Trustees of the Local 8A-28A Welfare Fund et al v. American Group Administrators et al

Filing 193

Minute Entry for proceedings held before Magistrate Judge Peggy Kuo. Motion hearing held on 3/8/2018. Attorneys Danielle Carney, Michael Bauman, and Matthew Berger for Plaintiffs. Pro se Defendant Hector Lopez parti cipated by telephone. Attorney Patricia Habas for the AGA Defendants. Defendant Lopez's Motion to Vacate Default Judgment 184 is granted. The attached Minutes set forth the remaining discovery deadlines. A status conference is set for June 26, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 11C South. Defendant Lopez must attend the conference in person. (FTR Log #11:34-12:24.) (Copy of Minutes emailed to pro se Defendant Lopez.) (Syed, Sofie)

BEFORE:

PEGGY KUO
U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE

DOCKET NO. 14-CV-1088
CASE NAME:

DATE:
START
END
JUDGE:

03/08/2018
11:34 a.m.
12:24 p.m.
RRM

Trustees of the Local 8A-28A Welfare Fund et
al. v. American Group Administrators et al.
CIVIL CONFERENCE

PURPOSE OF CONFERENCE:

Motion Hearing

APPEARANCES:

Plaintiffs:
Defendant Hector
Lopez:

Danielle Carney
Michael Bauman
Matthew Berger
Pro se, by telephone

Defendants American
Group Administrators
Inc. and Lloyd
Goldstein:
Patricia Habas
SCHEDULING AND RULINGS:
1. The Court heard argument on Defendant Lopez’s Motion to Vacate Default Judgment
(ECF 184) and granted the Motion.
2. Plaintiffs must email a copy of the operative Complaint to Defendant Lopez immediately,
and Defendants American Group Administrators Inc. and Lloyd Goldstein (the “AGA
Defendants”) must email copies of the Answers filed by the other Defendants in this
action to Defendant Lopez.
3. The deadline for Defendant Lopez to file his Answer is April 6, 2018.
4. By April 6, 2018, the parties must provide the documents that have been produced in
discovery in this action to Defendant Lopez.
5. The parties must serve any interrogatories and document requests on Defendant Lopez via
email by April 27, 2018, and he must respond by May 29, 2018.
6. Defendant Lopez must email any interrogatories and document requests to Plaintiffs and
the AGA Defendants by June 18, 2018.
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7. A status conference is set for June 26, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 11C South.
Defendant Lopez must attend the conference in person.
8. If the parties wish to consent to Judge Kuo’s jurisdiction in this action, they should file the
required AO85 consent form, executed by all parties. The AO85 consent form is available
at https://img.nyed.uscourts.gov/files/forms/AO85.pdf.

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