Joffe v. King & Spalding LLP

Filing 273

ORDER: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the trial in this matter is adjourned to the fourth quarter of 2021. As soon as the Court attains a new trial date, it will inform the parties. The parties will receive at least one months notice of the potential tri al date. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties in this case must inform the Court not later than June 30, 2021: (a) whether they or any of their intended witnesses have professional or personal commitments in fourth quarter 2021 that they would pref er not to cancel due to this trial; (b) whether their trial team and all witnesses the party intends to call have been vaccinated against COVID-19, and, if any has not, whether those persons intend to be fully vaccinated (meaning at least two weeks p ast the date of receiving the second shot of a two shot series or after the date of receiving the shot of a one shot series) before October 1, 2021. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the final pretrial conference remains adjourned sine die. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Valerie E. Caproni on 6/22/2021) (ama)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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DAVID A. JOFFE,
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Plaintiff,
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-against:
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KING & SPALDING LLP,
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Defendant.
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USDC SDNY
DOCUMENT
ELECTRONICALLY FILED
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DATE FILED: 6/22/2021

17-CV-3392 (VEC)
ORDER

VALERIE CAPRONI, United States District Judge:
WHEREAS the Southern District of New York has reconfigured courtrooms and other
spaces in its courthouses to allow jury trials to proceed as safely as possible during the COVID19 pandemic;
WHEREAS the Clerk’s Office uses a centralized calendaring system to schedule all jury
trials;
WHEREAS the Clerk’s office prioritizes criminal cases over civil cases; and
WHEREAS the Clerk’s Office schedules a number of jury trials to begin on each day of
jury selection: a primary case and several back-up cases that may proceed in its place if the
primary case does not go forward;
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the trial in this matter is adjourned to the fourth quarter
of 2021. As soon as the Court attains a new trial date, it will inform the parties. The parties will
receive at least one month’s notice of the potential trial date.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties in this case must inform the Court not later
than June 30, 2021: (a) whether they or any of their intended witnesses have professional or
personal commitments in fourth quarter 2021 that they would prefer not to cancel due to this
trial; (b) whether their trial team and all witnesses the party intends to call have been vaccinated

against COVID-19, and, if any has not, whether those persons intend to be fully vaccinated
(meaning at least two weeks past the date of receiving the second shot of a two shot series or
after the date of receiving the shot of a one shot series) before October 1, 2021.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the final pretrial conference remains adjourned sine
die.
SO ORDERED.
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VALERIE CAPRONI
United States District Judge

Date: June 22, 2021
New York, NY

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