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The "Application for an Extension and the Querulous Opposition Continue the Path of Bikeshedding or … Parkinson's Law of Triviality"

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From Magistrate Judge James M. Wicks (E.D.N.Y.) in Lask v. Sorid last month:

ORDER granting 91 Motion for Extension of Time to File Reply. Plaintiff's application for an extension and the querulous opposition (ECF No. 92) continue the path of bikeshedding or the application of Parkinson's Law of Triviality. Plaintiff's Reply shall now be filed on or before 9/21/2026. No further extensions will be granted.

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Eugene Volokh is the Thomas M. Siebel Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford, and the Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus and Distinguished Research Professor at UCLA School of Law. Naturally, his posts here (like the opinions of the other bloggers) are his own, and not endorsed by any institution. He is also the co-host of the Free Speech Unmuted podcast.