Opinion
20 Civ. 4765 (JPC) 20 Civ. 8181 (JPC)
03-04-2022
MOHAMMED THANI A.T. AL THANI, Plaintiff, v. ALAN J. HANKE et al., Defendants. MARTIN JOHN STEVENS, Plaintiff, v. ALAN J. HANKE et al., Defendants.
ORDER
JOHN P. CRONAN, United States District Judge:
On February 17, 2022, the Court denied Defendant Amy Roy-Haeger's motion to dismiss the Amended Complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction or to transfer venue in Al Thani v. Hanke, No. 20 Civ. 4765 (JPC) (“Al Thani Action”), and directed Roy-Haeger to file an answer to the Amended Complaint by March 3, 2022. Al Thani Action, Dkt. 254. The Court also directed Roy-Haeger to advise the Court by March 3, 2022 whether she intends to pursue a motion to dismiss the Complaint in Stevens v. Hanke, No. 20 Civ. 8181 (JPC) (“Stevens Action”). Stevens Action, Dkt. 99; Al Thani Action, Dkt. 256. If Roy-Haeger does intend to proceed with briefing on her motion to dismiss the Complaint in the Stevens Action, she was advised to meet and confer with counsel for Plaintiff Martin John Stevens and include a proposed briefing schedule in her March 3, 2022 letter. If Roy-Haeger does not intend to move to dismiss the Complaint in the Stevens Action, Roy-Heager was directed to file her Answer to the Complaint by the March 3, 2022 deadline. The March 3, 2022 deadline has passed and Roy-Haeger has not complied with the Court's Orders.
The Court previously stayed the briefing schedule for Defendant Amy Roy-Haeger's anticipated motion to dismiss the Complaint in the Stevens Action pending resolution of Roy-Haeger's motion to dismiss the Amended Complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction or to transfer venue in the Al Thani Action. See Stevens Action, Dkt. 51 at 1.
It is hereby ORDERED that, by March 10, 2022, Roy-Haeger shall (1) file her Answer to the Amended Complaint in the Al Thani Action and (2) either file a letter advising the Court that she intends to pursue a motion to dismiss the Complaint in the Stevens Action and include a proposed briefing schedule or file her Answer to the Complaint in the Stevens Action.
SO ORDERED.