Minutes | Filed: July 07, 2026
| Entered: July 07, 2026
Damus v. Walker
P.I.: Other | New York Eastern
Show Cause Hearing Initial Conference Hearing
Minute entry for proceedings held before Magistrate Judge Clay H. Kaminsky: An initial conference and show cause hearing was held in person on July 7, 2026. Julia Belitsky appeared on behalf of plaintiff; John Connors, Jr. appeared on behalf of defendant. Following a discussion of the case and the parties' proposed discovery plan, the Court set the below deadlines:
Rule 26(a)(1) disclosures shall be completed by July 21, 2026.
The parties shall serve initial interrogatories and requests for production by July 21, 2026.
No amendment of the pleadings will be permitted and no additional parties may be joined after September 21, 2026.
Fact discovery shall be completed by November 7, 2026.
The parties shall make required Rule 26(a)(2) disclosures for affirmative expert witnesses on or before December 7, 2026, and for rebuttal expert witnesses on or before January 21, 2027, and for all expert discovery must be completed by March 1, 2027.
The deadline to take the first step in dispositive motion practice is April 1, 2027.
No extension of the above deadlines will be granted except upon a motion, filed prior to the deadline and consistent with Judge Kaminsky's Individual Practices and Rules, showing good cause for the extension. The parties are reminded that "a finding of 'good cause' depends on the diligence of the moving party." Parker v. Columbia Pictures Industries, 204 F.3d 326, 340 (2d Cir. 2000). (FTR Log # 9:58 a.m. - 10:10 a.m.) (STH)