Margul et al v. Evolve Bank & Trust et al
Plaintiff: Olga Margul, Colin Smith, Henry Yeh, Kelli Jo Claxton, Rod Gendron and Kayla Morris
Defendant: AMERICAN BANK, Inc., AMG NATIONAL TRUST, EVOLVE BANK & TRUST, Evolve Bancorp, Inc., LINEAGE BANK and American Bank, N.A.
Case Number: 1:2024cv03259
Filed: November 22, 2024
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
Presiding Judge: Scott T Varholak
Nature of Suit: P.I.: Other
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. § 1332 Diversity-Personal Injury
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
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Date Filed Document Text
January 17, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 37 ORDER granting #36 Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to Answer or Otherwise Respond. The Court extends the deadline for Defendants Evolve Bancorp, Inc. and Evolve Bank & Trust to answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiffs Amended Complaint to 3/7/2025. SO ORDERED, by Magistrate Judge Scott T. Varholak on 1/17/2025. Text Only Entry(stvlc6, )
January 16, 2025 Filing 36 Unopposed MOTION for Extension of Time to File Answer or Otherwise Respond re #28 Amended Complaint by Defendants Evolve Bank & Trust, Evolve Bancorp, Inc.. (Attachments: #1 Proposed Order (PDF Only))(Swaminathan, Aravind)
January 15, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 35 ORDER granting #34 Motion for Extension of Time to Answer or Otherwise Respond. The Court extends the deadline for Defendant AMG National Trust to respond to Plaintiff's Amended Class Action Complaint to 1/27/2025. SO ORDERED, by Magistrate Judge Scott T. Varholak on 1/15/2025. Text Only Entry(stvlc6, )
January 14, 2025 Filing 34 Unopposed MOTION for Extension of Time to File Answer or Otherwise Respond re #28 Amended Complaint by Defendant AMG National Trust. (Attachments: #1 Proposed Order (PDF Only) Granting AMG National Trust's Unopposed Motion for 3-Day Extension)(Robertson, Eric)
January 13, 2025 Filing 33 WAIVER OF SERVICE Returned Executed by Kayla Morris, Henry Yeh, Kelli Jo Claxton, Olga Margul, Colin Smith, Rod Gendron. American Bank, N.A. waiver sent on 1/9/2025, answer due 3/10/2025. (Berry, M.)
January 10, 2025 Filing 32 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Kayla Morris, Henry Yeh, Kelli Jo Claxton, Olga Margul, Colin Smith, Rod Gendron. AMG National Trust served on 12/13/2024, answer due 1/24/2025. (Berry, M.)
January 9, 2025 Filing 31 SUMMONS issued by Clerk as to American Bank, N.A. (rvill, )
January 8, 2025 Filing 30 WAIVER OF SERVICE Returned Executed by Kayla Morris, Henry Yeh, Kelli Jo Claxton, Olga Margul, Colin Smith, Rod Gendron. Lineage Bank waiver sent on 1/3/2025, answer due 3/4/2025. (Berry, M.)
January 3, 2025 Filing 29 SUMMONS REQUEST as to American Bank, N.A., an Iowa Bank re #28 Amended Complaint by Plaintiffs Olga Margul, Kelli Jo Claxton, Henry Yeh, Colin Smith, Rod Gendron, Kayla Morris. (Berry, M.)
December 31, 2024 Filing 28 AMENDED COMPLAINT against AMG National Trust, Evolve Bancorp, Inc., Evolve Bank & Trust, Lineage Bank, American Bank, N.A., filed by Kayla Morris, Henry Yeh, Kelli Jo Claxton, Olga Margul, Colin Smith, Rod Gendron.(Berry, M.)
