Moments v. Adams
- Jesse Furman
- 1:24-cv-05973
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 12
In Moments v. Adams, Judge Furman treated Betta Moments’s papers as opposition to the pending dismissal motion and set a reply deadline.
Betta Moments and the defendants in the pending case, including Mayor Eric Adams and the three John/Jane Doe defendants identified in the complaint.
What happened
In Moments v. Adams, Betta Moments submitted documents to the court without a lawyer. The court said it would treat those documents as Betta Moments’s opposition to the defendants’ motion to dismiss.
The court reminded Betta Moments that filings should be sent to the Pro Se Intake Unit rather than directly to the judge’s chambers. It also set May 28, 2025, as the deadline for any reply by the defendants.
Judge Furman did not decide the motion to dismiss or the underlying claims in this order. He directed the Clerk of Court to mail the order to Betta Moments.
The detailed version
- Moments v. Adams · No. 1:24-cv-05973
- Jesse Furman
- May 16, 2025
What the order did
The court received documents from Plaintiff Betta Moments, who was proceeding without a lawyer. The court directed that the documents be treated as Betta Moments’s opposition to Defendants’ motion to dismiss, identified as ECF No. 17.
The order reminded Betta Moments that future submissions should not be sent directly to chambers. Instead, they should be mailed to the Pro Se Intake Unit at the address provided in the order. The court gave Defendants until May 28, 2025, to file a reply, if any, and directed the Clerk of Court to mail the order to Betta Moments.
What the order did not decide
This order did not grant or deny the motion to dismiss, resolve the constitutional claims, or determine whether the complaint should be dismissed. The opinion text includes material describing Defendants’ arguments that the complaint does not state a viable claim, but the operative order only addresses how Betta Moments’s documents would be treated and the schedule for a possible reply.
Ruling
Judge Jesse M. Furman ordered that the submitted documents be treated as Betta Moments’s opposition, set a May 28, 2025 reply deadline for Defendants if they filed a reply, and directed the Clerk to mail the order to Betta Moments.
Read the full 12-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.