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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Apr. 16, 2020

Young v. Snowview Management Corporation

Judge
Alison Nathan
Docket
1:19-cv-09246
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
2
Civil Procedure
In one sentence

In Young v. Snowview Management Corporation, Judge Nathan ordered Lawrence Young to respond by April 30 or risk dismissal for failure to prosecute.

Who this affects

Lawrence Young must meet the court’s response and service deadlines. Snowview Management Corporation is to be served with the order and earlier orders.

What happened

In Young v. Snowview Management Corporation, the court said Lawrence Young had not responded to its February 28, 2020 order. That earlier order required Young either to seek a certificate of default and request a default judgment against Snowview Management Corporation or explain why he should not do so yet.

The court ordered Young to respond to the February 28 order by April 30, 2020. It also required him to serve this order and the earlier orders on Snowview Management Corporation and file proof of service by April 23, 2020.

Judge Nathan warned that failing to meet the April 30 deadline could result in dismissal of Young’s claims with prejudice for failure to prosecute. The order did not dismiss the claims.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Young v. Snowview Management Corporation · No. 1:19-cv-09246
Judge
Alison Nathan
Date
Apr. 16, 2020

Background

The court’s February 28, 2020 order required Plaintiff Lawrence Young, by March 13, 2020, either to seek a certificate of default and move for default judgment against Defendant Snowview Management Corporation or file a status update explaining why a default-judgment motion should not be filed at that time. The April 16 order states that the court had not received a response from Young.

Orders and Warning

The court ordered Young to respond to the February 28 order by April 30, 2020. It separately ordered Young to serve the April 16 order and the previous orders on Snowview Management Corporation and file an affidavit of service on the court’s electronic filing system by April 23, 2020.

Disposition

Judge Alison J. Nathan did not dismiss the case or rule on default judgment. Instead, the court issued a deadline and warned that failure to respond by April 30, 2020 may result in dismissal of Young’s claims with prejudice for failure to prosecute.

The authoritative version

Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.

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