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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Apr. 26, 2022

Tavarez v. Rowdy Mermaid Inc.

Judge
Vyskocil
Docket
1:21-cv-09782
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil Procedure
In one sentence

In Tavarez v. Rowdy Mermaid, Judge Vyskocil dismissed the action after a settlement in principle, allowing restoration by May 27, 2022 if the settlement was not written.

Who this affects

Victoriano Tavarez and Rowdy Mermaid Inc.; the action was discontinued under the stated settlement-related conditions.

What happened

Tavarez v. Rowdy Mermaid Inc. involved a letter from Plaintiff Victoriano Tavarez telling the court that the parties had reached a settlement in principle.

The court discontinued the action without costs to either party and allowed it to be restored to the court’s calendar if the parties could not put their settlement in writing and an application to restore was filed by May 27, 2022.

Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil ordered that, if no application to restore was filed by that date, the dismissal would be with prejudice.

The detailed version

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

Case
Tavarez v. Rowdy Mermaid Inc. · No. 1:21-cv-09782
Judge
Vyskocil
Date
Apr. 26, 2022

Background

The court received a letter filed by Plaintiff Victoriano Tavarez stating that the parties had reached a settlement in principle. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or the settlement’s terms.

Ruling

Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil ordered that the action be discontinued without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring the action to the court’s calendar if the parties were unable to memorialize their settlement in writing. Any application to restore the action had to be made by May 27, 2022. The order further states that if no such application was made by that date, the dismissal of the action would be with prejudice.

Effect

The opinion resolved the case through a conditional dismissal based on the parties’ reported settlement in principle. It did not decide the merits of the underlying dispute.

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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