Ortiz v. Police Department of the 25th Precinct et al

Filing 115

ORDER granting 113 Letter Motion to Compel; granting 113 Letter Motion for Extension of Time to Complete Discovery. Following a telephone conference with a parties today, it is hereby ORDERED as follows: 1. No later than April 29, 2022, Pl aintiff shall provide Defendants with: a. An updated HIPPA-compliant medical release for Bellevue Hospital with the subsection of the form relating to Plaintiff's HIV results, drug history, and mental health completed; b. An updated HIPPA-compli ant medical release form for Harlem Hospital relating to Plaintiff's medical records; and c. An updated HIPPA-compliant medical release form for Metropolitan Hospital relating to Plaintiff's medical records. 2. The deadline for completion of fact discovery is June 30, 2022. SO ORDERED.. (Signed by Magistrate Judge Stewart D. Aaron on 4/26/2022) (ks)

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04/26/2022
HON. SYLVIA HINDS-RADIX
Corporation Counsel

AMANDA ROLON
Assistant Corporation Counsel
phone: [phone]
fax: [phone]
email: [e-mail]

THE CITY OF NEW YORK

LAW DEPARTMENT
100 CHURCH STREET
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10007

April 15, 2022
VIA ECF
Honorable Stewart D. Aaron
United States District Court
Southern District of New York
500 Pearl Street
New York, New York 10007
Re:

Robert Ortiz v. Police Dept. of the 25th Precinct, et al.,
19 Civ. 3522 (LJL) (SDA)

Your Honor:
I am an Assistant Corporation Counsel in the Office of the Honorable Sylvia
Hinds-Radix, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, and the attorney representing
defendants Detective Raymond Low, Detective Gregory Carty, Detective Xavier Reynoso, and
Detective Manuel Cordova (collectively, “City defendants”) in the above-referenced matter.
City defendants write to respectfully request that the Court: (1) compel plaintiff to produce, by a
date certain, properly executed HIPPA-compliant medical releases for each of plaintiff’s
healthcare providers; and, (2) grant the parties an enlargement of time to complete fact
discovery, from April 18, 2022 until forty-five days after receipt of the aforementioned medical
releases. This enlargement request is being submitted without plaintiff’s position as recent
efforts to communicate with plaintiff have been unsuccessful.
By way of relevant background, on April 18, 2019, plaintiff proceeding pro se,
initiated the instant action alleging, inter alia, that New York City police officers falsely arrested
plaintiff. (ECF No. 1.) On August 16, 2021, counsel for plaintiff appeared in this action. ( ECF
No. 98.) On January 7, 2022, this Court granted the parties an extension of time to complete
fact discovery, from February 18, 2022 to April 18, 2022. (ECF No. 110.) Simultaneously
therewith, our office resolved representation of the individual defendants Reynoso, Cordova, and
Low; and, on March 14, 2022 an Answer was filed on their behalf. (ECF Nos. 111, 112.) On
March 14, March 25, and April 4, the undersigned requested a meet and confer with lead counsel
to discuss, among other things, plaintiff’s outstanding medical releases. On April 4, 2022, the
undersigned also left a voice message with plaintiff’s counsel.

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