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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled July 21, 2023

Krishiv, LLC v. Mt. Hawley Insurance Company

Judge
Edgardo Ramos
Docket
1:23-cv-02727
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
2
Civil ProcedurePro Se
In one sentence

In Krishiv, LLC v. Mt Hawley Insurance Company, Judge Ramos ordered the company to retain counsel by July 31 or face dismissal.

Who this affects

Krishiv, LLC, the corporate plaintiff, was required to retain counsel and file a notice of appearance by July 31, 2023, or face dismissal.

What happened

Krishiv, LLC v. Mt Hawley Insurance Company was transferred to the Southern District of New York. At an initial conference, the court told Krishiv that a company must have a lawyer to proceed in federal court.

The court gave Krishiv additional time at a later conference to retain a lawyer and file a notice of appearance. No notice of appearance was filed.

Judge Edgardo Ramos ordered Krishiv to retain counsel and have the lawyer file a notice of appearance by July 31, 2023. The order warned that failing to do so would result in dismissal, but it did not dismiss the case in this order.

The detailed version

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Case
Krishiv, LLC v. Mt. Hawley Insurance Company · No. 1:23-cv-02727
Judge
Edgardo Ramos
Date
July 21, 2023

Background

The action was transferred from the Middle District of Florida to the Southern District of New York on March 31, 2023. At an April 20, 2023 initial conference, the court notified Krishiv, LLC, the corporate plaintiff, that it had to be represented by counsel—a lawyer—in order to proceed. The court gave Krishiv four weeks to retain counsel.

At a May 24, 2023 status conference, the court gave Krishiv an additional three weeks, until June 14, 2023, to retain new counsel and have the lawyer file a notice of appearance on the docket. The court warned that failure to do so could lead to dismissal. No notice of appearance was filed for Krishiv.

Order

Judge Edgardo Ramos ordered Krishiv to retain counsel and instruct its attorney to file a notice of appearance by Monday, July 31, 2023. The order states that failure to do so will result in dismissal. The opinion does not state that the case was dismissed at that time.

The authoritative version

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