Glaudino v. Long Island Railroad Company
- Lorna Schofield
- 1:20-cv-01159
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Glaudino v. Long Island Railroad Company, Judge Schofield adjourned the jury trial to June 21, 2021, and set pretrial deadlines.
Christopher Glaudino and Long Island Railroad Company, whose jury trial was rescheduled and whose pretrial deadlines were set or canceled.
What happened
Glaudino v. Long Island Railroad Company was scheduled for a jury trial beginning February 1, 2021, at 9:45 a.m.
The court cited COVID-19 restrictions, a temporary suspension of jury trials, limited courtroom availability, and the preference for criminal trials before civil trials. It moved the trial to June 21, 2021, and required the parties to be ready on 24 hours’ notice on or after that date.
Judge Lorna G. Schofield also set deadlines for pretrial filings and a final pretrial conference, and canceled the deadlines in a September 29, 2020, order. The order did not decide the underlying dispute.
The detailed version
- Glaudino v. Long Island Railroad Company · No. 1:20-cv-01159
- Lorna Schofield
- Dec. 21, 2020
Background
A jury trial in Glaudino v. Long Island Railroad Company was scheduled to begin on February 1, 2021, at 9:45 a.m.
Order
The court adjourned the trial to June 21, 2021, at 9:45 a.m. The court stated that the adjournment was based on restrictions on courtroom gatherings during the two weeks after major holidays because of COVID-19, the suspension of jury trials through January 15, 2021, the limited number of available courtrooms, and the Southern District of New York’s preference for holding criminal trials before civil trials. The court stated that June 21 was the first available date for the trial and that the case was second in line on the court’s trial-ready calendar for June. The parties were ordered to be ready to proceed on 24 hours’ notice on or after June 21.
The court set these additional deadlines:
- Motions in limine were due April 23, 2021; responses were due May 7, 2021; and no replies were allowed. - Joint requests to charge, voir dire, the verdict form, and any memorandum of law were due May 14, 2021. - The final pretrial order was due May 21, 2021. - The parties were required to appear for the final pretrial conference on June 10, 2021, at 4:00 p.m., by conference call.
The court canceled the deadlines set in its September 29, 2020, order. This order addressed trial scheduling and pretrial procedures; it did not resolve the merits of the parties’ dispute.
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