Norris v. Washland, LLC
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:21-cv-02946
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Norris v. Washland, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled case without costs, allowing restoration within 30 days.
Norris, Washland, LLC, and 794 Ninth Avenue LLC; the case was closed after the court was told it had been settled, subject to the stated 30-day restoration procedure.
What happened
Norris v. Washland involved plaintiff Norris and defendants Washland, LLC, and 794 Ninth Avenue LLC. The court was told that the case had been settled.
The court discontinued the action without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring it if an application was made within 30 days. It also adjourned the scheduled January 7, 2022 conference and directed the Clerk of Court to close the case.
Judge Ronnie Abrams entered the order. The court said that any request to retain jurisdiction to enforce a settlement agreement had to place the agreement’s terms on the public record and obtain the court’s approval within the same 30-day period.
The detailed version
- Norris v. Washland, LLC · No. 1:21-cv-02946
- Ronnie Abrams
- Jan. 6, 2022
Background
The court stated that it had been informed that the case had been settled. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or the settlement terms.
Order
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. It further stated that any application to reopen the action had to be filed within 30 days of the order, and that a later application could be denied solely because it was filed late.
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 court adjourned the conference scheduled for January 7, 2022, and directed the Clerk of Court to close the case.
Disposition
Judge Ronnie Abrams discontinued the action without costs and without prejudice to a timely application to restore it. The order did not decide the underlying legal claims.
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