Santiago v. Butz et al

Filing 11

ORDER granting in part and denying in part #10 Letter Motion to Adjourn Conference. Application GRANTED in part. The initial pretrial conference scheduled for September 21, 2022, is adjourned to October 19, 2022, at 4:00 P.M., on the following conference line: 888-363-4749, access code: 558-3333. The deadline to file the joint letter and proposed civil case management plan and scheduling order is extended to October 12, 2022, at 12:00 P.M. Initial Conference set for 10/19/2022 at 04:00 PM before Judge Lorna G. Schofield. (Signed by Judge Lorna G. Schofield on 9/15/2022) (ate)

Case 1:22-cv-06147-LGS Document 11 Filed 09/15/22 Page 1 of 2
Sydney Sanchez
77 Water Street, Suite 2100
New York, New York 10005
[e-mail]
Direct: 646.783.0993

September 14, 2022

File No. 31165.434

Application GRANTED in part. The initial pretrial conference scheduled
for September 21, 2022, is adjourned to October 19, 2022, at 4:00 P.M.,
on the following conference line: 888-363-4749, access code: 558-3333.
The deadline to file the joint letter and proposed civil case management
plan and scheduling order is extended to October 12, 2022, at 12:00 P.M.

Hon. Lorna G. Schofield
United States District Judge
United States District Court
Dated: September 15, 2022
Southern District of New York
New York, New York
500 Pearl Street
New York, New York 10007
Re:

Letter Motion Requesting Adjournment of Initial Conference
Miguel A. Santiago v. Brian D. Butz and Veriha Trucking, Inc.
Docket No. :
22-CV-6147 (LGS)
Our File No. :
31165.434

Dear Judge Schofield:
We represent the Defendants Brian D. Butz and Veriha Trucking, Inc. in the above-referenced
matter. Pursuant to Your Honor’s Order for Initial Pretrial Conference [ECF Docket No. 6] this matter
is scheduled for a telephone conference on September 21, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. The Order directs the
parties to confer with each other and to prepare a joint Proposed Civil Case Management Plan and
Scheduling Order and to file a joint letter on ECF by September 14, 2022 at noon.
This matter is being handled by my partner at Lewis Brisbois, Adam N. Schwartzstein, Esq.
At the beginning of this week, Mr. Schwartzstein’s mother experienced an unforeseen medical
emergency, and she is currently critically ill in the hospital. Mr. Schwartzstein is in the hospital
tending to his mother and has been unable to confer with opposing counsel regarding this matter. As
such, Defendants are requesting that the telephone conference scheduled for September 21, 2022 be
adjourned thirty (30) days to allow the parties to confer and to timely submit a joint letter in advance
of the conference.
This is Defendants’ first request for an adjournment. Mr. Schwartzstein spoke to Plaintiff’s
attorney Peter Vakarev, Esq. on the telephone and obtained his consent for this adjournment.

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Hon. Lorna G. Schofield
September 14, 2022
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We greatly appreciate the Court’s consideration of Defendants’ request to adjourn the Initial
Conference thirty (30 days).
Very truly yours,

Sydney S. Sanchez of
LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD &
SMITH LLP
cc:

Law Offices of Aleksander Bakarev (via ECF)

LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP
www.lewisbrisbois.com
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