Lawtone-Bowles et al v. City of New York, New York

Filing 146

ORDER granting 144 JOINT LETTER MOTION for Extension of Time to File Joint Pretrial Report. (Signed by Judge Alison J. Nathan on 12/8/2020) (jca)

Case 1:16-cv-04240-AJN Document 146 Filed 12/07/20 Page 1 of 2
Case 1:18-cv-04338-AJN Document 89 Filed 12/08/20 Page 1 of 2

12/8/2020
THE CITY OF NEW YORK

LAW DEPARTMENT

JAMES E. JOHNSON
Corporation Counsel

100 CHURCH STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10007

LAURA C. WILLIAMS
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Phone: [phone]
[e-mail]

December 7, 2020
By ECF
Honorable Alison J. Nathan
United States District Court
Southern District of New York
40 Foley Square
New York, New York 10007
Re:

12/8/2020

Lawtone-Bowles, et al. v. City of New York, Case No. 16-cv-04240-AJN
Bookman, et al. v. City of New York, Case No. 1:18-cv-04338-AJN

Dear Judge Nathan:
I am an Assistant Corporation Counsel in the Office of James E. Johnson,
Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, attorney for Defendant in the above-referenced
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actions. 1 I write, on behalf of the parties, to respectfully request an extension of the deadline to
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file their Joint Pretrial Report from December 14, 2020 to January 13, 2021. The parties
previously requested, and the Court granted, extensions of time from June 15, 2020 to September
14, 2020 (Lawtone-Bowles, ECF Doc. No. 130, Bookman, ECF Doc. No. 71) and from
September 14, 2020 to December 14, 2020 (Lawtone-Bowles, ECF Doc. No. 137, Bookman,
ECF Doc. No. 78) to file their Joint Pretrial Report.
The parties continue to engage in continuing good faith negotiations concerning
the potential resolution of this case and, to this end, they have attended two pre-settlement
conference calls before Magistrate Judge Wang on September 9, 2020 and December 2, 2020,
and will attend a third on December 8, 2020. In light of this, and given our progress made to
date, the parties make this request to allow for additional time to negotiate possible settlement
and thereby seek to resolve this case without a trial.

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Pursuant to the Court’s Orders of June 26, 2020, these actions will be tried together. See
Lawtone-Bowles, ECF Doc. No. 132; Bookman, ECF Doc. No. 73.

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Case 1:18-cv-04338-AJN Document 89 Filed 12/08/20 Page 2 of 2

Thank you for your consideration of this matter.
Respectfully Submitted,
_________/s/________________
Laura C. Williams
Assistant Corporation Counsel
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By ECF
All Counsel of Record

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