DiMeglio v. Hanna's Candle Company

Filing 6

ORDER: Plaintiff alleges that Defendant's website is not accessible to blind and visually impaired customers and, thus, violates Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), 42 U.S.C. 12181 et seq. By separate Order today, the Court is referring this case to the assigned Magistrate Judge for General Pretrial Purposes, including settlement. In addition, to conserve resources, to promote judicial efficiency, and in an effort to achieve a faster disposition of this matter, it is hereby ORDERED that the parties must discuss whether they are willing to consent, under 28 U.S.C. 636(c), to conducting all further proceedings before the assigned Magistrate Judge. If all parties so consent, counsel shall file on ECF a fully executed Notice, Consent, and Reference of a Civil Action to a Magistrate Judge form, available at https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/forms/consent-proceed-us-magistrate-judge. If the parties do so, and the Court so orders the form, all further proceedings will then be conducted before the assigned Magistrate Judge rather than before the undersigned. There will be no adverse consequences if the parties do not consent to proceed before the Magistrate Judge. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Jennifer H. Rearden on 5/22/2023) (kv)

Case 1:23-cv-04086-JHR-SLC Document 6 Filed 05/22/23 Page 1 of 2

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

5/22/2023

MARIA DIMEGLIO, on behalf of herself and
all others similarly situated,
Plaintiff,
-v.-

23 Civ. 4086 (JHR)
ORDER

HANNA’S CANDLE COMPANY,
Defendant.

JENNIFER H. REARDEN, District Judge:
Plaintiff alleges that Defendant’s website is not accessible to blind and visually impaired
customers and, thus, violates Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), 42 U.S.C.
§ 12181 et seq. By separate Order today, the Court is referring this case to the assigned
Magistrate Judge for General Pretrial Purposes, including settlement.
In addition, to conserve resources, to promote judicial efficiency, and in an effort to
achieve a faster disposition of this matter, it is hereby ORDERED that the parties must discuss
whether they are willing to consent, under 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), to conducting all further
proceedings before the assigned Magistrate Judge. If all parties so consent, counsel shall file on
ECF a fully executed Notice, Consent, and Reference of a Civil Action to a Magistrate Judge
form, available at https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/forms/consent-proceed-us-magistrate-judge.
If the parties do so, and the Court so orders the form, all further proceedings will then be
conducted before the assigned Magistrate Judge rather than before the undersigned. There will
be no adverse consequences if the parties do not consent to proceed before the Magistrate Judge.

Case 1:23-cv-04086-JHR-SLC Document 6 Filed 05/22/23 Page 2 of 2

SO ORDERED.
Dated: May 22, 2023
New York, New York

JJENNIFER
JE
NNIFER H. REARDE
REARDEN
United States District Judge

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