Jimenez v. Turbie Twist, LP
- Rochon
- 1:22-cv-09320
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Jimenez v. Turbie Twist, Judge Rochon ordered the parties to discuss settlement and report whether they settled.
Vanessa Jimenez, the other plaintiffs, and Turbie Twist, LP, because the court required them to participate in settlement discussions and jointly report whether the case had settled.
What happened
In Jimenez v. Turbie Twist, LP, the court ordered the parties to meet for at least one hour within 30 days after the summons and complaint were served. They must make a good-faith attempt to settle and discuss whether the plaintiff has met the requirement of having a sufficient legal stake in the case.
If the parties cannot settle, they must discuss whether mediation or a settlement conference with a magistrate judge would be useful. Within 45 days after service, they must file a joint letter stating whether they settled and, if not, requesting mediation, a magistrate-judge settlement conference, or an initial status conference.
Judge Jennifer L. Rochon issued this scheduling and settlement order on November 7, 2022. The order did not decide the standing issue or the underlying claims.
The detailed version
- Jimenez v. Turbie Twist, LP · No. 1:22-cv-09320
- Rochon
- Nov. 7, 2022
Order
The court 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 include a good-faith attempt to settle the case. The parties were also directed to discuss whether the plaintiff satisfied the threshold requirement of standing, meaning a sufficient legal stake to bring the case.
If the parties could not settle on their own, they were ordered to discuss whether additional settlement discussions through the 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 stating whether they settled. If they did not settle, the letter must request either referral to mediation or a settlement conference before a magistrate judge, while indicating a preference between those options, or an initial status conference.
Disposition and scope
This order imposed settlement-discussion and case-reporting requirements. It did not decide standing, the merits of the claims, or whether either party was entitled to judgment.
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