Gipson v. Amazon.Com, Inc.
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:19-cv-00462
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Gipson v. Amazon.Com, Inc., Judge Ronnie Abrams discontinued the settled case without costs, allowing restoration within 45 days.
The plaintiffs and Amazon.Com, Inc. and Amazon.Com Services, Inc.; the case was closed after the court was informed of a settlement in principle.
What happened
Gipson v. Amazon.Com, Inc. involved Mary Gipson, Dwayne Ashley, Vincent Ashley, and Ramonika Ashley, as executor of Howard Ashley’s estate, against Amazon.Com, Inc. and Amazon.Com Services, Inc. The court was told that the case had settled in principle.
The court ordered the action discontinued without costs to any party. It allowed the case to be restored to the court’s docket if an application was made within 45 days of the order; later applications could be denied solely because they were late.
Judge Ronnie Abrams also directed that any request for the court to retain authority to enforce a settlement had to place the settlement terms on the public record and receive the court’s approval within 30 days. The clerk was directed to close the case.
The detailed version
- Gipson v. Amazon.Com, Inc. · No. 1:19-cv-00462
- Ronnie Abrams
- Feb. 19, 2020
Background
The plaintiffs were Mary Gipson, Dwayne Ashley, Vincent Ashley, and Ramonika Ashley, as executor of the Estate of Howard Ashley. The defendants were Amazon.Com, Inc. and Amazon.Com Services, Inc. The court stated that it had been informed that the case had settled in principle.
Order
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 45 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 it to retain authority to enforce a settlement agreement, the settlement terms had to be placed on the public record and approved by the court within the same 30-day period. The clerk was directed to close the case.
Disposition
This was a procedural order closing the case after the court was informed of a settlement in principle. The order did not decide the underlying claims or state the settlement’s terms. Judge Ronnie Abrams signed the order on February 19, 2020.
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