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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Mar. 3, 2022

Tavarez-Vargas v. VF Outdoor, LLC

Judge
Ronnie Abrams
Docket
1:21-cv-10811
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil ProcedureClass Action
In one sentence

In Tavarez-Vargas v. VF Outdoor, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled action without costs and without prejudice to timely restoration.

Who this affects

Carmen Tavarez-Vargas, the other people identified in the caption as similarly situated, and VF Outdoor, LLC; the case was closed subject to a possible application to restore it within 30 days.

What happened

Tavarez-Vargas v. VF Outdoor, LLC involved Carmen Tavarez-Vargas’s action against VF Outdoor, LLC, brought individually and for others similarly situated.

The court was told that the case had been settled, but the opinion does not describe the settlement’s terms.

Judge Ronnie Abrams discontinued the action without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring it if an application was made within 30 days, and directed the clerk to close the case.

The detailed version

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

Case
Tavarez-Vargas v. VF Outdoor, LLC · No. 1:21-cv-10811
Judge
Ronnie Abrams
Date
Mar. 3, 2022

Background

Carmen Tavarez-Vargas brought the action individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated against VF Outdoor, LLC. The court was informed that the case had been settled. The opinion does not state the settlement’s terms or describe the claims’ underlying allegations.

Court’s Action

The court ordered that the action be discontinued without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring it to the court’s docket if an application to restore the action was made within 30 days. It also stated that an application to reopen filed after that period could be denied solely because it was 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 clerk of court was directed to close the case.

The authoritative version

Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.

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