In Re: 45 John Lofts, LLC

Filing 33

ORDER The Court is in receipt of Defendants-Appellants' motion for a stay filed on November 30, 2023. [ECF No. 29.] Pursuant to Local Civil Rule 6.1(b), "[o]n all civil motions...[a]ny opposing affidavits and answering memoranda shall be served within fourteen days after service of the moving papers. See Local Civil Rule 6.1(b); see also Individual Rule of Practice in Civil Cases 4.A(v) (Unless otherwise stipulated by the Court, the schedule for responses and replies to civil mot ions shall be that established by Local Civil Rule 6.1."). Plaintiff-Appellee's time to oppose the motion has not yet expired. The Court will rule on the motion in due course. The parties are HEREBY DIRECTED to immediately cease inappropri ately and repetitiously contacting Chambers, via calls and/or email. Failure to comply with this Order and any other Orders in this case, the Local Rules, or the Court's Individual Rules of Practice may result in sanctions, including personal monetary sanctions on counsel if counsel continues to harass Chambers. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil on 12/6/2023) (jca)

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DATE FILED: 12/6/2023

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
CHAIM BABAD and CONGREGATION KAHAL
MINCHAS CHURCH,
Defendants-Appellants,
-against-

1:23-cv-5357 (MKV)
ORDER

45 JOHN LOFTS, LLC,
Plaintiff-Appellee.
MARY KAY VYSKOCIL, United States District Judge:
The Court is in receipt of Defendants-Appellants’ motion for a stay filed on November 30,
2023. [ECF No. 29.] Pursuant to Local Civil Rule 6.1(b), “[o]n all civil motions . . . [a]ny opposing
affidavits and answering memoranda shall be served within fourteen days after service of the
moving papers.” See Local Civil Rule 6.1(b); see also Individual Rule of Practice in Civil Cases
4.A(v) (“Unless otherwise stipulated by the Court, the schedule for responses and replies to civil
motions shall be that established by Local Civil Rule 6.1.”). Plaintiff-Appellee’s time to oppose
the motion has not yet expired. The Court will rule on the motion in due course.
The parties are HEREBY DIRECTED to immediately cease inappropriately and
repetitiously contacting Chambers, via calls and/or email. Failure to comply with this Order
and any other Orders in this case, the Local Rules, or the Court’s Individual Rules of
Practice 1 may result in sanctions, including personal monetary sanctions on counsel if
counsel continues to harass Chambers.

Individual Rule 2.D expressly states that “telephone calls to Chambers are permitted only for urgent matters.”
(emphasis added).

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SO ORDERED.
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MARY KAY VYSKOCIL
United States District Judge

Date: December 6, 2023
New York, NY

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