In a late Friday ruling, Judge Jessica G. L. Clarke decided in favor of the defense in SeanPaul “Long Island Audit” Reyes’ (LIA) lawsuit against the New York City Police Department, granting delays requested by the defense.
The defense was seeking more time due to the surprise announcement by LIA’s attorney, Andrew Case, that he would be filing an amended complaint. While the timetable established by the Court did have a deadline for amended complaints that Case is meeting, the vagueness of what would be in the amended complaint and how that content would impact other deadlines was enough for attorney Mark D. Zuckerman to request a delay.
Case opposed any further delays in the lawsuit, indicating that the defense had already had a series of delays and had even taken over four months to respond to the initial complaint he filed on behalf of his client. After some back and forth between Case and Zuckerman in dueling memos on Thursday, Judge Clarke ruled in favor of the defense on Friday.
Under Judge Clark’s orders, the defense now has until January 29, 2024, to inform the court of its position as to the need for use of a jury, initial disclosures shall be due February 8, 2024, and initial discovery demands shall be due February 15, 2024.
Attorney Zuckerman had also asked for attorney Gregory Musso to be removed as the attorney on record for the city as Musso is no longer employed by the NYPD. That motion was also granted by Judge Clarke.
