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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Mar. 15, 2023

Brown v. Un Deux Trois, Inc.

Judge
Vyskocil
Docket
1:22-cv-08932
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil ProcedureClass Action
In one sentence

In Brown v. Un Deux Trois, Judge Vyskocil discontinued the action after the parties reported a settlement in principle, subject to possible restoration by May 1, 2023.

Who this affects

Lamar Brown, the people he sought to represent, and Un Deux Trois, Inc.; the action was discontinued while the parties worked toward a written settlement.

What happened

In Brown v. Un Deux Trois, Inc., Lamar Brown told the court that the parties had reached a settlement in principle. Brown brought the action on behalf of himself and others similarly situated.

The court discontinued the action without costs to either party and allowed it to be restored if the parties could not put their settlement in writing. Any request to restore the case had to be made by May 1, 2023.

Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil ordered that if no restoration request was made by that date, the dismissal would be with prejudice, meaning the action could not be brought back.

The detailed version

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

Case
Brown v. Un Deux Trois, Inc. · No. 1:22-cv-08932
Judge
Vyskocil
Date
Mar. 15, 2023

Background

Lamar Brown brought this action on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated against Un Deux Trois, Inc. The court received Brown’s letter reporting that the parties had reached a settlement in principle.

Court’s action

The court ordered that the action be discontinued without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring the action to the court’s calendar if the parties were unable to memorialize their settlement in writing. The court required any application to restore the action to be made by May 1, 2023.

The order further stated that if no application to restore the action was made by that date, the dismissal would be with prejudice. The opinion does not describe the claims or the settlement’s terms.

The authoritative version

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