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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled May 1, 2023

Vazquez v. Bismillah USA Inc.

Judge
John Cronan
Docket
1:22-cv-06999
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil Procedure
In one sentence

In Vazquez v. Bismillah USA Inc., Judge Cronan granted the parties’ request for one more week to submit their settlement agreement for court approval.

Who this affects

The parties to Vazquez v. Bismillah USA Inc. et al., including the plaintiff and defendants, were required to submit their settlement agreement by May 5, 2023.

What happened

In Vazquez v. Bismillah USA Inc., the defendants asked for one additional week to submit the parties’ settlement agreement to the court. The plaintiff agreed, and the letter stated that no earlier extensions had been requested.

The court granted the request. It ordered the parties to submit their settlement agreement by May 5, 2023, for approval under a cited Second Circuit decision.

Judge John P. Cronan issued the order on May 1, 2023. The order extended the submission deadline; it did not state that the court had approved the settlement itself.

The detailed version

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

Case
Vazquez v. Bismillah USA Inc. · No. 1:22-cv-06999
Judge
John Cronan
Date
May 1, 2023

Background

The plaintiff’s attorney wrote to the court stating that the defendants requested one additional week to submit the parties’ settlement agreement for court review and approval. The plaintiff consented to the request, and the letter stated that the parties had not previously requested an extension.

Order

The court granted the request. It ordered the parties to submit their settlement agreement by May 5, 2023, for approval under Cheeks v. Freeport Pancake House, Inc., 796 F.3d 199 (2d Cir. 2015). The opinion does not say that the court approved the settlement agreement.

Disposition

Judge John P. Cronan granted the request for a one-week extension and set May 5, 2023, as the submission deadline. This was a procedural order concerning submission of the settlement agreement, not a decision on the underlying claims.

The authoritative version

Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.

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