Guidehouse LLP v. Shah
- Vyskocil
- 1:19-cv-09470
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Guidehouse LLP v. Shah, Judge Vyskocil discontinued the case after settlement, allowing timely restoration but otherwise making dismissal with prejudice.
Guidehouse LLP and Rizwan Shah, the parties to the action.
What happened
Guidehouse LLP v. Shah ended after the parties told the court they had reached a settlement in principle.
The court discontinued the case without costs to either party and allowed it to be restored if the parties could not put their settlement in writing and an application was made by April 16, 2022.
Judge Vyskocil stated that the dismissal would be with prejudice if no timely restoration application was made.
The detailed version
- Guidehouse LLP v. Shah · No. 1:19-cv-09470
- Vyskocil
- Mar. 16, 2022
Background The parties informed the court by letter that they had reached a settlement in principle.
Ruling The court ordered that the action be discontinued without costs to either party. The discontinuance was without prejudice to restoring the action to the court's calendar if the parties were unable to memorialize their settlement in writing, provided that an application to restore the action was made by April 16, 2022. The order states that the dismissal would be with prejudice if no such application was made by that date.
Effect The order ended the case based on the reported settlement, subject to the stated deadline and restoration procedure. It did not decide the underlying dispute.
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