Sofer v. Equifax Information Services, LLC
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:20-cv-04692
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Sofer v. Equifax, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled case without costs and allowed restoration within 30 days.
The plaintiff, Fishel Sofer, and the defendants, including Equifax Information Services, LLC, whose settled case was discontinued and closed subject to the order’s 30-day restoration provisions.
What happened
In Sofer v. Equifax Information Services, LLC, the parties told the court they had settled all issues.
The opinion does not describe the settlement terms or the claims’ underlying facts.
Judge Ronnie Abrams discontinued the case without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring it within 30 days, and directed the Clerk to close the case.
The detailed version
- Sofer v. Equifax Information Services, LLC · No. 1:20-cv-04692
- Ronnie Abrams
- Dec. 2, 2020
Background
A November 30, 2020 letter informed the court that the parties had reached a settlement on all issues. The opinion does not provide the settlement’s terms or decide the underlying claims.
Ruling
Judge Ronnie Abrams ordered that the action be discontinued without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring it to the court’s docket if an application to restore was made within 30 days. The order states that an application filed after that period may be denied solely because it was late.
If the parties wanted the court to retain jurisdiction to enforce the settlement, the settlement terms had to be placed on the public record and approved by the court within the same 30-day period. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.