Maddy v. Chic Soul, LLC
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:22-cv-07217
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 1
In Maddy v. Chic Soul, LLC, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled-in-principle case without prejudice to timely restoration.
The parties and the putative class were affected by the case’s closure. The action could be restored or reopened only through a timely application within 30 days, and the court could retain authority to enforce a settlement only if the agreement’s terms were made public and approved within that period.
What happened
Maddy v. Chic Soul, LLC involved a case that the court was told had been settled in principle.
The court discontinued the action without costs to either party and without prejudice to restoring it if an application was made within 30 days. The clerk was directed to close the case.
Judge Ronnie Abrams also stated that any request to reopen the case must be filed within 30 days, and that a request for the court to retain authority to enforce a settlement would require placing the agreement’s terms on the public record and obtaining the court’s approval during that period.
The detailed version
- Maddy v. Chic Soul, LLC · No. 1:22-cv-07217
- Ronnie Abrams
- Oct. 14, 2022
Background
The court was informed that the case had been settled in principle. The opinion does not provide the settlement’s terms or state that a final settlement agreement had been approved.
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. The court stated that an application to reopen filed after that period could be denied solely because it was late. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case.
Settlement Enforcement
The court stated that if the parties wanted it to retain jurisdiction—the 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 30-day period.
Disposition
Judge Ronnie Abrams entered the discontinuance order; the opinion did not decide the underlying claims.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.