Zinnamon v. Ready Reading Glasses, Inc.
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:22-cv-05159
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Zinnamon v. Ready Reading Glasses, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled case without fees or costs, allowing restoration applications within 60 days.
The parties to the settled action, and any party seeking to restore the action or have the court retain authority to enforce the settlement.
What happened
In Zinnamon v. Ready Reading Glasses, Inc., the court was told that all parties had reached a settlement.
The court discontinued the case without fees or costs to any party. It allowed a party to ask to restore the case to the court’s docket within 60 days, while warning that a later request could be denied solely because it was late.
Judge Ronnie Abrams also said that any request for the court to keep authority to enforce the settlement had to place the settlement terms on the public record and receive the court’s approval within 60 days. The clerk was directed to close the case.
The detailed version
- Zinnamon v. Ready Reading Glasses, Inc. · No. 1:22-cv-05159
- Ronnie Abrams
- Aug. 18, 2022
Background
The opinion states that the court was informed that a settlement had been reached among all parties. It does not describe the settlement’s terms or decide the underlying claims.
Court’s Action
The court ordered that the action be discontinued without fees or costs to any party. The discontinuance was without prejudice to restoring the action to the court’s docket if an application to restore it was made within 60 days. The court stated that an application filed after that period could be denied solely because it was late.
The court further stated that, if the parties wanted it to retain authority 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 60-day period. The clerk was directed to close the case.
Result
Judge Ronnie Abrams discontinued the action and directed the clerk to close the case, subject to the stated 60-day procedures for restoring the action or seeking continued court authority to enforce the settlement.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.