Smith v. Tishman

USDC SDNY DOCUMENT UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ELECTRONICALLY FILED SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DOC #: DATE FILED:_ 12/16/2021 __ Stewart M. Smith, Plaintiff, 1:21-cv-02915 (PGG) (SDA) -against- ORDER AECOM Tishman et al., Defendants.

STEWART D. AARON, United States Magistrate Judge: It is hereby Ordered that Plaintiff's request for an extension of time to serve the individual defendants with the Complaint (see Letter, ECF No. 24) is GRANTED. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m); see also Zapata v. City of New York, 502 F.3d 192, 196 (2d Cir. 2007) (district courts have discretion to grant extensions of service period). The deadline for Plaintiff to serve is extended until February 14, 2022.

It is further Ordered that the parties are directed to appear for a telephone conference on Wednesday, January 5, 2022, at 3:00 p.m. At the scheduled time, the parties shall each separately call (888) 278-0296 (or (214) 765-0479) and enter access code 6489745. During the conference, counsel for Defendant Tishman shall be prepared to discuss whether they expect to represent any of the individual defendants and the content of a proposed confidentiality order with respect to the last known addresses of the individual defendants. (See Def. Tishman’s Letter, ECF No. 25.)

SO ORDERED.

DATED: New York, New York December 16, 2021 STEWART D. AARON United States Magistrate Judge