December 30, 2024 Filing 27 STIPULATION for Extension of Time to Answer or Respond to the Complaint STIPULATION UNDER D.C.COLO.LCivR 6.1 FOR 21-DAY EXTENSION OF TIME FOR DEFENDANT AMG NATIONAL TRUST TO RESPOND TO PLAINTIFFS COMPLAINT by Defendant AMG National Trust. AMG National Trust answer due 1/24/2025. (Robertson, Eric)
December 30, 2024 Filing 26 STIPULATION for Extension of Time to Answer or Respond to the Complaint STIPULATION UNDER D.C.COLO.LCivR 6.1 FOR 21-DAY EXTENSION OF TIME FOR DEFENDANT AMG NATIONAL TRUST TO RESPOND TO PLAINTIFFS COMPLAINT by Defendant AMG National Trust. AMG National Trust answer due 1/3/2025. (Robertson, Eric)
December 17, 2024 Filing 25 CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. (Robertson, Eric)
December 17, 2024 Filing 24 NOTICE of Entry of Appearance by Iva Velickovic on behalf of AMG National TrustAttorney Iva Velickovic added to party AMG National Trust(pty:dft) (Velickovic, Iva)
December 17, 2024 Filing 23 NOTICE of Entry of Appearance by Eric Lindsay Robertson on behalf of AMG National TrustAttorney Eric Lindsay Robertson added to party AMG National Trust(pty:dft) (Robertson, Eric)
December 17, 2024 Filing 22 NOTICE of Entry of Appearance by Hugh Q. Gottschalk on behalf of AMG National TrustAttorney Hugh Q. Gottschalk added to party AMG National Trust(pty:dft) (Gottschalk, Hugh)
December 12, 2024 Filing 21 NOTICE of Entry of Appearance by James Gerard Stranch, IV on behalf of All Plaintiffs Attorney James Gerard Stranch, IV added to party Olga Margul(pty:pla), Attorney James Gerard Stranch, IV added to party Kelli Jo Claxton(pty:pla), Attorney James Gerard Stranch, IV added to party Henry Yeh(pty:pla), Attorney James Gerard Stranch, IV added to party Colin Smith(pty:pla), Attorney James Gerard Stranch, IV added to party Rod Gendron(pty:pla), Attorney James Gerard Stranch, IV added to party Kayla Morris(pty:pla) (Stranch, James)
December 6, 2024 Filing 20 SUMMONSES issued by Clerk. (norlin, )
December 6, 2024 Filing 19 SUMMONS REQUEST as to American Bank, Inc., Evolve Bancorp, Inc., AMG National Trust, Evolve Bank & Trust, Lineage Bank re #1 Complaint,,, by Plaintiffs Olga Margul, Kelli Jo Claxton, Henry Yeh, Colin Smith, Rod Gendron, Kayla Morris. (Attachments: #1 Summons Evolve Bank Corp, Inc., #2 Summons AMG National Trust, #3 Summons Evolve Bank & Trust, #4 Summons Lineage Bank)(Berry, M.)
December 4, 2024 Filing 18 NOTICE of Entry of Appearance by Marc R. Shapiro on behalf of Evolve Bank & Trust, Evolve Bancorp, Inc. Attorney Marc R. Shapiro added to party Evolve Bank & Trust(pty:dft), Attorney Marc R. Shapiro added to party Evolve Bancorp, Inc. (pty:dft) (Shapiro, Marc)
December 4, 2024 Filing 17 NOTICE of Entry of Appearance by Diana S. Fassbender on behalf of Evolve Bank & Trust, Evolve Bancorp, Inc. Attorney Diana S. Fassbender added to party Evolve Bank & Trust(pty:dft), Attorney Diana S. Fassbender added to party Evolve Bancorp, Inc. (pty:dft) (Fassbender, Diana)
December 4, 2024 Filing 16 NOTICE of Entry of Appearance by Amisha R. Patel on behalf of Evolve Bank & Trust, Evolve Bancorp, Inc. Attorney Amisha R. Patel added to party Evolve Bank & Trust(pty:dft), Attorney Amisha R. Patel added to party Evolve Bancorp, Inc. (pty:dft) (Patel, Amisha)
December 4, 2024 Filing 15 NOTICE of Entry of Appearance by Aravind Swaminathan on behalf of Evolve Bank & Trust, Evolve Bancorp, Inc. Attorney Aravind Swaminathan added to party Evolve Bank & Trust(pty:dft), Attorney Aravind Swaminathan added to party Evolve Bancorp, Inc. (pty:dft) (Swaminathan, Aravind)
December 4, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 14 ORDER This matter is before the Court on Plaintiffs' #13 Motion to Consolidate Cases. Pursuant to D.C.COLO.LCivR 7.1(a), "[b]efore filing a motion... the moving party... shall confer or make reasonable, good faith efforts to confer with any opposing counsel... to resolve any disputed matter" and "shall describe in the motion... the specific efforts to fulfill this duty." There is no indication in the Motion that Plaintiffs complied with this conferral requirement prior to filing the Motion. Accordingly, the Motion is STRICKEN. SO ORDERED, by Magistrate Judge Scott T. Varholak on 12/4/2024. Text Only Entry(stvlc6, )
December 3, 2024 Filing 13 MOTION to Consolidate Cases and Appoint Interim Co-Lead Counsel by Plaintiffs Olga Margul, Kelli Jo Claxton, Henry Yeh, Colin Smith, Rod Gendron, Kayla Morris. (Attachments: #1 Proposed Order (PDF Only), #2 Exhibit PLAINTIFFS EXHIBIT A, #3 Exhibit PLAINTIFFS EXHIBIT B, #4 Exhibit PLAINTIFFS EXHIBIT C)(Berry, M.)
