Itwaru v. The New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene et al

Filing 26

ORDER: In light of Plaintiff's pro se status, the Valentin Order is now modified and the deadline to comply therewith is sua sponte extended until Friday, October 4, 2024, for the Corporation Counsel to either (1) file a letter indicating that she can accept service on behalf of Morrow and Richichi, if counsel has been authorized to do so, or (2) file a letter supplying Morrow's and Richichi's current service address pursuant to Valentin, 121 F.3d at 76 (the "Modified Valentin Order"). SO ORDERED. (Signed by Magistrate Judge Stewart D. Aaron on 9/24/2024) (mml)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
Natasha Itwaru,

09/24/2024
Plaintiff,
-against-

1:24-cv-02020 (JHR) (SDA)
ORDER

New York City Department of Health &
Mental Hygiene, Althea Jackson, Anita
Richichi, Barbara Glove-Cox, Bella Morrow,
Jose Jimenez, Judouane Lazarre, Monica
Pollack, and Renee Noel,
Defendants.
STEWART D. AARON, United States Magistrate Judge:
After Plaintiff raised that she was unable to serve Defendant Bella Morrow (“Morrow”)
(Pl.’s 9/17/24 Ltr., ECF No. 14, at PDF p. 1), on September 18, 2024, the Court issued a Valentin
Order directing counsel for Defendant New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
(“DOHMH”), the New York City Law Department, Office of the Corporation Counsel
(“Corporation Counsel”), to either (1) file a letter indicating that she can accept service on
behalf of Morrow, if counsel has been authorized to do so, or (2) file a letter supplying Morrow’s
current service address. (9/18/24 Order, ECF No. 15, at 2; see also; Morrow Summons
(Unexecuted), ECF No. 17.) Yesterday, a summons was returned unexecuted for Defendant Anita
Richichi (“Richichi”). (Richichi Summons (Unexecuted), ECF No. 18.)
In light of Plaintiff’s pro se status, the Valentin Order is now modified and the deadline
to comply therewith is sua sponte extended until Friday, October 4, 2024, for the Corporation
Counsel to either (1) file a letter indicating that she can accept service on behalf of Morrow and

Richichi, if counsel has been authorized to do so, or (2) file a letter supplying Morrow’s and
Richichi’s current service address pursuant to Valentin, 121 F.3d at 76 (the “Modified Valentin
Order”).
SO ORDERED.
Dated:

New York, New York
September 24, 2024
______________________________
STEWART D. AARON
United States Magistrate Judge

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