Velasquez v. Mykita Shop LLC
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:22-cv-02948
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
In Velasquez v. Mykita Shop LLC, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled case without costs and without prejudice to timely restoration.
Ricardo Velasquez and defendants Terra Broome-Street LLC, Mykita Shop LLC, and The Nieuw Broome Tenants Corp.; the action was discontinued after the court was informed that the case had settled.
What happened
Velasquez v. Mykita Shop LLC involved Ricardo Velasquez and defendants Terra Broome-Street LLC, Mykita Shop LLC, and The Nieuw Broome Tenants Corp. The court was told that the case had settled.
The court discontinued the action without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring it within 30 days. The court directed the Clerk of Court to close the case.
Judge Ronnie Abrams also said that any later application to reopen could be denied if filed after 30 days. The court would retain jurisdiction to enforce the settlement only if the settlement terms were placed on the public record and approved by the court within that period.
The detailed version
- Velasquez v. Mykita Shop LLC · No. 1:22-cv-02948
- Ronnie Abrams
- Dec. 21, 2022
Background
The caption lists Ricardo Velasquez as the plaintiff and Terra Broome-Street LLC, Mykita Shop LLC, doing business as Mykita, and The Nieuw Broome Tenants Corp. as defendants. The court stated that it had been informed that the case was settled. The opinion does not describe the claims or the settlement’s terms.
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 was made within 30 days. It stated that any application to reopen had to be filed within 30 days of the order and that an application filed later could be denied solely because it was late.
The court further stated that, if the parties wanted the court to retain jurisdiction to enforce the 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.
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