Asset Co IM Rest, LLC v. Katzoff

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK wee KX ASSET CO IM REST, LLC et al., : Plaintiffs, : : 23 Civ. 9691 (JPC) -V- : : ORDER GERALD “JERRY” KATZOFF et al., : Defendants. : wee KX JOHN P. CRONAN, United States District Judge: The declarations of Defendant Gerald Katzoff, Dkt. 51-1, and Brent M. Davis, Dkt. 51-2, submitted in opposition to Plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction, do not conform to 28 U.S.C. § 1746. Each document provides that the declarant declares “pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746.”

Dkts. 51-1 (capitalization removed), 51-2 (same). The Second Circuit has held, however, “that 28 U.S.C. § 1746 requires that a certification of the truth of a matter be expressly made under penalty of perjury.” In re World Trade Ctr. Disaster Site Litig., 722 F.3d 483, 488 (2d Cir. 2013). Neither of the declarations contains such language.

Defendants are accordingly ordered to refile these declarations to conform with Section 1746 by December 27, 2023.

SO ORDERED. Vefa_ Dated: December 24, 2023 ° New York, New York JOHN P. CRONAN United States District Judge