McDowall v. New York City Department of Education
- Vyskocil
- 1:19-cv-11750
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 1
In McDowall v. New York City Department of Education, Judge Vyskocil discontinued the settled case, allowing restoration by March 1, 2021, or dismissal with prejudice afterward.
The order affected Scheron McDowell, the New York City Department of Education, Sojourner Welch-David, Teresa Peters, and Elizabeth Stewart by discontinuing their settled action and setting a deadline for seeking restoration.
What happened
In McDowall v. New York City Department of Education, the court received a mediator’s report stating that the parties had reached a settlement.
The court ordered the case discontinued without costs to any party and allowed it to be restored to the court’s calendar if an application was made by March 1, 2021. If no application was made by that date, the dismissal would be with prejudice.
Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil also postponed all other dates and deadlines indefinitely.
The detailed version
- McDowall v. New York City Department of Education · No. 1:19-cv-11750
- Vyskocil
- Jan. 28, 2021
Background
The court stated that it had received a report from the mediator informing it that the parties had reached a settlement.
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 March 1, 2021. The order further stated that, if no application was made by that date, the dismissal would be with prejudice. The court adjourned all other dates and deadlines indefinitely.
Judge
Mary Kay Vyskocil, United States District Judge, entered the order on January 28, 2021.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.