Celsius Network LLC v. Meghji
- Lewis Liman
- 1:24-cv-04057
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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Voelker v. Meghii: Judge Liman granted extra time for an opening brief but denied adding materials to the appeal record.
Jason Voelker, who received additional time to file his opening brief but was denied the request to add the motion-to-strike briefing to the appeal record; Mohsin Y. Meghii, who consented to the deadline extension and opposed adding the materials.
What happened
In Jason Voelker v. Mohsin Y. Meghii, Jason Voelker asked to delay his opening brief deadline until five days after the Bankruptcy Court ruled on a pending motion to strike.
Voelker also asked to add the motion-to-strike briefing to the appeal record if the Bankruptcy Court granted that motion. Mohsin Y. Meghii agreed to delaying the deadline but opposed adding those materials.
Judge Lewis J. Liman granted the deadline extension as unopposed, denied the request to add materials to the appeal record, and directed the Clerk to close the motion.
The detailed version
- Celsius Network LLC v. Meghji · No. 1:24-cv-04057
- Lewis Liman
- July 2, 2024
Background
The appeal arises in the bankruptcy proceedings identified in the opinion as In re: CELSIUS NETWORK LLC, et al., Debtors. On June 11, 2024, Jason Voelker filed a motion seeking two forms of relief. First, he asked the court to delay the deadline for filing his opening brief until five days after the Bankruptcy Court ruled on a pending motion to strike. Second, if the Bankruptcy Court granted that motion, he asked to add the motion-to-strike briefing to the designated record on appeal.
Mohsin Y. Meghii responded that he consented to delaying the deadline but opposed adding the briefing to the appeal record.
Ruling
The court granted the request to delay the opening-brief deadline as unopposed. It denied Voelker's request for an order adding materials to the appeal record, reasoning that the Bankruptcy Court was the appropriate forum to decide that dispute. The court directed the Clerk of Court to close the motion.
Disposition
The motion was granted as to tolling the opening-brief deadline and denied as to augmenting the designation of the record on appeal. The opinion does not state a new deadline date beyond tying it to five days after the Bankruptcy Court's ruling on the motion to strike.
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