Walker v. Odell et al

Filing 68

ORDER: The Court accordingly requested a jury trial for those dates. The Clerk's Office has now notified the Court that this case has been scheduled as the first back-up case on March 10, 2021. This means that the case will proceed on Mar ch 10, 2021 at the United States Courthouse located at 500 Pearl St., New York, New York, 10017, Courtroom 12D if the primary case does not go forward. The case must be trial ready for that date. If the case cannot proceed on March 10, 2021, th e Court will seek another jury trial date for as soon as possible thereafter. Should the Court receive additional or new information from the Clerk's Office about the trial calendar, the Court will promptly notify the parties. The Cour t will hold a final in-person, pre-trial conference on February 24, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. at the United States Courthouse located at 500 Pearl St., New York, New York, 10017, Courtroom 12D. All members of the public, including attorneys, appeari ng at a Southern District of New York courthouse must complete a questionnaire and have their temperature taken before being allowed entry into that courthouse. On the day you are due to arrive at the courthouse, click on the following weblink : https://app.certify.me/SDNYPublic. Follow the instructions and fill out the questionnaire. If your answers meet the requirements for entry, you will be sent a QR code to be used at the SDNY entry device at the courthouse entrance. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Philip M. Halpern on 1/7/2021) ( Ready for Trial by 3/10/2021., Final Pretrial Conference set for 2/24/2021 at 10:00 AM in Courtroom 12D, 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007 before Judge Philip M. Halpern.) (ks)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
FLORENCE WALKER,
Plaintiff,
-against-

ORDER
17-CV-08120 (PMH)

CROSLEY ODELL,
Defendants.
PHILIP M. HALPERN, United States District Judge:
The Southern District of New York has reconfigured courtrooms and other spaces in its
courthouses to allow civil jury trials to proceed as safely as possible during the COVID-19
pandemic. Under the centralized calendaring system currently in place, the Clerk’s Office
schedules up to three jury trials to begin on each day of jury selection: a primary case and up to
two back-up cases that may proceed in its place if the primary case does not go forward.
On September 16, 2020, the parties informed the Court that they wished to proceed to trial
either during the week of March 8, 2021 or the week of March 22, 2021. The Court accordingly
requested a jury trial for those dates. The Clerk’s Office has now notified the Court that this case
has been scheduled as the first back-up case on March 10, 2021. This means that the case will
proceed on March 10, 2021 at the United States Courthouse located at 500 Pearl St., New York,
New York, 10017, Courtroom 12D if the primary case does not go forward. The case must be trialready for that date. If the case cannot proceed on March 10, 2021, the Court will seek another jury
trial date for as soon as possible thereafter. Should the Court receive additional or new information
from the Clerk’s Office about the trial calendar, the Court will promptly notify the parties.
The Court will hold a final in-person, pre-trial conference on February 24, 2021 at 10:00
a.m. at the United States Courthouse located at 500 Pearl St., New York, New York, 10017,

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Courtroom 12D. All members of the public, including attorneys, appearing at a Southern District
of New York courthouse must complete a questionnaire and have their temperature taken before
being allowed entry into that courthouse. On the day you are due to arrive at the courthouse, click
on the following weblink: https://app.certify.me/SDNYPublic. Follow the instructions and fill out
the questionnaire. If your answers meet the requirements for entry, you will be sent a QR code to
be used at the SDNY entry device at the courthouse entrance.
SO ORDERED:
Dated:

New York, New York
January 07, 2021
PHILIP M. HALPERN
United States District Judge

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