Opinion
Civil Action 1:19-cv-01091-LAK
09-04-2021
JOHN WAITE, an individual; EARLE R. ELY, JR. p/k/a JOE ELY, an individual; KASIM SULTON, an individual; SUSAN STRAW HARRIS p/k/a SYD STRAW, an individual; LEONARD GRAVES PHILLIPS, an individual; STAN SOBOL a/k/a STAN LEE, an individual; STEVE WYNN, an individual; DENNIS MEHAFFEY p/k/a DENNIS DUCK, an individual; and DAVID PELLISH p/k/a DAVE PROVOST, an individual, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. UMO RECORDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation doing business as Universal Music Group; CAPITOL RECORDS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company;and DOES 1 through 10, Defendants.
PLAINTIFFS' NOTICE OF RENEWED MOTION TO SEVER DEFENDANT'S COUNTERCLAIMS
LEWIS A. KAPLAN UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, pursuant to the Court's Order dated February 19. 2021 (Dkt. 122) Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 21. and in conjunction the previously submitted briefing regarding Plaintiffs John Waite, Kasim Sulton, Susan Straw Harris p/k/a Syd Straw, Leonard Graves Phillips, Stan Sobol p/k/a Stan Lee, Steve Wynn, Dennis Mehaffey p/k/a Dennis Duck, and David Pellish p/k/a Dave Provost, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated ("Plaintiffs"), Motion to Sever Defendants' UMG Recordings, Inc. and Capitol Records, LLC ("Defendants") Counterclaims (Dkt. 113. 114). as well as the responses and replies thereto (Dkt. 118. 120). Plaintiffs hereby move this Court before the Honorable Lewis A. Kaplan, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United.
This motion - which, contrary to its docket entry and title on the notice of motion, is not a motion to sever defendants' counterclaims, but instead a motion to renew prior motions fr that relief - is granted.
The Clerk shall revise the description in docket entry 133 to read Motion to renew prior motions to sever defendants' counterclaims.
SO ORDERED.