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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Apr. 8, 2022

Villanueva Galiano v. 420 East 59th Rest. LLC

Judge
Lewis Liman
Docket
1:21-cv-07379
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil ProcedureFee Petition
In one sentence

In Villanueva Galiano v. 429 East 59th Rest. LLC, Judge Liman approved the settlement and dismissed the action, allowing restoration within 30 days.

Who this affects

The dismissal affected Oscar Armando Villanueva Galiano and the defendants named in the action. The order also addressed the request for attorneys’ fees and costs by the plaintiff’s counsel.

What happened

In Villanueva Galiano v. 429 East 59th Rest. LLC, the court held a settlement hearing on April 8, 2022. The opinion says the court found the settlement fair and reasonable and approved the plaintiff’s lawyer’s request for fees and costs.

The court dismissed the action without costs and without prejudice to restoring it to the court’s calendar if an application was made within 30 days. An application filed later could be denied solely because it was late.

Judge Lewis J. Liman also ruled that any pending motions were dismissed as moot and canceled all conferences and deadlines.

The detailed version

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Case
Villanueva Galiano v. 420 East 59th Rest. LLC · No. 1:21-cv-07379
Judge
Lewis Liman
Date
Apr. 8, 2022

Settlement approval

The court held a hearing on the settlement on April 8, 2022. For the reasons stated during that hearing, it found the settlement fair and reasonable. The court also approved the request by the plaintiff’s counsel for attorneys’ fees and costs.

Disposition

The court ordered that the action be dismissed without costs and without prejudice to restoring it to the court’s calendar, provided that an application to restore was made within 30 days of the order. The court stated that an application to reopen filed after 30 days could be denied solely on that basis. Any pending motions were dismissed as moot, and all conferences and deadlines were canceled.

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