Passante et al v. Makkos et al

Filing 88

ORDER granting 87 Letter Motion for Extension of Time to File. Application granted. No later than August 28, 2020, Plaintiffs' counsel shall file a motion for substitution pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 25. If it remains impossible to file the motion at that time, Plaintiffs' counsel shall inform the Court of that and request a subsequent extension at that time. (Signed by Judge Ronnie Abrams on 4/20/2020) (rj)

Case 1:17-cv-08043-RA-KNF Document 87 Filed 04/18/20 Page 1 of 1
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04/20/20

MICHAEL G. O’NEILL
ATTORNEY AT LAW

April 18, 2020
Application granted. No later than August 28, 2020, Plaintiffs' counsel

Hon. Ronnie Abrams
United States District Judge
40 Foley Square
New York, NY 10007
Re:

Passante et al. v. Makkos et al.
17 Civ. 8043 (RA)

shall file a motion for substitution pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil
Procedure 25. If it remains impossible to file the motion at that time,
Plaintiffs' counsel shall inform the Court of that and request a
subsequent extension at that time.
SO ORDERED.
____________________________
Ronnie Abrams, U.S.D.J.

April 20, 2020
Dear Judge Abrams:
I represent the plaintiffs. I am writing in accordance with the Court’s March 30, 2020
order to request additional time to file the substitution of parties on behalf of Mr. Tase’s
estate. The current deadline is April 27.

All of the appropriate paperwork for the appointment of a personal representative for
Mr. Tase’s estate is completed, but we have been unable to file it because the New York courts
are closed. As of today, no new filings are allowed, and I do not know when that will change.
The attorney I use for Surrogate’s Court work estimates that it may take 2-4 months for letters
to be issued once the courts reopen, but we really do not know, because there is going to be a
significant backlog. For this reason, I cannot commit to filing the substitution by a date
certain.
I respectfully request that we set a date several months in the future, without prejudice
to a further application in the event that the letters have not issued by that date.
Respectfully yours,

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