Crowhurst v. Szczucki et al

Filing 332

TRIAL NOTICE: Be advised that the trial in this matter will commence with jury selection on Monday, March 2, 2020, at 9:00 a.m., at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, New York, New York. The parties are to inquire with the Clerk's Office to learn the courtroom number. The trial schedule will be Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with fifteen-minute breaks in the morning and afternoon and a one-hour lunch break. Unless th e parties intend to rely on the joint final pretrial order filed on June 3, 2019 [docket entry 292], they must submit a revised proposed joint final pretrial order by February 14, 2020. Any proposed voir dire questions are also due by Februa ry 14, 2020. A joint (stipulated) set of jury instructions is due by the first day of trial. If any specific instructions are disputed, each side is to present its requested version along with supporting authority. The Court intends to seat eig ht jurors using the striking method. Under the striking method, the Court will place fourteen prospective jurors in the jury box and replace any who are excused for cause. Following voir dire, the Court will provide each side with a form on wh ich simultaneously to write the names of the prospective jurors each side wishes to excuse peremptorily, and those prospective jurors will be excused. Plaintiff may exercise three peremptory challenges. Defendants may exercise three pere mptory challenges. If fewer than six prospective jurors are excused (due to overlap or to not all challenges being exercised), then the jury will consist of the first eight prospective jurors who have not been excused. All trial exhibits must be marked (e.g., P-1, P-2, etc.; D-1, D-2, etc.) in advance of trial and each side must exchange its exhibit books, as well as any demonstrative exhibits, with the other side no later than one week before trial. Additionally, each side must pr ovide the Court with two copies of its exhibit book (one for the Court, one for the Court's clerks). ( Pretrial Order due by 2/14/2020., Jury Selection set for 3/2/2020 at 09:00AM before Judge Bernard A. Friedman., Jury Trial set for 3/2/2020 at 09:00 AM before Judge Bernard A. Friedman.) (Signed by Senior United States District Judge Bernard A. Friedman, Sitting By Special Designation on 1/24/2020) (mro)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
JENNIFER CROWHURST,
Plaintiff,

Civil Action No. 16-cv-00182

vs.

HON. BERNARD A. FRIEDMAN

DR. DENISE SZCZUCKI, et al.,
Defendants.
___________________________/
TRIAL NOTICE
Be advised that the trial in this matter will commence with jury selection on Monday,
March 2, 2020, at 9:00 a.m., at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl
Street, New York, New York. The parties are to inquire with the Clerk’s Office to learn the
courtroom number. The trial schedule will be Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
with fifteen-minute breaks in the morning and afternoon and a one-hour lunch break.
Unless the parties intend to rely on the joint final pretrial order filed on June 3, 2019
[docket entry 292], they must submit a revised proposed joint final pretrial order by February 14,
2020. Any proposed voir dire questions are also due by February 14, 2020. A joint (stipulated) set
of jury instructions is due by the first day of trial. If any specific instructions are disputed, each side
is to present its requested version along with supporting authority.
The Court intends to seat eight jurors using the striking method. Under the striking
method, the Court will place fourteen prospective jurors in the jury box and replace any who are
excused for cause. Following voir dire, the Court will provide each side with a form on which
simultaneously to write the names of the prospective jurors each side wishes to excuse peremptorily,
and those prospective jurors will be excused. Plaintiff may exercise three peremptory challenges.

Defendants may exercise three peremptory challenges. If fewer than six prospective jurors are
excused (due to overlap or to not all challenges being exercised), then the jury will consist of the
first eight prospective jurors who have not been excused.
All trial exhibits must be marked (e.g., P-1, P-2, etc.; D-1, D-2, etc.) in advance of
trial and each side must exchange its exhibit books, as well as any demonstrative exhibits, with the
other side no later than one week before trial. Additionally, each side must provide the Court with
two copies of its exhibit book (one for the Court, one for the Court’s clerks).
SO ORDERED.
s/Bernard A. Friedman
BERNARD A. FRIEDMAN
SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
SITTING BY SPECIAL DESIGNATION
Dated: January 24, 2020
Detroit, Michigan

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