Maiorino v. New York City Department of Sanitation
- Lewis Liman
- 1:25-cv-00097
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Maiorino v. New York City Department of Sanitation, Judge Liman denied discovery because the parties’ agreed stay remained in effect.
Vincent Maiorino’s request for the Citywide Panel spreadsheet was denied; the existing discovery stay remained in effect for the action.
What happened
In Maiorino v. New York City Department of Sanitation, Vincent Maiorino asked for one document: the Citywide Panel spreadsheet.
The parties had agreed to pause discovery while the defendants’ motion to dismiss was pending. The court had previously ordered that stay.
Judge Lewis J. Liman denied the discovery request because Maiorino identified no changed circumstances justifying an exception to the stay. The clerk was directed to close the related docket entries.
The detailed version
- Maiorino v. New York City Department of Sanitation · No. 1:25-cv-00097
- Lewis Liman
- Apr. 8, 2025
Background
The parties had consented to a stay, meaning a temporary pause, of discovery while the defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint was pending. Vincent Maiorino then filed a letter motion seeking discovery of one document, the Citywide Panel spreadsheet.
Ruling
The court denied the discovery motion because the existing stay covered the request. The court stated that it enforces agreements about discovery and found that Maiorino had identified no changed circumstances that would justify lifting the stay, even for the limited discovery requested. The Clerk of Court was directed to close Docket Nos. 15 and 18.
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