Yan Luis v. Fanjoy Co.
- Rochon
- 1:22-cv-10499
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Yan Luis v. Fanjoy Co., Judge Rochon ordered the parties to attempt settlement and submit a joint letter.
Kevin Yan Luis and Fanjoy Co., the parties to the action.
What happened
In Yan Luis v. Fanjoy Co., 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 effort to settle the case and discuss whether the plaintiff meets the basic legal requirement of standing.
If they cannot settle, the parties must also discuss whether mediation through the court’s mediation program or a settlement conference before a magistrate judge would be useful. Within 45 days after service, they must submit a joint letter stating whether they settled.
If the case is not settled, the joint letter must ask the court either to send the case to mediation or a magistrate judge for a settlement conference, while stating a preference, or to schedule an initial status conference. Judge Rochon did not decide the standing issue or the merits of the case.
The detailed version
- Yan Luis v. Fanjoy Co. · No. 1:22-cv-10499
- Rochon
- Dec. 13, 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 be a good-faith attempt to settle the action. The parties were directed to discuss whether Plaintiff Kevin Yan Luis had satisfied the threshold requirement of standing, meaning a sufficient legal connection to bring the case.
The court also ordered the parties to discuss whether additional settlement efforts through the court-annexed mediation program or before a magistrate judge would be productive if they could not settle on their own.
Required Joint Letter
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 request either referral to mediation or to a magistrate judge for a settlement conference, and state a preference between those options, or an initial status conference.
Disposition and Scope
This order establishes settlement and case-management steps. It does not decide standing, the merits of the claims, or whether the case may proceed as a class action.
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