Keung v. Sun Hop Lee, Inc.

• Court: District Court, S.D. New York
• Decided: April 15, 2020
• Docket: 1:19-cv-04589
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK penne nen eee K LIN KWOK KEUNG, :

Plaintiff, 19 Civ. 4589 (PGG) (GWG) -V.- : ORDER SUN HOP LEE, INC., et al.,

Defendants. : pre anne ee eK GABRIEL W. GORENSTEIN, United States Magistrate Judge The plaintiff's response to the Court’s Order to Show Cause (Docket # 32) does little to explain why counsel thought he could simply ignore the Court’s order rather than seeking an extension of the required deadline. Nonetheless, the Court will reluctantly grant an extension to May 8, 2020, to file the pretrial order materials required by Section X. of Judge Gardephe’s Individual Practices. If the materials are not filed by that date, this case may be dismissed without further notice. The plaintiff's response also contains a request to resolve certain discovery disputes. Discovery closed on January 10, 2020 (Docket # 29). The Court never extended that deadline. Any dispute regarding discovery was required to be presented to the Court prior to that deadline. See Docket # 23, par. 8 (“All discovery (including requests for admission and any applications to the court with respect to the conduct of discovery) must be initiated in time to be concluded by the deadline for all discovery.”); see also Owen v. No Parking Today, Inc., 280 F.R.D. 106, 112 (S.D.N.Y. 2011) (“A party ordinarily must file a motion to compel before the close of discovery and if it fails to do so, the motion will be deemed untimely.”). Accordingly, plaintiff's request to resolve any discovery disputes is denied.

SO ORDERED. Dated: April 15, 2020 New York, New York tieb W. Gos lew. RIEL W RENSTEIN United States Magistrate Judge