Lopez v. Brkn Cent 4th Street LLC
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:20-cv-02176
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Lopez v. Brkn Cent 4th Street LLC, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled-in-principle case without costs, allowing restoration within 30 days.
Samuel Lopez, Brkn Cent 4th Street LLC, and Sand Associates, L.P.; the case was closed, subject to a possible request to restore it within 30 days.
What happened
Lopez v. Brkn Cent 4th Street LLC involved Samuel Lopez’s action against Brkn Cent 4th Street LLC and Sand Associates, L.P.
The court was told that the parties had reached a settlement in principle. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or the settlement’s terms.
Judge Ronnie Abrams ordered the action discontinued without costs and without prejudice to restoring it within 30 days. She directed the Clerk of Court to close the case and stated that any request for the court to enforce a settlement had to place the agreement on the public record and receive the court’s approval within that same period.
The detailed version
- Lopez v. Brkn Cent 4th Street LLC · No. 1:20-cv-02176
- Ronnie Abrams
- July 31, 2020
Background
Samuel Lopez sued Brkn Cent 4th Street LLC and Sand Associates, L.P. The court was informed that the case had been settled in principle. The opinion does not identify the underlying claims or provide the settlement terms.
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 a restoration request was made within 30 days. It stated that any request to reopen filed after that period could be denied solely because it was late.
The court also stated that, if the parties wanted it to retain jurisdiction 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 Clerk of Court was directed to close the case. Judge Ronnie Abrams did not decide the underlying claims.
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