Anastasio v. Bardolino Pizza Inc.
- Ona Wang
- 1:22-cv-00192
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Anastasio v. Bardolino Pizza Inc., Judge Wang ordered the parties to submit their settlement for court approval and paused existing deadlines.
The parties and their counsel, who must submit the proposed settlement and supporting materials; the opinion does not identify the underlying claims.
What happened
Anastasio v. Bardolino Pizza Inc. concerns a settlement reached by the parties, but the opinion does not describe the underlying claims.
Judge Ona T. Wang directed the parties to jointly submit a proposed settlement agreement by January 4, 2023. They must explain why the agreement is fair and reasonable, describe how they calculated the settlement amount, and provide billing records supporting any request for attorneys’ fees.
Judge Wang also allowed the parties to request an in-person hearing and required them to propose dates if they wanted one. She adjourned all deadlines in the case indefinitely. The settlement was not approved in this order.
The detailed version
- Anastasio v. Bardolino Pizza Inc. · No. 1:22-cv-00192
- Ona Wang
- Dec. 5, 2022
Background
The court was advised that the parties had reached a settlement. The opinion does not state the claims or the settlement’s terms.
Required settlement filing
Judge Ona T. Wang ordered the parties to jointly submit a proposed settlement agreement for approval by January 4, 2023. The parties must attach a joint letter motion explaining why the agreement is fair and reasonable under the court’s governing precedent. The letter must provide enough detail about how the settlement amount was determined and must include detailed billing records supporting any request for attorneys’ fees.
Possible hearing and deadlines
If the parties prefer an in-person hearing on their settlement-approval motion, they must confer about dates when counsel and all parties can attend. By January 4, 2023, they must propose at least three dates and times during the weeks of January 23, January 30, and February 6, 2023. The court also adjourned all deadlines in the matter indefinitely.
Disposition
The court ordered the settlement-approval submission and related procedures. This order did not approve the settlement itself. Judge Wang signed the order on December 5, 2022.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.