Santos v. ABC Corp.
- Analisa Torres
- 1:18-cv-05215
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Plutarco Santos v. Rosa Lopez, Judge Torres ordered the parties to file an overdue joint trial plan and warned that noncompliance could lead to dismissal.
Plutarco Santos and Rosa Lopez, who were ordered to submit a joint pretrial order and provide information about their ability to participate in a possible video trial.
What happened
In Plutarco Santos v. Rosa Lopez, the court had scheduled a trial without a jury for July 6, 2020 and required the parties to submit a joint trial plan.
The parties missed the original May 22 deadline and a later June 5 deadline. The court ordered them to submit the plan by June 13, 2020, including information about whether each party could participate by video conference using reliable internet and a computer with a camera.
Judge Analisa Torres warned that further failures to follow the court’s orders could result in dismissal of the case for failure to pursue it and comply with court orders. The order did not dismiss the case.
The detailed version
- Santos v. ABC Corp. · No. 1:18-cv-05215
- Analisa Torres
- June 11, 2020
Background
On January 30, 2020, the court scheduled a trial without a jury to begin on July 6, 2020. It ordered the parties to submit a joint pretrial order by May 22, 2020. After that filing became overdue, the court extended the deadline to June 5, 2020, but the parties missed that deadline as well.
Order
The court ordered the parties to submit their joint pretrial order by June 13, 2020. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the order also required the submission to state whether each party would have reliable internet access and a computer with a camera for a possible video trial.
Warning and Disposition
Judge Analisa Torres warned that further noncompliance with the court’s orders could lead the court to dismiss the case on its own initiative for failure to pursue the case and comply with multiple court orders. The order did not dismiss the case or otherwise decide the underlying dispute.
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