Jennings v. City of New York
- Sarah Cave
- 1:22-cv-01885
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Jennings v. City of New York, Judge Cave granted defendants’ request to reopen Jennings’s deposition and extended summary-judgment deadlines.
The order affects Arabia Jennings and the defendants—City of New York, Edward Winski, and Marisa Caggiano—by reopening Jennings’s deposition and changing the summary-judgment deadlines.
What happened
In Jennings v. City of New York, the parties had certified that discovery was complete. Defendants then asked for more time to brief summary judgment and to reopen Arabia Jennings’s deposition, citing substantial changes to her testimony.
The request was unopposed. The court allowed defendants to reopen the deposition and question Jennings about the changes and her reasons for making them. It also set new deadlines for the summary-judgment motion, opposition, and reply.
Judge Sarah L. Cave granted the motion. The parties must file a joint update about the reopened deposition and any later discovery by May 16, 2025.
The detailed version
- Jennings v. City of New York · No. 1:22-cv-01885
- Sarah Cave
- Apr. 17, 2025
Background
On April 4, 2025, the parties certified that discovery had closed. Four days later, the defendants—City of New York, Edward Winski, and Marisa Caggiano—filed an unopposed letter-motion seeking a 60-day extension of the summary-judgment briefing schedule and permission to reopen Arabia Jennings’s deposition.
Court’s Ruling
The defendants argued that Jennings had made numerous substantial changes to her deposition testimony. The court agreed that the changes were substantial and granted the motion. It permitted the defendants to reopen the deposition and further question Jennings about the substance of the changes and her reasons for making them.
The court also extended the summary-judgment briefing schedule: the motion is due June 30, 2025; the opposition is due July 30, 2025; and the reply is due August 13, 2025. The parties must file a joint letter about the status of the reopened deposition and any post-deposition discovery by May 16, 2025. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the defendants’ motion on the docket.
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