Jones v. Green Acres Nursery & Supply LLC
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:22-cv-06806
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Jones v. Green Acres Nursery & Supply, Judge Abrams discontinued the case settled in principle, allowing timely restoration without costs.
The plaintiffs, including Damon Jones and those described as similarly situated, and Green Acres Nursery & Supply LLC. The case was closed subject to a 30-day opportunity to seek restoration or reopening.
What happened
In Jones v. Green Acres Nursery & Supply LLC, the court was told that the parties had reached a settlement in principle.
The court discontinued the case without costs to either party and without prejudice to restoring it to the court’s docket within 30 days. The opinion does not provide the settlement’s terms.
Judge Ronnie Abrams directed that any request to reopen be filed within 30 days and directed the Clerk of Court to close the case. The court also stated that any settlement-enforcement request would require the agreement’s terms to be made public and approved by the court within that period.
The detailed version
- Jones v. Green Acres Nursery & Supply LLC · No. 1:22-cv-06806
- Ronnie Abrams
- Oct. 28, 2022
Background
The court stated that it had been reported that the case was settled in principle. The opinion does not describe the claims, the settlement terms, or whether a final settlement agreement had been completed.
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. Any application to reopen filed after that 30-day period could be denied solely because it was late.
If the parties wanted the court to retain jurisdiction—the power to oversee enforcement—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 Clerk of Court was directed to close the case.
Disposition
This was a procedural order ending the case based on the reported settlement in principle; the court did not decide the underlying claims.
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