Summer Trial Expected in Case vs. 2020 Election Robocall Schemers

U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero for Southern New York wants the plaintiffs in the case against Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman for their roles in the threatening and intimidating robocall to suppress Black citizens' mail-in votes in the 2020 election to confer with the defendants about a summer jury trial, said his signed order Thursday (docket 1:20-cv-08668). Marrero previously granted summary judgment against Wohl and Burkman (see 2303090003), and the jury will decide on the scope of relief sought, including damages, attorneys’ fees and costs. Marrero ordered the parties to file a joint letter within seven days, “indicating the number of days required for the jury trial and proposing potential trial dates” between mid-July and the first week of August, or alternatively in early September.