Wahab v. Shelving Incorporated
- Tarnofsky
- 1:24-cv-00378
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Wahab v. Shelving Incorporated, Judge Tarnofsky ordered settlement discussions and a joint status letter while directing the parties to consider standing.
Angela Wahab, Shelving Incorporated, and the people Wahab seeks to represent as similarly situated plaintiffs.
What happened
In Wahab v. Shelving Incorporated, the court ordered Angela Wahab and Shelving Incorporated to meet for at least one hour within 30 days after the summons and complaint were served. They must make a good-faith effort to settle the case and discuss whether Wahab has standing to sue.
If the parties cannot settle, they must also discuss whether mediation or a settlement conference would be useful. Within 45 days after service, they must submit a joint letter stating whether they settled.
Judge Robyn F. Tarnofsky ordered the parties to ask the court in that letter either to refer the case to mediation, schedule a settlement conference, or hold an initial case-management conference. The order did not decide standing or the merits of the case.
The detailed version
- Wahab v. Shelving Incorporated · No. 1:24-cv-00378
- Tarnofsky
- Jan. 24, 2024
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 meeting must be a good-faith effort to settle the action.
Standing Discussion
The court directed the parties to consider whether the plaintiff had satisfied the threshold requirement of standing, meaning the legal requirement that a plaintiff be entitled to bring the case in federal court. The order cited Second Circuit decisions concerning standing but did not decide whether Angela Wahab had standing.
Further Proceedings
If the parties could not settle the case themselves, they were also required to discuss whether additional settlement discussions through the court's mediation program or before Judge Tarnofsky would be productive at that time. Within 45 days after service of the summons and complaint, the parties had to submit a joint letter stating whether they had settled. If they had not settled, the letter had to request one of three options: referral to mediation, a settlement conference, or an initial case-management conference.
Disposition
This was a case-management and settlement order. It did not resolve the standing issue, decide any claim, or determine the merits of the dispute.
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