George v. Shamrock Saloon II LLC
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:17-cv-06663
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
In George v. Shamrock Saloon II LLC, Judge Cave ordered proposed final settlement papers by January 14, 2022.
The parties to the proposed class settlement, including Meghan George and the defendants. The order also concerned the proposed settlement class, but it does not state that final approval was granted.
What happened
In George v. Shamrock Saloon II LLC, the court held a telephone hearing about whether to approve the parties’ proposed class-action settlement. The opinion does not say that the settlement was finally approved.
The parties agreed to let the court decide motions seeking final approval of the settlement and an incentive award and attorneys’ fees and costs. The court ordered them to submit a proposed final approval order and judgment for review by the end of January 14, 2022.
Judge Sarah L. Cave issued the order on January 5, 2022. The order required the submission but did not itself grant or deny either motion.
The detailed version
- George v. Shamrock Saloon II LLC · No. 1:17-cv-06663
- Ronnie Abrams
- Jan. 5, 2022
Background
Meghan George brought this proposed class action against Shamrock Saloon II LLC, doing business as Calico Jack’s Cantina, and other defendants. The court held a telephone fairness hearing on December 21, 2021, to consider whether to grant final approval of the parties’ settlement agreement.
On January 4, 2022, the parties consented to the court’s jurisdiction over two motions: one seeking final approval of the class-action settlement and another seeking an incentive award and attorneys’ fees and costs. Judge Ronnie Abrams referred those motions to Magistrate Judge Sarah L. Cave under 28 U.S.C. § 636(c).
Order
The court ordered the parties to submit a final approval order and judgment for the court’s review and endorsement by the close of business on Friday, January 14, 2022.
Effect of the Order
This order set a deadline for submitting proposed settlement-approval papers. It did not state that the court granted final approval of the settlement, granted an incentive award, or awarded attorneys’ fees and costs.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.