Opinion
21 Civ. 3765 (PAE)
11-17-2021
OMAR LAHBABI and SARA BELHAJ, Plaintiff, v. FRANCISCO ALEXANDER SOLER and A. DUIE PYLE, INC., Defendants.
ORDER
PAUL A. ENGELMAYER, DISTRICT JUDGE:
The Court today held a case management conference and addressed, inter alia, extending the deadline for expert discovery. The Court set the following deadlines:
• November 23, 2021: Deadline for defense to provide expert report to plaintiffs' counsel.
• December 31, 2021: Deadline for plaintiffs to provide expert report to defense counsel.
• January 14, 2022: Close of expert discovery, including all depositions of expert witnesses.
Extensions of the above deadlines will not be granted.
By February 7, 2022, the parties shall submit to the Court a joint letter, not to exceed three pages in length, addressing the following topics in separate paragraphs: (1) the dates on which expert reports were exchanged and expert depositions, if any, taken; (2) the parties' availability for, and expected length of, trial; and (3) the nature of any potential pre-trial motions. The Court will take up such issues at a telephonic conference on February 11, 2022, at 4 p.m. The parties should call into the Court's dedicated conference line at (888) 363-4749, and enter Access Code 468-4906, followed by the pound (#) key. Counsel are directed to review the Court's Emergency Individual Rules and Practices in Light of COVID-19, found at https://nysd.uscourts.gov/hon-paul-engelmayer, for the Court's procedures for telephonic conferences and for instructions for communicating with chambers.
SO ORDERED.