Brown v. Rancho Gordo, Inc.
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:23-cv-03753
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Brown v. Rancho Gordo, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled-in-principle case without costs, allowing restoration within 30 days.
Lamar Brown and Rancho Gordo, Inc.; the case was closed after the reported settlement in principle, subject to the 30-day restoration and reopening terms.
What happened
Brown v. Rancho Gordo, Inc. was reported to have been settled in principle.
The court discontinued the case without costs to either party and without prejudice to restoring it to the court’s docket within 30 days. The order does not describe the underlying claims or settlement terms.
Judge Ronnie Abrams directed the Clerk of Court to close the case. Any request to reopen filed after 30 days may be denied solely because it was late; the court could retain authority to enforce the settlement only if its terms were placed on the public record and approved by the court within that period.
The detailed version
- Brown v. Rancho Gordo, Inc. · No. 1:23-cv-03753
- Ronnie Abrams
- July 10, 2023
Background
The court stated that it had been reported that the case had been settled in principle. The opinion does not identify the underlying claims or provide the terms of any settlement agreement.
Court’s action
The court ordered that the action be discontinued without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring the action to the court’s docket if an application to restore it was made within 30 days. It further stated that any application to reopen had to be filed within 30 days of the order and that an application filed later could be denied solely on that basis.
If the parties wanted the court to retain jurisdiction—the authority to enforce a settlement agreement—they had to place the agreement’s terms on the public record and obtain the court’s approval within the same 30-day period. Judge Ronnie Abrams directed the Clerk of Court to close the case.
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