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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled May 2, 2023

Perez v. Standup 236 LLC

Judge
Sarah Cave
Docket
1:22-cv-06821
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil Procedure
In one sentence

In Perez v. Standup 236 LLC, Judge Cave granted the parties’ request for more time to submit a settlement-approval motion, extending the deadline to May 9, 2023.

Who this affects

The parties, who received an extension until May 9, 2023, to file their settlement-approval motion; the order also directed the Clerk of Court to close ECF No. 20.

What happened

Perez v. Standup 236 LLC involved the parties’ request for an additional week to submit their settlement agreement for court review. The plaintiffs’ lawyers said the parties were still revising a draft, and the defendants agreed to the extension.

The court granted the request at ECF No. 20. It ordered the parties to file their motion seeking settlement approval by May 9, 2023, for review by Judge Paul A. Engelmayer under the required settlement-review process described in the opinion.

Judge Sarah L. Cave also directed the Clerk of Court to close ECF No. 20. The opinion did not decide the underlying claims or approve the settlement itself.

The detailed version

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Case
Perez v. Standup 236 LLC · No. 1:22-cv-06821
Judge
Sarah Cave
Date
May 2, 2023

Background

The parties requested an additional week—from May 2 to May 9, 2023—to submit their settlement agreement for court review. The plaintiffs’ lawyers stated that the parties had exchanged a draft agreement but were still revising it. The defendants consented to the request, which the plaintiffs’ lawyers identified as the second request of this type. The opinion does not state what claims the lawsuit involves.

Ruling

The court granted the parties’ request at ECF No. 20. It ordered the parties to file, by May 9, 2023, a motion seeking settlement approval by Judge Paul A. Engelmayer under the settlement-review procedure discussed in Cheeks v. Freeport Pancake House, Inc. The court did not itself approve the settlement in this order. Judge Sarah L. Cave also directed the Clerk of Court to close ECF No. 20.

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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