November 27, 2024 Filing 12 CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. (Mayhan, David)
November 27, 2024 Filing 11 CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. (Mayhan, David)
November 25, 2024 Filing 10 NOTICE of Entry of Appearance by Daniel Warren Van Horn on behalf of Evolve Bank & Trust, Evolve Bancorp, Inc. Attorney Daniel Warren Van Horn added to party Evolve Bank & Trust(pty:dft), Attorney Daniel Warren Van Horn added to party Evolve Bancorp, Inc. (pty:dft) (Van Horn, Daniel)
November 25, 2024 Filing 9 NOTICE of Entry of Appearance by Sarah Smyth O'Brien on behalf of Evolve Bank & Trust, Evolve Bancorp, Inc. Attorney Sarah Smyth O'Brien added to party Evolve Bank & Trust(pty:dft), Attorney Sarah Smyth O'Brien added to party Evolve Bancorp, Inc. (pty:dft) (O'Brien, Sarah)
November 25, 2024 Filing 8 NOTICE of Entry of Appearance by David Gregory Mayhan on behalf of Evolve Bank & Trust, Evolve Bancorp, Inc. Attorney David Gregory Mayhan added to party Evolve Bank & Trust(pty:dft), Attorney David Gregory Mayhan added to party Evolve Bancorp, Inc. (pty:dft) (Mayhan, David)
November 25, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 7 ORDER Setting Deadline for Filing Election Concerning Consent/Non-Consent to Magistrate Jurisdiction Form and Setting Scheduling Conference by Magistrate Judge Scott T. Varholak on 11/25/2024. Consent Form due by 1/21/2025. Proposed Scheduling Order. 1/28/2025. Scheduling Conference set for 2/4/2025 10:45 AM in Courtroom A 402 before Magistrate Judge Scott T. Varholak. (sphil, ) Modified on 11/25/2024 to edit text. (sphil, ).
November 25, 2024 Filing 6 WAIVER OF SERVICE Returned Executed by Kayla Morris, Henry Yeh, Kelli Jo Claxton, Olga Margul, Colin Smith, Rod Gendron. Evolve Bank & Trust waiver sent on 11/25/2024, answer due 1/24/2025. (Berry, M.)
November 25, 2024 Filing 5 WAIVER OF SERVICE Returned Executed by Kayla Morris, Henry Yeh, Kelli Jo Claxton, Olga Margul, Colin Smith, Rod Gendron. Evolve Bancorp, Inc. waiver sent on 11/25/2024, answer due 1/24/2025. (Berry, M.)
November 25, 2024 Filing 4 NOTICE of Entry of Appearance by Gary Michael Klinger on behalf of Olga Margul, Kelli Jo Claxton, Henry Yeh, Colin Smith, Rod Gendron, Kayla MorrisAttorney Gary Michael Klinger added to party Olga Margul(pty:pla), Attorney Gary Michael Klinger added to party Kelli Jo Claxton(pty:pla), Attorney Gary Michael Klinger added to party Henry Yeh(pty:pla), Attorney Gary Michael Klinger added to party Colin Smith(pty:pla), Attorney Gary Michael Klinger added to party Rod Gendron(pty:pla), Attorney Gary Michael Klinger added to party Kayla Morris(pty:pla) (Klinger, Gary)
November 22, 2024 Filing 3 Magistrate Judge consent form issued pursuant to D.C.COLO.LCivR 40.1, direct assignment of civil actions to full time magistrate judges. No summons issued due to incomplete caption. (efoga, )
November 22, 2024 Filing 2 Case assigned to Magistrate Judge Scott T. Varholak. Text Only Entry (efoga, )
November 22, 2024 Filing 1 COMPLAINT against AMERICAN BANK, Inc., AMG NATIONAL TRUST, EVOLVE BANK & TRUST, Evolve Bancorp, Inc., LINEAGE BANK (Filing fee $ 405,Receipt Number ACODC-10001435)Attorney M. Anderson Berry added to party Olga Margul(pty:pla), Attorney M. Anderson Berry added to party Kelli Jo Claxton(pty:pla), Attorney M. Anderson Berry added to party Henry Yeh(pty:pla), Attorney M. Anderson Berry added to party Colin Smith(pty:pla), Attorney M. Anderson Berry added to party Rod Gendron(pty:pla), Attorney M. Anderson Berry added to party Kayla Morris(pty:pla), filed by Kayla Morris, Henry Yeh, Kelli Jo Claxton, Olga Margul, Colin Smith, Rod Gendron. (Attachments: #1 Summons American Bank, Inc., Summons, #2 Summons Evolve Bancorp, Inc., Summons, #3 Summons AMG National Trust, Summons, #4 Summons Evolve Bank & Trust, Summons, #5 Summons Lineage Bank, Summons, #6 Civil Cover Sheet Civil Cover Sheet)(Berry, M.)

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Plaintiff: Olga Margul
Represented By: M. Anderson Berry
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Defendant: AMG NATIONAL TRUST
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