A.D. v. New York City Department of Education
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:23-cv-02177
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In A.D. v. New York City Department of Education, Judge Abrams closed the settled case without costs, allowing restoration within 30 days.
A.D., acting on behalf of C.S., and the New York City Department of Education. The case was closed after the reported settlement, subject to a possible application to restore it within 30 days.
What happened
A.D., acting for her child C.S., sued the New York City Department of Education. The court was told that the case had been settled, but the opinion does not describe the settlement or the underlying claims.
The court discontinued the case without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring it within 30 days. It directed the Clerk of Court to close the case. Any request to enforce the settlement through the court had to be put on the public record and approved by the court within the same 30-day period.
Judge Ronnie Abrams issued the order on August 31, 2023. The order did not decide the underlying dispute.
The detailed version
- A.D. v. New York City Department of Education · No. 1:23-cv-02177
- Ronnie Abrams
- Aug. 31, 2023
Background
A.D., on behalf of her child, C.S., sued the New York City Department of Education. The court stated that it had been informed that the case was settled. The opinion does not provide the settlement’s terms or explain the underlying legal claims.
Order
The court ordered that the action be discontinued without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring it to the court’s docket if an application to restore was made within 30 days. It stated that an application to reopen filed after that period could be denied solely because it was late. The court also stated that, if the parties wanted it to retain authority to enforce the settlement agreement, the agreement’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.
Effect
This order ended the case based on the reported settlement and did not decide the underlying dispute. Judge Ronnie Abrams signed the order.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.