New York's Request For Judicial Intervention
New York's equivalent document is the Request for Judicial Intervention, which is necessary because in New York, a case begins with the service of a complaint and nothing is filed with the trial court until absolutely necessary (usually because a discovery dispute develops, someone wants to file a dispositive motion, or it is actually time for trial). At that time, the party seeking judicial intervention files a RJI (which asks for information similar to a CIS or cover sheet) and files with the court all relevant documents from the party's own version of the case file.
The advantage to New York's system is that cases can theoretically settle informally without forcing the court to expend its scarce resources opening and maintaining a file for the case; the disadvantage is that cases can bumble along without judicial supervision and suddenly wander into court on the eve of trial, which in turn makes trial calendars unmanageable. Furthermore, rational parties usually attempt to settle before resorting to legal process, so it makes no sense for the judicial system to ignore already active cases. It is for these reasons that all other states and the federal government require plaintiffs to file a complaint and Case Information Statement/Cover Sheet to initiate a case, so that the courts can actively manage their caseloads.
Unfortunately, at present, New York's inefficient and corrupt state government cannot afford the financial burden of switching over to the more sensible system of opening and maintaining files on all active cases. On paper, the state judicial branch is adequately funded, but the money has a habit of mysteriously disappearing (with the result that New York judges are among the lowest paid in the United States) because the state government has also been extensively infiltrated by organized crime. All reform efforts have failed, including one notorious case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2008.
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