This quarter’s column focuses on decisions by magistrate judges on issues that do not directly address the substantive law underlying the disputes. One involves a disqualification motion that spans cases in both state and federal court. In the second, Magistrate Judge Hugh B. Scott dealt with an 11th-hour request to extend a discovery deadline when the parties could not resolve the dispute themselves. It is appropriate to include one of Judge Scott’s decisions at this time, because as of July 1, he stepped down from active status. He will, however, remain on the bench in a part-time capacity to help handle the district’s large caseload.
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Magistrate Judge H. Kenneth Schroeder, Jr., acting pursuant to a referral by District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara in accordance with 28 U.S.C. §636(b), explored an intricate series of three related cases pending in the Commercial Division of the New York State Supreme Court, Erie County, to decide a disqualification motion in federal court. Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. of America v. DiPizio Construction Co., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 87165 (W.D.N.Y. July 6, 2015).
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