Kiewit Power Constructors Co. v. Talbot Underwriting Ltd et al

Filing 64

ORDER granting 63 Letter Motion to Adjourn Conference. Application granted. The initial pre-trial conference scheduled for January 19, 2021 is adjourned to March 8, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. The conference will take place by telephone. The p arties are directed to the Court's Emergency Rules in Light of COVID-19, which are available on the Court's web page, for the dial-in number and access code and other relevant information. The parties are specifically directed to c omply with Rule 2(C) of those rules. The joint status letter and proposed case management plan referenced in the Court's November 5, 2020 order, Dkt. No. 24, are due no later than March 1, 2021. Plaintiff is directed to serve a copy of t his order on Defendants and retain proof of service. The Clerk of Court is directed to terminate the motion pending at Dkt. No. 63. Initial Conference set for 3/8/2021 at 12:00 PM before Judge Gregory H. Woods. (Signed by Judge Gregory H. Woods on 1/6/2021) (mro)

Case 1:20-cv-09164-GHW Document 64 Filed 01/06/21 Page 1 of 1

January 6, 2020

T 212.503.0665
F 212.218.2200

USDC SDNY
DOCUMENT
ELECTRONICALLY FILED
DOC #:
DATE FILED: 1/6/2021

VIA ECF ONLY

The Honorable Gregory H. Woods
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse
500 Pearl Street, Room 2260
MEMORANDUM
New York, New York 10007
Re:

ENDORSED

Kiewit Power Constructors Co. v. Talbot Underwriting Ltd et al., Case No. 1:20-cv-9164
Request for Adjournment of Initial Pretrial Conference

Dear Judge Woods:
Venable represents Plaintiff Kiewit Power Constructors Co. in the action referenced
above. Defendants are represented by Thomas S. Brown, Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP.
Defendants’ counsel agreed on December 22, 2020 to accept service of process on behalf of all
Defendants, and the parties are endeavoring to memorialize that agreement. The Court has
scheduled the Initial Pretrial Conference in this action for January 19, 2021.
The parties are pleased to report that they have agreed to attempt to resolve this dispute
via mediation. That mediation is scheduled for January 27, 2021. In light of the fact that service
of process has just been completed, as well as to allow the parties to focus their efforts on the
January 27 mediation, the parties jointly request that the Court adjourn the Initial Pretrial
Conference, as well as all other related deadlines. The parties propose that the Court adjourn to a
date in early March in order to allow the parties to undertake their pre-conference disclosure and
planning obligations in February, but defer to whatever date is most convenient for the Court.
No previous request for adjournment or extension of any deadline has been made in this
action by any party. All parties consent to and join in this request for an adjournment.
Respectfully submitted,

Benjamin P. Argyle
cc:

Thomas S. Brown, Esq., Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP (via email only), Attorneys
for Defendants
Michael J. O’Connor, Esq., Venable LLP (pro hac vice forthcoming)
Ken D. Kronstadt, Esq., Venable LLP (pro hac vice forthcoming)

Application granted. The initial pre-trial conference scheduled for January 19, 2021 is adjourned to March 8, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. The conference will take place by telephone. The parties are
directed to the Court’s Emergency Rules in Light of COVID-19, which are available on the Court’s web page, for the dial-in number and access code and other relevant information. The parties
are specifically directed to comply with Rule 2(C) of those rules. The joint status letter and proposed case management plan referenced in the Court’s November 5, 2020 order, Dkt. No. 24, are
due no later than March 1, 2021. Plaintiff is directed to serve a copy of this order on Defendants and retain proof of service.
The Clerk of Court is directed to terminate the motion pending at Dkt. No. 63.
SO ORDERED.
Dated: January 6, 2021

_____________________________________

GREGORY H. WOODS
United States District Judge