Moses v. National Securities Corporation
- Jenmyfer Rearden
- 1:22-cv-08912
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
In Moses v. National Securities Corporation, Judge Jenmyfer Rearden ordered a joint case-status letter by June 30, 2023.
Michael Moses, National Securities Corporation, the other named defendants, and their counsel were required to provide the joint case-status letter and the specified information.
What happened
In Moses v. National Securities Corporation, the court required the parties to file a joint letter updating it on the case by June 30, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. The letter could not exceed five double-spaced pages.
The court required the letter to address counsel’s contact information, the action and defenses, jurisdiction and venue, deadlines, scheduled court events, pending motions, appeals, discovery, settlement discussions, alternative dispute resolution, estimated trial length, and other information that could help advance the case. The court also said that the parties’ earlier submission to Judge Carter did not satisfy this requirement.
Judge Jenmyfer Rearden issued a case-management order requiring the joint letter. The order did not decide the parties’ underlying legal claims or defenses.
The detailed version
- Moses v. National Securities Corporation · No. 1:22-cv-08912
- Jenmyfer Rearden
- June 20, 2023
Order
The court ordered the parties to file a joint letter by June 30, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. The letter was limited to five double-spaced pages and had to discuss twelve categories of information about the case.
Required information
The parties had to provide:
- The names and current contact information of counsel;
- A short description of the action, the principal defenses, and the main legal and factual issues;
- An explanation of why federal jurisdiction and venue were proper, including specified citizenship information for parties when jurisdiction was based on diversity of citizenship;
- All existing deadlines and cutoff dates;
- Any scheduled conferences or arguments that had not yet occurred and the issues they were expected to address;
- Any outstanding motions, including their filing dates and requested relief;
- Any pending appeals;
- Discovery already completed, including the number of depositions taken by each party, and any remaining discovery needed for meaningful settlement discussions;
- The status of prior settlement discussions, without exact offers or demands;
- Whether the parties had discussed alternative dispute resolution and whether a settlement conference, the District’s Mediation Program, or a private mediator would be productive;
- An estimate of the trial length; and
- Any other information that could help the court advance the case, including any dispositive or novel issue.
The court specifically stated that the parties’ April 3, 2023 submission to Judge Carter, identified as ECF No. 27, did not eliminate the requirement to file the new joint letter.
Disposition and effect
The court entered a case-management directive requiring the joint status letter. It did not rule on the merits of the claims, defenses, jurisdiction, venue, pending motions, discovery disputes, or settlement issues. The opinion identifies the judge in its heading as “JENNIFER H. REARDEN,” while the signature block reads “JENMYFER H. REARDEN.”
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.