| James Dolan Fighting Off
Oakley Lawsuit Gets Oak Bid To Reopen
Discovery Denied in SDNY
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
April 25 – Following the
ejection of former Knick
Charles Oakley from Madison
Square Garden by security
guards who had just conferred
by James Dolan, a lawsuit is
still proceeding in the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New
York.
Back on December
22, 2020 Judge Richard J.
Sullivan held arguments. Inner
City Press live tweeted them here
Jump cut to
November 20, 2024 after remand
from the Second Circuit, a
hearing on the loss of
Oakley's text message, thread
On April 14 Judge
Sullivan ruled
'Mastro may continue to
represent MSG, so long as he
does not participate at the
Mayor’s Office in any matter
involving MSG.'"Full Order on
Patreon
here
On April
25, after a hearing Inner City
Press covered, this:
"Oakley's motion to strike
the six witness
declarations and preclude
MSG from relying on those
witnesses is DENIED, as is
Oakley's request to reopen
discovery and depose these
witnesses. (Signed by
Judge Richard J. Sullivan
Sitting by Designation on
4/25/2025)."
More on X for
Subscribers here
and Substack here
The case is
Oakley v. Dolan et al., 17-cv-6903
(Sullivan)
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