Counsel should continue to mail their NOSJM to the special part email we have set up ( SFC-PART13@nycourts.gov ). The court will print, sign and upload their NOSJMs onto the NYSCEF system. They will then be able to print the signed NOSJM from the NYSCEF system once it is uploaded and processed.
May 4, 2020
As of today attorneys will be able to do the following by uploading their papers to the NYSCEF system:
– File new motions on pending cases
– File opposition and reply briefs on pending motions
– File Notice of Entry
– File Notices of Appeal
– File stipulations of discontinuance
I have reached out to the MIS division to have them set up a separate Part 13 email where the attorneys can upload in PDF format the documents that they would typically drop off in the Part 13 courtroom on Tuesdays for my signature, such as NOSJM, TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR and DEATH COMPROMISES . I will notify all parties via NYCAL once the email has been established so that those papers are delivered ( in PDF FORMAT) directly to that email for my electronic signature.
If my court attorneys have contacted anyone to ask if they will be opposing a motion, please respond. If you have been given a briefing schedule please comply with it. Provide your papers in the manner requested by my court attorney and also upload your papers to the NYSCEF case motion folder.
DO NOT use an essential case filing form to upload any of these papers, those forms are only to be used when seeking to file a new action. In case of lung cancer or other cancer cases the party seeking to file the new action must notify the attorneys for the defendants that they are seeking to have the matter deemed essential and must provide proof of such notice to the clerk of the court. Defendants must be given 48 hours notice, not counting weekends or holidays, of the application to deem the lung cancer or other cancer case an essential matter. If after 48 hours there is no objection from any defendant I will sign an order deeming the matter essential for filing purposes only and the plaintiff will be allowed to file their action. If there is an objection then I will review the papers and issue an order either deeming the matter essential, or deeming the matter not essential. There will be no other written decision aside from that brief order.
This is a work in progress and there will be further notices as we try to set up a workable system, so please be patient.
Thank you,
M. Mendez
