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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Jan. 8, 2024

McKnight v. The Social Edge Network, Inc.

Judge
Vyskocil
Docket
1:23-cv-07699
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil Procedure
In one sentence

In McKnight v. The Social Edge Network, Judge Vyskocil discontinued the action after a settlement in principle, subject to restoration by February 7, 2024.

Who this affects

The plaintiff and defendant were affected because their action was discontinued following a settlement in principle. The case could be restored if the settlement was not put in writing and a restoration request was filed by February 7, 2024; otherwise, the dismissal would be with prejudice.

What happened

McKnight v. The Social Edge Network, Inc. was discontinued after the plaintiff told the court that the parties had reached a settlement in principle.

The court ordered that the case could be restored if the parties could not put their settlement in writing, but the request had to be made by February 7, 2024. If no request was made by then, the dismissal would be with prejudice. The scheduled initial pretrial conference was also canceled.

Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil entered the order without awarding costs to either party.

The detailed version

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

Case
McKnight v. The Social Edge Network, Inc. · No. 1:23-cv-07699
Judge
Vyskocil
Date
Jan. 8, 2024

Background

The plaintiff filed a letter informing the court that the parties had reached a settlement in principle.

Ruling

The court ordered that the action be discontinued without costs to either party and without prejudice to restoring the action to the court's calendar if the parties were unable to memorialize their settlement in writing. Any application to restore the action had to be made by February 7, 2024. The order states that if no such application was made by that date, the dismissal would be with prejudice, meaning the action could not be restored.

The court also adjourned the initial pretrial conference scheduled for January 12, 2024. The order did not decide the underlying claims on their merits.

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