Clark v. NYCHA

Filing 10

ORDER By Order of Reference dated April 18, 2024 (ECF 5), Judge Dale E. Ho referred this case to Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein for general pretrial supervision, including scheduling, discovery, non-dispositive pretrial motions, and settlement. On April 19, 2024, that referral was reassigned to me. Defendant moved to dismiss this case on May 7, 2024. Pursuant to Judge Ho's Individual Rules and Practices in Civil Pro Se Cases, available at https://nysd.uscourts.gov/hon-dale-e-ho, Plaintiff's response is due on June 7, 2024, and Defendant's reply, if any, is due on June 21, 2024. The parties should familiarize themselves with Judge Ho's Individual Rules and Practices in Civil Pro Se Cases. Additionally, this action is scheduled for a telephonic Initial Case Management Conference, in accordance with Rule 16(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, on July 30, 2024 at 11:00 AM. Plaintiff and counsel for Defendant are directed to call my conference line at the scheduled time by dialing [phone], Access Code: 518 015 307 #. (And as further st forth herein.) SO ORDERED. ( Responses due by 6/7/2024, Replies due by 6/21/2024., Telephone Conference set for 7/30/2024 at 11:00 AM before Magistrate Judge Robyn F. Tarnofsky.) (Signed by Magistrate Judge Robyn F. Tarnofsky on 5/8/2024) (jca)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
SEAN A. CLARK,
Plaintiff,
-against-

24-cv-2741 (DEH) (RFT)
ORDER

NYCHA,
Defendant.
ROBYN F. TARNOFSKY, United States Magistrate Judge.

By Order of Reference dated April 18, 2024 (ECF 5), Judge Dale E. Ho referred this case to
Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein for general pretrial supervision, including scheduling, discovery,
non-dispositive pretrial motions, and settlement. On April 19, 2024, that referral was reassigned to me.
Defendant moved to dismiss this case on May 7, 2024. Pursuant to Judge Ho’s Individual Rules
and Practices in Civil Pro Se Cases, available at https://nysd.uscourts.gov/hon-dale-e-ho, Plaintiff’s
response is due on June 7, 2024, and Defendant’s reply, if any, is due on June 21, 2024. The parties
should familiarize themselves with Judge Ho’s Individual Rules and Practices in Civil Pro Se Cases.
Additionally, this action is scheduled for a telephonic Initial Case Management Conference, in
accordance with Rule 16(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, on July 30, 2024 at 11:00 AM.
Plaintiff and counsel for Defendant are directed to call my conference line at the scheduled time by
dialing [phone], Access Code: 518 015 307 #.

Rule 26(f) Conference. Counsel for the parties are directed to confer at least 21 days
before the Initial Case Management Conference to discuss the matters set forth in Rule 26(f) of
the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The parties shall comply with their Rule 26(a) initial
disclosure obligations no later than 14 days after the parties’ Rule 26(f) conference. The parties
will be required to discuss at the Rule 26(f) conference the subjects set forth in Rules 16(b) and

16(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. A list of the Rule 26(f) discussion topics is available
at https://nysd.uscourts.gov/hon-robyn-f-tarnofsky.
Proposed Scheduling Order. The parties are directed to complete the Report of Rule
26(f) Meeting and Proposed Case Management Plan, available at
https://nysd.uscourts.gov/hon-robyn-f-tarnofsky, and to file it on the docket by July 23, 2024.
In the event that the parties disagree about the dates or other terms of the proposed
scheduling order, they shall file on the docket a joint letter briefly explaining the dispute(s) and
competing proposal(s) by July 23, 2024.
If the parties agree on a schedule that calls for the close of all discovery within six
months and have no issues to raise with the Court, the parties may, if they wish, request in
their Proposed Civil Case Management Plan and Scheduling Order that the initial case
management conference be canceled. I will ordinarily grant such requests.

Dated:

May 8, 2024
New York, New York

SO ORDERED.
__________________________
ROBYN F. TARNOFSKY
United States Magistrate Judge

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