Feliz v. Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:22-cv-05216
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Feliz v. Western Digital, Judge Abrams discontinued the reportedly settled case without costs, allowing restoration within 30 days.
Roberta Feliz, Western Digital Technologies, Inc., and the parties to the action; the case was closed, subject to the stated 30-day restoration and settlement-enforcement conditions.
What happened
Roberta Feliz sued Western Digital Technologies, Inc., and the court was told that the case had been settled.
The court discontinued the action without costs to either party and without prejudice to restoring it within 30 days. The clerk was directed to close the case.
Judge Ronnie Abrams also said any request to keep the court’s authority to enforce the settlement required making the settlement terms public and obtaining the court’s approval within 30 days.
The detailed version
- Feliz v. Western Digital Technologies, Inc. · No. 1:22-cv-05216
- Ronnie Abrams
- Oct. 20, 2022
Background
The opinion states that the Court was informed that the case had been settled. The excerpt does not provide the settlement terms or state that the Court approved the settlement.
Court’s Action
The Court ordered that the action be discontinued without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring the action to the docket if an application was made within 30 days. It 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 oversee enforcement—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. The order did not decide the underlying claims.
Disposition
The Court discontinued the action and closed the case under the terms stated above. The order was signed by Judge Ronnie Abrams.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.