Bullock v. Calizo Condiments, LLC
- Rochon
- 1:23-cv-06987
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Bullock v. Calizo Condiments, LLC, Judge Rochon ordered settlement discussions and a joint update, including discussion of standing.
Justin Bullock and Calizo Condiments, LLC are required to participate in settlement discussions and submit a joint letter under the court’s deadlines.
What happened
In Bullock v. Calizo Condiments, LLC, the court ordered the parties to meet for at least one hour within 30 days after the summons and complaint are served. They must make a good-faith attempt to settle the case and discuss whether the plaintiff has standing to bring it.
If the parties do not settle, they must discuss whether court-connected mediation or a settlement conference before a magistrate judge would be useful. Within 45 days after service, they must send the court a joint letter stating whether they settled and, if not, asking either for a settlement referral or an initial status conference.
Judge Jennifer L. Rochon issued this case-management order on August 9, 2023. The order does not decide standing, the merits of the claims, or whether the case may proceed.
The detailed version
- Bullock v. Calizo Condiments, LLC · No. 1:23-cv-06987
- Rochon
- Aug. 9, 2023
Order
The court ordered the parties to meet and confer for at least one hour within 30 days after service of the summons and complaint. The parties must make a good-faith attempt to settle the action. During those discussions, they must consider whether Justin Bullock has satisfied the threshold requirement of standing, meaning the legal requirement that a plaintiff be entitled to bring the case.
If the parties cannot settle the case themselves, they must also discuss whether additional settlement discussions through the court’s mediation program or before a magistrate judge would be productive at that time.
Required Joint Letter
Within 15 additional days—45 days after service of the summons and complaint—the parties must submit a joint letter stating whether they settled. If they did not settle, the letter must ask the court either to refer the case to mediation or to a magistrate judge for a settlement conference, while stating a preference between those options, or to proceed with an initial status conference.
Disposition and Scope
The court entered a procedural case-management order. It did not rule on standing, the merits of Bullock’s claims, class certification, or any other disputed legal issue.
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