We have our answer (teed up by the post of last night). This adjournment of the final pre-trial conference… is the erh… FINAL one.

There will be no more delay allowed. If the parties genuinely intend to settle — they will have to do so while meeting all the remaining trial calendar dates — in the USDC for the District of New Jersey. Here’s that order, just entered this morning:

…TEXT ORDER: The Court has reviewed the parties’ November 30, 2023 joint letter [D.E. 235].

Defense counsel’s request to adjourn the Final Pretrial Conference is granted. The Final Pretrial Conference shall take place in-person on February 29, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. in the Undersigned’s courtroom. There shall be no further adjournments for any reason.

So Ordered by Magistrate Judge Michael A. Hammer on 12/1/23….

Now you know — onward, to a snowy weekend ahead — it is increasingly… the Season, too… with only three weeks until the desert heat and sunshine. Grin.

नमस्ते