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S.D.N.Y.OtherFiled Oct. 23, 2020

Thompson v. Fluent, Inc.

Judge
Vernon Broderick
Docket
1:20-cv-02680
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil ProcedureDiscovery
In one sentence

In Thompson v. Fluent, Inc., Judge Moses set deadlines on a stay request and postponed a discovery conference pending a ruling.

Who this affects

Brian Thompson and Angela Thompson, the putative class, and Fluent, Inc. and the other defendants were affected by the briefing schedule and postponement of the discovery conference.

What happened

In Thompson v. Fluent, Inc., the defendants asked the court to pause the case while the Supreme Court considered Duguid v. Facebook, Inc.

The court set October 29, 2020, for opposition papers and November 2, 2020, for reply papers. It also postponed the telephone discovery conference scheduled for November 2 until the court decided the stay request.

Judge Barbara Moses entered the order on October 23, 2020. The order did not decide the defendants’ request to stay the case.

The detailed version

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

Case
Thompson v. Fluent, Inc. · No. 1:20-cv-02680
Judge
Vernon Broderick
Date
Oct. 23, 2020

Background

The defendants filed a motion asking the court to pause the case while the Supreme Court considered Duguid v. Facebook, Inc. The opinion does not state that the court decided the legal issues involved in that Supreme Court case or the defendants’ stay request.

Order

Under Local Civil Rule 6.1, the court required any opposition to the stay motion to be filed by October 29, 2020, and any reply by November 2, 2020. The court also postponed the telephone discovery conference scheduled for November 2, 2020, until it decided the stay motion. The order did not grant or deny the motion to stay.

The authoritative version

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