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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Feb. 3, 2022

White v. UMG Recordings, Inc.

Judge
Analisa Torres
Docket
1:20-cv-09971
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil Procedure
In one sentence

In White v. UMG Recordings, Judge Torres allowed defendant Jenks to file an amended answer and counterclaim within 21 days.

Who this affects

Defendant Jordan Timothy Jenks was permitted to file an amended answer and counterclaim; the order does not state that it resolved the claims of the other parties.

What happened

White v. UMG Recordings, Inc. is a case involving Jordan White, UMG Recordings, Inc., and other defendants. The order concerns defendant Jordan Timothy Jenks’s request to file an amended answer and counterclaim.

The court reviewed letters filed at ECF Nos. 91 and 92. The order states that a party may amend a pleading once without permission within 21 days after serving it, under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a).

Judge Torres ruled that Jenks could file an amended answer and counterclaim because he requested permission within 21 days of filing his original answer. The order does not decide the underlying claims.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
White v. UMG Recordings, Inc. · No. 1:20-cv-09971
Judge
Analisa Torres
Date
Feb. 3, 2022

Background

Jordan White sued UMG Recordings, Inc., Jordan Timothy Jenks, Jordan Carter, and other defendants. The opinion addresses defendant Jenks’s request to file an amended answer and counterclaim. It does not describe the underlying claims in detail.

Court’s Analysis

The court reviewed the parties’ letters at ECF Nos. 91 and 92. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a) allows a party to amend its pleading once as a matter of course within 21 days after serving it. The court found that Jenks requested leave to file an amended answer and counterclaim within 21 days of filing his original answer.

Ruling

The court ruled that defendant Jenks may file an amended answer and counterclaim. The order does not resolve the underlying claims or counterclaims.

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