Norris v. Cuatro Lobos, Inc.
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:21-cv-07999
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Norris v. Cuatro Lobos, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled case without costs, allowing restoration within 30 days.
Namel Norris, Cuatro Lobos, Inc. doing business as Wildair, and Orchard Street Holdings LLC; the case was closed subject to the stated 30-day restoration and settlement-enforcement conditions.
What happened
In Norris v. Cuatro Lobos, Inc., the court was told that the parties had settled the case. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or the settlement terms.
The court discontinued the action without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring it to the court’s docket if an application was made within 30 days. The court also directed the Clerk of Court to close the case.
Judge Ronnie Abrams issued the order. The court said that any request to reopen filed after 30 days could be denied solely because it was late, and that any request for the court to retain authority to enforce the settlement had to place the agreement on the public record and obtain the court’s approval within that period.
The detailed version
- Norris v. Cuatro Lobos, Inc. · No. 1:21-cv-07999
- Ronnie Abrams
- July 13, 2022
Background
The court stated that it had been informed that the case had been settled. The opinion does not identify the claims or provide the settlement’s terms. The named defendants are Cuatro Lobos, Inc. doing business as Wildair, and Orchard Street Holdings LLC.
Order
The court ordered that the action be discontinued without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring the action to the court’s docket if an application to restore it was made within 30 days. It directed the Clerk of Court to close the case.
The order also stated that an application to reopen filed after 30 days could be denied solely because it was late. If the parties wanted the court to retain jurisdiction—that is, authority—to enforce the settlement agreement, they were required to place the agreement’s terms on the public record and obtain the court’s approval within the same 30-day period.
Disposition
Judge Ronnie Abrams discontinued the action under the stated settlement-related terms. The opinion does not decide the underlying dispute on its merits.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.