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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled May 14, 2021

Nisbett v. Credible Labs Inc.

Judge
Ronnie Abrams
Docket
1:20-cv-10073
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil Procedure
In one sentence

In Nisbett v. Credible Labs Inc., Judge Abrams discontinued the action after the parties reached a settlement in principle.

Who this affects

Kareem Nisbett, Credible Labs Inc., and the other people Nisbett sought to represent in the captioned action.

What happened

Nisbett v. Credible Labs Inc. involved Kareem Nisbett, individually and for other similarly situated people, against Credible Labs Inc. The court said the parties had reached a settlement in principle.

The court discontinued the action without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring it if an application was made within 30 days. The clerk was directed to close the case.

Judge Ronnie Abrams also said that any request to keep the court’s authority to enforce a settlement required placing the agreement’s terms on the public record and obtaining the court’s approval within the same 30-day period.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Nisbett v. Credible Labs Inc. · No. 1:20-cv-10073
Judge
Ronnie Abrams
Date
May 14, 2021

Background

The court stated that the parties had reached a settlement in principle. The opinion does not describe the underlying 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 docket if an application to restore it was made within 30 days. The court stated that an application filed after that period could be denied solely because it was late.

The court also explained that, if the parties wanted the court to retain authority to enforce a settlement agreement, the agreement’s terms had to be placed on the public record and approved by the court within the same 30-day period. Judge Ronnie Abrams directed the Clerk of Court to close the case.

The authoritative version

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