Arborwell, LLC et al v. Alerus Financial, N.A. et al
Plaintiff: Arborwell, LLC and Ci Quercus, Inc.
Defendant: Alerus Financial, N.A., Andrew G. Lavelle, Neil Woolner, Alvin F. Sortwell, Anne B. Sortwell and Arborwell, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Case Number: 4:2023cv02770
Filed: June 5, 2023
Court: US District Court for the Northern District of California
Presiding Judge: Haywood S Gilliam
Nature of Suit: Labor: E.R.I.S.A.
Cause of Action: 29 U.S.C. § 1109 Breach of Fiduciary Duties
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
August 3, 2023 Filing 25 CLERK'S NOTICE TO COUNSEL RE DOCKET NOS. #23 AND #24 . Your local co-counsel needs to e-file a notice of appearance and add him/herself to the docket as part of the e-filing process. Re Docket No. #23 Only. Your address on the application does not match the address listed on the docket (Suite 1200 is missing). Either update your address on the docket or e-file a revised application (with attachments) with the correct address reflected on it. (This is a text-only entry generated by the court. There is no document associated with this entry.) (ndr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/3/2023)
August 3, 2023 Filing 24 MOTION for leave to appear in Pro Hac Vice ( Filing fee $ 317, receipt number ACANDC-18511735.) filed by Alerus Financial, N.A.. (Attachments: #1 Certificate of Good Standing)(McSweeney, Ross) (Filed on 8/3/2023)
August 3, 2023 Filing 23 MOTION for leave to appear in Pro Hac Vice ( Filing fee $ 317, receipt number ACANDC-18511480.) filed by Alerus Financial, N.A.. (Attachments: #1 Certificate of Good Standing)(Golumbic, Lars) (Filed on 8/3/2023)
June 29, 2023 Filing 22 WAIVER OF SERVICE Returned Executed filed by Ci Quercus, Inc., Arborwell, LLC. Service waived by Alerus Financial, N.A. waiver sent on 6/13/2023, answer due 8/14/2023. (Ganjam, Sanjeet) (Filed on 6/29/2023)
June 29, 2023 Filing 21 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE by Arborwell, LLC, Ci Quercus, Inc. Proof of Service Summons and Complaint, Neil Woolner (Ganjam, Sanjeet) (Filed on 6/29/2023)
June 29, 2023 Filing 20 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE by Arborwell, LLC, Ci Quercus, Inc. Proof of Service Summons and Complaint, Andrew G. Lavelle (Ganjam, Sanjeet) (Filed on 6/29/2023)
June 29, 2023 Filing 19 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE by Arborwell, LLC, Ci Quercus, Inc. Proof of Service Summons and Complaint, Anne B. Sortwell (Ganjam, Sanjeet) (Filed on 6/29/2023)
June 29, 2023 Filing 18 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE by Arborwell, LLC, Ci Quercus, Inc. Proof of Service Summons and Complaint, Alvin F. Sortwell (Ganjam, Sanjeet) (Filed on 6/29/2023)
June 29, 2023 Filing 17 JOINT STIPULATION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT filed by Alvin F. Sortwell, Anne B. Sortwell. (Wilkes, Stephen) (Filed on 6/29/2023)
June 28, 2023 Filing 16 NOTICE of Appearance by Stephen P Wilkes (Wilkes, Stephen) (Filed on 6/28/2023)
June 23, 2023 Filing 15 JOINT STIPULATION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT filed by Andrew G. Lavelle, Neil Woolner. (Rillo, Christopher) (Filed on 6/23/2023)
June 22, 2023 Filing 14 NOTICE of Appearance by Christina Anne Romak (Romak, Christina) (Filed on 6/22/2023)
June 22, 2023 Filing 13 NOTICE of Appearance by Brandon Vernon Stracener (Stracener, Brandon) (Filed on 6/22/2023)
June 22, 2023 Filing 12 NOTICE of Appearance by David M Marchiano (Marchiano, David) (Filed on 6/22/2023)
June 21, 2023 Filing 11 CLERK'S NOTICE SETTING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE FOR REASSIGNED CIVIL CASE.Notice is hereby given that a Case Management Conference has been set for September 12, 2023, before Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr., at 2:00 p.m. Case Management Statement due by September 5th. Standing orders can be downloaded from the court's web page at www.cand.uscourts.gov/judges. All future filings should reflect the case number as 4:23-cv-02770-HSG. The September 12, 2023 proceeding will be held by AT&T Conference Line. The parties are advised that in the event of an audio problem, counsel should be prepared to attend the hearing via Zoom conference at the Courts direction. The court circulates the following conference number to allow the equivalent of a public hearing by telephone.For conference line information, see: https://apps.cand.uscourts.gov/telhrg/ All counsel, members of the public and press please use the following dial-in information below to access the conference line: Dial In: 888-808-6929Access Code: 6064255The Court may be in session with proceedings in progress when you connect to the conference line. Therefore, mute your phone if possible and wait for the Court to address you before speaking on the line. For call clarity, parties shall NOT use speaker phone or earpieces for these calls, and where at all possible, parties shall use landlines. The parties are further advised to ensure that the Court can hear and understand them clearly before speaking at length.PLEASE NOTE: Persons granted access to court proceedings held by telephone or videoconference are reminded that photographing, recording, and rebroadcasting of court proceedings, including screenshots or other visual copying of a hearing, is absolutely prohibited. See General Order 58 at Paragraph III. NOTE REGARDING TELEPHONIC CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCES: All attorneys and pro se litigants appearing for a telephonic case management conference are required to dial-in at least 15 minutes before the hearing to check-in with the CRD. (This is a text-only entry generated by the court. There is no document associated with this entry.) (ndr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/21/2023)
