Peters v. The City of New York
- Gregory Woods
- 1:21-cv-08900
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 1
In Peters v. The City of New York, Judge Woods ordered expedited lien review after the parties reached a settlement in principle.
The order affected Jason Peters, his counsel, The City of New York, and the City’s Human Resources Administration Department of Social Services.
What happened
In Peters v. The City of New York, the parties had reached a settlement in principle. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or the settlement’s terms.
The City said it needed an executed affidavit about lien status, among other documents, before processing the settlement. Its Human Resources Administration Department of Social Services said that reviewing the lien request would otherwise take months.
Judge Gregory Woods ordered the department to review Jason Peters’s lien request on an expedited basis and send the results to his counsel as soon as practicable.
The detailed version
- Peters v. The City of New York · No. 1:21-cv-08900
- Gregory Woods
- June 14, 2023
Background
The parties reported that they had reached a settlement in principle. The opinion does not identify the underlying claims or explain the settlement’s terms. The City of New York conditioned its processing of the settlement on receiving an executed affidavit of lien status from the plaintiff, among other papers.
The City’s Human Resources Administration Department of Social Services indicated that, without a court order, considering the lien request would take months.
Order
The court ordered the City of New York’s Human Resources Administration Department of Social Services to address the lien request submitted for Jason Peters on an expedited basis. It also ordered the department to deliver the results to Peters’s counsel, Wylie Stecklow PLLC, as soon as practicable. The order addressed the timing of the lien review and did not describe or approve the settlement’s terms.
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