Wang v. Shun Lee Palace Restaurant, Inc.
- Vernon Broderick
- 1:17-cv-00840
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Wang v. Shun Lee Palace Restaurant, Judge Broderick granted plaintiffs’ request to extend their class-certification deadline from August 26 to November 17, 2021.
The plaintiffs represented by Troy Law, whose deadline to move for class certification was extended to November 17, 2021.
What happened
In Wang v. Shun Lee Palace Restaurant, the plaintiffs’ lawyers asked the court to extend the deadline for seeking class certification, which would allow the case to proceed on behalf of a larger group of people. The request applied to the plaintiffs represented by Troy Law.
The lawyers sought to move the deadline from August 26, 2021, to November 17, 2021. They pointed to an amended schedule that extended fact discovery and depositions to October 18, 2021, and said discovery concerning several plaintiffs had been paused because defendants had filed a motion seeking dismissal of part of the complaint.
Judge Broderick granted the application. The order therefore extended the plaintiffs’ deadline to move for class certification to November 17, 2021.
The detailed version
- Wang v. Shun Lee Palace Restaurant, Inc. · No. 1:17-cv-00840
- Vernon Broderick
- Aug. 26, 2021
Background
Plaintiffs Guoyi Wang, Tong Wei Wu, Zhi Qiang Lu, Haiping Wu, Guoliang Xu, Steven Chung, Quek Yeow Yap, Shude Zhang, Keeyew Foo, Tsunming Fong, Mingsung Chan, Leungtack Choi, Fong Yue, Billy Qin, Monaliza Wong, and Weijun Zhen were represented by Troy Law. Their lawyers asked to extend the deadline for moving for class certification from August 26, 2021, to November 17, 2021.
The request relied on the court’s earlier decision allowing the plaintiffs represented by Troy Law to seek class certification after depositions were completed. The court had previously set August 26 as the deadline. A later amended scheduling order set October 18, 2021, as the deadline for completing fact discovery and depositions, but did not separately change the class-certification deadline. The lawyers also stated that discovery concerning several plaintiffs had been stayed because defendants had filed a motion for partial dismissal of the Second Amended Complaint.
Ruling
The court’s order states: “APPLICATION GRANTED” and “SO ORDERED.” Judge Vernon S. Broderick therefore granted the request to extend the deadline to move for class certification to November 17, 2021. The opinion does not provide a separate explanation for the court’s ruling.
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