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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Jan. 23, 2025

Srinivasan Venkataraman v. Kandi Technologies Group, Inc.

Judge
Ho
Docket
1:20-cv-08082
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil Procedure
In one sentence

In Srinivasan Venkataraman v. Kandi Technologies, Judge Ho granted an extension for the parties’ briefing deadlines.

Who this affects

The parties in the case, including lead plaintiff Tom Brooks and the listed defendants, were affected by the revised briefing deadlines.

What happened

In Srinivasan Venkataraman v. Kandi Technologies Group, Inc., the lead plaintiff asked the court to extend deadlines for briefs concerning proposed summary-adjudication or summary-judgment motions.

The request sought to move the opening-brief deadline from January 30, 2025, to February 13, 2025, and the consolidated response-and-reply deadline from March 14, 2025, to March 28, 2025. The defendants consented, and the plaintiff’s counsel cited other work and a scheduled out-of-town hearing.

Judge Dale E. Ho granted the application and ordered the parties to meet the new briefing deadlines.

The detailed version

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Case
Srinivasan Venkataraman v. Kandi Technologies Group, Inc. · No. 1:20-cv-08082
Judge
Ho
Date
Jan. 23, 2025

Background

The plaintiff submitted a letter motion under the court’s individual rules seeking more time for the parties’ submissions concerning motions for summary adjudication and/or summary judgment. The court had previously set January 30, 2025, for opening briefs and March 14, 2025, for consolidated response and reply briefs.

Request

The plaintiff requested a two-week extension, proposing February 13, 2025, for the opening briefs and March 28, 2025, for the consolidated response and reply briefs. Counsel cited obligations in other matters and an out-of-town hearing scheduled for January 30, 2025. The letter stated that the defendants—Kandi Technologies Group, Inc., Xiaoming Hu, Cheng Wang, Liming Chen, Jerry Lewin, and Henry Yu—consented to the request.

Ruling

The court granted the application. It ordered the parties to file their opening briefs by February 13, 2025, and their consolidated response and reply briefs by March 28, 2025. Judge Dale E. Ho signed the order.

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