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L.V.M. v. Lloyd

Southern District of New YorkPaul A. CrottyDecided June 3, 2019No. 1:18-cv-01453

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What the decision decided

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Agency Not recorded Read by a model
Form or filing None named Read by a model
What the suit asked for Some other action Read by a model
“to promptly reunify the plaintiff class members with their families,”
Kind of order A discovery or record order Read by a model
The Government’s motion for a protective order is DENIED.
Motion decided None Read by a model
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
The Government moves for a protective order pursuant to Fed, R. Civ. P. 26(c)(1) barring further discovery in this action.
Disposition Discovery or record order An order on discovery or the administrative record. It decides no claim, so it is not counted as either side's win. Read by a model
The Government’s motion for a protective order is DENIED.
Prevailing party Neither side Read by a model
The Government’s motion for a protective order is DENIED.
The delay claim Not decided here Read by a model
The Government’s motion for a protective order is DENIED.
The other claims Not decided here Read by a model
The Government’s motion for a protective order is DENIED.
Months pending Not stated Read by a model
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings Mootness argument rejected Read by a model
This case is not moot, and the Court rejects the Government’s arguments premised on mootness doctrine

How the case ended

Docket
No. 1:18-cv-01453
Filed
February 16, 2018
Ended
April 7, 2021
Suit's filing to its end
1,146 days
How it ended
Dismissed, ground not recorded
From the record
idb disp 14 (dismissed: other)

A voluntary or stipulated dismissal is how most suits end once the agency acts; the docket rarely says why.

Supreme Court and Second Circuit authority

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