Castro v. JPS Labs, LLC
- Rochon
- 1:23-cv-03331
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 1
In Castro v. JPS Labs, Judge Rochon ordered the parties to discuss settlement, consider standing, and report whether they settled or seek further proceedings.
Felix Castro and the other plaintiffs, and JPS Labs, LLC, must comply with the settlement-discussion and joint-reporting requirements.
What happened
Castro v. JPS Labs, LLC concerns an order requiring the parties to try to settle the case. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims.
Within 30 days after service of the summons and complaint, the parties must meet for at least one hour and discuss settlement in good faith. They must also consider whether the plaintiff meets the legal requirement of standing, meaning a sufficient connection to the dispute to bring the case.
Within 15 more days, the parties must jointly tell the court whether they settled. If not, they must ask for mediation or a settlement conference with a magistrate judge, or request an initial status conference. Judge Jennifer L. Rochon issued the order.
The detailed version
- Castro v. JPS Labs, LLC · No. 1:23-cv-03331
- Rochon
- May 2, 2023
Order
The court ordered the parties to meet and confer for at least one hour within 30 days after service of the summons and complaint. The meeting must be a good-faith attempt to settle the action.
The parties must discuss whether the plaintiff has satisfied the threshold requirement of standing. Standing is the legal requirement that a plaintiff have a sufficient connection to the dispute to invoke the court’s authority. The order cites decisions from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit concerning standing.
Further Filing and Case Management
If the parties cannot settle the case themselves, they must also discuss whether additional settlement efforts through the court-annexed mediation program or before a magistrate judge would be productive at that time.
Within 15 additional days—45 days after service of the summons and complaint—the parties must submit a joint letter stating whether they settled. If they did not settle, the letter must request either referral to mediation or to a magistrate judge for a settlement conference, with a preference identified, or an initial status conference.
Disposition
This order establishes settlement-discussion and case-reporting requirements. It does not decide the standing issue, the merits of any claim, or whether the parties settled.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.