Grimes v. Sony Corporation
- Vyskocil
- 1:19-cv-10644
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
In Grimes v. Sony, Judge Vyskocil discontinued the case after a settlement in principle, allowing restoration by July 22, 2022.
The plaintiffs, an intervenor plaintiff, the Sony defendants, and the nonappearing defendants Profile, Protoons, and Plotnicki.
What happened
In Grimes v. Sony Music Entertainment, Inc., the parties told the court that the plaintiffs, an intervenor plaintiff, and the Sony defendants had reached a settlement in principle. They were still discussing whether to continue against other defendants, and the settlement agreement had not yet been finalized.
The court discontinued the case without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring it by July 22, 2022. If the plaintiffs or intervenor plaintiff wanted to continue against the Sony defendants because no settlement agreement was reached, they could ask to restore the case by that date.
The court also noted that Profile, Protoons, and Plotnicki had never appeared and that the plaintiffs had not sought default judgment against them. Judge Vyskocil ordered that if no restoration request was filed by July 22, 2022, the dismissal would be with prejudice, and all other deadlines were postponed indefinitely.
The detailed version
- Grimes v. Sony Corporation · No. 1:19-cv-10644
- Vyskocil
- June 21, 2022
Background
The court received letters from the parties stating that the matter had been settled in principle among the Sony defendants, the plaintiffs, and an intervenor plaintiff. The letters also stated that the plaintiffs and intervenor plaintiff were conferring about whether to proceed against other defendants named in the complaint. The Sony defendants represented that they would send plaintiffs a draft settlement agreement that week.
The opinion states that the case had been on the court’s docket since 2019. Defendants Profile, Protoons, and Plotnicki had never appeared, and the plaintiffs had never moved for default judgment against them.
Ruling
The court ordered that the case be discontinued without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring the case to the court’s calendar if an application to restore was made by July 22, 2022. If no settlement agreement was reached and the plaintiffs and intervenor plaintiff wished to prosecute the case against the Sony defendants, they could move to restore it by that date.
The court further ordered that if no application to restore was made by July 22, 2022, the dismissal would be with prejudice. It adjourned all other dates and deadlines indefinitely and directed the clerk to terminate docket entries 88, 100, and 108.
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