Lu et al v. Diamond Nail Salon, LLC et al
Plaintiff: Maria Olga Lliguicota and Shangming Lu
Defendant: Gui Biao Qi, Elaine Bao, Diamond Nail Salon, LLC, Leo Qi, Ellen Bao, Helen Bao, Jose Rojas, Diamond Nail Salon, LLC doing business as Diamond Nail & Spa, Guibiao Qi, GREENWICH DIAMOND NAILS & SPA INC. doing business as Diamond Nail & Spa, Ying Bao, GREENWICH NAILS & SPA, LLC doing business as Diamond Nail & Spa, Elaine Ying Bao, Elaine Y Bao and JOSE F. ROJAS
Case Number: 3:2019cv02017
Filed: December 29, 2019
Court: US District Court for the District of Connecticut
Presiding Judge: Victor A Bolden
Nature of Suit: Labor: Fair Standards
Cause of Action: 29 U.S.C. § 201
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
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Date Filed Document Text
December 29, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 41 Letter MOTION by Maria Olga Lliguicota, Shangming Lu re #36 First MOTION to Certify Class Motion for Conditional Collective Class Certification, #35 Amended Complaint, Letter Motion Withdrawing the ECF filings with Dkt. Nos. #35 and #36 made on December 28, 2020 (Troy, John) Modified on 12/30/2020 to correct event (Fazekas, J.).
December 29, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 40 Memorandum in Support re #38 MOTION to Certify Class Conditional Certification Pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act filed by Maria Olga Lliguicota, Shangming Lu. (Troy, John)
December 29, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 39 AFFIDAVIT re #38 MOTION to Certify Class Conditional Certification Pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act Signed By John Troy filed by Maria Olga Lliguicota, Shangming Lu. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Complaint, #2 Exhibit Amended Complaint, #3 Exhibit Proposed Notice of Pendency and Consent to Join, #4 Exhibit Proposed Publication Order, #5 Exhibit Affidavit of Lu in support of MCCC, #6 Exhibit Affidavit of Lliguicota in support of MCCC, #7 Exhibit Summary Table)(Troy, John)
December 29, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 38 MOTION to Certify Class Conditional Certification Pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act by Maria Olga Lliguicota, Shangming Lu.Responses due by 1/19/2021 (Troy, John)
December 29, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 37 AMENDED COMPLAINT against Diamond Nail Salon, LLC, ELAINE BAO, GREENWICH DIAMOND NAILS & SPA INC., GREENWICH NAILS & SPA, LLC, GUI BIAO QI, JOSE F. ROJAS, filed by Maria Olga Lliguicota, Shangming Lu.(Troy, John)
December 28, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 36 First MOTION to Certify Class Motion for Conditional Collective Class Certification by Maria Olga Lliguicota, Shangming Lu.Responses due by 1/18/2021 (Attachments: #1 Affidavit Declaration of John Troy in support of MCCC, #2 Exhibit Complaint, #3 Exhibit Amended Complaint, #4 Text of Proposed Order Notice of Pendency and Consent to Join, #5 Text of Proposed Order Proposed Publication Order, #6 Affidavit Affidavit of Lu in support of MCCC, #7 Affidavit Affidavit of Lliguicota in support of MCCC, #8 Exhibit Summary Table, #9 Memorandum in Support Motion for Conditional Certification under FLSA)(Schweitzer, Aaron)
December 28, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 35 AMENDED COMPLAINT First Amended Complaint against Diamond Nail Salon, LLC, GREENWICH NAILS & SPA, LLC, GREENWICH DIAMOND NAILS & SPA INC., GUI BIAO QI, ELAINE BAO, JOSE F. ROJAS, filed by Shangming Lu, Maria Olga Lliguicota.(Schweitzer, Aaron)
November 6, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 34 Memorandum in Opposition re #33 Interim MOTION for Reconsideration re Order Denying Motion to Dismiss as Moot and Cross Motion to Amend Complaint filed by Maria Olga Lliguicota, Shangming Lu. (Attachments: #1 Affidavit Declaration of John Troy in Opposition to Motion for Reconsideration, #2 Exhibit Amended Complaint (redlined), #3 Exhibit Amended Complaint (clean), #4 Exhibit Greenwich Diamond Nails & Spa Inc. entity information)(Troy, John)
November 3, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 33 Interim MOTION for Reconsideration re Order Denying Motion to Dismiss as Moot and Cross Motion to Amend Complaint by Elaine Bao, Diamond Nail Salon, LLC, Gui Biao Qi, Jose Rojas. (Chan, Paulus)
October 23, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 32 ORDER granting #29 Motion for Order; denying as moot #23 Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction. Plaintiffs' Cross-Motion to Amend Complaint is GRANTED as unopposed. Defendants' Motion to Dismiss is DENIED as moot. Signed by Judge Victor A. Bolden on 10/23/2020. (Shaffer, Chelsea)
October 7, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 31 ORDER. No sanctions will be imposed for the late filing of the Rule 26(f) report. Signed by Judge Victor A. Bolden on 10/7/2020. (Shaffer, Chelsea)
October 6, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 30 NOTICE by Maria Olga Lliguicota, Shangming Lu Written Statement Regarding Why Sanctions Should Not Be imposed For Parties Failure to Comply With Rule 26(f) (Troy, John)
October 2, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 29 MOTION FOR ORDER - by Maria Olga Lliguicota, Shangming Lu re #25 Memorandum in Opposition to Motion, #23 MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction , for failure to state a claim and for lack of justiciability Plaintiffs Letter Requesting to Grant Plaintiffs Cross-Motion to Amend Complaint as Unopposed and Deny Defendants Motion to Dismiss in its entirety as Moot (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Proposed Order)(Troy, John) Modified on 10/5/2020 to correct event (Fazekas, J.).
