Terry T. Gerritsen v. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc et al
Plaintiff: Terry T. Gerritsen
Defendant: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc, Katja Motion Picture Corp and New Line Productions Inc
Case Number: 2:2014cv03305
Filed: April 29, 2014
Court: US District Court for the Central District of California
Presiding Judge: Margaret M Morrow
Referring Judge: Carla Woehrle
Nature of Suit: Contract: Other
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. § 1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
June 29, 2015 Filing 49 NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal filed by Plaintiff Terry T. Gerritsen. Dismissal is without prejudice. (Kulik, Glen)
June 17, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 48 ORDER MODIFYING FILING SCHEDULE IN CONNECTION WITH PLAINTIFF'S SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT AND DEFENDANTS' RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFF'S SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT by Judge Margaret M. Morrow, re Stipulation #47 : Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties, and good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 1. Plaintiff will file any Second Amended Complaint by no later than July 9, 2015; and 2. Defendants will file their response to the Second Amended Complaint by no later than July 31, 2015. (bm)
June 16, 2015 Filing 47 Joint STIPULATION for Order RE: MODIFIED FILING SCHEDULE IN CONNECTION WITH PLAINTIFF'S SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT AND DEFENDANTS' RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFF'S SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT filed by Defendants Katja Motion Picture Corp, New Line Productions Inc, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (Attachments: #1 Proposed Order)(Kline, Matthew)
June 12, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 46 ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFF'S FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT #33 by Judge Margaret M. Morrow: The court strikes plaintiff's new claims for breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing under Rule 12(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. It grants defendants' motion to dismiss the first amended complaint. Gerritsen may file an amended complaint within twenty (20) days of the date of this order. (ah)
May 11, 2015 Filing 45 NOTICE of Appearance filed by attorney Laura E Lorenz on behalf of Defendants Katja Motion Picture Corp, New Line Productions Inc, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc (Attorney Laura E Lorenz added to party Katja Motion Picture Corp(pty:dft), Attorney Laura E Lorenz added to party New Line Productions Inc(pty:dft), Attorney Laura E Lorenz added to party Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc(pty:dft))(Lorenz, Laura)
May 6, 2015 Filing 44 REPLY In Support Of MOTION to Dismiss Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint #33 filed by Defendants Katja Motion Picture Corp, New Line Productions Inc, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (Kline, Matthew)
May 5, 2015 Filing 43 REPLY In Support Of REQUEST for Consideration of sources incorporated by reference in Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint #34 filed by Defendants Katja Motion Picture Corp, New Line Productions Inc, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (Pearson, Ashley)
April 29, 2015 Filing 42 Objection in Opposition re: REQUEST for Consideration of sources incorporated by reference in Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint #34 filed by Plaintiff Terry T. Gerritsen. (Kulik, Glen)
April 29, 2015 Filing 41 MEMORANDUM in Opposition to MOTION to Dismiss Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint #33 filed by Plaintiff Terry T. Gerritsen. (Kulik, Glen)
April 2, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 40 STIPULATION AND ORDER by Judge Margaret M. Morrow: re Stipulation for Order, #39 . Plaintiff's opposition to motion to dismiss due April 29, 2105. Defendant's reply due May 6, 2015. See order for details. (ah)
March 24, 2015 Filing 39 STIPULATION for Order re: MODIFIED BRIEFING SCHEDULE IN CONNECTION WITH DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFF'S FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT filed by Defendants Katja Motion Picture Corp, New Line Productions Inc, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (Attachments: #1 Proposed Order)(Kline, Matthew)
March 24, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 38 SCHEDULING NOTICE TEXT ONLY ENTRY: (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER Striking Stipulation to Expedite Briefing Schedule by Judge Margaret M. Morrow re: Stipulation to Expedite, #36 . Separate proposed order not attached. See L.R. 52-4.1: Separate Order. A separate proposed order shall be submitted with any stipulation, application, motion, or request of the parties requiring an order of the court. If the proposed order is the result of a stipulation, the pertinent elements requested in the stipulation shall be set forth in the order. Unless the filer is exempted from electronic filing pursuant to L.R. 5-4.2(a), the proposed order shall be submitted as provided in L.R. 5-4.4. THERE IS NO PDF DOCUMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ENTRY. (kss) TEXT ONLY ENTRY
March 23, 2015 Filing 37 NOTICE TO FILER OF DEFICIENCIES in Electronically Filed Documents RE: Joint Stipulation Re: Modified Briefing Schedule #36 . (bm)
March 20, 2015 Filing 36 [STRICKEN] STIPULATION to Expedite Briefing Schedule in Connection with Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint (Not Altering or Impacting Hearing Date) filed by Defendants Katja Motion Picture Corp, New Line Productions Inc, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.(Kline, Matthew) Modified on 3/24/2015 (kss).
