Wright v. The City of New York et al
Plaintiff: Lawrence Wright
Defendant: Kings County District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, New York City Police Officers John Does #1-4, Assistant District Attorney James Leeper, The City of New York, Kings County District Attorney Charles Hynes, Kings County District Attorney's Office, The New York City Police Department and Assistant District Attorney Nicole Itkin
Case Number: 1:2019cv00185
Filed: January 9, 2019
Court: US District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Presiding Judge: James Orenstein
Referring Judge: Eric N Vitaliano
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights: Other
Cause of Action: 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Civil Rights Act
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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February 22, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 15 ORDER DISMISSING CASE, Application Granted. The plaintiff Lawrence Wright hereby discontinues this action without prejudice. The Clerk is directed to close this case. (Ordered by Judge Eric N. Vitaliano on 2/21/2019) c/m (Galeano, Sonia)
February 21, 2019 Filing 14 NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by Lawrence Wright Notice of Voluntary Dismissal Without Prejudice (AbiBoutros, Sara)
February 14, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 13 SCHEDULING ORDER: Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(a), I order the parties to appear for an initial discovery planning conference on, April 3, 2019, at 11:30 a.m. in Courtroom 11D South of the United States Courthouse, 225 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, New York. No later than April 1, 2019, the parties must submit, by means of electronic filing on the court's ECF (Electronic Case Filing) system, a joint proposed discovery plan. Each party's counsel must be personally prepared to discuss all factual and legal issues in the case, including the possibility of settlement; otherwise, the client must attend in person as well. SEE ATTACHED ORDER. Ordered by Magistrate Judge James Orenstein on 2/14/2019. (Guy, Alicia)
February 11, 2019 Filing 12 First MOTION for Extension of Time to File Answer by Kings County District Attorney's Office, The City of New York, The New York City Police Department. (Millar, Samantha)
February 11, 2019 Opinion or Order ORDER granting #12 Motion for Extension of Time to Answer -- The motion is granted on consent as to the City of New York and the Kings County District Attorney's Office only (collectively, "the City"). The City must answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint by March 14, 2019. In light of the delay occasioned by the latter ruling, I impose certain additional obligations on both parties that will avoid delaying the proceedings even further: (a) no later than February 18, 2019, the City's counsel must provide to the plaintiff for execution a release pursuant to N.Y.C.P.L. Sec. 160.50 with respect to the incident at issue in the litigation, as well as a release authorizing the disclosure of relevant medical records if the plaintiff is seeking damages for any physical or mental injury; (b) no later than February 25, 2019, the plaintiff must execute any such release; and (c) no later than March 18, 2019, the City's counsel must provide to the plaintiff the names, shield numbers, and proper service addresses of all individual officers involved in, or present at the scene of, the incident at issue in this litigation. The motion is denied as moot as to the New York Police Department, which is not a suable entity. Ordered by Magistrate Judge James Orenstein on 2/11/2019. (Gustafson, Kaelyn)
February 8, 2019 Filing 11 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Lawrence Wright. Kings County District Attorney's Office served on 2/5/2019, answer due 2/26/2019. (AbiBoutros, Sara)
February 8, 2019 Filing 10 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Lawrence Wright. Assistant District Attorney Nicole Itkin served on 2/5/2019, answer due 2/26/2019. (AbiBoutros, Sara)
February 8, 2019 Filing 9 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Lawrence Wright. Kings County District Attorney Eric Gonzalez served on 2/5/2019, answer due 2/26/2019. (AbiBoutros, Sara)
January 30, 2019 Filing 8 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Lawrence Wright. The New York City Police Department served on 1/22/2019, answer due 2/12/2019. (AbiBoutros, Sara)
January 30, 2019 Filing 7 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Lawrence Wright. The City of New York served on 1/22/2019, answer due 2/12/2019. (AbiBoutros, Sara)
January 28, 2019 Filing 6 NOTICE of Appearance by Paul V. Prestia on behalf of Lawrence Wright (aty to be noticed) (Prestia, Paul)
January 11, 2019 Filing 5 This attorney case opening filing has been checked for quality control. See the attachment for corrections that were made, if any. (Bowens, Priscilla)
January 11, 2019 Filing 4 In accordance with Rule 73 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Local Rule 73.1, the parties are notified that if all parties consent a United States magistrate judge of this court is available to conduct all proceedings in this civil action including a (jury or nonjury) trial and to order the entry of a final judgment. Attached to the Notice is a blank copy of the consent form that should be filled out, signed and filed electronically only if all parties wish to consent. The form may also be accessed at the following link: #http://www.uscourts.gov/uscourts/FormsAndFees/Forms/AO085.pdf. You may withhold your consent without adverse substantive consequences. Do NOT return or file the consent unless all parties have signed the consent. (Bowens, Priscilla)
January 11, 2019 Filing 3 Summons Issued as to All Defendants. (Bowens, Priscilla)
January 11, 2019 Filing 2 Civil Cover Sheet.. Re #1 Complaint, by Lawrence Wright (AbiBoutros, Sara)
January 11, 2019 NOTICE - The Clerk's Office cannot assign this case without a completed Civil Cover Sheet. All questions *** INCLUDING the CERTIFICATION OF ARBITRATION ELIGIBILITY*** section on the second page needs to be answered. Please resubmit corrected Civil Cover Sheet. (Bowens, Priscilla)
January 11, 2019 Case assigned to Judge Eric N. Vitaliano and Magistrate Judge James Orenstein. Please download and review the Individual Practices of the assigned Judges, located on our #website. Attorneys are responsible for providing courtesy copies to judges where their Individual Practices require such. (Bowens, Priscilla)
January 9, 2019 Filing 1 COMPLAINT against All Defendants filing fee $ 400, receipt number ANYEDC-11090508 Was the Disclosure Statement on Civil Cover Sheet completed -No,, filed by Lawrence Wright. (Attachments: #1 Civil Cover Sheet, #2 Proposed Summons) (AbiBoutros, Sara)

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Defendant: Kings County District Attorney Eric Gonzalez
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Defendant: New York City Police Officers John Does #1-4
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Plaintiff: Lawrence Wright
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