One Hanover, LLC v. Highgate Hotels, Inc.
- Figueredo
- 1:22-cv-02723
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 3
In One Hanover v. Highgate Hotels, Judge Figueredo scheduled a discovery conference and required defendants to respond to the plaintiff’s letter.
One Hanover, LLC and the defendants involved in the discovery disputes, including the parties identified in the letter as Highgate, Symphony, Sartiano, Witkoff, and New Valley.
What happened
In One Hanover, LLC v. Highgate Hotels, Inc., the plaintiff told the court that defendants had not fully complied with discovery deadlines and an order requiring answers to interrogatories. The plaintiff also described disputes about subpoenaed documents and proposed deposition dates.
The plaintiff asked the court to direct defendants to answer specified interrogatories, approve a document-production date, and approve a deposition schedule. The plaintiff also requested costs and other compliance-related relief.
Judge Valerie Figueredo did not expressly grant or deny those requests in the text provided. Instead, the order scheduled a discovery conference for June 22, 2022, and required defendants to respond to the plaintiff’s letter by June 7, 2023.
The detailed version
- One Hanover, LLC v. Highgate Hotels, Inc. · No. 1:22-cv-02723
- Figueredo
- May 31, 2023
Background
The provided document is a letter from One Hanover, LLC to Magistrate Judge Valerie Figueredo. The letter states that defendants had not complied with an April 20, 2023 order requiring responses to interrogatories served on December 19, 2022. According to the letter, defendants served objections based on Local Civil Rule 33.3, and the parties later discussed the interrogatories during a meet-and-confer. The letter says defendants agreed to respond to some interrogatories by May 24, 2023, while continuing discussions about others.
The letter also discusses a subpoena for documents, including materials concerning use of the mark “HARRY’S,” and proposed depositions of Highgate, Symphony, Sartiano, Witkoff, and New Valley. One Hanover asked the court to endorse a May 31, 2023 document-production date and deposition dates from June 20 through June 29. It also stated that defendants had made only a partial production concerning use of the mark and that One Hanover was continuing efforts to obtain the remaining documents.
Requests and Court Action
One Hanover asked the court to direct defendants to answer Interrogatories 2–4 and 6–9, approve the proposed deposition schedule, and approve the subpoena-document production date. The letter also requested costs and referred to possible compliance-related relief under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37.
The order signed by Judge Figueredo scheduled a discovery conference for Thursday, June 22, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 17-A and stated that any response from defendants to the letter was due by June 7, 2023. The provided text does not expressly state that the court granted or denied the requested interrogatory, subpoena, deposition, costs, or sanctions-related relief. The order’s reference to June 22, 2022 appears inconsistent with the May 31, 2023 date and the 2023 discovery events described in the letter; the text does not resolve that inconsistency.
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