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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled July 14, 2023

Jones v. .925-silver in the City LLC

Judge
Vyskocil
Docket
1:22-cv-07221
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil ProcedureClass Action
In one sentence

In Jones v. .925-Silver in the City LLC, Judge Vyskocil discontinued the action after a settlement in principle, subject to conditional prejudice.

Who this affects

Damon Jones, the putative group of similarly situated people he represented, and .925-SILVER IN THE CITY LLC.

What happened

Damon Jones brought Jones v. .925-SILVER IN THE CITY LLC on behalf of himself and others similarly situated. The mediator informed the court that the parties had reached a settlement in principle.

The court discontinued the action without costs to any party. The case could be restored if the parties could not put their settlement in writing and an application to restore it was made by August 14, 2023.

Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil ordered that if no restoration application was made by that date, the dismissal would be with prejudice.

The detailed version

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

Case
Jones v. .925-silver in the City LLC · No. 1:22-cv-07221
Judge
Vyskocil
Date
July 14, 2023

Background

Damon Jones filed this action on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated against .925-SILVER IN THE CITY LLC. The mediator assigned to the case informed the court that the parties had reached a settlement in principle.

Court’s Order

The court ordered that the action be discontinued without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring the action to the court’s calendar. Restoration was permitted if the parties were unable to memorialize their settlement in writing and an application to restore the action was made by August 14, 2023. The order states that if no such application was made by that date, the dismissal would be with prejudice.

Disposition

Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil entered an order of dismissal with these conditions. The opinion does not state the settlement’s terms or whether the parties later reduced it to writing.

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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