Gonzalez v. Folia
- James Oetken
- 1:25-cv-00851
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Gonzalez v. Folia, Judge Oetken consolidated two actions and extended discovery deadlines.
The parties in Gonzalez v. Folia, No. 25-CV-851, and Martinez v. Folia, No. 25-CV-1059, whose cases were consolidated for all purposes under No. 25-CV-851 and whose discovery deadlines were extended.
What happened
In Gonzalez v. Folia, the court extended the deadline for fact discovery to September 5, 2025, and the deadline for expert discovery to December 1, 2025. The parties must also file a joint status letter by September 5.
The court granted the parties’ request to combine Gonzalez v. Folia, No. 25-CV-851, and Martinez v. Folia, No. 25-CV-1059, into one action under No. 25-CV-851. Filings for both cases must be made in the lead case. The cases keep their separate identities, and the order does not affect the parties’ rights.
Judge James Oetken ordered the Clerk of Court to close the second-filed case, No. 25-CV-1059, for administrative purposes. The order addressed case management and consolidation, not the underlying claims.
The detailed version
- Gonzalez v. Folia · No. 1:25-cv-00851
- James Oetken
- June 6, 2025
Background
The order concerns two actions: Gonzalez v. Folia, No. 25-CV-851, and Martinez v. Folia, No. 25-CV-1059. The opinion states that, following a telephone conference, the court extended the fact-discovery deadline to September 5, 2025, and the expert-discovery deadline to December 1, 2025. The parties were also directed to file a joint status letter by September 5, 2025.
Consolidation
Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(a), the parties jointly moved to consolidate the two actions. The court granted that motion and consolidated the actions for all purposes under the lead case number, 25-CV-851, with the caption Gonzalez v. Folia. All filings in the member case must be made in the lead case.
The court stated that the consolidated cases retain their separate identities. It directed the Clerk of Court to close the second-filed case, No. 25-CV-1059, for administrative purposes. The order states that the consolidation does not affect the parties’ rights in any of the consolidated cases.
Ruling
Judge J. Paul Oetken extended the discovery deadlines and granted the joint letter motion to consolidate the two actions. The order did not decide the underlying claims.
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