ABC v. DEF

Filing 381

MEMO ENDORSEMENT granting 379 Motion to Substitute Party. ENDORSEMENT; Granted. The Court orders that Pamela Lima be substituted as a party defendant in place of defendant Joseph Lima. (Pamela Lima added. Joseph Lima terminated.) (Signed by Judge Paul A. Engelmayer on 5/19/2020) (jwh)

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P L AI N TI F F S’ M O TI O N F O R S U B S TI T U TI O N O F P A R T Y
Pl ai ntiffs J o h n D o e, J a n e D o e, a n d M. S. ( “ Pl ai ntiffs ”) r es p e ctf ull y m o v e, p urs u a nt t o
F e d er al R ul e of Ci vil Pr o c e d ur e 2 5( a) t o s u bstit ut e a p art y i n i nt er est i n pl a c e of d e c e as e d
D ef e n d a nt J os e p h Li m a. I n s u p p ort of t his m oti o n, Pl ai ntiffs st at e as f oll o ws:
1. O n A pril 2 5, 2 0 1 4, Pl ai ntiffs br o u g ht cl ai ms u n d er 4 2 U. S. C. § 1 9 8 3 f or vi ol ati o ns of
t h eir c o nstit uti o n al ri g hts b y e m pl o y e es of t h e N e w Y or k St at e D e p art m e nt of C orr e cti o ns a n d
C o m m u nit y S er vi c e ( “ D O C C S ”), i n cl u di n g D ef e n d a nt J os e p h Li m a, a f or m er B ur e a u C hi ef of
t h e M a n h att a n VI Ar e a Offi c e. D ef e n d a nt Li m a w as n a m e d as a d ef e n d a nt i n b ot h his p ers o n al
a n d offi ci al c a p a citi es . First A m e n d e d C o m pl ai nt at ¶ ¶ 1 4, 2 1 ( D kt. N o. 1 0 0).
2. O n A u g ust 3 1, 2 0 1 7, t his C o urt gr a nt e d Pl ai ntiffs’ m oti o n f or s u m m ar y j u d g m e nt as t o
li a bilit y a g ai nst all d ef e n d a nts, i n cl u di n g D ef e n d a nt Li m a. ( D kt. N o. 2 8 3). O n F e br u ar y 2 1,
2 0 1 9, t h e S e c o n d Cir c uit affir m e d t h e C o urt’s d e cisi o n. ( D kt. N o. 3 2 0). A t ri al f or d a m a g es h as
n ot y et b e e n s c h e d ul e d.
3. O n F e br u ar y 4, 2 0 2 0, c o u ns el f or D ef e n d a nt Li m a fil e d a st at e m e nt wit h t h e C o urt
n oti ci n g D ef e n d a nt Li m a’s d e at h. ( D kt. N o. 3 6 7).

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4. O n M a y 5, 2 0 2 0, t h e C o urt gr a nt e d Pl ai ntiffs’ r e q u est f or a t w o-w e e k e xt e nsi o n of t h e 9 0d a y p eri o d t o fil e t h e i nst a nt m oti o n, t o all o w Pl ai ntiffs ti m e t o c o or di n at e wit h c o u ns el f or
D ef e n d a nt Li m a r e g ar di n g s er vi c e of t h e m oti o n.
5.

P urs u a nt t o F e d er al R ul e of Ci vil Pr o c e d ur e 2 5( a), “[i]f a p art y di es a n d t h e cl ai m is n ot

e xti n g uis h e d, t h e c o urt m a y or d er s u bstit uti o n of t h e pr o p er p art y. ” F e d. R. Ci v. P. 2 5( a). U n d er
N e w Y or k l a w , S e cti o n 1 9 8 3 cl ai ms s ur vi v e t h e d e at h of a d ef e n d a nt. S e e B arr ett v. U nit e d
St at es , 6 5 1 F. S u p p. 6 0 4, 6 0 6 ( S. D. N. Y. 1 9 8 6); Cri c hl o w v. Fis c h er , 2 0 1 5 W L 6 7 8 7 2 5 at * 4
( S. D. N. Y. F e b. 1 3, 2 0 1 5); Gr a h a m v. H e n d ers o n , 2 2 4 F. R. D. 5 9, 6 3 ( N. D. N. Y. 2 0 0 4).
6. W h e n a d ef e n d a nt

w h o h as b e e n s u e d i n a n i n di vi d u al c a p a cit y i n a S e cti o n 1 9 8 3 a cti o n

di es, “t h e pr o p er p art y t o s u bstit ut e is t h e s u c c ess or of t h e d e c e as e d or t h e r e pr es e nt ati v e of his
est at e. ” Gr a h a m , 2 2 4 F. R. D. at 6 4; a c c or d Y o u n g v. P atri c e , 8 3 2 F. S u p p. 7 2 1, 7 2 4 ( S. D. N. Y.
1 9 9 3).
7.

O n M a y 1 1, 2 0 2 0, c o u ns el f or D ef e n d a nt Li m a i d e ntifi e d P a m el a L i m a a s D ef e n d a nt

Li m a’s wi d o w a n d r e pr es e nt e d t o Pl ai ntiffs t h at Ms. Li m a

a ut h ori z e d c o u ns el t o a c c e pt s er vi c e

o n h er b e h alf.
8.

U p o n i nf or m ati o n a n d b eli ef, P a m el a Li m a is D ef e n d a nt Li m a’s s u c c ess or a n d/ or t h e

r e pr es e nt ati v e of his est at e.
W H E R E F O R E, Pl ai n tiffs r es p e ctf ull y r e q u est t h at t h e C o urt e nt er a n or d er p urs u a nt t o
F e d er al R ul e of Ci vil P ro c e d ur e 2 5( a) s u bstit uti n g P a m el a Li m a as a p art y d ef e n d a nt i n pl a c e of
D ef e n d a nt Li m a.
D at e d: N e w Y or k, N e w Y or k
M a y 1 8, 2 0 2 0

R es p e ctf ull y su b mitt e d,
F RI E D M A N K A P L A N S EI L E R &
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5/ 1 9/ 2 0 2 0
Gr a nt e d. T h e C o urt or d ers t h at P a m el a Li m a b e s u bstit ut e d as a p art y d ef e n d a nt i n pl a c e of
d ef e n d a nt J os e p h Li m a.
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