Schoolcraft v. The City Of New York et al
Filing
476
LETTER addressed to Judge Robert W. Sweet from Cheryl L. Shammas dated August 14, 2015 re: Reply in further support of the City Defendants motion to strike plaintiff's reply memorandum of law in support of his motion for reconsideration. Document filed by Christopher Broschart(Tax Id. 915354 in his official capacity), Christopher Broschart(Tax Id. 915354 Individually), Timothy Caughey(Tax Id. 885374 Individually), Timothy Caughey(Tax Id. 885374 in his official capacity), Kurt Duncan(Shield No. 2483, Individually), Kurt Duncan(Shield No. 2483 in his official capacity), Elise Hanlon(in her official capacity as a lieutenant with the New York City Fire Department), Elise Hanlon(individually), Shantel James(Shield No. 3004 in his official capacity), Shantel James(Shield No. 3004 Individually), Theodore Lauterborn(Tax Id. 897840 in his official capacity), Theodore Lauterborn(Tax Id. 897840, Individually), Michael Marino, Michael Marino, Gerald Nelson(Assistant Chief Patrol Borough Brooklyn North, Tax Id. 912370 in his official capacity), Gerald Nelson(Assistant Chief Patrol Borough Brooklyn North, Tax Id. 912370, Individually), Frederick Sawyer(Shield No. 2576 in his official capacity), Frederick Sawyer(Shield No. 2576, Individually), The City Of New York.(Shammas, Cheryl)
THe CrY oF NEWYonr
ZACHARY W. CARTER
Corporalion Counsel
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DNP¡.NTMENT
IOO CHURCH STREET
NEW YORK, NY IOOOT
CHERYL SHAMMAS
Senior Counsel
phone: (212) 356-2406
fax: (2 I 2) 356-3509
cshammas@law.nyc.gov
August 14,2015
BY ECF & EMAIL lAndrei Vrabie@nvsd.uscourts.eov)
Honorable Robert W. Sweet
United States District Judge
Southern District of New York
500 Pearl Street
New York, New York 10007
Re: Schoolcraft v. The City
of New York, et a|.,10-CY-6005 (RV/S)
Your Honor:
I
am a Senior Counsel in the office of Zachary W. Carter, Corporation Counsel of the
City of New York, assigned to represent the City Defendants in the above-referenced action. I
write in further support of the City Defendants' motion to strike Plaintifls Reply Memorandum
of Law in Further Support of his Motion for Reconsideration (Docket No. 464), to reply to
plaintifls letter of Aug*, Z, 2015 in opposition to the motion to strike.r
Plaintiff states in his August 7,2015 letter that he "changed the date on his calendar one
week from the new date" because the parties "consented to a one-week adjournment". This is
not so. The parties agreed to extend the Reply deadline "from July l7 to July 23". See Exhibi A
annexed hereto (emails exchanged among all parties dated 7ll5ll5 agreeing to the specific date
of July 23'd and plaintiff expressly opposing any movement of "the other dates, including the
JPTO dates") (Emphasis added).2
The July 23'd date was subsequently memorialized by letter application to the Court
(Docket No. 455) and "so ordered" by Your Honor. (Docket No,458) (setting deadline to July
23'd). Docket entry No. 458 explicitly stated "Replies due by 712312015." The City Defendants,
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Co-Defendants Jamaica Hospital Medical Center and Steven Mauriello joined
application.
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Notably, on August l3th, plaintiff sought an extension of the JPTO deadline, without consent of
the parties, which application defendants intend to oppose in a separate filing to the Court next
week.
as well as Jamaica Hospital Medical Center and Steven Mauriello (the other parties who filed
brieß opposing plaintiffls motion for reconsideration) all correctly understood that the filing
deadline was July 23'd and submitted papers on that day. Thus, there was no ambiguity in the
filing deadline and plaintiffs alleged understanding to the contrary is not based upon facts
supported by the record.
In addition, plaintiffs delayed filing also exceeded the Court's page-limit requirements
by 40%, Plaintiff offers no explanation for this non-compliance with the Court's rules without
seeking permission, thus providing additional grounds for his reply brief to be stricken.
As already discussed in defendants' motion to strike, plaintiffs disregard of the deadline
filing of an oversized brief confened an unfair advantage to plaintiff and prejudice to the
and
defendants, which could have been readily avoided by plaintiff requesting one more day for all
parties to fîle their reply briefs. Whether by oversight or deliberate omission, plaintiff chose to
proceed in disregard of the due date expressly and repeatedly stated on the docket, in court
filings, and in communications between counsel.
Accordingly, for the foregoing reasons, defendants respectfully request that the Court
strike Plaintiffs Reply Memorandum of Law in Further Support of his Motion for
Reconsideration (DE # 464) and decline to consider any of the arguments contained therein.
We thank the Court for its consideration.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/Cheryl Shammas
Cheryl Shammas
Senior Counsel
Cc.:
All parties (via email and ECF)
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Exhibit A
Shammas, Cheryl (Law)
Nat Smith
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 3:55 PM
S¡ñõìñer, Alan (Law);John Lenoir; magdalena bauza
Gregory J. Radomisli; norinsberg@aol,com; bbrady@ckbblaw.com;
wakretz@seiffkretz.com; mkoster@ckbblaw,com; brianelee@idjlaw,com; Brian Osterman;
gcohen@cohenfitch.com; Shammas, Cheryl (Law); Thadani, Kavin (Law)
Re: Schoolcraft v. City - Monell schedule
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All, Kicking out the date for replies on the reconsideration motions is fine with the plaintiff but we also do not
want to move the other dates, including the JPTO dates. Nat
on wpc! Jul 15, 20þ at3:26PM, Scheiner, Alan (Law) wrote:
We consent.
On Jul 8, 201 5, at2:27 PM, Scheiner, Alan (Law)
Thank you
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