Brown v. SJCRIV, Inc.
- Rochon
- 1:23-cv-03522
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Brown v. SJCRIVA, Judge Rochon ordered settlement discussions and a joint status letter, without deciding whether Brown has standing.
Altaune Brown, SJCRIVA, Inc., and 201 Clinton Street Realty Inc.; the order requires the parties to pursue settlement discussions and submit a joint letter.
What happened
In Brown v. SJCRIVA, Inc. and 201 Clinton Street Realty Inc., the court ordered the parties to try to settle the case after the summons and complaint are served. The order did not decide the claims or whether Altaune Brown has legal standing to sue.
Within 30 days after service, the parties must meet for at least one hour and make a good-faith settlement effort. They must discuss whether Brown meets the standing requirement and whether further settlement discussions through mediation or a magistrate judge would be useful.
Within 15 more days, the parties must file a joint letter stating whether they settled. If they did not, the letter must ask either for mediation or a settlement conference before a magistrate judge, or for an initial status conference. Judge Jennifer L. Rochon issued the order on May 9, 2023.
The detailed version
- Brown v. SJCRIV, Inc. · No. 1:23-cv-03522
- Rochon
- May 9, 2023
Order and Background
The opinion is a case-management order in an action brought by Altaune Brown against SJCRIVA, Inc. and 201 Clinton Street Realty Inc. It does not describe the underlying claims or decide their merits.
Settlement Discussions
The court ordered the parties, within 30 days after service of the summons and complaint, to meet and confer for at least one hour in a good-faith effort to settle the action. During those discussions, the parties must consider whether Brown has satisfied the threshold requirement of standing, meaning the legal requirement that a person have a sufficient connection to a dispute to ask a court to decide it. The parties must also discuss whether additional settlement discussions through the court-annexed mediation program or before a magistrate judge would be productive if they cannot settle the case themselves.
Required Joint Letter and Disposition
Within 15 additional days—45 days after service of the summons and complaint—the parties must submit a joint letter telling the court whether they settled. If they did not settle, the letter must request either referral to mediation or a settlement conference before a magistrate judge, while stating a preference between those options, or an initial status conference. Judge Jennifer L. Rochon entered these case-management directives; the order did not resolve standing or any other underlying legal issue.
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