Opinion
1:20-CV-5159-ALC
08-20-2021
ORDER
ANDREW L. CARTER, JR., District Judge:
The Court is in receipt of the Parties' pre-motion conference letters in connection with Defendants' intended motion to amend or supplement their first motion to dismiss Plaintiff's Complaint. ECF Nos. 19, 22. Upon review of the submissions, Defendants' pre-motion conference letter request is DENIED IN PART and GRANTED IN PART.
Accordingly, Defendants' request for a pre-motion conference regarding leave to amend or supplement their pending motion to dismiss is DENIED. The request for leave to amend or supplement their first motion to dismiss is GRANTED. In light of this, Defendants' first motion to dismiss is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. Defendants are directed to refile a second/ amended motion to dismiss, to include the res judicata issues, and comply with the following briefing schedule: Defendants' Brief: September 10, 2021; Plaintiff's Opposition: September 24, 2021; Defendants' Reply: October 1, 2021. The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to terminate ECF Nos. 11 and 19.
SO ORDERED.