September 28, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 28 Set/Reset Deadlines as to, NOTICE OF E-FILED CALENDAR: THIS IS THE ONLY NOTICE COUNSEL/THE PARTIES WILL RECEIVE. The Court hereby adopts the following pre-trial scheduling order: Initial Disclosures are to be served by October 9, 2020;Plaintiffs' and Defendants' damages analyses due by October 9, 2020;Plaintiff's motions to join additional parties are to be filed by December 11, 2020; Plaintiffs and Defendants motions to amend the pleadings are to be filed by December 11, 2020;Discovery is to be completed by April 9, 2021; Post-Discovery Telephonic Status Conference will be held on April 15, 2021 at 10:00 a.m.;Any motion for class certification under Fed.R.Civ. 23 is to be filed by June 18, 2021;Dispositive motions are to be filed by June 11, 2021; any responses to dispositive motions are to be filed by July 9, 2021; and any replies to any responses to dispositive motions are to be filed by July 23, 2021; The Joint Trial Memorandum shall be due by November 5, 2021, which must include, among other things, any motions in limine; any responses to motions in limine are to be filed by November 19, 2021; and replies to responses to motions in limine are to be filed by December 3, 2021; The final pre-trial conference will be held on January 5, 2022 at 10:00 a.m.; Jury selection on January 10, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. (Tisdale, I.)
September 24, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 27 Joint REPORT of Rule 26(f) Planning Meeting. (Troy, John)
September 22, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 26 26(f) NOTICE: The Court has reviewed the file in this case to monitor the parties compliance with Local Rule 26(f). Local Rule 26(f) provides that, within 30 days after the appearance of any defendant, the attorneys of record and any unrepresented parties must confer for purposes described in Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f). Local Rule 26(f) further provides that, within 14 days after the conference, the participants must jointly file a report of the conference using Form 26(f). It appears that more than forty four days have passed since the appearance of a defendant in this case but no report has been filed. Accordingly, it is hereby ordered that the parties must file on or before : 10/6/2020, (1) a written statement signed by all counsel of record demonstrating that this case is exempt from the requirement of filing a form 26(f) report; or (2) a form 26(f) report along with a written statement signed by all counsel of record explaining why sanctions should not be imposed for the parties failure to comply with Local Rule 26(f). Failure to comply with this order will result in dismissal of the complaint. Signed by Clerk on 9/22/2020.(Perez, J.)
September 22, 2020 Opinion or Order Set Deadlines: Rule 26 Meeting Report due by 10/6/2020. (Perez, J.)
August 28, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 25 Cross Memorandum in Opposition re #23 MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction , for failure to state a claim and for lack of justiciability filed by Maria Olga Lliguicota, Shangming Lu. (Troy, John)
August 21, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 24 REPLY to Response to #10 MOTION for Prejudgment Remedy filed by Maria Olga Lliguicota, Shangming Lu. (Troy, John)
August 12, 2020 Opinion or Order Set Deadlines: Rule 26 Meeting Report due by 9/21/2020 (Perez, J.)
August 7, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 23 MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction , for failure to state a claim and for lack of justiciability by Elaine Bao, Diamond Nail Salon, LLC, Gui Biao Qi, Jose Rojas.Responses due by 8/28/2020 (Attachments: #1 Memorandum in Support Memo of Law in Support, #2 Exhibit Exhibit A in Support of Motion to Dismiss)(Chan, Paulus)
August 7, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 22 Memorandum in Opposition re #10 MOTION for Prejudgment Remedy filed by Elaine Bao, Diamond Nail Salon, LLC, Gui Biao Qi, Jose Rojas. (Chan, Paulus)
August 7, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 21 NOTICE of Appearance by Paulus Chan on behalf of Elaine Bao, Diamond Nail Salon, LLC, Gui Biao Qi, Jose Rojas (Chan, Paulus)
July 8, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 20 ANSWER to #1 Complaint, with Affirmative Defenses by Elaine Bao, Diamond Nail Salon, LLC, Gui Biao Qi. (Attachments: #1 Envelope)(Fazekas, J.)
