Salto v. Alberto's Construction, LLC
- Paul Davison
- 7:17-cv-03583
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 1
In Salto v. Alberto’s Construction, Judge Davison ordered certified English translations before reviewing filings about enforcing a settlement agreement.
The plaintiffs and defendants, whose Spanish-language filings could not be reviewed or relied on without certified English translations.
What happened
Salto v. Alberto’s Construction, LLC concerns the plaintiffs’ motion to enforce a settlement agreement. During an initial review, the court found that both sides had filed documents in Spanish without translations.
The court ordered the plaintiffs to file certified English translations of two submissions and the defendants to file certified English translations of specified portions of another submission, if they wanted the court to review or rely on those filings.
Judge Paul E. Davison issued the order on April 24, 2020. The opinion does not decide the motion to enforce the settlement agreement.
The detailed version
- Salto v. Alberto's Construction, LLC · No. 7:17-cv-03583
- Paul Davison
- Apr. 27, 2020
Background
The plaintiffs filed a motion to enforce a settlement agreement, identified as Docket 43. During preliminary review, the court discovered that both parties had submitted Spanish-language documents without English translations.
Order
The court ordered that, to the extent the parties wanted the court to review or rely on their filings, the plaintiffs must file certified English translations of Docket 45-4 and Docket 45-5. The defendants must file certified English translations of the submissions at Docket 49, pages 10 through 12.
Effect
This order addresses the language of the parties’ filings. It does not state a ruling on the motion to enforce the settlement agreement.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.