Edwards v. McDonald

Filing 188

ORDER: The undersigned will not be available to conduct the trial of this case because of the demands of her additional duties in the District of Puerto Rico. Accordingly, another district judge will be requested to try the case unless both parties c onsent to proceed for all purposes before the designated Magistrate Judge, the Honorable Ona T. Wang. The parties are directed to meet and confer and, if both consent, so notify the Court by letter filed on the docket with a completed consent form (t he form may be completed in counterparts). If both parties do not consent, they shall promptly file a joint letter stating that both parties do not consent, without revealing the respective positions of the parties. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Laura Taylor Swain on 7/30/2020) (ama)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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DOLLAREATHA EDWARDS,
Plaintiff,
-v-

No. 16-CV-8031-LTS-OTW

ROBERT WILKIE, Secretary of the
Department of Veterans Affairs,
Defendant.
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ORDER
The undersigned will not be available to conduct the trial of this case because of
the demands of her additional duties in the District of Puerto Rico. Accordingly, another district
judge will be requested to try the case unless both parties consent to proceed for all purposes
before the designated Magistrate Judge, the Honorable Ona T. Wang. The parties are directed to
meet and confer and, if both consent, so notify the Court by letter filed on the docket with a
completed consent form (the form may be completed in counterparts).1 If both parties do not
consent, they shall promptly file a joint letter stating that both parties do not consent, without
revealing the respective positions of the parties.
SO ORDERED.
Dated: New York, New York
June 30, 2020
/s/ Laura Taylor Swain
LAURA TAYLOR SWAIN
United States District Judge
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A copy of form AO 85, “Notice, Consent, and Reference of a Civil Action to a
Magistrate Judge,” is attached to this Order, and is available on the Court’s website, at
https://nysd.uscourts.gov/forms.

ORD RE CONSENT TO PROCEED BEFORE MAGISTRATE JUDGE.DOCX

VERSION JULY 30, 2020

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