Godinez v. Louis Vuitton North America
- Analisa Torres
- 1:25-cv-07280
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Godinez v. Louis Vuitton, Judge Torres granted Louis Vuitton’s request to pause case-management deadlines pending a multidistrict-litigation transfer decision.
Anabel Godinez and Louis Vuitton North America, Inc.; the order pauses the deadline for their joint letter and proposed case management plan.
What happened
Anabel Godinez v. Louis Vuitton North America, Inc. concerns deadlines for the parties’ initial case-management submissions while a federal panel considers whether to transfer and combine this case with related actions.
Louis Vuitton asked the court to stay the deadline for submitting a joint letter and proposed case-management plan. The request explained that the deadline to respond to the complaint was already stayed while the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation considers a transfer-and-centralization motion. Godinez consented to the request.
Judge Analisa Torres granted the request. The court stayed the deadline for the parties to submit a joint letter and proposed case-management plan until the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation resolves the transfer-and-centralization motion.
The detailed version
- Godinez v. Louis Vuitton North America · No. 1:25-cv-07280
- Analisa Torres
- Oct. 20, 2025
Background
Anabel Godinez filed a complaint against Louis Vuitton North America, Inc. on September 2, 2025. The court had set November 14, 2025, as the deadline for the parties to submit a joint letter, a jointly proposed case management plan and scheduling order, and their position on whether they were willing to conduct future proceedings before the assigned magistrate judge.
The deadline for Louis Vuitton to respond to the complaint was already stayed while the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation considered a motion to transfer and centralize this action with other actions. The panel had completed briefing and scheduled oral argument for December 4, 2025. Louis Vuitton requested a stay of the case-management deadlines while the panel considered that motion. The opinion states that Godinez consented and that this was the first request for an extension of these deadlines.
Ruling
Judge Analisa Torres granted the request. The court ordered that the deadline for the parties to submit a joint letter and proposed case management plan be stayed pending the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation’s resolution of the motion to transfer and centralize this action and other actions. The order does not state a ruling on the merits of Godinez’s claims or Louis Vuitton’s defenses.
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