Castro v. Mutual Redevelopment Houses, Inc.
- Valerie Caproni
- 1:20-cv-05998
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
In Castro v. Mutual Redevelopment Houses, Judge Caproni dismissed the settled case with prejudice and closed it.
Ricardo Castro and Mutual Redevelopment Houses, Inc.
What happened
In Castro v. Mutual Redevelopment Houses, Inc., the court received a mediator’s report stating that the parties had reached an agreement in principle resolving all issues after court-ordered mediation.
The court canceled scheduled conferences and deadlines, dismissed the case with prejudice and without costs or attorneys’ fees to either party, terminated open motions, and directed the clerk to close the case.
Judge Valerie Caproni allowed the parties 30 days to seek reopening for good cause and to ask the court to retain jurisdiction to enforce their settlement agreement, if they submitted the agreement and made the required request.
The detailed version
- Castro v. Mutual Redevelopment Houses, Inc. · No. 1:20-cv-05998
- Valerie Caproni
- Dec. 6, 2020
Background
The court received a final report from the mediator stating that Ricardo Castro and Mutual Redevelopment Houses, Inc. had reached an agreement in principle resolving all issues after court-ordered mediation.
Ruling
The court ordered that all previously scheduled conferences and other deadlines were canceled. It dismissed the case with prejudice and without costs, including attorneys’ fees, to either party. The clerk was directed to terminate all open motions and close the case.
The order allowed the parties to apply to reopen the case within 30 days. Any such application had to show good cause for keeping the case open despite the settlement, and requests filed after 30 days or without a showing of good cause could be denied on that basis alone. The court also stated that, if the parties wanted it to retain jurisdiction—the power to enforce the settlement agreement—they had to submit the agreement and request an order expressly retaining jurisdiction within the same 30-day period.
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