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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled June 24, 2022

Bernal v. Kuperman

Judge
Vyskocil
Docket
1:21-cv-01119
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil Procedure
In one sentence

Bernal v. Kuperman: Judge Vyskocil discontinued the action after a settlement in principle, allowing restoration by July 24, 2022.

Who this affects

Jose A. Bernal and Janna Kuperman, the parties to the action.

What happened

In Bernal v. Kuperman, the defendant informed the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York that the parties had reached a settlement in principle.

The court discontinued the action without costs to either party. The case could be restored if the parties could not put their settlement in writing and someone applied to restore it by July 24, 2022.

Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil stated that if no restoration request was made by that date, the dismissal would be with prejudice, meaning the action could not be reopened under that order.

The detailed version

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Case
Bernal v. Kuperman · No. 1:21-cv-01119
Judge
Vyskocil
Date
June 24, 2022

Background The court received a letter from Defendant Janna Kuperman stating that the parties had reached a settlement in principle. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or the settlement's terms.

Ruling The court ordered that the action be discontinued without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring the action to the court's calendar. Restoration was permitted if the parties were unable to memorialize their settlement in writing and an application to restore the action was made by July 24, 2022.

The order further stated that if no application to restore the action was made by that date, the dismissal would be with prejudice. The court did not decide the underlying claims.

Disposition The action was discontinued under the stated settlement-related conditions. Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil signed the order on June 24, 2022.

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