Opinion
19 CV 11881 (VB)
10-14-2022
YONG BIAO JI, Plaintiff, v. AILY FOOT RELAX STATION, INC. d/b/a Foot Relax Spa Station; LINDA FOOT RELAX SPA STATION, INC. d/b/a Foot Relax Spa Station; XIANG MAN ZHANG a/k/a AILING ZHANG; and KE XUE ZHENG, Defendants.
ORDER
Vincent L. Briccetti, United States District Judge
On October 11, 2022, the parties filed their proposed Joint Pretrial Order. (Doc. #144 (“JPTO”)). Defense counsel was required to list the exhibits defendants expect to offer in their case in chief in the JPTO. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(3)(A)(iii); Individual Practices of Judge Vincent Briccetti ¶ 4.A. However, defense counsel failed to do so, stating he was “[u]nable to provide within 15 minuutes [sic] Plaintiff left for the Defendant.” (JPTO at ECF 8).
Defense counsel has known for several months that the JPTO was due October 11, 2022, and the required contents thereof. (See Doc. #134). Defense counsel's excuse that he did not have enough time to prepare the list of exhibits is unacceptable.
By October 24, 2022, defense counsel must submit a revised JPTO to plaintiffs counsel that includes the list of exhibits defendants intend to offer. Plaintiffs counsel shall have until October 31, 2022, to file a revised JPTO on the docket that reflects defendants' exhibit list and plaintiff s objections thereto.
SO ORDERED: