Anna Kapellan v. Jersey City Medical Center, et al
Plaintiff: ANNA KAPELLAN
Defendant: JERSEY CITY MEDICAL CENTER, Inc., RWJ BARNABAS HEALTH INC, MS. MARIA CHRISTINA BERNARD, MS. JESSICA ARAUZ, MRS. JOSEPH N. MAZUR and MS. BEBE BHIKAM
Case Number: 26-1804
Filed: April 13, 2026
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
June 4, 2026 Filing 26 ECF FILER: - ADDENDUM to ECF No. 23: EXHIBITS regarding USDJ's continuous abdication of adjudicatory authority (in favor of Counsel to Defendants-Appellees) filed by Appellant Anna Kapellan. Certificate of Service dated 06/03/2026. Service made by ECF. [26-1804] (AK) [Entered: 06/04/2026 07:42 PM]
June 3, 2026 Filing 25 ECF FILER: Appellant's AT-A-GLANCE TABLE of all filed and anticipated appeals and appellate motions (UPDATED 6/3/26) filed by Appellant Anna Kapellan. Certificate of Service dated 06/03/2026. Service made by ECF. [26-1804] (AK) [Entered: 06/03/2026 04:23 AM]
May 21, 2026 Filing 24 ECF FILER: LETTER from Party Anna Kapellan -- notice that an additional, nominally linked appeal has been filed; notice is accompanied by an AT-A-GLANCE TABLE of all filed and anticipated appeals. Certificate of Service dated 05/21/2026. Service made by ECF. [26-1804] (AK) [Entered: 05/21/2026 11:12 AM]
May 4, 2026 Filing 23 ECF FILER: Motion filed by Appellant Anna Kapellan to review - Appellant's REPLY (per FRAP 27(a)(4)) to the opposition (ECF#17) to Appellant's motion (ECF#16). This reply demonstrates Appellees' fraud on the Court; the declaration attached to the reply offers examples of USDJ's Sec. 455 abdication of authority. Certificate of Service dated 05/04/2026. Service made by ECF. [26-1804] (AK) [Entered: 05/04/2026 10:21 AM]
May 4, 2026 Filing 22 ECF FILER: - Appellant's at-a-glance table of all commenced and forthcoming appeals and of all filed and anticipated motions filed by Appellant Anna Kapellan. Certificate of Service dated 05/04/2026. Service made by ECF. [26-1804] (AK) [Entered: 05/04/2026 10:17 AM]
May 4, 2026 Filing 21 ECF FILER: - Appellant's exhibit of information subject to judicial notice. This exhibit is referred to in Appellant's pre-principal-brief motion papers. filed by Appellant Anna Kapellan. Certificate of Service dated 05/04/2026. Service made by ECF. [26-1804] (AK) [Entered: 05/04/2026 10:14 AM]
April 28, 2026 Filing 20 ECF FILER: Motion filed by Appellant Anna Kapellan to review - Appellant's motion to confirm the Court's prefatory appellate jurisdiction under Cohen (in addition to the Court's mandamus jurisdiction) to address the merits of this abdication-of-adjudicatory-authority appeal (to be presented in her principal brief). Certificate of Service dated 04/28/2026. Service made by ECF. [26-1804] (AK) [Entered: 04/28/2026 01:07 AM]
April 28, 2026 Filing 19 ECF FILER: - Appellant's updated at-a-glance table reflecting her filed and forthcoming appeals and her filed and anticipated pre-principal-brief motions filed by Appellant Anna Kapellan. Certificate of Service dated 04/28/2026. Service made by ECF. [26-1804] (AK) [Entered: 04/28/2026 01:00 AM]
April 28, 2026 Filing 18 ECF FILER: LETTER from Party Anna Kapellan - Appellant's notice that her motion responding to the Clerk's ECF No.4 inquiry and her separate jurisdictional Cohen-and-mandamus motion have been filed; Appellant's reply to Appellees' opposition (ECF No. 17) is forthcoming pursuant to FRAP 27(a)(4). Certificate of Service dated 04/28/2026. Service made by ECF. [26-1804] (AK) [Entered: 04/28/2026 12:52 AM]
April 27, 2026 Filing 17 ECF FILER: Response filed by Appellees Jessica Arauz, Maria Christina Bernard, Bebe Bhikam, Jersey City Medical Center, Joseph N. Mazur and RWJ Barnabas Health Inc to clerk order. Certificate of Service dated 04/27/2026. [26-1804] (JMA) [Entered: 04/27/2026 04:59 PM]
April 27, 2026 Filing 16 ECF FILER: Motion filed by Appellant Anna Kapellan to review - Appellant's motion to confirm that, as a matter of law, the holdings of Green and Simmons are inapposite to this Section 455 appeal and that Appellees lack standing in this appeal (motion filed per the Clerk's Order at ECF No. 4). Certificate of Service dated 04/27/2026. Service made by ECF. [26-1804] (AK) [Entered: 04/27/2026 04:54 PM]
April 27, 2026 Filing 15 ECF FILER: DISCLOSURE STATEMENT on behalf of Appellees Jersey City Medical Center and RWJ Barnabas Health Inc. [26-1804] (JMA) [Entered: 04/27/2026 04:50 PM]
April 27, 2026 Filing 14 ECF FILER: ENTRY OF APPEARANCE from Jason Michael Altschul, Esq. on behalf of Appellee(s) Jersey City Medical Center, RWJ Barnabas Health, Inc., Maria Christina Bernardo, APN, Jessica Arauz, APN, Bebe Bhikam, PCT and Joseph Mazur, RN. [26-1804] (JMA) [Entered: 04/27/2026 04:47 PM]
