Opinion
17cv5833(DLC)
08-06-2021
NORMA KNOPF, individually and as a Distributee and the Executor Named in Michael Knopf's Last Will Plaintiff, v. FRANK M. ESPOSITO, DORSEY &WHITNEY, LLP, NATHANIEL H. AKERMAN, EDWARD S. FELDMAN, and MICHAEL HAYDEN SANFORD, Defendants.
ORDER
DENISE COTE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
In a letter of August 3, 2021, the parties informed the Court that they consent to trial before a magistrate judge but did not file the requisite consent form. In a letter of August 6, defendant Esposito requested a stay of this action pending the resolution of a related criminal case pending against him in New York state court. The plaintiff does not object to a stay. Accordingly, it is hereby
ORDERED that the parties shall file by August 11 the consent form to proceed before a magistrate judge.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Esposito's reguest to stay this action is granted. The parties shall by December 1 file a joint letter regarding the status of the New York criminal case and the stay entered in this case.