![]() ![]() Perhaps, that is advice I will not heed in the future. The judge granted about 90% of the motion and effectively skinned my case. Within a few weeks, I received my long-awaited decision on the motion. When I expressed my frustrations to a federal court judge from the Eastern District (who was unrelated to the case), he suggested that I write a letter to the chief judge explaining my situation. For example, while representing the plaintiff in a case in federal court several years ago, a judge had not ruled on a motion to dismiss (and the case stayed) for about a year. This is a particularly hot-button issue at the moment, but it is one that already was a concern before the pandemic. At a recent Federal Courts Committee discussion through the Philadelphia Bar Association, concerns were raised about what to do (or, more accurately, whether anything can be done) when federal court judges do not move a case for an extended (and unreasonably long) period, usually due to a pending motion to dismiss. We all know the phrase “justice delayed is justice denied.” Recently, I have been involved in a flurry of discussions with colleagues from the Philadelphia Bar Association relating to this issue. Kang, managing member of Kang Haggerty wrote “ The Dilemma of Lengthy ‘Motion Pending’ Delays in Federal Courts.” ![]() ![]() In the Maedition of The Legal Intelligencer Edward T. ![]()
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