Deran v. Antalia Turkish Cuisine LLC
- Barbara Moses
- 1:19-cv-06833
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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Deran v. Antalia Turkish Cuisine LLC: Judge Moses set a June 1 deadline for filing settlement-approval materials and denied further extensions absent compelling circumstances.
Soner Deran, Antalia Turkish Cuisine LLC, the other defendants identified in the caption, and their counsel, because the order required settlement-approval materials to be filed by June 1, 2020.
What happened
In Deran v. Antalia Turkish Cuisine LLC, the court addressed the parties’ settlement-status conference and their pending settlement-approval filing. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or the settlement’s terms.
Judge Moses ordered that any motion seeking approval of the settlement agreement be filed by June 1, 2020. The filing had to include materials explaining why the settlement was fair and reasonable, the signed agreement, and supporting records for any requested attorneys’ fees and costs.
Judge Barbara Moses also stated that this was the second extension of the deadline and that no further extensions would be granted without compelling circumstances. The order did not approve or reject the settlement itself.
The detailed version
- Deran v. Antalia Turkish Cuisine LLC · No. 1:19-cv-06833
- Barbara Moses
- May 21, 2020
Background
The court issued this order after a May 21, 2020 settlement-status conference. The opinion does not identify the underlying claims, describe the settlement’s terms, or state whether all parties agreed on the settlement.
Order
The court directed that any motion seeking court approval of the parties’ settlement agreement be filed no later than June 1, 2020. The motion had to include three categories of material:
- A cover letter, jointly submitted if the parties agreed, explaining why the settlement was fair and reasonable under the factors identified in Wolinsky v. Scholastic Inc.
- A written settlement agreement executed by all parties. The court stated that this agreement would be placed on the public docket.
- Any counsel contingency-fee agreement and time and expense records needed to support a request for attorneys’ fees and costs.
Extensions and disposition
Judge Barbara Moses stated that this was the second extension of the deadline for submitting settlement documents for approval. She ruled that no further extensions would be granted absent compelling circumstances. The order set filing requirements and a deadline; it did not approve or reject the settlement agreement or decide the underlying dispute.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.