Yan Luis v. Framebridge, Inc.
- Rochon
- 1:22-cv-09016
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
In Yan Luis v. Framebridge, Inc., Judge Rochon ordered settlement discussions and a joint status letter without deciding the case’s merits.
The order directly affects Kevin Yan Luis and Framebridge, Inc., requiring them to discuss settlement and standing and to submit a joint letter to the court.
What happened
In Yan Luis v. Framebridge, Inc., the court ordered Kevin Yan Luis and Framebridge, Inc. to meet for at least one hour within 30 days after service of the summons and complaint. They must make a good-faith effort to settle the case and discuss whether Luis has standing, meaning a legally sufficient personal stake in the dispute.
If the parties cannot settle, they must also discuss whether mediation or a settlement conference before a magistrate judge would be useful. Within 45 days after service, they must send the court a joint letter stating whether they settled. If not, they must ask either for mediation or a magistrate-judge settlement conference, stating their preference, or request an initial status conference.
Judge Jennifer L. Rochon issued the order on October 25, 2022. The order sets case-management and settlement requirements; it does not decide standing, the claims’ merits, or whether a class should be certified.
The detailed version
- Yan Luis v. Framebridge, Inc. · No. 1:22-cv-09016
- Rochon
- Oct. 25, 2022
What the Court Ordered
The court stated that the case had been assigned to Judge Rochon for all purposes. It ordered the parties to meet and confer for at least one hour within 30 days after service of the summons and complaint. The meeting must be a good-faith attempt to settle the action.
The parties were specifically directed to discuss whether plaintiff Kevin Yan Luis had satisfied the threshold requirement of standing, which means having a legally sufficient personal stake in the dispute. The order cited decisions from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit concerning standing.
If the Case Does Not Settle
If the parties cannot settle the case themselves, they must discuss whether additional settlement discussions through the district’s court-annexed mediation program or before a magistrate judge would be productive at that time.
Within 15 additional days—45 days after service of the summons and complaint—the parties must submit a joint letter telling the court whether they settled. If they did not settle, the letter must either request referral to mediation or to a magistrate judge for a settlement conference and state which option the parties prefer, or request that the court proceed with an initial status conference.
Disposition and Scope
This is a case-management and settlement order. The court did not decide whether Luis has standing, whether the claims have merit, or whether the action may proceed on behalf of similarly situated people. The opinion does not state that the court granted or denied a motion.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.