Joffe v. King & Spalding LLP

Filing 282

ORDER: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that trial in this matter will commence on Tuesday, November 9, 2021 at 10:00 A.M. The Court will hold the trial on November 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, and 18, 2021. The Court would also like to discuss with the parties whethe r the trial should proceed on Friday, November 12, 2021, notwithstanding the Courts earlier plan not to sit that day. If additional time is needed, the Court will determine on what additional days to sit. The Court reminds the parties that the final pretrial conference is scheduled for Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at 2:30 P.M. SO ORDERED. ( Jury Trial set for 11/9/2021 at 10:00 AM before Judge Valerie E. Caproni.) (Signed by Judge Valerie E. Caproni on 10/22/2021) (tg)

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: 10/22/2021

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 under the centralized calendaring system currently in place, the Clerk’s
Office schedules a list of jury trials to begin on each day of jury selection: a primary case and
several cases that may proceed in its place if the primary case does not go forward;
WHEREAS the Clerk’s Office has now notified the Court that this trial is the primary
trial slated for Tuesday, November 9, 2021; and
WHEREAS the Court previously told counsel that the trial would not be held on Friday,
November 12, 2021.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that trial in this matter will commence on Tuesday,
November 9, 2021 at 10:00 A.M. The Court will hold the trial on November 9, 10, 15, 16, 17,
and 18, 2021. The Court would also like to discuss with the parties whether the trial should
proceed on Friday, November 12, 2021, notwithstanding the Court’s earlier plan not to sit that
day. If additional time is needed, the Court will determine on what additional days to sit. The

Court reminds the parties that the final pretrial conference is scheduled for Tuesday, November
2, 2021 at 2:30 P.M.
SO ORDERED.
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VALERIE CAPRONI
United States District Judge

Date: October 22, 2021
New York, NY

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