Doe v. Sisters of St. John the Baptist
- Valerie Caproni
- 1:21-cv-02451
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
Doe v. Sisters of St. John the Baptist: Judge Caproni dismissed the settled case with prejudice and without costs.
John Doe and the Sisters of St. John the Baptist; the order also canceled the case’s scheduled conferences and deadlines and terminated its open motions.
What happened
In Doe v. Sisters of St. John the Baptist, the parties told the court they had reached an agreement in principle resolving all issues. The court canceled scheduled conferences and other deadlines.
The court dismissed the case with prejudice and without costs, including attorneys’ fees, to either party. It directed the Clerk to terminate all open motions and close the case.
Judge Valerie Caproni allowed the parties 30 days to request reopening for good cause and to ask the court to retain jurisdiction to enforce their settlement agreement, if they submitted the required materials.
The detailed version
- Doe v. Sisters of St. John the Baptist · No. 1:21-cv-02451
- Valerie Caproni
- Feb. 2, 2022
Background
On February 1, 2022, the parties notified the court that they had reached an agreement in principle resolving all issues. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or the agreement’s terms.
Court’s action
The court canceled all previously scheduled conferences and other deadlines. It dismissed the case with prejudice and without costs, including attorneys’ fees, to either party. The Clerk of Court was directed to terminate all open motions and close the case.
The order allowed the parties to apply within 30 days to reopen the case. Any such application had to show good cause for keeping the case open in light of the settlement. The order also stated that, if the parties wanted the court to retain jurisdiction—the authority to oversee enforcement—to enforce their settlement agreement, they had to submit the agreement and request an order expressly retaining that authority within the same 30-day period.
Disposition
The court dismissed the case with prejudice and without costs, terminated the open motions, and closed the case. The court did not decide the underlying claims on their merits.
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