Picon v. Paula Cooper Fine Art LLC
- Valerie Caproni
- 1:19-cv-09705
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Picon v. Paula Cooper Fine Art, Judge Caproni dismissed the settled case with prejudice and without costs.
Yelitza Picon, who sued on behalf of herself and other similarly situated persons, and Paula Cooper Fine Art LLC. The case was dismissed with prejudice and without costs or attorneys’ fees to either party.
What happened
In Picon v. Paula Cooper Fine Art LLC, the parties told the court they had reached an agreement in principle resolving all issues.
The court canceled all scheduled conferences and deadlines, dismissed the case with prejudice and without costs or attorneys’ fees to either party, and directed the clerk to close the case.
Judge Valerie Caproni allowed the parties 30 days to seek reopening for good cause or to ask the court to retain jurisdiction to enforce their settlement agreement, subject to specified filing requirements.
The detailed version
- Picon v. Paula Cooper Fine Art LLC · No. 1:19-cv-09705
- Valerie Caproni
- Feb. 21, 2020
Background
The parties notified the court on February 20, 2020, that they had reached an agreement in principle resolving all issues in the case.
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 within 30 days to reopen the case. Any such application had to show good cause for keeping the case open despite the parties’ settlement and had to be filed within that 30-day period. The order also stated that, if the parties wanted the court to retain jurisdiction—the power 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 to either party, canceled the scheduled proceedings and deadlines, and directed that the case be closed.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.