March 9, 2015 Filing 35 DECLARATION of Matthew T. Kline in support of MOTION to Dismiss Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint #33 , REQUEST for Consideration of sources incorporated by reference in Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint #34 filed by Defendants Katja Motion Picture Corp, New Line Productions Inc, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (Attachments: #1 Exhibits A through F, #2 Exhibits G through M)(Kline, Matthew)
March 9, 2015 Filing 34 REQUEST for Consideration of sources incorporated by reference in Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint filed by defendants Katja Motion Picture Corp, New Line Productions Inc, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Request set for hearing on 6/15/2015 at 10:00 AM before Judge Margaret M. Morrow. (Attachments: #1 Proposed Order)(Attorney Ashley K Pearson added to party Katja Motion Picture Corp(pty:dft), Attorney Ashley K Pearson added to party New Line Productions Inc(pty:dft), Attorney Ashley K Pearson added to party Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc(pty:dft))(Pearson, Ashley)
March 9, 2015 Filing 33 NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION to Dismiss Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint filed by defendants Katja Motion Picture Corp, New Line Productions Inc, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Motion set for hearing on 6/15/2015 at 10:00 AM before Judge Margaret M. Morrow. (Attachments: #1 Proposed Order)(Kline, Matthew)
March 2, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 32 (IN CHAMBERS): ORDER Re: Plaintiff's Ex Parte Application for Clarification #29 by Judge Margaret M. Morrow: Gerritsen may not take discovery until she has made showing. See order for details. (ah)
February 25, 2015 Filing 31 Opposition re: EX PARTE APPLICATION for Order for Clarification of Scheduling Order Regarding Fact Discovery Cutoff #29 filed by Defendants Katja Motion Picture Corp, New Line Productions Inc, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (Attachments: #1 Declaration Of Matthew T. Kline, #2 Exhibit A-H)(Kline, Matthew)
February 24, 2015 Filing 30 NOTICE OF ERRATA filed by Plaintiff Terry T. Gerritsen. correcting EX PARTE APPLICATION for Order for Clarification of Scheduling Order Regarding Fact Discovery Cutoff #29 (Kulik, Glen)
February 24, 2015 Filing 29 EX PARTE APPLICATION for Order for Clarification of Scheduling Order Regarding Fact Discovery Cutoff filed by Plaintiff Terry T. Gerritsen. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A, #2 Exhibit B, #3 Proposed Order)(Kulik, Glen)
February 19, 2015 Filing 28 FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT against Defendants Katja Motion Picture Corp, New Line Productions Inc, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc amending Complaint - (Discovery), #1 , filed by Plaintiff Terry T. Gerritsen (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1)(Kulik, Glen)
February 5, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 27 ORDER/REFERRAL to ADR Procedure No 3 by Judge Margaret M. Morrow. Case ordered to a private mediator based upon a stipulation of the parties or by the court order. ADR Proceeding to be held no later than 10/19/2015. (ah)
February 5, 2015 Filing 26 IN CHAMBERS SETTING CASE MANAGEMENT DATES by Judge Margaret M. Morrow: Final Pretrial Conference set for 11/23/2015 09:00 AM before Judge Margaret M. Morrow. Jury Trial set for 1/5/2016 08:30 AM before Judge Margaret M. Morrow. Telephone Conference set for 7/22/2015 05:30 PM. (ah)
January 30, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 25 ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS #8 by Judge Margaret M. Morrow: The court grants defendants' motion to dismiss Gerritsen's complaint. Gerritsen may file an amended complaint within twenty (20) days of the date of this order if she is able to remedy the deficiencies the court has noted in this order. (ah)
January 16, 2015 Filing 24 Objection re: MOTION to Dismiss Case #8 as to Defendants' Notice of Supplemental Authority filed by Plaintiff Terry T. Gerritsen. (Kulik, Glen)
