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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Feb. 10, 2020

Hudson v. Dollar Tree, Inc.

Judge
Ronnie Abrams
Docket
1:19-cv-11755
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil Procedure
In one sentence

In Hudson v. Dollar Tree, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled case without costs, allowing restoration within 30 days.

Who this affects

Linda Hudson and Dollar Tree, Inc.; the case was closed after the court was informed that the parties had settled.

What happened

Hudson v. Dollar Tree, Inc. was reported to the court as settled.

The order did not describe the settlement terms or decide the parties’ underlying dispute.

Judge Ronnie Abrams discontinued the case without costs and without prejudice to restoring it within 30 days, directed the clerk to close the case, and terminated the pending motion. The order also stated that any request for the court to enforce the settlement had to be placed on the public record and approved within that same period.

The detailed version

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

Case
Hudson v. Dollar Tree, Inc. · No. 1:19-cv-11755
Judge
Ronnie Abrams
Date
Feb. 10, 2020

Background

The court stated that it had been informed that the case had been settled. The opinion does not provide the settlement’s terms or explain the underlying claims.

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 was made within 30 days. It stated that any application to reopen filed after that period could be denied solely because it was late.

The court also stated that, if the parties wanted it to retain jurisdiction to enforce the 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. Judge Ronnie Abrams directed the clerk to terminate the motion pending at Docket 7 and close the case.

The authoritative version

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