Doe v. Sarah Lawrence College
- Philip Halpern
- 7:19-cv-10028
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Doe v. Sarah Lawrence College, Judge Briccetti ordered Jane Doe to choose whether to amend her complaint before defendants’ dismissal motion proceeds.
Jane Doe and the defendants—Sarah Lawrence College, Cristle Collins Judd, Allen Green, Daniel Trujillo, Paige Crandall, and Beverly Fox—were affected by the amendment and response deadlines.
What happened
In Doe v. Sarah Lawrence College, defendants moved to dismiss Jane Doe’s complaint on December 20, 2019.
The court ordered Jane Doe to notify it by December 30 whether she would file an amended complaint or rely on her existing complaint. The order did not decide the dismissal motion.
If Jane Doe chose to amend, the court required her to file the amended complaint within 14 days after notifying the court. Judge Vincent L. Briccetti also set deadlines for defendants to answer, file a new dismissal motion, or rely on their existing motion.
The detailed version
- Doe v. Sarah Lawrence College · No. 7:19-cv-10028
- Philip Halpern
- Dec. 23, 2019
Background
On December 20, 2019, Sarah Lawrence College and the individual defendants moved to dismiss Jane Doe’s complaint.
Order
The court ordered Jane Doe to notify the court by December 30, 2019, whether she intended to file an amended complaint in response to the motion to dismiss or would rely on the complaint already filed.
If Jane Doe chose not to amend, the motion to dismiss would proceed under the regular briefing schedule. The court stated that it was unlikely to give her another opportunity to amend to address deficiencies identified through the fully briefed motion.
If Jane Doe chose to amend, she had to file the amended complaint within 14 days after notifying the court. Within 21 days after the amendment, defendants could answer, move to dismiss the amended complaint, or notify the court that they would rely on their initial motion to dismiss. The order did not rule on the merits of the motion to dismiss or the claims.
Disposition
The court entered a case-management order requiring Jane Doe to choose how to proceed and setting deadlines for a possible amended complaint and defendants’ response. Judge Vincent L. Briccetti did not grant or deny the motion to dismiss in this order.
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