Velazquez v. Scholl's Wellness Company, LLC
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:22-cv-04647
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Velazquez v. Scholl’s Wellness Company, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled case without costs or prejudice, allowing restoration within 60 days.
Bryan Velazquez, the people he sought to represent, and Scholl’s Wellness Company, LLC. The order also affects any party seeking to restore or reopen the case or asking the court to retain jurisdiction to enforce the settlement.
What happened
Velazquez v. Scholl’s Wellness Company, LLC was a case brought by Bryan Velazquez on behalf of himself and others similarly situated against Scholl’s Wellness Company, LLC. The court was told that the case had been settled.
The order does not describe the settlement’s terms or decide the parties’ underlying claims. It directs that the case be discontinued without costs to either party and without prejudice to restoring it to the court’s docket within 60 days.
Judge Ronnie Abrams also stated that any request to reopen the case filed after 60 days may be denied on that basis. The clerk was directed to close the case; the court would retain jurisdiction to enforce the settlement only if its terms were placed on the public record and approved by the court within the same 60-day period.
The detailed version
- Velazquez v. Scholl's Wellness Company, LLC · No. 1:22-cv-04647
- Ronnie Abrams
- Sept. 12, 2022
Background
Bryan Velazquez brought the action on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated against Scholl’s Wellness Company, LLC. The court’s order states that it had been reported that the case was settled, but it does not provide the settlement’s terms.
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 60 days. The court stated that any application to reopen filed after that period could be denied solely because it was late. The clerk was directed to close the case.
The order further states that, 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 60-day period. Judge Ronnie Abrams did not decide the underlying claims in this order.
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