Thompson v. Gramercy Global Media LLC
- Valerie Caproni
- 1:20-cv-00841
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
In Thompson v. Gramercy Global Media LLC, Judge Caproni dismissed the settled case with prejudice and without costs, while allowing limited reopening requests.
Melissa Thompson, Gramercy Global Media LLC doing business as The Blast, and Mike Walters; the case was closed under the court’s settlement-related order.
What happened
In Thompson v. Gramercy Global Media LLC, the parties told the court that they had reached an agreement in principle resolving all issues.
The court canceled all scheduled conferences and deadlines, terminated all open motions, and directed the clerk to close the case.
Judge Valerie Caproni dismissed the case with prejudice and without costs, including attorneys’ fees; the parties could seek to reopen it within 30 days for good cause or ask the court to retain power to enforce their settlement.
The detailed version
- Thompson v. Gramercy Global Media LLC · No. 1:20-cv-00841
- Valerie Caproni
- May 28, 2020
Background
Melissa Thompson sued Gramercy Global Media LLC, doing business as The Blast, and Mike Walters. The opinion states that on May 22, 2020, the parties notified the court that they had reached an agreement in principle resolving all issues.
Court’s action
The court canceled all previously scheduled conferences and other deadlines. It also directed the clerk to terminate all open motions and close the case.
Disposition
Judge Valerie Caproni ordered that the case be dismissed with prejudice and without costs, including attorneys’ fees, to either party. The parties could apply to reopen the case within 30 days, but such an application had to show good cause for keeping the case open despite the settlement. The court also stated that, if the parties wanted the court to retain jurisdiction—that is, authority—to enforce their settlement agreement, they had to submit the agreement and request an order expressly retaining that jurisdiction within the same 30-day period.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.