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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Sept. 30, 2020

Jean-Laurent v. Nunez

Judge
Valerie Caproni
Docket
1:18-cv-09921
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil ProcedureMotion to Dismiss
In one sentence

In Jean-Laurent v. City of New York, Judge Caproni granted dismissal, ending federal claims with prejudice and state claims without prejudice.

Who this affects

Phillip Jean-Laurent’s federal and state-law claims were affected. The federal claims were dismissed with prejudice, the state-law claims were dismissed without prejudice, and the case was closed.

What happened

In Phillip Jean-Laurent v. City of New York, et al., the court entered judgment after referring to its September 30, 2020 order.

The court granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss. It dismissed Jean-Laurent’s federal claims with prejudice and his state-law claims without prejudice.

Judge Valerie Caproni’s judgment also denied permission to appeal without paying court fees, stated that the lack of written objections prevented appellate review, and closed the case.

The detailed version

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

Case
Jean-Laurent v. Nunez · No. 1:18-cv-09921
Judge
Valerie Caproni
Date
Sept. 30, 2020

Background

The judgment refers to the Court’s order dated September 30, 2020. The opinion text provided does not describe the underlying events or the specific claims.

Ruling

The court granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss. It dismissed the plaintiff’s federal claims with prejudice, meaning they cannot be brought again in that case. It dismissed the plaintiff’s state-law claims without prejudice, meaning the judgment did not bar them on that basis from being brought again.

The judgment stated that the parties’ failure to file written objections precluded appellate review. It also certified under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied permission to appeal without paying court fees. The case was closed. Judge Valerie Caproni is identified in the supplied case metadata; the judgment itself is signed by the clerk’s office.

The authoritative version

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

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