Doncouse v. Mei Na Spa, Inc. d/b/a IL Girasole Beauty Spa
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:23-cv-00466
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Doncouse v. Mei Na Spa, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled-in-principle case without costs, allowing restoration within 30 days.
The plaintiff, Graciela Doncouse, and the defendants, Mei Na Spa, Inc. d/b/a IL Girasole Beauty Spa and Sand Associates, L.P.; the action was closed subject to the stated 30-day procedures for restoration or court approval of settlement-enforcement jurisdiction.
What happened
In Doncouse v. Mei Na Spa, the court was informed that the parties had reached a settlement in principle.
The court discontinued the action without costs to any party and closed the case. It allowed a party to seek restoration of the action within 30 days.
Judge Ronnie Abrams also stated that any request to reopen filed after 30 days might be denied on that basis, and that any request for the court to retain authority to enforce the settlement had to be placed on the public record and approved by the court within that period.
The detailed version
- Doncouse v. Mei Na Spa, Inc. d/b/a IL Girasole Beauty Spa · No. 1:23-cv-00466
- Ronnie Abrams
- Mar. 9, 2023
Background
The court stated that it had been informed that this case had been settled in principle. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or the settlement’s terms.
Disposition
The court ordered that the action be discontinued without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring it to the court’s docket if an application to restore the action was made within 30 days. It directed that any application to reopen be filed within 30 days of the order and stated that a later application might be denied solely because it was filed late.
The court also stated that, if the parties wanted it to retain authority to enforce a settlement agreement, the agreement’s terms had to be placed on the public record and approved by the court within the same 30-day period. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case.
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