Russo v. NJ Transit Rail Operations, Inc.

Filing 21

ORDER By Order of Reference dated November 18, 2022 (Dkt. No. 20), Judge Caproni referred this case to me for settlement. The parties are directed to advise the Court within 30 days when they wish to schedule the settlement conference. The partie s should do so by filing a letter-motion on the docket that indicates at least three dates that are mutually convenient for the parties. Alternatively, counsel are free to e-mail [e-mail] to find a mutually convenien t date for the parties and the Court. The settlement conference can be conducted either via video conferencing or in-person. When advising the Court as to their preferred scheduling dates, the parties should indicate which format they prefer. If vid eo conference is requested, the Court will provide additional information about the logistics in advance of the conference. An in-person conference will be permitted only if all participants in the conference (attorneys, clients, and any interpret ers) comply with the Court's most recent COVID-19 Protocol (available at https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/covid-19-coronavirus). For avoidance of doubt, all parties must agree to proceeding by video conference or an in-person conference and make a joint application for the method that is preferred. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Magistrate Judge James L. Cott on 11/21/2022) (jca)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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GENE RUSSO,
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Plaintiff,
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NJ Transit Rail Operations, Inc.,
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Defendant.
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11/21/2022

ORDER
22-CV-1751 (VEC) (JLC)

JAMES L. COTT, United States Magistrate Judge.
By Order of Reference dated November 18, 2022 (Dkt. No. 20), Judge Caproni
referred this case to me for settlement. The parties are directed to advise the Court
within 30 days when they wish to schedule the settlement conference. The parties
should do so by filing a letter-motion on the docket that indicates at least three
dates that are mutually convenient for the parties. Alternatively, counsel are free
to e-mail [e-mail] to find a mutually convenient date
for the parties and the Court.
The settlement conference can be conducted either via video conferencing or
in-person. When advising the Court as to their preferred scheduling dates, the
parties should indicate which format they prefer. If video conference is requested,
the Court will provide additional information about the logistics in advance of the
conference. An in-person conference will be permitted only if all participants in the
conference (attorneys, clients, and any interpreters) comply with the Court’s most
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recent COVID-19 Protocol (available at https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/covid-19coronavirus). For avoidance of doubt, all parties must agree to proceeding by video
conference or an in-person conference and make a joint application for the method
that is preferred.
SO ORDERED.
Dated: November 21, 2022
New York, New York

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