January 14, 2015 Filing 23 NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY IN SUPPORT OF THEIR MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFFS COMPLAINT filed by Defendants Katja Motion Picture Corp, New Line Productions Inc, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A)(Kline, Matthew)
September 26, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 22 TEXT ONLY ENTRY: (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER TAKING HEARING ON DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS #8 OFF CALENDAR by Judge Margaret M. Morrow. Defendants' motion to dismiss is currently on calendar for September 29, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. Pursuant to Rule 78 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Local Rule 7-15, the court finds that this matter is appropriate for decision without oral argument. The hearing calendared for September 29, 2014, is hereby vacated, and the matter is taken off calendar. The matter will be deemed submitted on the vacated hearing date, and the clerk will notify the parties when the court has reached a decision. The court further vacates the SCHEDULING CONFERENCE scheduled for September 29, 2014 10:00 am. A minute order setting forth the dates that will manage the case will be issued at a later date. THERE IS NO PDF DOCUMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ENTRY. (ah) TEXT ONLY ENTRY
September 19, 2014 Filing 21 JOINT REPORT Rule 26(f) Discovery Plan ; estimated length of trial 5 days, filed by Defendants Katja Motion Picture Corp, New Line Productions Inc, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.. (Kline, Matthew)
September 15, 2014 Filing 20 Defendants' Opposition to Plaintiff's additional Request for Judicial Notice filed by Defendants Katja Motion Picture Corp, New Line Productions Inc, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc re: Request for Judicial Notice, Request for Relief #16 (Pearson, Ashley)
September 15, 2014 Filing 19 RESPONSE filed by Defendants Katja Motion Picture Corp, New Line Productions Inc, Warner Bros. Entertainment Incto Objection/Opposition (Motion related) #15 (Kline, Matthew)
September 15, 2014 Filing 18 Defendants' Opposition to Plaintiff's Request for Judicial Notice filed by Defendants Katja Motion Picture Corp, New Line Productions Inc, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc re: Request for Judicial Notice,, Request for Relief, #14 (Kline, Matthew)
September 15, 2014 Filing 17 REPLY in Support of MOTION to Dismiss Case #8 filed by Defendants Katja Motion Picture Corp, New Line Productions Inc, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (Kline, Matthew)
September 8, 2014 Filing 16 REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE re MOTION to Dismiss Case #8 (Additional RJN in Opposition to Motion) filed by Plaintiff Terry T. Gerritsen. (Kulik, Glen)
September 8, 2014 Filing 15 Objection in Opposition to Declaration of Ashley Pearson and Attached Exhibits re: MOTION to Dismiss Case #8 filed by Plaintiff Terry T. Gerritsen. (Kulik, Glen)
September 8, 2014 Filing 14 REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE re MOTION to Dismiss Case #8 in Support of Opposition filed by Plaintiff Terry T. Gerritsen. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1-10, #2 Exhibit 11-25, #3 Exhibit 26-34, #4 Exhibit 35-45)(Kulik, Glen)
September 8, 2014 Filing 13 MEMORANDUM in Opposition to MOTION to Dismiss Case #8 filed by Plaintiff Terry T. Gerritsen. (Kulik, Glen)
June 23, 2014 Filing 12 TEXT ONLY ENTRY: Judge Margaret M. Morrow is participating in a pilot project regarding the submission of SEALED DOCUMENTS. All proposed sealed documents must be submitted via e-mail to the Judge's Chambers email at MMM_chambers@cacd.uscourts.gov. Please refer to the judge's procedures and schedules for detailed instructions for submission of sealed documents. THERE IS NO PDF DOCUMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ENTRY. (ah) TEXT ONLY ENTRY
June 23, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 11 ORDER SETTING SCHEDULING CONFERENCE by Judge Margaret M. Morrow. Rule 26 Meeting Report due by 9/19/2014. Scheduling Conference set for 9/29/2014 10:00 AM before Judge Margaret M. Morrow. (ah)
