Opinion
19-Civ-9577 (PAE) (SDA)
12-17-2021
SARAH PATELLOS et al. Plaintiffs, v. HELLO PRODUCTS, LLC, Defendant.
ORDER
PAUL A. ENGELMAYER, United States District Judge:
On December 17, 2021, the Court issued an order dismissing and discontinuing this case without costs, and without prejudice to the right to reopen the action within 30 days of that order. Dkt. 59. The Court clarifies that it retains jurisdiction to review and approve the class settlement that the parties have reached.
To conserve resources, to promote judicial efficiency, and in an effort to achieve a faster disposition of this matter, it is hereby ORDERED that the parties must discuss whether they are willing to consent, under 28, U.S.C. § 636(c), to conducting all further proceedings before the assigned Magistrate Judge, the Hon. Stewart D. Aaron.
If both parties consent to proceed before Judge Aaron, counsel for the defendant must, within two weeks of the date of this Order, either mail or email directly a fully executed Notice, Consent, and Reference of a Civil Action to a Magistrate Judge form, a copy of which is attached to this order (and also available at https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/forms/consent-proceed-us-magistrate-judge). If the Court approves that form, all further proceedings will then be conducted before Judge Aaron rather than before me. An information sheet on proceedings before magistrate judges is also attached to this order. Any appeal would be taken directly to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, as it would be if the consent form were not signed and so ordered.
If either party does not consent to conducting all further proceedings before Judge Aaron, the parties must file a joint letter, within two weeks of this Order, advising the Court that the parties do not consent, but without disclosing the identity of the party or parties who do not consent. The parties are free to withhold consent without negative consequences.
SO ORDERED.