Frydman v. Verschleiser et al

Filing 411

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO ADJOURN TRIAL denying 410 Letter Motion to Adjourn Conference. Accordingly, on January 9, the Court issued an amended trial notice resetting the trial for June 15. The trial is expected to last approxima tely two weeks. Given the Court's own busy schedule, and the limited availability of courtrooms for visiting judges at the federal courthouse in Manhattan, June 15-26 is the only two-week period in the reasonably foreseeable future when this case, which is now nearly six years old, can be tried. Under these circumstances, defendant Verschleiser's motion to adjourn the trial must be denied. SO ORDERED.. (Signed by Judge Bernard A. Friedman on 1/23/2020) (jca)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
UNITED REALTY ADVISORS, LP, et al.,
Plaintiffs,

Civil Action No. 14-cv-5903
Civil Action No. 14-cv-8084

vs.
HON. BERNARD A. FRIEDMAN
ELI VERSCHLEISER, et al.,
Defendants.
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ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO ADJOURN TRIAL
This matter is presently before the Court on defendant Verschleiser’s motion
(presented in an email to one of the Court’s law clerks on January 17, 2020) to adjourn the
trial on the grounds that the June 15 trial date conflicts with an extended overseas vacation
he had planned to take with his family beginning June 23.
On January 3, 2020, the Court sent an email to all of the parties, inquiring
whether any of them objected to the trial being adjourned from March 2 to a date after May
1, 2020, to accommodate plaintiff’s counsel who cannot attend trial before May 1 because
he will be recuperating from bilateral knee surgery during the months of March and April.
None of the parties objected. Accordingly, on January 9, the Court issued an amended trial
notice resetting the trial for June 15. The trial is expected to last approximately two weeks.
Given the Court’s own busy schedule, and the limited availability of courtrooms for visiting
judges at the federal courthouse in Manhattan, June 15-26 is the only two-week period in the
reasonably foreseeable future when this case, which is now nearly six years old, can be tried.
Under these circumstances, defendant Verschleiser’s motion to adjourn the trial must be

denied.
SO ORDERED.
s/Bernard A. Friedman
BERNARD A. FRIEDMAN
SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Dated: January 23, 2020
Detroit, Michigan

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