Torres v. The Archdiocese of New York
- Valerie Caproni
- 1:19-cv-07730
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Torres v. The Archdiocese of New York, Judge Caproni dismissed the settled case with prejudice and without costs.
Odelon Torres and The Archdiocese of New York; the case was dismissed after the parties reported reaching an agreement in principle.
What happened
In Torres v. The Archdiocese of New York, the court received a mediator’s report stating that the parties had reached an agreement in principle resolving all issues after court-ordered mediation.
The court canceled scheduled conferences and deadlines, directed the clerk to terminate open motions, and ordered the case closed. The parties may ask to reopen the case within 30 days, but they must show good cause.
Judge Valerie Caproni dismissed the case with prejudice and without costs, including attorneys’ fees. The parties also had 30 days to ask the court to retain jurisdiction to enforce their settlement agreement by submitting the agreement and a request for continued jurisdiction.
The detailed version
- Torres v. The Archdiocese of New York · No. 1:19-cv-07730
- Valerie Caproni
- Feb. 20, 2020
Background
On February 10, 2020, the court received a final report from the mediator stating that the parties had reached an agreement in principle resolving all issues after court-ordered mediation. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or the terms of the settlement.
Court’s Order
The court canceled all previously scheduled conferences and other deadlines. It ordered that the case be dismissed 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. Any such application had to show good cause for keeping the case open despite the settlement. The order also stated that, if the parties wanted the court to retain jurisdiction to enforce the settlement agreement, they had to submit the agreement and request an order expressly retaining jurisdiction within the same 30-day period.
Disposition
Judge Valerie Caproni dismissed the case with prejudice and without costs and directed that it be closed. The order did not decide the underlying claims on their merits; it resolved the case after the parties reported reaching an agreement in principle.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.