Gooding v. City of New York
- Denise Cote
- 1:20-cv-01885
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Gooding v. City of New York, Judge Cote discontinued the settled case without costs, allowing restoration by February 12, 2021.
Alexis Gooding and the defendants—the City of New York, Police Officer Kyel Crevatas, and John Does #1–4—were affected by the discontinuance and restoration deadline.
What happened
Gooding v. City of New York involved Alexis Gooding’s case against the City of New York, Police Officer Kyel Crevatas, and John Does #1–4. The opinion says the court was informed that the case had been settled.
The court ordered the case discontinued without costs to any party. It allowed either side to ask to restore the case to the court’s calendar by February 12, 2021.
Judge Denise Cote stated that if no restoration request was made by that date, the dismissal would be with prejudice, meaning the action could not be brought again.
The detailed version
- Gooding v. City of New York · No. 1:20-cv-01885
- Denise Cote
- Jan. 13, 2021
Background
Alexis Gooding brought this action against the City of New York, Police Officer Kyel Crevatas, and John Does #1–4. The court stated that it had been informed that the case had been settled. The opinion does not describe the claims or the settlement’s terms.
Ruling
The court ordered that the action be discontinued without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring the action to the court’s calendar if an application to restore it was made by February 12, 2021. The order further stated that if no such application was made by that date, the dismissal of the action would be with prejudice.
Classification
This was a procedural order ending the case based on the reported settlement and setting conditions for possible restoration; it did not decide the underlying claims.
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