Smith v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Plaintiff: Herman B Smith
Defendant: Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Case Number: 2:2021cv00369
Filed: March 3, 2021
Court: US District Court for the District of Arizona
Presiding Judge: Michelle H Burns
Referring Judge: Dominic W Lanza
Nature of Suit: Contract: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. ยง 1331
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
April 22, 2021 Filing 16 ANSWER to #11 Amended Complaint by Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company.(Demlong, William)
April 22, 2021 Filing 15 Corporate Disclosure Statement by Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. (Wittwer, John)
April 16, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 14 ORDER: Pursuant to Rule 16(b)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Court will issue a scheduling order after receiving the parties' Rule 26(f) report. After reviewing the Rule 26(f) report, the Court will set a case management conference if meeting with the parties appears necessary or helpful. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED as follows: The parties are directed to meet, confer, and develop a Rule 26(f) Joint Case Management Report, which must be filed no later than May 14, 2021 [see attached Order for details]. Signed by Judge Dominic W Lanza on 4/16/21. (MAW)
April 16, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 13 PRELIMINARY ORDER [see attached Order for details]. Signed by Judge Dominic W Lanza on 4/16/21. (MAW)
April 16, 2021 Filing 12 NOTICE TO PARTY OF DEFICIENCY RE: CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT: Pursuant to FRCiv 7.1 and LRCiv 7.1.1 the attached Corporate Disclosure Statement form must be filed by all nongovernmental corporate parties with their first appearance. A supplemental statement must be filed upon any change in the information. In addition, if not already filed, the Corporate Disclosure Statement should be filed within 14 days. Corporate Disclosure Statement Deadline set as to Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. (MAW)
April 15, 2021 Filing 11 AMENDED COMPLAINT against All Defendants filed by Herman B Smith.(Surrano, Charles)
April 12, 2021 Filing 10 ANSWER to #1 Complaint by Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company.(Wittwer, John)
April 8, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 9 ORDER: IT IS ORDERED that within two weeks of the date of this order, Plaintiff shall file an amended complaint properly alleging the citizenship of each party. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if Plaintiff fails to timely file an amended complaint, the Clerk of the Court shall dismiss this case, without prejudice, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction [see attached Order for details]. Signed by Judge Dominic W Lanza on 4/8/21. (MAW)
April 8, 2021 Filing 8 MINUTE ORDER: Pursuant to Local Rule 3.7(b), a request has been received for a random reassignment of this case to a District Judge. FURTHER ORDERED Case reassigned by random draw to Judge Dominic W Lanza. All further pleadings/papers should now list the following COMPLETE case number: CV-21-00369-PHX-DWL. This is a TEXT ENTRY ONLY. There is no PDF document associated with this entry. (MAP)
April 8, 2021 Filing 7 Party Elects Assignment of Case to District Judge Jurisdiction. This is a TEXT ENTRY ONLY. There is no PDF document associated with this entry. (MAP)
March 12, 2021 Filing 5 SERVICE EXECUTED filed by Herman B Smith: Certificate of Service re: Summons, Complaint, Consent to Exercise Jurisdiction by a US Magistrate Judge upon Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company on 03/08/2021. (Surrano, Charles)
March 3, 2021 Filing 4 Summons Issued as to Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. (JAM). *** IMPORTANT: When printing the summons, select "Document and stamps" or "Document and comments" for the seal to appear on the document.
March 3, 2021 Filing 3 Filing fee paid, receipt number 0970-19218263. This case has been assigned to the Honorable Michelle H Burns. All future pleadings or documents should bear the correct case number: CV-21-369-PHX-MHB. Magistrate Election form attached. (JAM) Modified to correct case number on 3/3/2021 (JAM).
March 3, 2021 Filing 2 SUMMONS Submitted by Herman B Smith. (Surrano, Charles) (JAM)
March 3, 2021 Filing 1 COMPLAINT. Filing fee received: $ 402.00, receipt number 0970-19218263 filed by Herman B Smith. (Surrano, Charles) (Attachments: #1 Civil Cover Sheet)(JAM)

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Plaintiff: Herman B Smith
Represented By: John Neal Wilborn
Represented By: Charles J Surrano, III
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Defendant: Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Represented By: John Kristian Wittwer
Represented By: William M Demlong
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