Camacho v. The Barrier Group Inc.
- Andrew Krause
- 7:22-cv-01156
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
In Camacho v. The Barrier Group Inc., Judge Krause granted Camacho’s request to postpone a conference and extended Barrier Group’s deadline to retain counsel.
Luis Sergio Camacho, The Barrier Group Inc., Sub Enterprises Inc. doing business as Drip Drop Waterproofing, and Joel Reich; the order directly postponed the conference and extended Barrier Group’s deadline to retain counsel.
What happened
In Camacho v. The Barrier Group Inc., Luis Sergio Camacho asked to postpone a conference scheduled for July 13, 2023. The court said The Barrier Group Inc. and Sub Enterprises Inc. had not retained new counsel, and Joel Reich appeared not to intend to attend the conference.
The court granted Camacho’s request and rescheduled the in-person conference for August 10, 2023. It extended Barrier Group’s deadline to retain new counsel to August 7, 2023, and warned that failing to appear or retain counsel could lead to sanctions or consideration of a request for default judgment against Barrier Group.
Judge Andrew E. Krause ordered that the conference would not be postponed again absent extraordinary circumstances, and directed the Clerk to mark the motion as granted and terminate it.
The detailed version
- Camacho v. The Barrier Group Inc. · No. 7:22-cv-01156
- Andrew Krause
- July 11, 2023
Background
Plaintiff Luis Sergio Camacho filed a letter motion asking to postpone a conference set for July 13, 2023. The court stated that no new counsel had appeared for The Barrier Group Inc., Sub Enterprises Inc. doing business as Drip Drop Waterproofing, or Joel Reich, and that those defendants had not sought more time to retain counsel.
The court found that Barrier Group was violating a June 13, 2023 order. It also said that, based on an email filed by Camacho’s counsel, Reich appeared not to intend to attend the July 13 conference and had not contacted the court to request an extension. The order repeated that corporate entities may not appear without a lawyer.
Ruling
The court granted Camacho’s motion to postpone the conference. It rescheduled the in-person conference for August 10, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. at the White Plains federal courthouse, Courtroom 250, and stated that the conference would not be postponed again absent extraordinary circumstances.
The court extended Barrier Group’s deadline to retain new counsel to August 7, 2023. If no new notice of appearance was filed by that date and Barrier Group had not requested another extension, the court would consider allowing Camacho to file a motion for entry of a default judgment against Barrier Group. The court also warned that failure to appear at the August 10 conference could result in sanctions, including payment of attorneys’ fees and expenses for counsel who appeared.
Disposition
The Clerk was directed to mark the motion at ECF No. 64 as GRANTED and terminate it. The order did not enter a default judgment; it stated only that the court would consider allowing a motion for one. Chambers staff was directed to email the order to Reich, and the Clerk was directed to mail it to the pro se defendant.
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