Feliz v. IHealth Labs Inc.
- Rochon
- 1:23-cv-00354
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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Feliz v. Thealth Labs, Judge Rochon ordered settlement discussions and a joint status letter, while directing the parties to consider standing.
Roberta Feliz and Thealth Labs Inc. must participate in the required settlement discussions and jointly report to the court.
What happened
In Roberta Feliz v. Thealth Labs Inc., the court ordered the parties to meet and confer for at least one hour within 30 days after service of the summons and complaint. They must make a good-faith effort to settle the case.
The parties must discuss whether Feliz has met the legal requirement of standing, which concerns whether she is entitled to bring the case. If they cannot settle, they must also discuss whether mediation or a settlement conference before a magistrate judge would be useful.
Within 15 more days, the parties must file a joint letter stating whether they settled. If not, they must ask the court either to send the case to mediation or a magistrate judge, or to schedule an initial status conference. Judge Jennifer L. Rochon did not decide standing or the merits of the case.
The detailed version
- Feliz v. IHealth Labs Inc. · No. 1:23-cv-00354
- Rochon
- Jan. 18, 2023
Order
The court assigned the case to Judge Rochon for all purposes and entered case-management instructions. Within 30 days after service of the summons and complaint, the parties must meet and confer for at least one hour in a good-faith attempt to settle the action.
The parties must consider whether the plaintiff has satisfied the threshold requirement of standing. Standing is the legal requirement that a person bringing a case have a sufficient connection to the alleged injury to invoke the court’s authority. The order cites decisions discussing that issue but does not decide whether Feliz has standing.
If the parties cannot settle the case themselves, they must also discuss whether further settlement discussions through the court-annexed mediation program or before a magistrate judge would be productive at that time.
Within 15 additional days—45 days after service of the summons and complaint—the parties must submit a joint letter stating whether they have settled. If they have not settled, the letter must ask the court either to refer the case to mediation or to a magistrate judge for a settlement conference, while stating a preference between those options, or to proceed with an initial status conference.
This is a case-management order. It does not resolve the standing issue, the parties’ underlying dispute, or any claim on the merits.
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