Danso v. AR Klean, LLC
- Rochon
- 1:24-cv-03158
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Danso v. AR Klean, Judge Rochon ordered settlement talks and a joint status letter without deciding the case’s merits.
Charity Danso and AR Klean, LLC, as the parties required to conduct settlement discussions and file a joint letter with the court.
What happened
In Charity Danso v. AR Klean, the court ordered the parties to meet for at least one hour within 30 days after service of the summons and complaint. They must make a good-faith effort to settle and discuss whether Danso has standing to bring the case.
If the parties cannot settle, they must also discuss whether court-connected mediation or a settlement conference before a magistrate judge would be useful. Within 15 additional days, they must send the court a joint letter stating whether they settled.
If there is no settlement, the parties must ask the court either to refer the case to mediation or a magistrate judge, or to schedule an initial status conference. Judge Jennifer L. Rochon did not decide the standing issue or the merits.
The detailed version
- Danso v. AR Klean, LLC · No. 1:24-cv-03158
- Rochon
- Apr. 29, 2024
Order
The court ordered the parties to meet and confer—meaning discuss the case directly—for at least one hour within 30 days after service of the summons and complaint. The discussions must be a good-faith attempt to settle the action.
The parties were specifically directed to consider whether Charity Danso satisfied the threshold requirement of standing, meaning whether she has the legally required connection to bring the case. The order cites decisions from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit concerning standing, but it does not decide whether Danso has standing.
Next steps
If the parties cannot settle the case themselves, they must discuss whether additional settlement discussions through the district court’s mediation program or before a magistrate judge would be productive. Within 15 additional days—45 days after service of the summons and complaint—the parties must submit a joint letter telling the court whether they settled.
If the case is not settled, the joint letter must request either referral to mediation or a settlement conference before a magistrate judge, while stating which option the parties prefer, or an initial status conference. The court did not decide the merits of the claims. This is a case-management and settlement order.
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