Molina v. Department of Corrections et al

Filing 57

ORDER granting 56 Letter Motion for Extension of Time to File. Application GRANTED. SO ORDERED.. (Signed by Magistrate Judge Stewart D. Aaron on 5/9/2022) (kv)

Case 1:20-cv-09483-GHW-SDA Document 57 Filed 05/09/22 Page 1 of 2

THE CITY OF NEW YORK
HON. SYLVIA O. HINDS-RADIX
Corporation Counsel

LAW DEPARTMENT
100 CHURCH STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10007

DAVID S. THAYER
Assistant Corporation Counsel
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May 6, 2022

Via ECF
The Honorable Steward D. Aaron
United States District Court for the
Southern District of New York
500 Pearl Street
New York, NY 10007
Re: Molina v. Brann, et al., Case No. 20 CV 9483 (GHW)(SDA)
Dear Magistrate Judge Aaron:
I am an Assistant Corporation Counsel in the Office of the Corporation Counsel
of the City of New York, the Honorable Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix, attorney for the Defendants in
the above-referenced action. I write to respectfully request a 3-week extension of the date by
which Defendants must file their motion for summary judgment in this action.
In connection with a second request for an extension of the time to complete
discovery, (ECF No. 52), on January 12, 2022, the Court set the deadline for motions for
summary judgment to be filed as May 9, 2022. (ECF No. 53.) The Defendants’ requested 3-week
extension of this deadline, to May 30, 2022, accommodates numerous pressing professional
obligations in several cases assigned to myself after colleagues’ recent departures and will permit
measured consideration and presentation of the bases for Defendants’ anticipated motion for
summary judgment.

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This is Defendants’ first request for an extension of the time by which to file
motions for summary judgment, though as suggested above, this deadline has previously been
moved twice in connection with changes to the discovery schedule. I am unable to seek
Plaintiff’s consent in advance of this application due to his incarceration in State custody.
I thank the Court for its consideration of this application.
Respectfully yours,
/s/ David S. Thayer
David S. Thayer

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Via First-Class Mail
Luis Molina
DIN 21-A-2742
Attica Correctional Facility
639 Exchange Street
Attica, NY 14011-0149
Plaintiff pro se

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