Louime v. Camama
- Vincent Briccetti
- 7:21-cv-09594
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Louime v. Pressley, Judge Briccetti postponed a case-management conference because appointed pro bono counsel had not appeared.
David Louime, his appointed pro bono counsel, and the defendants and their counsel who would attend the case-management conference.
What happened
Louime v. Pressley concerns a plaintiff who was proceeding without a lawyer and had been granted appointed pro bono counsel. The court had scheduled a case-management conference for March 28, 2024.
The docket still did not show an appearance by pro bono counsel. The court therefore moved the conference to April 11, 2024, at noon.
Judge Vincent L. Briccetti also ruled that an appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith and denied fee-free status for an appeal. The order did not decide the underlying claims.
The detailed version
- Louime v. Camama · No. 7:21-cv-09594
- Vincent Briccetti
- Mar. 26, 2024
Background
David Louime was proceeding without a lawyer and without paying filing fees. In an earlier order, the court granted his request for appointed pro bono counsel and scheduled a case-management conference for March 28, 2024. The court had stated that it would postpone the conference if pro bono counsel had not appeared.
Court’s action
The docket did not show that pro bono counsel had appeared for Louime. The court therefore ordered that the March 28 conference be adjourned, meaning postponed, to April 11, 2024, at 12:00 p.m. If pro bono counsel had appeared by then, all counsel were required to attend in person at the White Plains courthouse, Courtroom 620.
Appeal and effect
The court certified under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith and denied fee-free status for purposes of an appeal. The order addressed scheduling and counsel-related matters; it did not resolve the claims against the correction-officer defendants.
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