Swany v. City of New York
- Katharine Parker
- 1:25-cv-05323
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 3
In Melani Swany v. City of New York, Judge Parker set discovery and motion deadlines after the initial case-management conference.
Melani Swany, the City of New York, the other defendants, and their counsel are affected by the scheduling, discovery, reporting, and motion deadlines.
What happened
In Melani Swany v. City of New York, the parties appeared for an initial case-management conference on December 4, 2025. The court entered a schedule under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16.
The order sets May 30, 2026, as the deadline to complete fact discovery. It also sets deadlines for expert reports and expert discovery, and requires the parties to file a discovery-status letter by January 15, 2026. No further amendments to the pleadings or additions of parties are allowed without good cause.
Judge Katharine H. Parker also directed counsel to follow the federal discovery rules and the court’s procedures for resolving discovery disputes. Summary-judgment motions are due 30 days after fact discovery closes. The order does not decide the merits of the claims.
The detailed version
- Swany v. City of New York · No. 1:25-cv-05323
- Katharine Parker
- Dec. 4, 2025
Nature of the Order
This is a post-conference scheduling order entered under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16 after the parties appeared for an initial case-management conference. It does not resolve the parties’ underlying claims or defenses.
Case Management and Pleadings
The court ordered that there will be no further amendments to the pleadings or joinder of parties absent good cause.
Discovery Schedule
The deadline to complete all fact discovery is May 30, 2026. The court adopted the parties’ submitted schedule for requests for production, requests for admission, interrogatories, and depositions. Affirmative expert reports are due August 17, 2026; rebuttal expert reports are due September 16, 2026; and all expert discovery must be completed by October 1, 2026.
Summary-judgment motions are due 30 days after fact discovery closes. The parties must file a letter updating the court on the conduct of discovery by January 15, 2026.
Discovery Requirements
The court directed counsel to comply with Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 1 and 26(b)(1), and to understand their obligations under Rules 34 and 26(g). Counsel must consider and discuss ways to reduce disputes about whether document requests and responses are too broad or insufficiently specific. The order states that broad requests for any and all documents on a topic are presumptively improper and that an objection that does not adequately explain its grounds may be forfeited, except for objections based on privilege as described in the cited authority.
The parties must follow Judge Parker’s Individual Procedures for discovery disputes.
Consent to Magistrate-Judge Jurisdiction
The court reminded the parties that they may consent to have all proceedings, including trial, conducted before Judge Parker under 28 U.S.C. § 636(c). The order states that this reminder does not interfere with the parties’ right to have dispositive motions or trial before a United States District Judge.
Disposition
Judge Katharine H. Parker entered the scheduling order. Because the order manages discovery and future proceedings without deciding the merits, it is a procedural order.
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