Puente v. A. Duie Pyle, Inc.
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:22-cv-05780
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Puente v. A. Duie Pyle, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled case without costs, allowing restoration within 30 days.
Luis A. Puente, A. Duie Pyle, Inc., and John Doe, whose settled action was discontinued and whose ability to restore or reopen the case was subject to the stated 30-day deadline.
What happened
In Puente v. A. Duie Pyle, the court was told that the case had been settled. The order does not describe the settlement’s terms.
The court discontinued the case without costs to any 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. If the parties wanted the court to retain jurisdiction to enforce the settlement, they had to place its terms on the public record and obtain the court’s approval within that same period.
The detailed version
- Puente v. A. Duie Pyle, Inc. · No. 1:22-cv-05780
- Ronnie Abrams
- Apr. 4, 2023
Background
The court stated that it had been informed that the case had settled. The order does not provide the settlement’s terms or explain the underlying claims.
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 also stated that any application to reopen filed after 30 days could be denied solely on that basis. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case.
The court further stated that, if the parties wanted it to retain jurisdiction—the authority to oversee enforcement—to enforce the 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 order did not decide the merits of the underlying dispute.
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