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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Jan. 17, 2023

Stephens v. Create Restaurants NY Inc.

Judge
John Cronan
Docket
1:21-cv-05846
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
2
Civil ProcedureEmployment
In one sentence

In Stephens v. Create Restaurants NY Inc., Judge Cronan extended the deadline for filing the parties’ settlement agreement for court review.

Who this affects

The parties to Stephens’s wage-and-hour and employment-discrimination lawsuit, including Stephens, Create Restaurants NY Inc., and NYC 004 213 E 45th St NY LLC.

What happened

In Stephens v. Create Restaurants NY Inc., the parties told the court they had reached a settlement in principle in a wage-and-hour and employment-discrimination lawsuit.

They asked for more time to finalize and sign their settlement agreement and submit it for the court’s required review. The defendants consented to the requested extension.

Judge John P. Cronan adjourned the settlement-review deadline to January 24, 2023.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Stephens v. Create Restaurants NY Inc. · No. 1:21-cv-05846
Judge
John Cronan
Date
Jan. 17, 2023

Background

Plaintiff Shaquille Stephens brought a wage-and-hour and employment-discrimination lawsuit against Create Restaurants NY Inc. and NYC 004 213 E 45th St NY LLC. The parties informed the court on December 12, 2022, that they had reached a settlement in principle.

The court ordered the parties to submit the settlement for a required review under Pancake House, Inc. v. Kijakazi by January 10, 2023. After the parties missed that deadline because of a calendaring error, the court ordered them on January 12 to submit the settlement by January 17. The parties had exchanged drafts and were close to finalizing and signing the agreement, but requested additional time. The defendants consented to the request.

Ruling

Judge John P. Cronan adjourned the settlement-review deadline to January 24, 2023. The opinion does not state that the court approved the settlement itself.

The authoritative version

Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.

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