Mejia v. Peace Coffee LLC
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:22-cv-05799
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Mejia v. Peace Coffee, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled-in-principle case without prejudice to timely restoration.
Richard Mejia, Peace Coffee LLC, and the similarly situated people identified in the complaint’s caption are affected by the case’s discontinuance and closure.
What happened
Richard Mejia sued Peace Coffee LLC individually and on behalf of similarly situated people. The court was told that the case had 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 court also directed the Clerk of Court to close the case.
Judge Ronnie Abrams ordered that any request for the court to retain authority to enforce a settlement had to place the settlement terms on the public record and obtain the court’s approval within the same 30-day period.
The detailed version
- Mejia v. Peace Coffee LLC · No. 1:22-cv-05799
- Ronnie Abrams
- Oct. 24, 2022
Background
Richard Mejia brought this action individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated against Peace Coffee LLC. The opinion states that the court was informed that the case had been settled in principle. It does not provide the settlement’s terms or state that the court approved a final 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 court’s docket if an application to restore it was made within 30 days. The court warned that an application filed after that period could be denied solely because it was late. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case.
If the parties wanted the court to retain jurisdiction—authority to enforce—a 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 court cited Hendrickson v. United States, 791 F.3d 354, 358 (2d Cir. 2015).
Disposition
Judge Ronnie Abrams discontinued the action without costs and without prejudice to timely restoration. The order did not decide the merits of Mejia’s claims or state the terms of any settlement.
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