Harry v. The City of New York

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK eee ee ee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee x RILTON HARRY, : Plaintiff, : -against- MEMORANDUM DECISION THE CITY OF NEW YORK, P.O. JOSE : AND ORDER NES ao a 29.0% 951 (08D JESSICA TORRES (SHIELD No. 1909), and JOHN DOE and JANE DOE, : Defendants. : eee ee eee ee ee eee eee eee eee eee x GEORGE B. DANIELS, District Judge: Presently before this Court is the Plaintiff's appeal of Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn’s October 28, 2022 order denying Plaintiff's motion to correct a deposition transcript. (ECF No. 81.) The standard to be used by a district court in reviewing a magistrate judge’s determination of a non-dispositive issue is the “clearly erroneous or contrary to law” standard. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(a), 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1 (A); Thomas E. Hoar, Inc. v. Sara Lee Corporation, 900 F.2d 522 (2d Cir. 1990). Plaintiff's motion is a non-dispositive matter and he has not argued to the contrary.

Plaintiff argues in his papers that Magistrate Judge Netburn erred in finding that Plaintiff had failed to establish his entitlement to relief, and that the burden to the Court that would result from having to listen to the audio recording of the deposition outweighs the benefit in doing so. (See generally, ECF No. 81.)

Plaintiff has not convinced this Court that Magistrate Judge Netburn’s decision was clearly erroneous or contrary to law. In any event, this Court has reviewed the testimony in dispute and finds it immaterial to the resolution of Defendants’ pending motion for summary judgment or to ] Plaintiffs claims in this action more generally. Therefore, Magistrate Judge Netburn’s decision will stand and Plaintiff's appeal, (ECF No. 81), is DENIED.

Dated: December 9, 2022 New York, New York SO ORDERED.

O° \ 6B Dons RGE/B. DANIELS United States District Judge