J.L. v. New York City Department of Education et al

Filing 143

ORDER granting 142 Letter Motion to Adjourn Conference. The settlement conference in this matter previously scheduled for Friday, November 6, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. is hereby rescheduled to Friday, November 20, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. Counsel is di rected to call Judge Parker's teleconference line at the scheduled time. Please dial [phone], Access code: 4858267. The parties are instructed to complete the Settlement Conference Summary Report and prepare pre-conference submissio ns in accordance with Judge Parker's Individual Rules of Practice. Pre-conference submissions must be received by the Court no later than November 13, 2020 by 5:00 p.m. Telephone Conference set for 11/20/2020 at 10:00 AM before Magistrate Judge Katharine H. Parker. (Signed by Magistrate Judge Katharine H. Parker on 11/6/2020) (mro)

11/06/2020

THE CITY OF NEW YORK

LAW DEPARTMENT

JAMES E. JOHNSON
Corporation Counsel

100 CHURCH STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10007

Andrew J. Rauchberg
phone: [phone]
email: [e-mail]

November 4, 2020
BY ECF
Hon. Katharine H. Parker
United States Magistrate Judge
Southern District of New York
500 Pearl Street
New York, New York 10007
Re: J.L. et al. v. N.Y. City Dep’t of Educ., et al.
17 CV 7150 (WHP) (KHP)
Dear Judge Parker,
I am an Assistant Corporation Counsel in the Office of the Corporation Counsel,
attorney for the Defendants in the case referenced above. I write to respectfully request a short
extension of the settlement conference currently scheduled Friday, November 6, 2020.
Defendants must request this adjournment because the medical professionals from
the Office of School Health now have conflicts at the scheduled time. Due to increased demands
connected to the Covid-19 pandemic, School Health doctors are presently rotating into the Covid
Response Situation Room (a multi-agency effort to respond to cases of Covid-19 in the schools),
and for this reason none are now available on Friday morning. Also, the Department’s principal
liaison has a conflict at that time in connection with a family medical emergency that only
recently came to light. Defendants thus respectfully request that the Court adjourn the
conference to a latter date. I further respectfully request that the Court allow Defendants to
suggest potential new dates to the Court that are convenient for the parties no later than Friday,
November 6, 2020. Defendants have not yet identified dates that work for the necessary
participants, but did not want to wait any longer to file this request (particularly in light of the
provision in the Court’s Individual Practices in Civil Cases that provides such requests must be
made 48 hours prior to the conference – in that regard, I apologize for the timing of this letter
and any resulting inconvenience). Defendants also respectfully request a corresponding
adjournment for the deadline to submit a preconference letter.

The settlement conference in this matter previously scheduled for
Friday, November 6, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. is hereby rescheduled to
Friday, November 20, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. Counsel is directed to call
Judge Parker’s teleconference line at the scheduled time. Please dial
[phone], Access code: 4858267. The parties are instructed to
complete the Settlement Conference Summary Report and prepare
pre-conference submissions in accordance with Judge Parker’s
Individual Rules of Practice. Pre-conference submissions must be
received by the Court no later than November 13, 2020 by 5:00 p.m.

11/06/2020