L.A. v. New York City Department of Education
- John Cronan
- 1:22-cv-03771
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In L.A. v. New York City Department of Education, Judge Cronan extended the status-letter deadline to April 3, 2024.
The parties and the plaintiffs’ counsel, because the parties must file a status letter concerning whether payment to counsel was disbursed.
What happened
L.A. v. New York City Department of Education concerns a court-ordered update about whether payment to the plaintiffs’ lawyer had been made.
The court had ordered the parties to file a status letter by March 21, 2024. No letter had appeared on the docket by that deadline.
Judge Cronan extended the deadline for filing the status letter to April 3, 2024, and warned that failing to follow court orders could lead to penalties.
The detailed version
- L.A. v. New York City Department of Education · No. 1:22-cv-03771
- John Cronan
- Mar. 27, 2024
Background
On February 29, 2024, the Court ordered the parties to file a status letter by March 21, 2024. The letter was supposed to tell the Court whether payment to the plaintiffs’ counsel had been disbursed. The March 21 deadline passed, and the docket did not show that the parties had filed the letter.
Ruling
The Court extended the deadline for filing the status letter to April 3, 2024. The Court reminded the parties that they must comply with court orders and stated that failure to do so may result in sanctions, meaning penalties imposed for noncompliance. This order did not decide the underlying claims or determine whether the payment had been disbursed.
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