Perez v. Kijakazi
- Stewart Aaron
- 1:21-cv-07902
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Perez v. Kijakazi, Judge Aaron granted Perez’s request to extend the deadline for her Social Security appeal brief.
The ruling affects Plaintiff Krystalie Perez and the Commissioner by extending and modifying the deadlines for briefing in Perez’s Social Security appeal.
What happened
Perez v. Kijakazi is a Social Security appeal in which Plaintiff Krystalie Perez’s lawyer requested more time to file Perez’s motion for judgment on the pleadings and brief.
The lawyer asked to move the deadline from March 24, 2022, to April 22, 2022, citing staffing shortages, supervision of new hires, and an unexpected absence. The proposed schedule also set the Commissioner’s response for June 21 and Perez’s reply for July 12.
Judge Stewart D. Aaron granted the request on March 22, 2022. The order therefore granted the requested extension and modification of the briefing schedule.
The detailed version
- Perez v. Kijakazi · No. 1:21-cv-07902
- Stewart Aaron
- Mar. 22, 2022
Background
This order concerns scheduling in Perez’s Social Security appeal. The letter states that Plaintiff Krystalie Perez is appealing a dismissal of her case. The Commissioner had filed the certified administrative transcript on January 24, 2022.
Request
Perez’s lawyer requested a four-week extension to file Perez’s motion for judgment on the pleadings and supporting papers. Under the existing schedule, the filing deadline was March 24, 2022. The lawyer asked to extend that deadline to April 22, 2022, explaining that the office had been short-staffed, that the lawyer was supervising new hires, and that the lawyer would be unexpectedly out of the office for several days. The letter also proposed moving the Commissioner’s cross-motion deadline to June 21, 2022, and Perez’s reply deadline to July 12, 2022.
Ruling
Judge Stewart D. Aaron entered the order, “Request GRANTED,” on March 22, 2022. The order granted the requested extension and modification of the briefing schedule. The opinion text does not separately explain whether each proposed date was entered in a separate scheduling order, but the request sought the April 22, June 21, and July 12 dates.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.