White v. UMG Recordings, Inc.

Opinion

USDC SDNY DOCUMENT UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK NOc# Y FILED JORDAN WHITE, DATE FILED. 2/3/0022 Plaintiff, -against- 20 Civ. 9971 (AT) UMG RECORDINGS, INC., a Delaware Corporation, individually and Doing business as ORDER “INTERSCOPE RECORDS”; JORDAN TIMOTHY JENKS, p/k/a “PI ERRE BOURNE,” an individual; JORDAN CARTER, p/k/a “PLAYBOI CARTI,” an individual; and DOES 1- 10, inclusive, Defendants. ANALISA TORRES, District Judge: The Court has reviewed the parties letters at ECF Nos. 91 and 92. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a), “[a] party may amend its pleading once as a matter of course within 21 days after serving it.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a) (emphasis added). Because Defendant Jenks requested leave to file his amended answer and counterclaim within 21 days of filing his original answer, see ECF Nos. 76 and 91, Defendant Jenks may file an amended answer and counterclaim. See Med. Soc’y of New York v. UnitedHealth Grp. Inc., No. 16 Civ. 5265, 2018 WL 11220401, at *1 (S.D.N-Y. May 11, 2018). SO ORDERED. Dated: February 3, 2022 New York, New York

ANALISA TORRES United States District Judge