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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Feb. 10, 2022

Murphy v. Almine Rech Invest LLC

Judge
Vyskocil
Docket
1:21-cv-10764
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil Procedure
In one sentence

In Murphy v. Almine Rech Invest, Judge Vyskocil discontinued the action after a settlement in principle, allowing restoration by March 14, 2022.

Who this affects

James Murphy and Almine Rech Invest LLC; the action was discontinued subject to the stated deadline for seeking restoration.

What happened

In Murphy v. Almine Rech Invest LLC, the defendant told the court that the parties had reached a settlement in principle.

The court discontinued the case without costs to either party. It allowed either party to seek restoration of the action to the court’s calendar by March 14, 2022.

Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil ordered that, if no restoration request was made by that date, the dismissal would be with prejudice, meaning the case could not be restored.

The detailed version

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

Case
Murphy v. Almine Rech Invest LLC · No. 1:21-cv-10764
Judge
Vyskocil
Date
Feb. 10, 2022

Background

The court received a letter from Almine Rech Invest LLC stating that the parties had reached a settlement in principle. The opinion does not provide the settlement’s terms or state that the parties had completed a final settlement.

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 calendar if an application to restore it was made by March 14, 2022. If no such application was made by that date, the dismissal would be with prejudice. The court also adjourned all other dates and deadlines without setting a new date.

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