Tanvir v. Laporte

OPINION AND ORDER

KOELTL, District Judge:

The defendants move to strike the plaintiffs jury demand, claiming that the conduct of the plaintiffs counsel waived the plaintiffs right to a jury. The plaintiff denies that the conduct of his counsel satisfies the waiver requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 39(a), and, in the alternative, requests that the court use its discretion under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 39(b) to reinstate the plaintiffs jury demand.

The plaintiff brings this employment discrimination action pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He alleges…