Maione et al v. Zucker et al

Filing 193

ORDER granting 192 Letter Motion to Adjourn Conference. Granted. The conference is adjourned to 12/4/2023, at 02:30. So Ordered. (Telephone Conference set for 12/4/2023 at 02:30 PM before Judge Kenneth M. Karas.) (Signed by Judge Kenneth M. Karas on 11/9/23) (yv)

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STATE OF NEW YORK
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
LETITIA JAMES

DIVISION OF STATE COUNSEL

ATTORNEY GENERAL

LITIGATION BUREAU

Writer' s Direct Dial: [phone]
November 8, 2023

BYECF
Hon. Kenneth M. Karas
United States District Court, Southern District of New York
300 Quarropas Street
White Plains, New York 10601
Re: Maione et al. v. Zucker et al. , 7:18-cv-07452-KMK
Request for Adjournment of Court Conference
Dear Judge Karas :
I am a Deputy Section Chief in the New York State Office of the Attorney General ' s
Litigation Bureau. My office represents the Commissioner of the New York State Department of
Health and the Commissioner of the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability
Assistance (collectively, "State Defendants") in the above referenced matter.
I write to respectfully request a two-week adjournment of the status conference that is
currently scheduled for November 20, 2023 . See ECF Doc. No. 191. The Assistant Attorney
General who previously served as counsel of record for State Defendants, John Gasior, recently
retired, and the Assistant Attorney General who is now assigned to this matter, Henry Bluestone
Smith, will be out of the country on November 20, 2023 . Assistant Attorney General Smith's
application for admission to the United States District Court, Southern District of New York is
currently being processed, and he will file a Notice of Appearance once he is admitted.
Plaintiffs Counsel and counsel for the other Defendants in this action consent to this
request for a two-week adjournment of the status conference to December 4, 2023 , or as soon
thereafter as the Court may schedule.
Thank you for your consideration of this request.
Respectfully requested,

Granted.
The conference is ~djourned to
12/
/23, at
d-. ·.

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Isl Samantha L. Buchalter
Samantha L. Buchalter
Assistant Attorney General
28 Liberty Street
New York, New York 10005
[phone]

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Hon. Kenneth M. Karas
November 8, 2023

cc: All Counsel of Record

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