Reineck v. Montefiore Medical Center
- Valerie Caproni
- 1:19-cv-05470
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Reineck v. Montefiore Medical Center, Judge Caproni dismissed the settled case with prejudice and without costs, while permitting 30-day reopening requests.
Christopher Reineck, Montefiore Medical Center, and Jack D. Weiler Hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine; the order also governed any request by the parties to reopen the case or have the court retain authority to enforce their settlement.
What happened
In Reineck v. Montefiore Medical Center, the court was told that the parties had reached an agreement in principle resolving all issues.
The court canceled all scheduled conferences and other deadlines after receiving that notification. The opinion does not describe the settlement’s terms.
Judge Valerie Caproni dismissed the case with prejudice and without costs, including attorneys’ fees, terminated all open motions, and closed the case. The parties could apply within 30 days to reopen it for good cause; they could also ask the court to retain authority to enforce their settlement by submitting the agreement and a specific request within that period.
The detailed version
- Reineck v. Montefiore Medical Center · No. 1:19-cv-05470
- Valerie Caproni
- Jan. 8, 2020
Background
On January 7, 2020, the court received notice from Magistrate Judge Aaron that the parties had reached an agreement in principle resolving all issues. The opinion does not state the settlement’s terms.
Order
The court canceled all previously scheduled conferences and other deadlines. It dismissed the case with prejudice and without costs, including attorneys’ fees, to either party. The Clerk was directed to terminate all open motions and close the case.
The order allowed the parties to apply to reopen the case within 30 days. Such an application had to show good cause for keeping the case open in light of the settlement, and an untimely application or one without a showing of good cause could be denied on that basis. The order also stated that, if the parties wanted the court to retain jurisdiction—meaning authority—to enforce the settlement agreement, they had to submit the agreement and request an order expressly retaining that authority within the same 30-day period.
Disposition
Judge Valerie Caproni dismissed the case with prejudice and without costs, terminated the open motions, and closed the case. The order did not decide the underlying claims on their merits.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.