Hassan v. Doe
- Kevin Nathaniel Fox
- 1:19-cv-06424
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
In Hassan v. Doe, Magistrate Judge Kevin Nathaniel Fox ordered New York City’s Corporation Counsel to identify the unnamed defendants by December 23, 2019.
Eslam Hassan, the unnamed defendants, and the New York City Corporation Counsel were affected by the order requiring identification of the unnamed defendants.
What happened
In Hassan v. Doe, the court addressed the failure to provide the identities of defendants identified only as “John Doe” or “Jane Doe.”
An earlier order required New York City’s Law Department to find those defendants’ identities and provide the information to Eslam Hassan and the court by October 12, 2019. The docket did not show that the required information had been filed, and that deadline had passed.
Magistrate Judge Kevin Nathaniel Fox ordered the New York City Corporation Counsel to comply with the earlier order by December 23, 2019. The order did not decide the underlying claims.
The detailed version
- Hassan v. Doe · No. 1:19-cv-06424
- Kevin Nathaniel Fox
- Dec. 13, 2019
Background
Eslam Hassan sued numerous defendants, including several people identified only by titles and “John Doe” or “Jane Doe” designations. On August 13, 2019, the assigned district judge directed the New York City Law Department, under the procedure described in Valentin v. Dinkins, to determine the identities of the unnamed defendants and provide that information to Hassan and the court by October 12, 2019.
The docket did not show that the required identity information had been filed. The deadline had passed.
Order
Magistrate Judge Kevin Nathaniel Fox ordered the New York City Corporation Counsel to comply with the earlier identity-disclosure order by December 23, 2019. The order addressed identification of unnamed defendants and did not resolve the merits of Hassan’s claims.
Disposition
The court ordered compliance with the earlier order by the stated deadline. No other disposition is stated in the opinion.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.