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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled July 13, 2023

Feltenstein v. Bronx Parking Development Company, LLC

Judge
Ronnie Abrams
Docket
1:22-cv-04704
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil ProcedureContract
In one sentence

In Feltenstein v. Bronx Parking Development Company, LLC, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled case without costs, allowing restoration within 30 days.

Who this affects

Jennifer Feltenstein and Bronx Parking Development Company, LLC; the case was closed after the reported settlement, subject to the stated 30-day procedure for restoration or court approval of settlement enforcement.

What happened

In Feltenstein v. Bronx Parking Development Company, LLC, the court was told that the parties had settled the case.

The court discontinued the action without costs to either party. It allowed either side to seek restoration of the case within 30 days, and directed the Clerk of Court to close the case.

Judge Ronnie Abrams also stated that any request for the court to retain authority to enforce the settlement had to be placed on the public record and approved by the court within the same 30-day period.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Feltenstein v. Bronx Parking Development Company, LLC · No. 1:22-cv-04704
Judge
Ronnie Abrams
Date
July 13, 2023

Background

The court stated that it had been informed that the case had settled. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or the settlement’s terms.

Ruling

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 stated that any application to reopen filed after that period could be denied solely because it was late.

The court further stated that, if the parties wanted it to retain jurisdiction—the authority to enforce the settlement—the settlement’s terms had to be placed on the public record and approved by the court within the same 30-day period. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case. Judge Ronnie Abrams signed the order.

The authoritative version

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