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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Feb. 24, 2022

Cid Hurtado v. Hudson Fulton Corp.

Judge
Ronnie Abrams
Docket
1:20-cv-09133
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil ProcedureClass Action
In one sentence

In Cid Hurtado v. Hudson Fulton Corp., Judge Abrams ordered Defendants to answer by March 25, 2022, warning default judgment may follow.

Who this affects

The Plaintiffs and Defendants in the case, especially Hudson Fulton Corp. because it had not appeared. Any Defendant that failed to respond by March 25, 2022, could face default judgment.

What happened

Cid Hurtado v. Hudson Fulton Corp. involves Jhon Jairo Cid Hurtado, Victor Peguero, Alberto De La Rosa Volquez Romel, and others who sued Hudson Fulton Corp., Jason Minter, and Thomas Bosco.

The court ordered all Defendants to respond to the Complaint by March 25, 2022. It warned that a Defendant who failed to respond could face default judgment. The court also reminded Hudson Fulton Corp., which had not appeared, that a corporation must appear through an attorney.

Judge Ronnie Abrams issued the order on February 24, 2022. The order did not decide the parties’ underlying claims.

The detailed version

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

Case
Cid Hurtado v. Hudson Fulton Corp. · No. 1:20-cv-09133
Judge
Ronnie Abrams
Date
Feb. 24, 2022

Background

Jhon Jairo Cid Hurtado, Victor Peguero, Alberto De La Rosa Volquez Romel, and others similarly situated sued Hudson Fulton Corp., Jason Minter, and Thomas Bosco. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims.

Order

For reasons stated at a conference, the Court ordered all Defendants to respond to the Complaint by March 25, 2022. The Court warned that default judgment—a judgment that may be entered when a party fails to respond—could be entered against any Defendant that did not respond.

Hudson Fulton Corp. had not appeared in the action. The Court again cautioned that a corporation may not appear in a lawsuit against it except through an attorney.

Disposition

Judge Ronnie Abrams entered this case-management order on February 24, 2022. The order set a response deadline and issued a warning; it did not resolve the merits of the Plaintiffs’ claims.

The authoritative version

Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.

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