Liz v. T.S.P. Holding Company
- Tarnofsky
- 1:24-cv-01299
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Liz v. T.S.P. Holding Company, Judge Tarnofsky ordered settlement discussions and a joint status letter, without deciding the case’s merits.
Pedro Liz and T.S.P. Holding Company, the parties required to conduct settlement discussions and submit a joint letter to the court.
What happened
In Liz v. T.S.P. Holding Company, the court ordered Pedro Liz and T.S.P. Holding Company to meet and discuss settlement for at least one hour within 30 days after the summons and complaint are served.
The parties must discuss whether Liz has met the legal requirement of having standing to bring the case. If they cannot settle, they must also discuss whether court-annexed mediation or a settlement conference would be useful.
Within 45 days after service, the parties must jointly tell Judge Robyn F. Tarnofsky whether they settled. If not, they must ask the court to refer the case to mediation, schedule a settlement conference, or hold an initial case-management conference. The order did not decide the merits.
The detailed version
- Liz v. T.S.P. Holding Company · No. 1:24-cv-01299
- Tarnofsky
- Feb. 28, 2024
Order
United States Magistrate Judge Robyn F. Tarnofsky directed the parties to begin settlement-related discussions. Within 30 days after service of the summons and complaint, Pedro Liz and T.S.P. Holding Company must meet and confer for at least one hour in a good-faith effort to settle the action.
Standing discussion
The parties must consider whether Liz has satisfied the threshold requirement of standing—that is, whether he has the legal basis required to bring the case. The order cited decisions from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit concerning standing. The order did not decide whether Liz has standing.
Joint letter and next steps
Within 45 days after service of the summons and complaint, the parties must submit a joint letter telling the court whether they settled. If they did not settle, the letter must request one of three options: referral to the court’s mediation program, a date for a settlement conference before Judge Tarnofsky, or an initial case-management conference.
Disposition
The court entered a case-management and settlement order. It did not rule on the underlying claims or defenses and did not resolve the standing issue.
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