J-Quan Johnson v. City Of New York
- Edgardo Ramos
- 1:15-cv-06915
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
In J-quan Johnson v. City of New York, Judge Ramos stayed fee briefing and set post-trial deadlines after defendants’ trial motions.
The plaintiff, the plaintiff’s counsel, and the defendants, whose post-trial briefing and attorney-fee proceedings were affected.
What happened
J-quan Johnson v. City of New York followed a jury trial in which defendants planned to file motions challenging the verdict and damages. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims in detail.
The defendants asked the court to pause enforcement of the judgment, delay briefing on the plaintiff’s lawyer’s request for fees and costs, and extend their deadline for post-trial motions. They said those motions could affect the judgment and fee request.
Judge Edgardo Ramos ordered that briefing on the fee request be stayed until the defendants’ post-trial motions were resolved. He set the defendants’ deadline for July 15, 2021, the plaintiff’s opposition for August 16, 2021, and the defendants’ reply for August 30, 2021, and directed the clerk to terminate the motion.
The detailed version
- J-Quan Johnson v. City Of New York · No. 1:15-cv-06915
- Edgardo Ramos
- June 2, 2021
Background
The defendants referred to a jury verdict entered after trial. They had made and renewed motions under Rule 50, which permits a court to enter judgment when the evidence does not support a reasonable jury’s verdict, and sought permission to file post-trial motions under Rules 50 and 59. The defendants argued that the trial evidence did not support findings concerning an alleged Achilles-tendon injury, the damages award, or punitive damages. Those arguments appear in the defendants’ request and were not decided in the order excerpt provided.
Requests
The defendants asked the court to stay enforcement of the judgment while their post-trial motions were pending. They also asked the court to pause briefing on the plaintiff’s counsel’s motion for attorney’s fees and costs and to extend the deadline for their post-trial motions to July 15, 2021.
Ruling
Judge Edgardo Ramos ordered that the briefing schedule for the plaintiff’s motion for attorney’s fees and costs be stayed pending resolution of the defendants’ post-trial motions. He set the defendants’ deadline for July 15, 2021; the plaintiff’s opposition deadline for August 16, 2021; and the defendants’ reply deadline for August 30, 2021. He also directed the clerk to terminate the motion, identified as Document 171. In the order text provided, the court does not expressly state whether it granted the separate request to stay enforcement of the judgment.
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