Hollis v. The All American Bar on First, Inc.
- Rearden
- 1:22-cv-01466
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 1
In Hollis v. The All American Bar on First, Judge Rearden approved the parties’ joint request to extend their settlement-filing deadline to March 17, 2023.
The parties to the settlement—Ellen Hollis and the defendants identified in the case caption—were affected by the extended deadline for submitting their settlement agreement.
What happened
In Hollis v. The All American Bar on First, the plaintiff and defendants jointly asked the court for more time to submit their settlement agreement for judicial approval. The request concerned a deadline of March 3, 2023.
The parties said they were still finalizing the agreement and expected to submit it soon. They asked to extend the deadline by two weeks, to March 17, 2023.
The court ordered the requested extension. Judge Jennifer H. Rearden signed the order on March 9, 2023.
The detailed version
- Hollis v. The All American Bar on First, Inc. · No. 1:22-cv-01466
- Rearden
- Mar. 9, 2023
Background
The plaintiff’s law firm submitted a letter jointly with the defendants. The parties said they were finalizing a settlement agreement and asked to extend the deadline for submitting that agreement to the court for approval. The letter cited Cheeks v. Freeport Pancake House, Inc., which concerns judicial approval of certain wage-and-hour settlements.
Request
The parties requested a two-week extension, changing the deadline from March 3, 2023, to March 17, 2023. They stated that they expected to submit the settlement agreement shortly.
Ruling
The court ordered the requested extension. The excerpt does not provide additional reasoning or address the merits of the underlying dispute.
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