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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Sept. 23, 2020

Medina v. Next Fabrics, LLC

Judge
Ronnie Abrams
Docket
1:20-cv-04247
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil ProcedureContract
In one sentence

In Medina v. Next Fabrics, LLC, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled case without costs, allowing restoration within 30 days.

Who this affects

The plaintiff and defendants in Medina v. Next Fabrics, LLC; the action was closed after the court was informed that the case had settled.

What happened

Medina v. Next Fabrics, LLC involved a reported settlement between the plaintiff and defendants.

The court discontinued the action without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring it if an application was made within 30 days. The Clerk was directed to close the case.

Judge Ronnie Abrams also stated that any settlement-enforcement request had to be placed on the public record and approved by the court within the same 30-day period.

The detailed version

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

Case
Medina v. Next Fabrics, LLC · No. 1:20-cv-04247
Judge
Ronnie Abrams
Date
Sept. 23, 2020

Background

The court stated that the case had been reported settled. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or the settlement terms.

Order

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. It stated that an application to reopen filed after that period could be denied solely because it was late. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case.

If the parties wanted the court to retain jurisdiction—the authority to enforce the settlement agreement—the settlement’s terms had to be placed on the public record and approved by the court within the same 30-day period. The opinion cited a prior appellate decision concerning that requirement.

Disposition

The court discontinued the settled action and closed the case. Judge Ronnie Abrams did not decide the underlying claims in this order.

The authoritative version

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