UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ------------------------------------------------------x Diego Dilan Rodriguez Ordonez, : : Petitioner, : : -against- : ORDER REGULATING PROCEEDINGS : : Chad Wolf, et al. : : 20 Civ. 1727 (AKH) : Respondents. : ------------------------------------------------------x

ALVIN K. HELLERSTEIN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE: Petitioner’s reply brief, see ECF No. 37, puts forth arguments relating to his alleged obesity and high blood pressure that were not mentioned in his amended habeas petition, see ECF No. 28. These novel contentions will not be considered at tomorrow’s telephonic oral argument. See, e.g., Melo v. United States,

(S.D.N.Y. 2011) (noting that arguments raised for the first time in a reply brief are waived). The hearing will focus only on issues raised in the amended petition. In the event Petitioner would like to amend his habeas petition for a second time after tomorrow’s argument, he must make a motion to that effect.

SO ORDERED.

Dated: New York, New York April 21, 2020 ______________/s/_____________ ALVIN K. HELLERSTEIN, U.S.D.J.