Villeral Echavarria Tejeda v. La Bodeguita de Rosa, Corp.
- Katherine Failla
- 1:19-cv-06477
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Villeral Echavarria Tejeda v. La Bodeguita de Rosa, Corp., Judge Failla granted an agreed extension for filing settlement papers.
The parties to the case, who received additional time to file settlement papers.
What happened
Villeral Echavarria Tejeda asked the court to extend the deadline for submitting settlement materials while the parties finalized a Rule 68 offer of judgment. The request was made with the parties’ agreement.
The requested change would replace the November 23, 2020 deadline with a deadline to submit the offer and would extend the deadline by two weeks.
Judge Katherine Polk Failla granted the application and directed the parties to file settlement papers by December 7, 2020.
The detailed version
- Villeral Echavarria Tejeda v. La Bodeguita de Rosa, Corp. · No. 1:19-cv-06477
- Katherine Failla
- Nov. 23, 2020
Background
The plaintiff’s attorney told the court that the parties intended to resolve the case through a Rule 68 offer of judgment, which is a formal offer to allow judgment on specified terms. The defendants needed additional time to finalize and sign the offer. The parties jointly requested that the November 23, 2020 deadline for submitting settlement materials be changed to a deadline for submitting the offer and extended by two weeks.
Ruling
Judge Katherine Polk Failla granted the application. The court directed the parties to file settlement papers by December 7, 2020. The opinion does not state the terms of the proposed settlement or resolve the underlying claims.
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