Opinion
20-CV-1029 (JMF)
07-21-2021
In re BERNARD L. MADOFF INVESTMENT SECURITIES LLC, Debtor. v. RAR ENTREPRENEURIAL FUND, LTD., Defendant. IRVING H. PICARD, Trustee for the Liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, and Bernard L. Madoff, Plaintiff,
ORDER
JESSE M. FURMAN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
In light of the Trustee's letter of earlier today, see ECF No. 95, the Court plans to submit a request for one or more of the trial dates that counsel provided (October 25, 2021, November 1, 2021, and November 15, 2021) and will provide the parties with further information by late August. In the meantime, the parties must keep all of those dates open.
As the parties know, there is no guarantee that the Court will get any of these dates and, even if it gets one, trial may once again depend on whether higher-priority criminal cases scheduled for the same date proceed. Separate and apart from that, the undersigned has felony criminal trials scheduled for virtually every week of the fourth quarter of 2021 (other than the week of November 30, 2021). Accordingly, even if the Court were to get a trial date through the centralized scheduling process, the undersigned might not be available to try it at that time. In light of that, the parties should consider whether they would be willing to consent to trial before the designated Magistrate Judge (who would not be subject to the same issue). If both sides consent, they should submit the relevant form to the Court for signature; if either side does not consent, there is no need to do anything.
SO ORDERED.