Bleiwas v. City Of New York et al

Filing 144

ORDER granting 143 Letter Motion to Adjourn Conference. The motion is granted. The status conference set for 3:30 p.m. on December 4 is rescheduled as a telephone conference at 4:30 p.m. The Court will provide the parties with call-in information by email. Telephone Conference set for 12/4/2019 at 04:30 PM before Judge Edgardo Ramos. (Signed by Judge Edgardo Ramos on 11/25/2019) (kv)

THE CITY OF NEW YORK
JAMES E. JOHNSON
Corporation Counsel

LAW DEPARTMENT

Elissa Fudim
Senior Counsel
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NEW YORK, NY 10007

November 22, 2019
BY ECF
Hon. Edgardo Ramos, U.S.D.J.
United States District Court
Southern District of New York
40 Foley Square
New York, New York 10007
Re: Martin Bleiwas v. City of New York, et al. , 15-CV-10046
Dear Judge Ramos,
I write to request that, if possible, the pre-trial conference scheduled in this matter for
December 4, 2019 at 3:30 p.m. be moved to 4:30 p.m., converted into a telephone conference, or
both. I have consulted with plaintiff’s counsel, Lissa Green-Stark, regarding this application, and
she consents to all these options.
The basis for this request is that I have a trial starting before Judge Woods on December
9, 2019. Because of the Thanksgiving holiday, a number of my clients and witnesses in that case
have taken off next week, and thus are unable to prepare for trial until the week of December 2.
There are a number of witnesses, and as a result, I am trying to see what I can do to open up
larger slots of time that week to accommodate their competing schedules. To that end, I had
hoped that perhaps we could push the conference in this case back by an hour, allow for it to
proceed telephonically, or both. I anticipate, though perhaps I am mistaken, that the Court
intends to discuss scheduling for trial and pre-trial submissions at the next conference, which
hopefully we could accomplish by phone. In the event that the Court cannot accommodate these
requests, I am still available to proceed at the original time, in person.
Thank you for your consideration.

The motion is granted. The status conference set for
3:30 p.m. on December 4 is rescheduled as a telephone
conference at 4:30 p.m. The Court will provide the
parties with call-in information by email.

Nov. 25, 2019

Respectfully Submitted,
Elissa P. Fudim
Elissa P. Fudim
Senior Counsel

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