Doe v. Combs et al
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ORDER granting 42 Letter Motion to Adjourn Conference. Application GRANTED. The Initial Pretrial Conference scheduled for Friday, February 14, 2025, is ADJOURNED sine die. Discovery in this matter is STAYED pending resolution of Defendants' forthcoming motions to dismiss. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Valerie E. Caproni on 1/29/2025) (tg)
USDC SDNY
DOCUMENT
ELECTRONICALLY FILED
DOC #:
DATE FILED: 1/29/2025
BY ECF
The Honorable Valerie E. Caproni
United States District Judge
500 Pearl Street
New York, NY 10007
Re:
January 28, 2025
MEMO ENDORSED
Doe v. Combs, et. al., Case No. 24-cv-08024 (VEC)
Dear Judge Caproni:
We write jointly on behalf of the Plaintiff in this action and defendants Sean Combs,
Daddy’s House Recordings Inc., CEOpCo, LLC d/b/a Combs Global f/k/a Combs
Enterprises, LLC, Bad Boy Entertainment Holdings, Inc., Bad Boy Productions Holdings,
Inc., Bad Boy Books Holdings, Inc., Bad Boy Entertainment LLC, and Bad Boy
Productions LLC (the “Combs Defendants”) and defendant Bad Boy Records, LLC.
The undersigned parties respectfully request that the Court’s previously ordered
deadline to submit a case management plan, currently scheduled for February 6, 2025,
and initial pretrial conference, currently scheduled for February 14, 2025, be adjourned
pending resolution of Defendants’ anticipated motions to dismiss. See ECF #20. Per the
stipulated deadline approved in the Court’s prior order (ECF #30), Defendants intend to a
file motions to dismiss the Complaint on or before March 11, 2025.
All parties believe that it will be more efficient to defer discovery pending
resolution of the anticipated motions to dismiss. If these motions are successful, they
may result in complete dismissal of this action in its entirety or against certain
defendants, which could significantly alter the scope of discovery that needs to be
conducted.
Discovery in this matter is further complicated by the impending criminal trial of
Defendant Sean Combs, which is scheduled to begin before Judge Subramanian on May
5, 2025. See USA v. Combs, Case No. 24-cr-00542 (S.D.N.Y.). The parties agree that it
is impractical to proceed with various aspects of fact discovery involving Mr. Combs
until this criminal trial is concluded. Deferring a case schedule pending the motions to
dismiss will therefore have the added benefit of allowing time for the criminal matter to
conclude.
Plaintiff made one prior request to adjourn this conference on service-related
grounds (ECF #19), which resulted in a rescheduling from January 10, 2025 to February
14, 2025.
Hon. Valerie E. Caproni
January 28, 2025
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Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Mark Cuccaro
Mark Cuccaro
SHER TREMONTE LLP
90 Broad Street, 23rd Fl.
New York, New York 10004
T: 212.202.2600
mcuccaro@shertremonte.com
Counsel for the Combs Defendants
/s/ Antigone Curis
Antigone Curis
CURIS LAW, PLLC
52 Duane Street, 7th Fl.
New York, NY 10007
(646) 335-7220
antigone@curislaw.com
Counsel for Plaintiff John Doe
/s/ Donald S. Zakarin
Donald S. Zakarin
PRYOR CASHMAN, LLP
7 Times Square
New York, NY 10036
212-326-0108
dzakarin@pryorcashman.com
Counsel for Defendant Bad Boy
Records, LLC
Application GRANTED. The Initial Pretrial Conference scheduled for Friday, February 14,
2025, is ADJOURNED sine die. Discovery in this matter is STAYED pending resolution of
Defendants' forthcoming motions to dismiss.
SO ORDERED.
1/29/2025
HON. VALERIE CAPRONI
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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