IN RE: NEW YORK CITY POLICING DURING SUMMER 2020 DEMONSTRATIONS

Nature of the Filing

This document is a joint letter from the parties, not a ruling that resolves the underlying claims. The letter concerns the related case, Sow et al. v. City of New York et al., No. 21-cv-00533 (CM) (GWG), which was brought as a proposed class action seeking declarations and money damages.

Proposed Settlement

The parties informed the court that they had reached a proposed settlement in principle covering the claims of the proposed class in the related case. They stated that the proposed class would consist of people arrested between May 28, 2020, and June 4, 2020, at specified protest locations in New York City. The parties said they had agreed to terms including payment amounts for proposed class members. They also said they intended to address reasonable litigation costs and attorneys’ fees separately.

Requests to the Court

The parties requested until June 30, 2023, to submit a settlement stipulation and related materials. They said those materials would include a request for preliminary approval, proposed appointment of a class administrator, class-certification materials under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23, and proposed notices and claim forms.

The parties also asked the court to pause further discovery and to pause class-certification motion practice indefinitely while they completed settlement negotiations. The letter referenced an existing deadline requiring the plaintiffs to seek class certification by April 30, 2023.

What the Provided Text Shows

The text provided does not include an order granting or denying the requested extension or pauses. It also does not show that the court approved the proposed settlement, certified a class, or entered judgment. Judge Colleen McMahon is identified in the filing, but the supplied text does not contain a ruling by her.