Echevarria v. Brandes
- Paul Engelmayer
- 1:19-cv-10268
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
In Echevarria v. Brandes, Judge Cave ordered Plaintiff to file proof of service by May 1, 2020.
Plaintiff and the defendants, because the order required proof of service and provided filing instructions.
What happened
In Echevarria v. Brandes, the court had previously ordered Plaintiff to serve the defendants by March 27, 2020. The docket contained no proof that service had occurred.
The court ordered Plaintiff to file proof of service on the docket by May 1, 2020. It also provided filing and electronic-service information for parties proceeding without lawyers during the global health crisis.
Judge Sarah L. Cave issued the order on April 10, 2020. The order addressed service and filing requirements; it did not decide the underlying claims.
The detailed version
- Echevarria v. Brandes · No. 1:19-cv-10268
- Paul Engelmayer
- Apr. 10, 2020
Background
The court’s earlier order required Plaintiff to serve the defendants by March 27, 2020. The opinion states that no evidence of service had been filed on the docket.
Order
The court ordered Plaintiff to file proof of service on the docket by May 1, 2020.
Because of the global health crisis, the order also encouraged parties proceeding without lawyers to submit filings by email, consent to receive court documents electronically, or use regular mail or the courthouse drop box if they could not use email. It included information about electronic filing and electronic receipt of case documents.
Effect
This was a procedural order concerning service and filing. It did not rule on the merits of Plaintiff’s claims or state a separate disposition of the case.
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