Pandolas v. Anazco Trucking Co., Inc.
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:19-cv-11889
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Pandolas v. Anazco Trucking, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled case without costs, allowing restoration within 30 days.
Eugene Pandolas, Anazco Trucking Co., Inc., and Diego Pelaez Gonzalez; the action was closed after the Court was informed that it had settled.
What happened
Pandolas v. Anazco Trucking Co., Inc. involved Eugene Pandolas and defendants Anazco Trucking Co., Inc. and Diego Pelaez Gonzalez. The court was told that the case had settled.
The court discontinued the action without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring it to the court’s docket if an application was made within 30 days. The court also directed the Clerk of Court to close the case.
Judge Ronnie Abrams ordered that any application to reopen filed after 30 days could be denied solely because it was late. The order also explained that any request for the court to retain authority to enforce a settlement had to be placed on the public record and approved by the court within that same 30-day period.
The detailed version
- Pandolas v. Anazco Trucking Co., Inc. · No. 1:19-cv-11889
- Ronnie Abrams
- June 4, 2020
Background
The opinion states that the Court was informed that the case had settled. It does not describe the underlying claims, the settlement’s terms, or the parties’ positions on the merits.
Disposition
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. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case.
The order states that any application to reopen the action had to be filed within 30 days of the order and that an application filed later could be denied solely because it was late. If the parties wanted the Court to retain jurisdiction—meaning authority—to enforce a 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 Court did not decide the underlying merits of the case.
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