Moreno-Godoy v. Gallet Dreyer & Berkey, L.L.P. et al

Filing 195

ORDER: This Court intends to schedule trial in this case promptly. As a result of COVID-19 restrictions, jury trials in this District must be centrally scheduled far in advance. Applications by individual chambers for fourth-quarter trial s lots are due at the end of this week. To assist chambers in this process, the Court requests that counsel jointly advise the Court, by letter filed on the docket of this case by the close of business on Wednesday, August 11, 2021, whether there are any dates in October, November, or December 2021 on which necessary participants are unavailable for trial. The Court also directs counsel to confirm that a jury trial of approximately three days in length remains the parties' best estimate. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Paul A. Engelmayer on 8/9/2021) (va)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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LUIS FELIPE MORENO-GODOY,
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Plaintiff,
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GALLET DREYER & BERKEY, LLP et al.,
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14 Civ. 7082 (PAE)
ORDER

PAUL A. ENGELMAYER, District Judge:
The Court has received a letter from counsel in response to its July 30, 2021 order. Dkt.
193. That order directed Mr. Moreno-Godoy’s pro bono counsel to confer and advise the Court
as to Mr. Moreno-Godoy’s representation at trial. Mr. Moreno-Godoy’s appellate counsel, at
Axinn, states that Mr. Moreno-Godoy “has advised in writing that he would like Axinn to
represent him at trial.” Dkt. 194. This Court therefore hereby appoints John Tanski, Esq., and
Craig Reiser, Esq. as pro bono counsel to represent Mr. Moreno-Godoy.
This Court intends to schedule trial in this case promptly. As a result of COVID-19
restrictions, jury trials in this District must be centrally scheduled far in advance. Applications
by individual chambers for fourth-quarter trial slots are due at the end of this week. To assist
chambers in this process, the Court requests that counsel jointly advise the Court, by letter filed
on the docket of this case by the close of business on Wednesday, August 11, 2021, whether
there are any dates in October, November, or December 2021 on which necessary participants

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are unavailable for trial. The Court also directs counsel to confirm that a jury trial of
approximately three days in length remains the parties’ best estimate.
SO ORDERED.

PaJA.�

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Paul A. Engelmayer
United States District Judge

Dated: August 9, 2021
New York, New York