Mt. Hawley Insurance Company v. Persaud USA Property Holdings LLC
- John Cronan
- 1:23-cv-01386
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Mt. Hawley v. Persaud, Judge Cronan extended the plaintiff’s deadline to address its third request for declaratory relief.
Mt. Hawley Insurance Company, which received an extended deadline to state whether it was still pursuing its third request for declaratory relief; the order also concerned Persaud USA Property Holdings, LLC as the defendant.
What happened
Mt. Hawley Insurance Company v. Persaud USA Property Holdings LLC concerns a deadline set after the court’s September 10, 2024 opinion and order. The court had directed Mt. Hawley to say whether it was still pursuing its third request for declaratory relief.
The September 17 deadline passed without a response appearing on the docket. The court extended the deadline to September 20, 2024. It stated that if Mt. Hawley did not respond, the court would decline to decide that third request under its discretionary authority.
Judge Cronan issued the order on September 19, 2024. The order extended the deadline; it did not itself decide the third request for declaratory relief.
The detailed version
- Mt. Hawley Insurance Company v. Persaud USA Property Holdings LLC · No. 1:23-cv-01386
- John Cronan
- Sept. 19, 2024
Background
In an earlier opinion and order dated September 10, 2024, the Court directed Mt. Hawley Insurance Company to inform the Court whether it was still pursuing its third request for declaratory relief. The deadline for that response was September 17, 2024. The order states that the docket did not show that Mt. Hawley had filed a response by that deadline.
Court’s Action
The Court extended Mt. Hawley’s deadline to September 20, 2024. It stated that, if Mt. Hawley did not respond by that date, the Court would decline to exercise its discretionary authority over the third request for declaratory relief, considering the other relief provided in the September 10 opinion and order. The order cited a Second Circuit decision discussing when a court may decline to issue a declaratory judgment under the Declaratory Judgment Act.
Disposition
This order extended a filing deadline and did not decide the third request for declaratory relief. John P. Cronan, United States District Judge, signed the order.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.