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

Velasquez v. R B Style Barber Shop, Inc.

Judge
Ronnie Abrams
Docket
1:21-cv-08966
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil ProcedureContract
In one sentence

In Velasquez v. RB Style Barber Shop, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled case without costs and without prejudice to timely restoration.

Who this affects

Ricardo Velasquez, RB Style Barber Shop, Inc., and Libo Realty LLC; the case was closed after the reported settlement, subject to the order’s 30-day restoration and reopening provisions.

What happened

Velasquez v. RB Style Barber Shop, Inc. involved Ricardo Velasquez’s case against RB Style Barber Shop, Inc. and Libo Realty LLC. The court was told that the case had settled.

The court discontinued the case without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring it if an application was made within 30 days. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case.

Judge Ronnie Abrams also stated that any request to reopen filed after 30 days could be denied solely because it was late. The court would retain jurisdiction to enforce the settlement only if the agreement’s terms were placed on the public record and approved by the court within that period.

The detailed version

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

Case
Velasquez v. R B Style Barber Shop, Inc. · No. 1:21-cv-08966
Judge
Ronnie Abrams
Date
June 10, 2022

Background

The opinion identifies Ricardo Velasquez as the plaintiff and RB Style Barber Shop, Inc., doing business as RB Style Barber Shop, and Libo Realty LLC as the defendants. The court was informed that the case had settled.

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 was made within 30 days. It directed the Clerk of Court to close the case.

The court further ordered that any application to reopen the case had to be filed within 30 days of the order and stated that a later application could be denied solely because it was filed late. If the parties wanted the court to retain jurisdiction to enforce the 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.

Disposition

Judge Ronnie Abrams discontinued the action under those conditions. The order did not decide the underlying claims.

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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