Amin v. Hingorani
- Stewart Aaron
- 1:22-cv-09851
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Amin v. Hingorani, Judge Aaron denied Amin’s default-judgment motion without prejudice and stayed the case while an appeal remains pending.
Shilen Amin’s motion for a default judgment was denied without prejudice, and the case involving Jitin Hingorani and the other defendants was stayed while the Second Circuit appeal remains pending.
What happened
In Amin v. Hingorani, Shilen Amin asked for a default judgment and other relief. He also asked the court to set aside earlier orders denying his requests for injunctive relief.
Amin had appealed those earlier orders to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and that appeal was still pending. The district court stated that an ongoing appeal takes control over the appealed issues away from the district court.
Judge Stewart D. Aaron denied the motion for a default judgment without prejudice, pending the Second Circuit’s decision. Judge Aaron also stayed the case while the appeal remains pending.
The detailed version
- Amin v. Hingorani · No. 1:22-cv-09851
- Stewart Aaron
- June 20, 2025
Background
Shilen Amin filed a motion for a default judgment and related relief. The motion was initially three pages and did not include a legal memorandum. After the court directed him to do so, Amin filed a memorandum supporting the motion. In that memorandum, he asked the court to vacate prior orders entered by District Judge Gardephe that had denied his motions for injunctive relief.
Pending Appeal
Amin previously filed notices of interlocutory appeal concerning those prior orders. The appeal was pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit under appellate docket number 24-3219. The court relied on the rule that an interlocutory appeal takes the district court’s control over the aspects of the case involved in the appeal.
Ruling
The court ordered that Amin’s motion for a default judgment was denied without prejudice, pending the Second Circuit’s decision on the appeal. The court also ordered that the case was stayed pending that decision because the entire case was essentially involved in the appeal. Judge Stewart D. Aaron signed the order as a United States Magistrate Judge.
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