UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK CARMEN QUINONES, Plaintiff, ORDER 22-CV-4875 (PGG) (KHP) -against- prrmerenertrseee USDC SDNY JACOBI MEDICAL CENTER; CHRISTINE DOCUMENT BROWN, ADMINISTRATOR; JANET HERNANDEZ, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR; AND ELECTRONICALLY FILED SETH SOKOL, DIRECTOR, DOC DATE FILED: 4/27/2023 □□ Defendants. KATHARINE H. PARKER, United States Magistrate Judge: On April 27, 2023, the parties appeared for an Initial Case Management Conference. After review of the pleadings and consultation with the parties, the following Scheduling Order is entered pursuant to Rule 16 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Pleadings, Parties, and Motions. The parties shall have until May 26, 2023 to amend the pleadings and join parties. No further amendments or joinder of parties thereafter absent good cause. Defendants shall answer or file a pre-motion request with the Honorable Paul G. Gardephe to file a motion to dismiss by Monday, June 26, 2023. Discovery. The deadline to complete fact discovery is December 15, 2023. Discovery Disputes. The parties shall follow the Court’s Individual Procedures with respect to any discovery disputes. See https://nysd.uscourts.gov/hon-katharine-h-parker. Rule 1 and Rule 26(b)(1). Counsel shall comply with Rule 1 and Rule 26(b)(1) in the conduct of discovery.

Document Requests. Counsel shall be fully familiar with their obligations under Rules 34 and 26(g) and consider and discuss ways to ensure compliance and minimize disputes regarding overbreadth and specificity of requests and responses. A failure to comply with this responsibility carries serious consequences. Requests for any and all documents on a broad topic are presumptively improper. Likewise, courts have held that an objection that does not appropriately explain its grounds is forfeited. See, e.g., Wesley Corp. v. Zoom T.V. Prods., LLC, No. 17-100212018,

, at *4 (E.D. Mich. Jan. 11, 2018); Fischer v. Forrest, No. 14 Civ. 01304 (PAE) (AJP),

(S.D.N.Y. Feb. 28, 2017) (“[A]ny discovery response that does not comply with Rule 34’s requirement to state objections with specificity (and to clearly indicate whether responsive material is being withheld on the basis of objection) will be deemed a waiver of all objections (except as to privilege).”). Status Letter. The parties shall file a joint status letter by Friday, June 30, 2023. SO ORDERED. DATED: New York, New York April 27, 2023 □□ thane H firke KATHARINE H. PARKER United States Magistrate Judge