June 23, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 10 TEXT ONLY ENTRY (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER CONTINUING MOTION TO DISMISS by Judge Margaret M. Morrow re: MOTION to Dismiss Case #8 previously scheduled for 9/15/2014 10:00 am has been rescheduled. The court, on its own motion, continues defendants' motion to dismiss to 9/29/2014 at 10:00 a.m.THERE IS NO PDF DOCUMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ENTRY. (ah) TEXT ONLY ENTRY
June 20, 2014 Filing 9 NOTICE OF ERRATA filed by Defendants Katja Motion Picture Corp, New Line Productions Inc, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. correcting MOTION to Dismiss Case #8 (Attachments: #1 Declaration of Ashley Pearson in Suppport of Motion to Dismiss w/ Exhibits A-G)(Kline, Matthew)
June 20, 2014 Filing 8 NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION to Dismiss Case filed by defendants Katja Motion Picture Corp, New Line Productions Inc, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Motion set for hearing on 9/15/2014 at 10:00 AM before Judge Margaret M. Morrow. (Attachments: #1 Declaration of Ashley Pearson in Support of, #2 Exhibit A, #3 Exhibit B, #4 Exhibit C, #5 Exhibit D, #6 Exhibit E, #7 Exhibit F, #8 Exhibit G, #9 Proposed Order, #10 Proof of Service)(Attorney Matthew T Kline added to party Katja Motion Picture Corp(pty:dft), Attorney Matthew T Kline added to party New Line Productions Inc(pty:dft), Attorney Matthew T Kline added to party Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc(pty:dft))(Kline, Matthew)
June 20, 2014 Filing 7 NOTICE of Manual Filing filed by Defendants Katja Motion Picture Corp, New Line Productions Inc, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc of Lodged Paperback novel Gravity, by Tess Gerritsen, published in 1999; Blu-ray DVD Gravity, directed by Alfonso Cuarn, released in 2013. (Kline, Matthew)
May 8, 2014 Filing 6 NOTICE of Interested Parties filed by defendant Katja Motion Picture Corp, New Line Productions Inc, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc, (Schultz, Michelle)
May 8, 2014 Filing 5 Joint STIPULATION Extending Time to Answer the complaint as to New Line Productions Inc answer now due 6/20/2014; Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc answer now due 6/20/2014; Katja Motion Picture Corp answer now due 6/20/2014, re Complaint - (Discovery), #1 filed by defendant New Line Productions Inc; Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc; Katja Motion Picture Corp.(Attorney Michelle Inouye Schultz added to party Katja Motion Picture Corp(pty:dft), Attorney Michelle Inouye Schultz added to party New Line Productions Inc(pty:dft), Attorney Michelle Inouye Schultz added to party Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc(pty:dft))(Schultz, Michelle)
April 29, 2014 Filing 4 NOTICE TO PARTIES OF COURT-DIRECTED ADR PROGRAM filed. (et)
April 29, 2014 Filing 3 CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE of Interested Parties filed by Plaintiff Terry T. Gerritsen. (et) (mg).
April 29, 2014 Filing 2 21 DAY Summons Issued re Complaint - (Discovery) #1 as to Defendants Katja Motion Picture Corp, New Line Productions Inc, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (et)
April 29, 2014 Filing 1 COMPLAINT against Defendants Katja Motion Picture Corp, New Line Productions Inc, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Case assigned to Judge Margaret M. Morrow for all further proceedings. Discovery referred to Magistrate Judge Carla Woehrle. (Filing fee $ 400 PAID.) Jury Demanded., filed by Plaintiff Terry T. Gerritsen. (et) (Additional attachment(s) added on 4/30/2014: #1 Notice of Assignment, #2 Civil Cover Sheet) (mg).

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Plaintiff: Terry T. Gerritsen
Represented By: Glen L Kulik
Represented By: Natalie N Mutz
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Defendant: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Represented By: Ashley K Pearson
Represented By: Laura E Lorenz
Represented By: Matthew T Kline
Represented By: Michelle Inouye Schultz
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Defendant: Katja Motion Picture Corp
Represented By: Ashley K Pearson
Represented By: Laura E Lorenz
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Defendant: New Line Productions Inc
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