Mercado v. United States of America et al

Filing 40

ORDER granting 38 Motion to Adjourn Conference. APPLICATION GRANTED. The conference is adjourned to February 27, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. Status Conference set for 2/27/2020 at 10:00 AM before Judge Lewis J. Liman.. (Signed by Judge Lewis J. Liman on 2/6/2020) (va)

U.S. Department of Justice

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United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
86 Chambers Street
New York, New York 10007

February 3, 2020
VIA ECF
Honorable J. Paul Oetken
United States District Court Judge
United States Courthouse
40 Foley Square
New York, NY 10007
RE:

Mercado v. United States, 18 Civ. 1525 (JPO)

Dear Judge Oetken:
This Office represents defendant United States of America in the above-captioned medical
malpractice action brought pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act. I write respectfully to request
that the Court adjourn the conference currently scheduled for February 21, 2020, at 11:45 a.m.
The undersigned attorney will be travelling out of the country on that day, and will be unable to
attend the conference.
The Government has conferred with opposing counsel, and both counsel are available the
following week on February 27 and 28, 2020. If those dates do not work for the Court, counsel
will confer and provide additional dates and times. The parties have not sought to adjourn this
conference before, but the parties have sought and received three prior extensions of the fact
discovery deadline, which has affected the date of this conference. Plaintiff consents to the
adjournment.
We thank the Court for its consideration of this letter motion.
Respectfully,
APPLICATION GRANTED. The
conference is adjourned to February 27,
2020 at 10:00 a.m. Dated 2/6/2020.

GEOFFREY S. BERMAN
United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
By:

/s/Arastu K. Chaudhury
ARASTU K. CHAUDHURY
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel.: [phone]
[e-mail]
Attorney for the United States of America

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CC: Kenneth Auerbach, Esq. (via ECF)