Parvin v. 1320 Hutchinson Donuts LLC
- Clarke
- 1:22-cv-10710
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 3
In Parvin v. 1320 Hutchinson Donuts LLC, Judge Clarke reassigned the case, moved the status conference, and ordered a joint update letter.
The plaintiffs, defendants, and their counsel were affected by the reassignment, the rescheduled status conference, and the required joint case-status letter.
What happened
Parvin v. 1320 Hutchinson Donuts LLC was reassigned to a different judge. The court stated that all earlier orders, dates, and deadlines would remain in effect unless changed, except for the scheduled status conference.
The court rescheduled the conference from August 23, 2023, to August 22, 2023, and ordered the parties to file a joint letter no later than one week beforehand. The letter must update the court on counsel, the case’s issues, jurisdiction and venue, deadlines, motions, discovery, settlement discussions, possible mediation, and trial length.
Judge Jessica G. L. Clarke also explained procedures for requesting extensions or adjournments. This order addressed case administration and did not decide the parties’ underlying claims or defenses.
The detailed version
- Parvin v. 1320 Hutchinson Donuts LLC · No. 1:22-cv-10710
- Clarke
- Aug. 3, 2023
Background
The case was reassigned to Judge Jessica G. L. Clarke. The opinion does not describe the parties’ underlying claims or defenses. It states that prior orders, dates, and deadlines would remain in effect unless the court ordered otherwise, including the orders identified as ECF Nos. 17 and 25.
Court’s directives
The court rescheduled the status conference from August 23, 2023, at 2:30 p.m. to August 22, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. The conference would be held before Judge Clarke by Microsoft Teams.
The court ordered the parties to file a joint letter on the electronic docket no later than one week before the conference. The letter could not exceed five pages, except that lengthy information about the citizenship of certain business entities could be placed in an appendix outside the page limit. The letter had to address counsel’s contact information, the nature and major issues of the case, jurisdiction and venue, deadlines, prior and pending conferences, outstanding motions, appeals, completed and remaining discovery, settlement discussions, alternative dispute resolution, estimated trial length, and other information that could help move the case toward settlement or trial.
If the case had been settled or otherwise terminated before the deadline, counsel would not have to file the letter or appear, provided that proof of termination was filed on the docket. The court also stated that requests to extend deadlines or adjourn conferences had to be made by a letter-motion filed at least 48 hours before the deadline or conference and had to include specified information about the requested change, prior requests, the reason, the opposing party’s position, and any applicable future appearance.
Disposition and classification
The court reassigned the case, rescheduled the status conference, and ordered the joint status letter and related case-management procedures. The order did not rule on the merits of any claim or defense. It is therefore classified as a procedural order.
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