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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Feb. 21, 2020

Nelson v. 303 Fare, LLC

Judge
Ronnie Abrams
Docket
1:19-cv-10583
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil Procedure
In one sentence

Nelson v. 303 Fare, LLC settled, so Judge Abrams discontinued the case without costs and allowed possible restoration within 30 days.

Who this affects

Kareem Nelson and the defendants, 303 Fare, LLC doing business as Lolo’s Seafood Shack and 303 West 116 St. LLC.

What happened

In Nelson v. 303 Fare, LLC, the court was informed that the parties had settled the case.

The court therefore discontinued the action without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring it within 30 days.

Judge Ronnie Abrams directed the Clerk of Court to close the case and explained that any settlement-enforcement request had to be placed on the public record and approved within 30 days.

The detailed version

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

Case
Nelson v. 303 Fare, LLC · No. 1:19-cv-10583
Judge
Ronnie Abrams
Date
Feb. 21, 2020

Background

The opinion states that the Court was informed that the case had settled. The caption identifies Kareem Nelson as the plaintiff and 303 Fare, LLC, doing business as Lolo’s Seafood Shack, and 303 West 116 St. LLC, as the defendants.

Ruling

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

The court further stated that, if the parties wanted the court 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. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case.

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