Court, Explained
U.S. Federal District Courts
←Back to docket
S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Sept. 20, 2020

Young v. 151 Bleecker LLC

Judge
Andrew Carter
Docket
1:19-cv-08397
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil Procedure
In one sentence

In Young v. 151 Bleecker LLC, Judge Carter dismissed the case without prejudice because Young failed to prosecute.

Who this affects

Lawrence Young’s action against 151 Bleecker LLC was dismissed without prejudice; the opinion does not state any further consequences.

What happened

In Young v. 151 Bleecker LLC, the court ordered Lawrence Young to explain why his case should not be dismissed for failing to prosecute it.

Young did not make the required showing by the court’s September 15, 2020 deadline.

Judge Andrew L. Carter, Jr. dismissed the case without prejudice under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b) for failure to prosecute.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Young v. 151 Bleecker LLC · No. 1:19-cv-08397
Judge
Andrew Carter
Date
Sept. 20, 2020

Background

On August 6, 2020, the court ordered Lawrence Young to show cause by September 15, 2020, why the action should not be dismissed without prejudice for failure to prosecute under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b). The opinion does not describe the underlying claims.

Failure to Prosecute

The court stated that Young did not make the required showing. Rule 41(b) allows a district court to dismiss an action when the plaintiff fails to prosecute it, including on the court’s own initiative.

Ruling

Judge Andrew L. Carter, Jr. dismissed the case without prejudice for failure to prosecute under Rule 41(b).

The authoritative version

Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.

Open opinion PDF →
Summary written with AI assistance. See how summaries are made. Spot something wrong? Tell us.