Reassignment of Inventory - April 4, 2018
Effective Monday, April 2, 2018, the Honorable Manuel J. Mendez, who has been assigned to Part 13, has been designated the New York City Asbestos Litigation Coordinating Judge. Cases assigned to him in this capacity will be reassigned to him in Part 13. Justice Mendez will also maintain the current inventory of matters assigned to him in Part 13, until further notice. The Part 13 Courtroom will continue to be Room 210 at 71 Thomas Street. The telephone number for Part 13 will remain the same - (646) 386-3736.
Dates scheduled for conferences or other appearances in asbestos cases now being assigned to Part 13 will remain in effect unless otherwise directed by Justice Mendez. Motions in asbestos cases that are being assigned to Part 13 and that are currently pending in the General Clerk’s Office’s Motion Submission Courtroom (Room 130) will be submitted to Justice Mendez in accordance with the new Part assignment. For additional information about the status of any individual case, see Scroll.
Counsel are also encouraged to sign up for the court system’s E-Track service program which allows them to list some or all of the firm’s cases that are pending in the Supreme Court, Civil Branch, New York County, and in other counties as well. E-Track will send e-mail notifications regarding all court developments in listed cases. E-Track can also provide appearance reminders. To sign up for E-Track, counsel should go to
There is no charge for the E-Track service.
Part 13 is a PURE PAPERLESS PART for e-filed cases. All e-filed documents must be text-searchable. Bookmarks are strongly encouraged. Motions in e-filed cases do not require the submission of working copies (hard copies), unless they are specifically requested by the Court. A hard copy of the Order to Show Cause is required for Justice Mendez’s signature; working copies of the affirmation/supporting papers on Orders to Show Cause are not necessary. In e-filed cases, self-represented parties, as well as attorneys who have opted out of e-filing, shall submit their papers in hard-copy form.
In all hard-copy cases (those not in the NYSCEF system), all documents shall be submitted as hard-copy originals. No courtesy hard copies need be submitted.
(Notice revised 4/04/18 by addition of last two paragraphs)