Jones v. City Of New York

Opinion

USDC SDNY DOCUMENT UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ELECTRONICALLY FILED SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DOC# women nnn nn nnn nnn nnn □□□ nnn X DATE FILED: 04/30/20 HENRY JONES, Plaintiff 18-CV-4064 (GBD) (KHP) -against- ORDER THE CITY OF NEW YORK, et al., Defendants. ~----------------------------------------------------------------X KATHARINE H. PARKER, United States Magistrate Judge: Plaintiff's request for permission for alternative service on Defendants Ryan and Serrano is granted. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(e)(1) and New York Civil Practice Law and Rules Section 308, the Court may allow alternate service, including by mail, when other types of service are impracticable. Ransome v. Epstein, No. 17-CV-616 (JGK), 2018 WL 637421, at *1 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 30, 2018). Given the Covid-19 national emergency and Plaintiff's representation that other forms of service are impracticable, Plaintiff may serve the Defendants by alternate service and will file proof of such service by no later than May 4, 2020.

SO ORDERED. DATED: New York, New York April 30, 2020 wy Kethaue H Ferber KATHARINE H. PARKER United States Magistrate Judge