Reid v. Active Creations LLC
- Rochon
- 1:23-cv-00390
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Reid v. Active Creations LLC, Judge Rochon ordered the parties to discuss settlement and Plaintiff’s standing, then report their next steps.
Nadreca Reid, Active Creations LLC, and the proposed class of similarly situated persons are required to follow the court’s settlement-discussion and reporting deadlines.
What happened
In Reid v. Active Creations LLC, Plaintiff Nadreca Reid sued Active Creations LLC individually and as a representative of similarly situated people. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims.
Judge Rochon ordered the parties to meet for at least one hour within 30 days after service of the summons and complaint and make a good-faith effort to settle. They must discuss whether Plaintiff has met the requirement of having standing to sue.
If the case is not settled, the parties must jointly tell Judge Rochon within an additional 15 days whether they want mediation, a settlement conference before a magistrate judge, or an initial status conference. The order does not decide the merits of the case.
The detailed version
- Reid v. Active Creations LLC · No. 1:23-cv-00390
- Rochon
- Jan. 19, 2023
Background
Nadreca Reid brought this action individually and as the representative of a class of similarly situated persons against Active Creations LLC. The opinion does not state the underlying claims or the relief sought.
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 discussions must be a good-faith attempt to settle the action. The parties must also consider whether Reid has satisfied the threshold requirement of standing, meaning a sufficient legal connection to the alleged injury to bring the case.
If the parties cannot settle on their own, they must 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 settled. If they did not settle, 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.
Disposition and Significance
This is a case-management and settlement order. It does not resolve standing, the underlying claims, or the merits of the case. The classification is procedural because the court directed the parties’ next steps without deciding the underlying legal dispute.
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