Sanchez v. Discount Dance, LLC
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:21-cv-00960
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Sanchez v. Discount Dance, LLC, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled action without costs and without prejudice to timely restoration.
Christian Sanchez, Discount Dance, LLC, and the other persons described in the caption as similarly situated.
What happened
In Sanchez v. Discount Dance, LLC, the court was told that the parties had reached a settlement. The opinion does not describe the settlement’s terms.
Judge Abrams ordered the action discontinued without costs to either party and without prejudice to restoring it if an application was filed within 30 days. The Clerk was directed to close the case.
Judge Ronnie Abrams also stated that any settlement-enforcement jurisdiction would require the agreement’s terms to be placed on the public record and approved by the court within the same 30-day period.
The detailed version
- Sanchez v. Discount Dance, LLC · No. 1:21-cv-00960
- Ronnie Abrams
- June 29, 2021
Background
Christian Sanchez brought the action on behalf of himself and others described in the caption as similarly situated. The court was informed that the parties had reached a settlement. The order does not provide the settlement’s terms or otherwise describe the claims.
Court’s Action
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 order stated that an application to reopen filed after that period could be denied solely because it was late. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case.
The court also stated that, if the parties wanted the court to retain jurisdiction 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. The order cited Hendrickson v. United States, 791 F.3d 354, 358 (2d Cir. 2015).
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