Uddin v. Rock Arch & Eng Corp.
- Katherine Failla
- 1:21-cv-10900
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Uddin v. Rock Arch, Judge Failla dismissed Plaintiff’s Title VII claims with prejudice and remanded her remaining state-law claims.
Plaintiff Nabila Uddin’s Title VII claims were dismissed with prejudice, while her remaining New York State and City law claims were remanded to New York State Supreme Court, Queens County. The order also required all parties to bear their own attorney’s fees and costs for the dismissed Title VII claims.
What happened
In Uddin v. Rock Arch & Eng Corp., the parties asked the federal court to approve their agreement dismissing Plaintiff’s federal claims and sending her remaining New York state-law claims back to state court.
The court approved the agreement, dismissed Plaintiff’s Title VII claims with prejudice, and ordered each side to pay its own attorney’s fees and costs for those claims. Because no federal claims remained, the court declined to continue hearing the claims under New York State and City law and remanded the case to New York State Supreme Court in Queens County.
Judge Katherine Polk Failla entered the order. The ruling resolved the federal claims through the parties’ stipulation but did not decide the merits of the remaining state-law claims.
The detailed version
- Uddin v. Rock Arch & Eng Corp. · No. 1:21-cv-10900
- Katherine Failla
- Jan. 5, 2023
Background
The parties submitted a stipulation of voluntary dismissal covering Plaintiff Nabila Uddin’s federal claims, along with a proposed order returning the remaining state-law claims to New York State Supreme Court, County of Queens. The remaining claims arose under New York State and New York City law.
Rulings
The court approved the parties’ stipulation. It dismissed Plaintiff’s federal causes of action under Title VII with prejudice. The court also ordered that all parties bear their own attorney’s fees and costs connected with the dismissed Title VII claims.
After dismissing all claims over which it had original federal jurisdiction, the court declined to exercise supplemental jurisdiction—the federal court’s authority to hear related state-law claims. The court cited the early stage of the litigation and remanded the remaining claims to New York State Supreme Court, Queens County. The Clerk of Court was directed to carry out the remand.
Effect of the Order
The order ended the federal court’s involvement. It did not decide the merits of the remaining New York state-law claims; those claims were sent to state court. Judge Katherine Polk Failla entered the order approving the stipulation, dismissing the Title VII claims with prejudice, and remanding the remaining claims.
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