The opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
wee KX
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, et al., :
Plaintiffs, :
: 19-CV-1608 (JMF)
-v- :
: ORDER
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, et al, :
Defendants. :
wee KX
JESSE M. FURMAN, United States District Judge:
In light of the Second Circuit’s recent summary order affirming this Court’s Opinion and
Order granting Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification, see City of Philadelphia v. Banc of Am.
Sec. LLC, No. 24-297, 2025 WL 2180607 (2d Cir. Aug. 1, 2025) (summary order), the Court is
inclined to lift the stay it previously imposed, see ECF Nos. 504, 506.
No later than August 21, 2025, the parties shall file a joint letter addressing (1) whether
the Court should lift the stay and (2) proposing next steps in this case, including a comprehensive
schedule going forward, for the Court to consider if it does lift the stay. Unless and until the
Court orders otherwise, the parties shall then appear for a conference with the Court on August
28, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. The conference will be held remotely by telephone in accordance with
Rule 3.B of the Court’s Individual Rules and Practices in Civil Cases, available at https://nysd.
uscourts.gov/hon-jesse-m-furman. The parties should join the conference by calling the Court’s
dedicated conference line at (855) 244-8681 and using access code 2303 019 3884, followed by
the pound (#) key. When prompted for an attendee ID number, press the pound (#) key again.
Counsel should review and comply with the rules regarding teleconferences in the Court’s
Individual Rules and Practices in Civil Cases, including Rule 3(B)(1), which requires the parties,
no later than 24 hours before the conference, to send a joint email to the Court with the names
and honorifics (e.g., Mr., Ms., Dr., etc.) of counsel who may speak during the teleconference and
the telephone numbers from which counsel expect to join the call.
SO ORDERED.
Dated: August 4, 2025
New York, New York JESSE URMAN
nited States District Judge