Palm Avocet Holdings LLC v. RT Signal Corporation
- Alvin Hellerstein
- 1:22-cv-04619
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Palm Avocet Holdings v. RT Signal, Judge Hellerstein denied Kanen Flowers’s motion to reconsider prior rulings.
Defendant Kanen Flowers, who filed the motion, and the corporate defendants whose default judgment he sought to challenge.
What happened
In Palm Avocet Holdings LLC v. RT Signal Corporation, defendant Kanen Flowers, representing himself, asked the court to reconsider the default judgment against the corporate defendants and the civil case management plan.
The court said Flowers could not challenge the corporate defendants’ default judgment because he was an individual defendant. It also said he gave no reason that the case management plan was deficient and that his motion did not meet procedural requirements, including a local rule.
Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein denied the motion and directed the Clerk to terminate docket entries 88 and 98.
The detailed version
- Palm Avocet Holdings LLC v. RT Signal Corporation · No. 1:22-cv-04619
- Alvin Hellerstein
- Aug. 22, 2024
Background
Defendant Kanen Flowers, proceeding without a lawyer, moved for reconsideration of two matters: the default judgment against the corporate defendants for failing to retain counsel and the adoption of the civil case management plan. The motion was docketed as ECF No. 88.
Reasons for the Decision
The court gave three reasons for denying the motion. First, it held that Flowers, as an individual defendant, did not have the legal right to challenge the default judgment against the corporate defendants. Second, the court said Flowers provided no reasons why the case management plan was deficient. Third, the motion did not comply with standard procedural requirements, including Local Civil Rule 7.1(a)(1).
Ruling
Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein denied the motion for reconsideration. The Clerk was directed to terminate ECF Nos. 88 and 98.
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