EXHIBIT A 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK 

DEBORAH LAUFER, Individually, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

1110 WESTERN ALBANY, LLC, and RYAN L.L.C., 

Defendants. 

1:19-cv-01324 (BKS/ML) 

Hon. Brenda K. Sannes, United States District Court Judge: 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff Deborah Laufer, a Florida resident and an individual with a disability, filed this 

action against Defendants 1110 Western Albany, LLC and Ryan L.L.C., asserting causes of 

action under the Americans with 

N.Y. Exec. Law § 296(2)(a). (Dkt. No. 1). 

Plaintiff seeks injunctive relief, Id.). Including this action, and 

Laufer v. Laxmi & Sons, LLC, 1:19-cv-01501 (BKS/ML) (filed Dec. 4, 2019), Plaintiff has 29, 

nearly identical, cases pending against different defendants in the Northern District of New 

York. See Exhibit A. 

In every case, the Court must ensure it has subject matter jurisdicti

system of limited jurisdiction . . . the court sua sponte, at any stage of the proceedings, may raise 

the question of whether the court ha United Food & Commercial 

Workers Union v. CenterMark Props. Meriden Square, Inc., 30 F.3d 298, 301 (2d Cir. 1994) 

(internal quotation marks and citation omitted); see Durant, Nichols, Houston, Hodgson & 

Cortese-Costa P.C. v. Dupont ubject matter jurisdiction is 

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lacking and no party has called th tion, the court has the duty to 

See also the court determines at any 

time that it lacks subject-matter jurisdiction, the court must dism

There appears to be a serious question as to whether Plaintiff has established standing, in 

this, or any of her other cases, and thus whether the Court has subject matter jurisdiction over 

these actions. See, e.g., Laufer v. Laxmi & Sons, LLC, 1:19-cv-01501 (BKS/ML) (Dkt. No. 15, at 

vit indicating that she 

has ever traveled to Rensselaer, New York, or anywhere in New York, or that she has any reason 

to travel anywhere in New York or any reason to seek lodging anyw

Therefore, before taking any further action in this, or any other 

orders Plaintiff to submit a brief in each of the actions listed in Exhibit A, explaining why the 

complaint should not be dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Accordingly, it is 

ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court is directed to file this Order in each of the cases 

identified in Exhibit A to this Order; and it is further 

ORDERED that Plaintiff is directed file briefs in each of the actions listed in Exhibit A, 

by June 5, 2020, addressing whether she has standing. 

issues identified, and caselaw discussed, in the Memorandum-Decision and Order the Court 

entered in Laufer v. Laxmi & Sons, LLC, 1:19-cv-01501 (BKS/ML) (Dkt. No. 15, May 6, 2020), 

attached hereto. Any response is due by June 19, 2020. And it is further 

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ORDERED that if the action is one in which a motion for default judgment is pending, 

Plaintiff is directed to serve a copy of this Order on the defendant(s) and file a certificate of 

service by May 19, 2020. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: May 7, 2020 

 Syracuse, New York 

 

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EXHIBIT A 

Docket Numbers 

6:19-cv-01432 

1:19-cv-01462 

3:19-cv-01509 

3:19-cv-01557 

3:19-cv-01559 

3:19-cv-01564 

3:19-cv-01581 

5:19-cv-01583 

5:19-cv-01585 

5:19-cv-01586 

5:20-cv-00273 

3:20-cv-00275 

3:20-cv-00280 

3:20-cv-00281 

3:20-cv-00323 

1:20-cv-00325 

5:20-cv-00348 

8:20-cv-00350 

3:20-cv-00352 

5:20-cv-00356 

8:20-cv-00357 

8:20-cv-00376 

3:20-cv-00378 

5:20-cv-00379 

3:20-cv-00383 

8:20-cv-00384 

3:20-cv-00407 

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