April 27, 2026 Filing 13 ECF FILER: DISCLOSURE STATEMENT on behalf of Appellant -- Kapellan's corporate disclosure statement and statement of financial interest. on behalf of Appellant Anna Kapellan. [26-1804] (AK) [Entered: 04/27/2026 04:45 PM]
April 13, 2026 Filing 12 ECF FILER: Motion filed by Appellant Anna Kapellan to review - Appellant's motion, with declaration of Anna Kapellan, Esq., requesting leave to submit (by mail only) a HIGHLY SENSITIVE unredacted affidavit for the Court's ex parte, in camera review. Certificate of Service dated 04/13/2026. Service made by ECF. [26-1804] (AK) [Entered: 04/13/2026 11:53 PM]
April 13, 2026 Filing 11 ECF FILER: Motion filed by Appellant Anna Kapellan to review - Appellant's motion to hold this appeal in abeyance until all five other appeals are briefed (this is a structural appeal regarding the USDJ's abdication of authority; its resolution affects all substantive appeals & all other structural appeals). Certificate of Service dated 04/13/2026. Service made by ECF. [26-1804] (AK) [Entered: 04/13/2026 11:00 PM]
April 13, 2026 Filing 10 ECF FILER: Concise Summary of the Case filed by Appellant Anna Kapellan. [26-1804] (AK) [Entered: 04/13/2026 09:28 PM]
April 13, 2026 Filing 9 ECF FILER: CIVIL INFORMATION STATEMENT on behalf of Appellant Anna Kapellan. [26-1804] (AK) [Entered: 04/13/2026 09:17 PM]
April 13, 2026 Filing 8 ECF FILER: Motion filed by Appellant Anna Kapellan to review - Appellant's motion requesting that the Clerk set this appeal as the final appeal in the Clerk's sequential briefing schedule (to be issued after abeyance terminates). Certificate of Service dated 04/13/2026. Service made by ECF. [26-1804] (AK) [Entered: 04/13/2026 08:37 PM]
April 13, 2026 Filing 7 ECF FILER: Motion filed by Appellant Anna Kapellan to review - Appellant's motion requesting that the Court decline consolidation of this appeal with Kapellan's other appeals (this is a structural appeal concerning the District Judge's abdication of adjudicatory authority). Certificate of Service dated 04/13/2026. Service made by ECF. [26-1804] (AK) [Entered: 04/13/2026 07:47 PM]
April 13, 2026 Filing 6 ECF FILER: - Appellant's declaration briefly summarizing her position regarding the Court's interlocutory jurisdiction over this appeal (this appeal is based on the District Judge's complete abdication of adjudicatory authority) filed by Appellant Anna Kapellan. Certificate of Service dated 04/13/2026. Service made by ECF. [26-1804] (AK) [Entered: 04/13/2026 05:47 PM]
April 13, 2026 Filing 5 ECF FILER: ENTRY OF APPEARANCE from Anna Kapellan, Esq. on behalf of Appellant(s) Anna Kapellan. [26-1804] (AK) [Entered: 04/13/2026 05:17 PM]
April 13, 2026 Opinion or Order Filing 4 ORDER (Clerk) Appellant seeks review of the District Courts order entered March 17, 2026. The order on appeal is not final within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. 1291 and is not otherwise appealable at this time. See City of Pittsburgh v. Simmons, 729 F.2d 953 (3d Cir. 1984); Green v. Murphy, 259 F.2d 591, 594 (3d Cir. 1958). All parties must file written responses addressing this issue, with a certificate of service attached, within fourteen (14) days from the date of this order. (AMR) [Entered: 04/13/2026 02:42 PM]
April 13, 2026 Filing 3 NOTICE Pursuant to 3d Cir. L.A.R. 26.1, a document is timely filed if received by 5:00 p.m. ET on the last day for filing unless the Court sets a different time, the document has been submitted by an inmate pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 25(a)(2)(A)(iii), or otherwise specified in L.A.R. 26.1 (AMR) [Entered: 04/13/2026 02:39 PM]
April 13, 2026 Filing 2 RECORD available on District Court CM/ECF. (AMR) [Entered: 04/13/2026 02:39 PM]
April 13, 2026 Filing 1 CIVIL CASE DOCKETED. Notice filed by Appellant Anna Kapellan in District Court No. 2:23-cv-00597. (AMR) [Entered: 04/13/2026 02:36 PM]

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Plaintiff: ANNA KAPELLAN
Represented By: Anna Kapellan
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Defendant: JERSEY CITY MEDICAL CENTER, Inc.
Represented By: Jason M. Altschul Esq.
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Defendant: RWJ BARNABAS HEALTH INC
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Defendant: MS. MARIA CHRISTINA BERNARD
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Defendant: MS. JESSICA ARAUZ
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Defendant: MRS. JOSEPH N. MAZUR
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