista Imaging Group, LLC, along with the other named defendants. The case was closed without costs, subject to a possible application to restore it within 30 days.

What happened

In Girotto v. Vista Imaging Group, the court was informed that the parties had reached a settlement.

The court discontinued the action without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring it if an application was made within 30 days. The court directed the Clerk of Court to close the case.

Judge Ronnie Abrams also stated that any settlement-enforcement jurisdiction would require the agreement’s terms to be placed on the public record and approved by the court within the same 30-day period.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Girotto v. Vista Imaging Group, LLC · No. 1:19-cv-06466
Judge
Ronnie Abrams
Date
Jan. 6, 2020

Background

The court stated that it had been informed that the parties had reached a settlement. The opinion does not describe the settlement terms or the underlying claims.

Disposition

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. It stated that any application to reopen filed after that period might 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 same 30-day period. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case.

Judge

Judge Ronnie Abrams issued the order on January 6, 2020.

The authoritative version

Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.

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