June 21, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 10 ORDER REASSIGNING CASE. Case reassigned using a proportionate, random, and blind system pursuant to General Order No. 44 to Judge Haywood S Gilliam, Jr for all further proceedings. Chief Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu no longer assigned to case. Signed by The Clerk on 6/21/2023. (bar, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/21/2023)
June 20, 2023 Filing 9 CLERK'S NOTICE OF IMPENDING REASSIGNMENT TO A U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE: The Clerk of this Court will now randomly reassign this case to a District Judge because either (1) a party has not consented to the jurisdiction of a Magistrate Judge, or (2) time is of the essence in deciding a pending judicial action for which the necessary consents to Magistrate Judge jurisdiction have not been secured. You will be informed by separate notice of the district judge to whom this case is reassigned. ALL HEARING DATES PRESENTLY SCHEDULED BEFORE THE CURRENT MAGISTRATE JUDGE ARE VACATED AND SHOULD BE RE-NOTICED FOR HEARING BEFORE THE JUDGE TO WHOM THIS CASE IS REASSIGNED. This is a text only docket entry; there is no document associated with this notice. (ig, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/20/2023)
June 20, 2023 Filing 8 CONSENT/DECLINATION to Proceed Before a US Magistrate Judge by Andrew G. Lavelle, Neil Woolner.. (Rillo, Christopher) (Filed on 6/20/2023)
June 20, 2023 Filing 7 NOTICE of Appearance by Christopher Rillo (Rillo, Christopher) (Filed on 6/20/2023)
June 6, 2023 Filing 6 Initial Case Management Scheduling Order with ADR Deadlines: Joint Case Management Statement due by 8/30/2023. Initial Case Management Conference set for 9/6/2023 at 1:30 PM in Oakland, Courtroom 4, 3rd Floor. (tn, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/6/2023)
June 6, 2023 Filing 5 Summons Issued as to Alerus Financial, N.A., Arborwell, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Andrew G. Lavelle, Alvin F. Sortwell, Anne B. Sortwell, Neil Woolner. (tn, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/6/2023)
June 6, 2023 Filing 4 Case assigned to Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu. Counsel for plaintiff or the removing party is responsible for serving the Complaint or Notice of Removal, Summons and the assigned judge's standing orders and all other new case documents upon the opposing parties. For information, visit E-Filing A New Civil Case at http://cand.uscourts.gov/ecf/caseopening.Standing orders can be downloaded from the court's web page at www.cand.uscourts.gov/judges. Upon receipt, the summons will be issued and returned electronically. A scheduling order will be sent by Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF) within two business days. Consent/Declination due by 6/20/2023. (ark, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/6/2023)
June 5, 2023 Filing 3 CERTIFICATION OF CONFLICTS AND INTERESTED ENTITIES OR PERSONS AND DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 7.1 filed by Arborwell, LLC, Ci Quercus, Inc. identifying Other Affiliate Savatree, LLC for Arborwell, LLC; Other Affiliate CI (Quercus) Holdings, LLC for Ci Quercus, Inc.. (Munzinger, Richard) (Filed on 6/5/2023)
June 5, 2023 Filing 2 Proposed Summons. (Munzinger, Richard) (Filed on 6/5/2023)
June 5, 2023 Filing 1 COMPLAINT AND DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL against All Defendants, (Filing Fee: $402.00, receipt number BCANDC-18331325). Filed by Ci Quercus, Inc., Arborwell, LLC. (Attachments: #(1) Exhibit A, #(2) Exhibit B, #(3) Civil Cover Sheet)(Munzinger, Richard) (Filed on 6/5/2023) Modified on 6/6/2023 (tn, COURT STAFF).

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Plaintiff: Arborwell, LLC
Represented By: Richard F. Munzinger
Represented By: Diego Benjamin Flores
Represented By: Sanjeet Sham Ganjam
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Plaintiff: Ci Quercus, Inc.
Represented By: Richard F. Munzinger
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Defendant: Alerus Financial, N.A.
Represented By: Lars Golumbic
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Defendant: Andrew G. Lavelle
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Defendant: Neil Woolner
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Defendant: Alvin F. Sortwell
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Defendant: Anne B. Sortwell
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Defendant: Arborwell, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
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