Opinion
19-CR-808 (VEC)
06-03-2021
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. SALIFOU CONDE, ABOUBAKAR BAKAYOKO, Defendants.
ORDER
VALERIE CAPRONI, United States District Judge
The Southern District of New York has reconfigured courtrooms and other spaces in its courthouses to allow 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 April 14, 2021, the Court informed the parties that it would hold an in-person trial starting on July 6, 2021, subject to availability and the status of the COVID-19 pandemic. See Dkt. 199. The Court accordingly requested a jury trial for that date. The Clerk's Office has now notified the Court that this case has been placed on the jury trial calendar for July 7, 2021 . The case must be trial-ready for that date. The case is second on the list for jury trials for that day. This means that the case will not proceed on July 7, 2021, if the other trial scheduled for that date goes forward. If the case cannot proceed on the scheduled date, the Court will seek another jury trial date for as soon as possible either shortly before July 7, 2021 or thereafter. The parties should be prepared to commence trial as early as June 29, 2021 or on any day in July. The parties should immediately inform the Court of any conflicting trials in July. The Court will endeavor to give the parties one week's notice of their trial date.
Unless the Court orders otherwise, the final pretrial conference will be held in person on June 24, 2021 at 2:00 p.m.
SO ORDERED.