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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Mar. 13, 2023

Marvici v. Roche Facilities Maintenance LLC

Judge
James Cott
Docket
1:21-cv-04259
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
2
Civil ProcedureContract
In one sentence

In Marvici v. Roche Facilities Maintenance LLC, Judge Cott ordered the plaintiffs and Laura Amoruso to seek court approval of their settlement.

Who this affects

Chiala Marvici, Yasmine Fadil, and defendant Laura Amoruso were directed to seek court approval of their settlement. The order does not state how the other defendants were affected.

What happened

In Marvici v. Roche Facilities Maintenance LLC, Chiala Marvici and Yasmine Fadil reached a settlement with defendant Laura Amoruso during a court settlement conference on March 13, 2023.

The court ordered the plaintiffs and Amoruso to file a joint request and their settlement agreement by April 13, 2023. The request must explain why the settlement is fair and reasonable and complies with applicable Second Circuit requirements.

Judge James L. Cott did not approve the settlement in this order. He directed the parties to submit their settlement papers to Judge Engelmayer, unless they consented to Judge Cott reviewing the settlement.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Marvici v. Roche Facilities Maintenance LLC · No. 1:21-cv-04259
Judge
James Cott
Date
Mar. 13, 2023

Background

Chiala Marvici and Yasmine Fadil, the plaintiffs, attended a settlement conference with defendant Laura Amoruso on March 13, 2023. The opinion states that the plaintiffs and Amoruso reached a settlement. It does not describe the underlying claims.

Order

The court directed the plaintiffs and Amoruso to file a joint letter motion and their settlement agreement by April 13, 2023, seeking court approval. The letter must explain why the proposed settlement is fair and reasonable and otherwise complies with the Second Circuit's requirements in Cheeks v. Freeport Pancake House, Inc., 796 F.3d 199 (2d Cir. 2015).

The parties were directed to submit their settlement papers to Judge Engelmayer unless they agreed to let Judge Cott review the settlement under 28 U.S.C. § 636(c). The order does not approve the settlement or decide the underlying case. Judge James L. Cott entered the order on March 13, 2023.

The authoritative version

Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.

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