Klein v. Aicher
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:19-cv-09172
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
In Klein v. Aicher, Judge Abrams denied Klein’s stay request but granted sealing of his letter containing medical information.
Refael Klein is affected because his stay request was denied and his letter was sealed. Stacey Aicher, the parties’ counsel, and court staff may view the sealed letter.
What happened
In Klein v. Aicher, Refael Klein asked the court to pause its October 6, 2020 order for 30 days so he could obtain new counsel and ask the court to revisit that order.
The court said no further delays would be granted and that the deadline for asking it to revisit the order had passed. Klein also asked to seal his October 18, 2020 letter because it contained information about his medical conditions.
Judge Ronnie Abrams denied the request for a 30-day pause but granted the request to seal the letter. The letter was ordered visible only to the parties, their lawyers, and court staff.
The detailed version
- Klein v. Aicher · No. 1:19-cv-09172
- Ronnie Abrams
- Nov. 2, 2020
Background
Refael Klein moved for a 30-day stay, meaning a temporary pause, of the court’s October 6, 2020 order. He sought time to obtain new counsel and pursue a motion asking the court to reconsider that order. The opinion states that the court had previously told Klein that it would grant no further adjournments. It also states that Local Rule 6.3 required a reconsideration motion to be filed within 14 days of the court’s judgment and that the deadline had expired.
Klein separately asked the court to seal his October 18, 2020 letter because it contained information about his medical conditions.
Rulings
The court denied Klein’s request for a 30-day stay. It granted his request to seal the October 18 letter. The court directed the Clerk to make the letter visible only to Refael Klein, Stacey Aicher, their counsel, and court staff, and directed the Clerk to mail Klein a copy of the order.
Effect
This was a procedural order addressing a temporary pause, reconsideration timing, and sealing of a filing. The opinion does not describe the substance of the October 6 order.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.