Oakley v. Dolan
- Richard Sullivan
- 1:17-cv-06903
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Oakley v. Dolan, Judge Sullivan extended defendants’ deadline to answer the amended complaint to January 11, 2021.
The order affected the defendants by setting their deadline to answer Charles Oakley’s amended complaint, and affected Oakley because the answer deadline was extended.
What happened
In Oakley v. Dolan, defense counsel asked for more time to answer Charles Oakley’s amended complaint, and said Oakley’s counsel consented to the request.
The court ordered defendants to serve their answer by Monday, January 11, 2021. It said it would consider another extension after defendants’ counsel learned Oakley’s position on that request.
Judge Richard J. Sullivan entered the order on December 28, 2020.
The detailed version
- Oakley v. Dolan · No. 1:17-cv-06903
- Richard Sullivan
- Dec. 28, 2020
Background
Defendants’ counsel asked the court to extend the deadline for serving defendants’ answer to Charles Oakley’s amended complaint until January 11, 2021. Counsel stated that Oakley’s counsel had consented and that this was the first request for an extension. Defendants’ counsel also described a possible further request to delay the answer until after the court ruled on defendants’ summary-judgment motion, but the order did not rule on that further request.
Ruling
The court ordered defendants to serve their answer by Monday, January 11, 2021. The court stated that it would consider any further extension after defendants’ counsel learned Oakley’s position regarding that request.
Effect
The order changed the deadline for defendants’ answer. It did not decide the merits of the dispute or rule on the possible further extension. Judge Richard J. Sullivan signed the order while sitting by designation.
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