Magistrate Judge Cho holds status conference after Jung Kim deposition in civil case

The case remains active before Magistrate Judge James R. Cho, who held a telephonic status conference on September 19, 2023. The parties appeared through counsel: Michael Kimm for the plaintiff; Roger N.

Schumann for defendant Hyun Kim; Lalit Kumar Loomba for defendant Jung Kim; and Michael Viviano for the City of New York. The deposition of defendant Jung Kim concluded, and the parties have moved into post-deposition discovery.

This phase includes requests for Jung Kim's credit card and cellphone records, indicating a focus on verifying timelines or corroborating testimony. The court scheduled a follow-up telephonic status conference for October 2, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. The parties must confirm whether discovery is complete at that time.

Judge Cho plans to use the October 2 conference to set further case management deadlines, likely including dispositive motion schedules or trial dates. The docket number and court remain unspecified, but the case involves multiple defendants and the City of New York, suggesting a complex factual or legal dispute.

The ongoing discovery suggests the case is still in its fact-finding stage, with the court maintaining tight control over the schedule. The focus on electronic and financial records signals that the parties are probing the defendants' activities closely, possibly to challenge credibility or establish key facts.