Beach v. JPMorgan Chase Bank
- Jesse Furman
- 1:17-cv-00563
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Beach v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, Judge Furman ordered plaintiffs’ counsel to contact Robert J. Keefe about a settlement letter.
The order directly affected plaintiffs’ counsel, whom the court directed to contact Robert J. Keefe about his settlement-related letter. It did not state that it changed the rights of any other party.
What happened
Beach v. JPMorgan Chase Bank concerns a letter Robert J. Keefe sent to the court about the settlement in the case.
Keefe said he had submitted a rollover form for a settlement payment but was told the documents had not been received or entered into the settlement administrator’s database. He also reported a warning when he tried to visit the settlement website.
Judge Jesse M. Furman ordered plaintiffs’ counsel to promptly contact Keefe about his letter. The order did not decide the merits of the case or state how Keefe’s payment issue should be resolved.
The detailed version
- Beach v. JPMorgan Chase Bank · No. 1:17-cv-00563
- Jesse Furman
- Nov. 25, 2020
Background
The court received a letter from Robert J. Keefe concerning the settlement in this case. Keefe stated that he had submitted a Former Participant Rollover Form to receive a payment through his qualified retirement account. He said that the settlement administrator told him its records did not show that it had received his documents and that the deadline for submitting the rollover form had passed.
Keefe said he later provided scanned copies of certified-mail and document-delivery receipts. He reported being told that the documents had not yet been entered into the administrator’s database. He also said that he had not received a further response to his question about when the documents would be entered and that his attempt to visit the settlement website produced a warning from his internet service provider.
Court’s Action
The court ordered plaintiffs’ counsel to promptly contact Keefe regarding his letter. The order did not resolve whether Keefe’s rollover form was timely or properly processed, did not direct a particular payment, and did not address the underlying merits of the settlement or the case.
Read the full 4-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.