Nereo v. Shleppers Holdings, LLC
- Clarke
- 1:22-cv-09505
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
In Nereo v. Shleppers Holdings, LLC, Judge Clarke reassigned the case and ordered a joint status letter by July 31, 2023.
The parties and their counsel were affected because they had to comply with the joint-letter and case-management requirements, unless the case was settled or otherwise terminated before the deadline.
What happened
Nereo v. Shleppers Holdings, LLC was reassigned to Judge Jessica G. L. Clarke. The notice did not decide the parties’ underlying claims or defenses.
The court kept all earlier orders, dates, and deadlines in place unless it later ordered otherwise. It required the parties to file a joint letter of no more than five pages describing the case, jurisdiction and venue, deadlines, motions, discovery, settlement discussions, possible alternative dispute resolution, estimated trial length, and other information useful to moving the case toward settlement or trial.
Judge Jessica G. L. Clarke ordered the joint letter by July 31, 2023. The parties did not need to file it or appear if they filed proof that the case had been settled or otherwise terminated before that deadline.
The detailed version
- Nereo v. Shleppers Holdings, LLC · No. 1:22-cv-09505
- Clarke
- July 17, 2023
Nature of the Order
This notice states that the case was reassigned to Judge Jessica G. L. Clarke. It is an administrative and case-management order; it does not resolve the claims, defenses, or other underlying legal issues.
Effect of Reassignment
Unless the court ordered otherwise, all prior orders, dates, and deadlines remained in effect after reassignment. The court also directed counsel to become familiar with Judge Clarke’s individual rules and practices.
Required Joint Status Letter
The parties were ordered to file a joint letter on the court’s electronic filing system no later than July 31, 2023. The letter could not exceed five pages, except that lengthy information about the citizenship of certain entities could be placed in an appendix outside the page limit.
The letter had to address:
- the names and current contact information of counsel; - the nature of the case, principal defenses, and major legal and factual issues; - why federal jurisdiction and venue were proper, including the required citizenship information if jurisdiction was based on diversity of citizenship; - existing deadlines and cut-off dates; - previously scheduled but not yet held court conferences; - outstanding motions and the relief sought; - pending appeals; - discovery already completed and discovery still needed for meaningful settlement discussions; - the status of settlement discussions, without exact offers or demands; - whether alternative dispute resolution should be used and, if so, which type and when; - the estimated length of trial; and - any other information that could help move the case toward settlement or trial.
Other Instructions
If the case had been settled or otherwise terminated, counsel did not have to file the joint letter or appear, provided that proof of termination was filed before the deadline. Requests to extend a deadline or adjourn a conference had to be made by a letter-motion filed electronically at least 48 hours in advance and had to include the information specified by the court.
Disposition
Judge Clarke ordered the parties to file the joint status letter by July 31, 2023, unless the case was settled or otherwise terminated and proof of that event was filed before the deadline. The opinion contains no ruling on the merits.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.