Ratje v. Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC
- Valerie Caproni
- 1:20-cv-04900
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
In Ratje v. Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC, Judge Caproni dismissed the settled case with prejudice and without costs.
Paul Ratje and Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC, whose settled case was dismissed with prejudice and without costs.
What happened
Ratje v. Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC ended after the court was told that the parties had reached an agreement in principle resolving all issues.
The court canceled all scheduled conferences and deadlines, dismissed the case with prejudice and without costs, terminated open motions, and closed the case. The parties could ask to reopen it within 30 days by showing good cause.
Judge Valerie Caproni also said the parties had to submit their settlement agreement and request an order retaining jurisdiction if they wanted the court to enforce that agreement.
The detailed version
- Ratje v. Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC · No. 1:20-cv-04900
- Valerie Caproni
- Oct. 26, 2020
Background
The court was notified by Magistrate Judge Wang that the parties had reached an agreement in principle resolving all issues in the case.
Order
The court canceled all previously scheduled conferences and other deadlines. It dismissed the case with prejudice and without costs, including attorneys’ fees, to either party. The Clerk of Court was directed to terminate all open motions and close the case.
The parties could apply to reopen the case within 30 days. Any application had to show good cause for keeping the case open despite the settlement; a late application or one without that showing could be denied on that basis alone.
The court also explained that, if the parties wanted it to retain jurisdiction—the power to enforce the settlement agreement—they had to submit the agreement and ask the court to issue an order expressly retaining jurisdiction within the same 30-day period.
Disposition
Judge Valerie Caproni dismissed the case with prejudice and without costs, terminated the open motions, and closed the case. The opinion does not decide the underlying claims on their merits.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.