Hughes-Phillips v. New York Life Insurance Company

Filing 21

ORDER granting 14 Letter Motion to Adjourn Conference. SO ORDERED. The parties are to submit a joint letter by March 15, 2021 updating the Court on the status of settlement. (Signed by Judge Alison J. Nathan on 2/11/2021) (tro)

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February 11, 2021
Via ECF
Honorable Alison J. Nathan
United States District Court
Southern District of New York
Thurgood Marshall Courthouse
40 Foley Square
New York, NY 10007
Re:

2/16/2021

Hughes-Phillips v. New York Life Ins. Co., No. 20 Civ. 10158 (S.D.N.Y.)

Dear Judge Nathan:
We represent Plaintiff Aliea Hughes-Phillips (“Plaintiff”) in the above-referenced
matter. We join with Defendant New York Life Insurance Company (“New York Life” or
“Defendant”) to request that the Court adjourn the Initial Pretrial Conference currently scheduled
for February 19, 2021, ECF No. 9, and related deadlines, as a result of the parties agreement to
engage in good faith settlement discussions. This is the parties’ first request to extend out these
deadlines.
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Specifically, the parties request that the Court either: (i) enter a stay of all proceedings;
or, if it is the Court’s preference, (ii) extend out all applicable deadlines by thirty days. The
SO ORDERED.
deadlines that would be implicated are as follows:
New York Life’s deadline to answer or otherwise respond to the complaint,
which is currently February 12, 2021 (if the Court extended this deadline by
thirty-days, it would be extended until March 15, 2021);
The parties’ deadline to provide a joint proposed case management plan to the
Court, which is currently February 12, 2021; and
The Court’s Initial Pretrial Conference, which is currently scheduled for
February 19, 2021.
Should the Court extend the time before the Initial Pretrial Conference, instead of staying
the matter, the parties are available for a rescheduled conference on March 26, 2021, April 2,
2021, or April 9, 2021.
The parties are to submit a joint letter
by March 15, 2021 updating the Court
on the status of settlement.

2/11/2021

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Judge Alison J. Nathan
February 11, 2021
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We thank the Court for its attention in this matter.
Respectfully submitted,

Christopher M. McNerney
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Parties of Record (via ECF)