Neptune Wellness Solutions, Inc. v. PMGSL Holdings, LLC
- Edgardo Ramos
- 1:24-cv-00117
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
In Neptune Wellness v. PMGSL, Judge Ramos ordered the petitioners to obtain counsel by April 12, 2024, or face dismissal.
Neptune Wellness Solutions, Inc. and Sugarleaf Labs, Inc., which were directed to obtain new counsel by April 12, 2024, or face dismissal of the case.
What happened
In Neptune Wellness Solutions, Inc. v. PMGSL Holdings, LLC, the case had been moved from New York state court to federal court. The petitioners’ lawyer was allowed to withdraw on February 22, 2024, and the court told the petitioners they could not proceed without a lawyer and had to obtain new counsel by March 21. They did not do so.
The court gave the petitioners another opportunity to obtain counsel, setting a new deadline of April 12, 2024. The court stated that the case would be dismissed if they failed to meet that deadline. The clerk was also directed to update the docket and mail the order to the petitioners at the addresses listed in the order.
Judge Ramos issued the order on March 22, 2024. The order did not dismiss the case at that time; it directed the petitioners to obtain counsel and warned that dismissal would follow if they did not meet the new deadline.
The detailed version
- Neptune Wellness Solutions, Inc. v. PMGSL Holdings, LLC · No. 1:24-cv-00117
- Edgardo Ramos
- Mar. 22, 2024
Background
The case was removed from New York state court on January 5, 2024. On February 22, 2024, the court granted permission for counsel representing Petitioners Neptune Wellness Solutions, Inc. and Sugarleaf Labs, Inc. to withdraw. The court directed counsel to notify the petitioners that they could not appear without a lawyer and needed to obtain new counsel by March 21, 2024.
The petitioners did not obtain new counsel by that deadline.
Order
The court again directed the petitioners to obtain counsel. It ordered that they do so by April 12, 2024, and stated that the case would be dismissed if they failed to meet that deadline. The order itself did not dismiss the case.
The clerk was directed to update the docket with addresses for Neptune Wellness Solutions, Inc. and Sugarleaf Labs, Inc. and mail the order to the petitioners at those addresses.
Disposition
Judge Edgardo Ramos ordered the petitioners to obtain new counsel by April 12, 2024, or the case would be dismissed. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or resolve their merits.
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