Stillman v. De Vos et al

Filing 41

DISCOVERY ORDER: The Court is in receipt of the parties' status letter at ECF No. 40. Based on the parties' statements in the letter, the Court directs the parties to resolve the issue of the location of De Vos's deposition by no lat er than December 6, 2024. Defendant is advised that if Plaintiff is willing to travel to Paris to conduct the deposition where De Vos resides, De Vos should make himself available. To the extent there may be an interpreter needed for the depositio n, an in-person deposition may be more efficient. De Vos shall make himself available for a deposition on a day convenient for all parties and their counsel before the end of January 2025. The parties are directed to further meet and confer on do cument requests and responses thereto. The parties shall file a status letter by December 16, 2024, updating the Court on the deposition schedule and on whether there are any discovery issues that need resolution by the Court. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Magistrate Judge Katharine H. Parker on 11/26/2024) (vfr)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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ROY STILLMAN,

11/26/2024
DISCOVERY ORDER

Plaintiff,

23-CV-7802 (JPC) (KHP)

-againstJACQUES DE VOS and GALERIE JACQUES DE VOS.,
Defendants.
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KATHARINE H. PARKER, United States Magistrate Judge:

The Court is in receipt of the parties’ status letter at ECF No. 40. Based on the parties’
statements in the letter, the Court directs the parties to resolve the issue of the location of De
Vos’s deposition by no later than December 6, 2024. Defendant is advised that if Plaintiff is
willing to travel to Paris to conduct the deposition where De Vos resides, De Vos should make
himself available. To the extent there may be an interpreter needed for the deposition, an inperson deposition may be more efficient. De Vos shall make himself available for a deposition
on a day convenient for all parties and their counsel before the end of January 2025. The
parties are directed to further meet and confer on document requests and responses thereto.
The parties shall file a status letter by December 16, 2024, updating the Court on the deposition
schedule and on whether there are any discovery issues that need resolution by the Court.
SO ORDERED.
DATED:

New York, New York
November 26, 2024
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KATHARINE H. PARKER
United States Magistrate Judge