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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Jan. 12, 2025

Burriss v. Unlimited Biking Reservations LLC

Judge
Loretta Preska
Docket
1:24-cv-03401
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil ProcedureEmployment
In one sentence

In Burriss v. Unlimited Biking Reservations LLC, Judge Rearden ordered the parties to report on required mediation efforts.

Who this affects

The plaintiff, the defendants, and their lawyers are affected by the order requiring mediation efforts and a joint status letter.

What happened

In Burriss v. Unlimited Biking Reservations LLC, the court said the parties were required to participate in mediation under the Southern District of New York’s standing order for counseled employment-discrimination cases.

The defendants filed their answer on July 12, 2024. The mediation deadline was September 10, 2024, or the earliest opportunity afterward, but the docket did not show that mediation had occurred.

By January 21, 2025, the parties must file a joint letter describing their efforts to resolve the case, including their participation in mediation. Judge Jennifer H. Rearden issued the order.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Burriss v. Unlimited Biking Reservations LLC · No. 1:24-cv-03401
Judge
Loretta Preska
Date
Jan. 12, 2025

Background

The opinion concerns the court’s standing order for counseled employment-discrimination cases. That order requires the parties and their lawyers to participate in a mediation session through the Southern District of New York Mediation Program within 60 days after an answer is filed, or as soon afterward as the session can be scheduled.

The defendants filed their answer on July 12, 2024. The court therefore stated that mediation was required by September 10, 2024, or at the earliest opportunity thereafter. The docket did not show that the parties had participated in mediation.

Order

The court ordered the parties to file a joint letter by January 21, 2025. The letter must describe their efforts to resolve the case, including their participation in the required mediation session. Judge Jennifer H. Rearden entered the order.

The authoritative version

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