Lawyers for the city and five men suing over their prosecution and imprisonment for the 1989 Central Park jogger attack are moving forward with talks that could result in a settlement of the case.
At a status conference on Tuesday, Southern District Magistrate Judge Ronald Ellis (See Profile), who has been presiding over discovery in the contentious litigation, ordered a 30-day stay of proceedings so the parties could sit down and discuss a possible resolution once Corporation Counsel Zachary Carter takes office on Feb. 1, plaintiffs attorney Jonathan Moore of Beldock Levine & Hoffman said Wednesday.
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