Maddy v. Slashdot Media, LLC
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:22-cv-05899
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
In Maddy v. Slashdot Media, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled-in-principle case without costs or prejudice to timely restoration.
The plaintiffs and Slashdot Media, LLC were affected by the case’s discontinuance and closure. The action could be restored only through a timely application within 30 days, and the court would retain authority to enforce a settlement only if the stated conditions were met.
What happened
In Maddy v. Slashdot Media, LLC, the court was told that the parties had reached a settlement in principle. The opinion does not describe the settlement’s terms or decide the underlying claims.
The court discontinued the action without costs to either party and without prejudice to restoring it if an application was made within 30 days. The clerk was directed to close the case.
Judge Ronnie Abrams also stated that any request to reopen filed after 30 days could be denied solely because it was late. The court would retain authority to enforce a settlement only if the agreement’s terms were placed on the public record and approved by the court within that period.
The detailed version
- Maddy v. Slashdot Media, LLC · No. 1:22-cv-05899
- Ronnie Abrams
- Mar. 23, 2023
Background
The court was informed that the case had been settled in principle. The opinion does not provide the settlement terms and does not decide the merits of the plaintiffs’ claims.
Order
The court ordered that the action be discontinued without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring the action to the court’s docket if an application to restore it was made within 30 days. The court stated that an application to reopen filed after that period could be denied solely because it was late.
The court further 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 was directed to close the case. Judge Ronnie Abrams signed the order.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.