Reid v. Sudshare, Inc.
- Rochon
- 1:23-cv-00706
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Reid v. Sudshare, Judge Rochon ordered settlement discussions and a joint status letter addressing settlement, mediation, or an initial conference.
Nadreca Reid and Sudshare, Inc., the parties to the action, must comply with the settlement-discussion and joint-letter requirements.
What happened
In Reid v. Sudshare, Inc., the court ordered Nadreca Reid and Sudshare, Inc. to meet for at least one hour within 30 days after service of the summons and complaint to try in good faith to settle the case.
The parties must discuss whether Reid has met the legal requirement of standing and whether further settlement discussions through court-connected mediation or a magistrate judge would be useful. Standing concerns whether a person is legally entitled to bring a case, but the order did not decide that issue.
Within 15 more days, the parties must jointly tell the court whether they settled. If they did not, they must ask either for mediation or a settlement conference before a magistrate judge, stating which they prefer, or ask to proceed with an initial status conference. Judge Jennifer L. Rochon issued the order.
The detailed version
- Reid v. Sudshare, Inc. · No. 1:23-cv-00706
- Rochon
- Jan. 31, 2023
Order
The court ordered the parties to meet and confer within 30 days after service of the summons and complaint. The meeting must last at least one hour and must be a good-faith effort to settle the action.
Issues for Discussion
The parties must consider whether Nadreca Reid has satisfied the threshold requirement of standing. Standing is the legal requirement that a plaintiff be entitled to bring the lawsuit. The court cited Second Circuit decisions concerning standing but did not decide whether Reid has standing.
If the parties cannot settle the case themselves, they must also discuss whether additional settlement discussions through the court's mediation program or before a magistrate judge would be productive at that time.
Reporting Requirement and Disposition
Within 15 additional days—45 days after service of the summons and complaint—the parties must submit a joint letter telling the court whether they settled. If they did not settle, the letter must request either referral to mediation or a settlement conference before a magistrate judge, with a stated preference between those options, or an initial status conference.
This order sets settlement and case-management requirements. It does not resolve the merits of the dispute, decide the standing issue, or grant or deny a motion.
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