June 21, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 19 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE by Maria Olga Lliguicota, Shangming Lu re #10 MOTION for Prejudgment Remedy , #12 Memorandum in Support of Motion, #11 Affidavit,,,,, (Troy, John)
June 21, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 18 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Shangming Lu, Maria Olga Lliguicota. Elaine Bao served on 6/17/2020, answer due 7/8/2020; Diamond Nail Salon, LLC served on 6/17/2020, answer due 7/8/2020; Gui Biao Qi served on 6/17/2020, answer due 7/8/2020; Jose Rojas served on 6/17/2020, answer due 7/8/2020. (Troy, John)
May 5, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 17 ORDER granting #16 Motion for Extension of Time until July 15, 2020 for Plaintiffs to serve the Summons and Complaint on Defendants. Signed by Judge Victor A. Bolden on 5/5/2020. (Leon, Noel)
April 29, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 16 Second MOTION for Extension of Time until July 15, 2020to Serve Summons with Complaint and General Order upon Defendants by Maria Olga Lliguicota, Shangming Lu. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Email Correspondence with Marshal Lombardi)(Troy, John)
April 27, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 15 DEMAND for Trial by Jury by Maria Olga Lliguicota, Shangming Lu. (Troy, John)
March 19, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 14 ORDER granting #13 Motion for Extension of Time until April 30, 2020 for Plaintiffs to serve the Summons and Complaint upon Defendants. Signed by Judge Victor A. Bolden on 3/19/2020. (Leon, Noel)
March 18, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 13 First MOTION for Extension of Time until April 30, 2020 Service of Summons and Complaint on All Defendants (Defendants' Nail Salon had Notice that its Business was closed for 2 Weeks due to COVID-19) #6 Electronic Summons Issued, by Maria Olga Lliguicota, Shangming Lu. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Correspondence with Marshal KENNETH LOMBARDI)(Troy, John)
March 16, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 12 Memorandum in Support re #10 MOTION for Prejudgment Remedy filed by Maria Olga Lliguicota, Shangming Lu. (Troy, John)
March 16, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 11 AFFIDAVIT re #10 MOTION for Prejudgment Remedy Attorney Declaration in Support of Motion Signed By John Troy filed by Maria Olga Lliguicota, Shangming Lu. (Attachments: #1 Affidavit A true and correct copy of an affidavit of Shangming Lu, #2 Exhibit A true and correct copy of a screenshot taken by Shangming Lu of his smartphone showing Annes forwarding of an advertisement on WeChat for the sale of Diamond Nail, #3 Exhibit A true and correct copy of a screenshot taking by my office of an advertisement on the listing site dadi360 for the sale of Diamond Nail, #4 Exhibit A true and correct copy of a screenshot taking by my office of an advertisement on the listing site egiang for the sale of Diamond Nail, #5 Exhibit A true and correct copy of a screenshot taking by my office of an advertisement on the listing site 5iusa for the sale of Diamond Nail, #6 Exhibit A true and correct copy of a screenshot taking by my office of an advertisement on the listing site vcgcc for the sale of Diamond Nail, #7 Affidavit A true and correct copy of an affidavit affidavit of Maria Olga Lliguicota, #8 Exhibit LEXIS business search result for Diamond Nail Salon, LLC, #9 Exhibit Damage calculation)(Troy, John)
March 16, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 10 MOTION for Prejudgment Remedy by Maria Olga Lliguicota, Shangming Lu. (Troy, John)
March 3, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 9 NOTICE by Maria Olga Lliguicota of Consent to Become Party Plaintiff (Troy, John)
March 3, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 8 NOTICE by Shangming Lu of Consent to Become Party Plaintiff (Troy, John)
January 27, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 7 NOTICE by Maria Olga Lliguicota, Shangming Lu Notice of Lawsuit and Request for Waiver of Service of Summons (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Waiver of Service Form)(Troy, John)
January 2, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 6 ELECTRONIC SUMMONS ISSUED in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 4 and LR 4 as to *Elaine Bao, Diamond Nail Salon, LLC, Gui Biao Qi, Jose Rojas* with answer to complaint due within *21* days. Attorney *John Troy* *Troy Law, PLLC* *41-25 Kissena Blvd., Suite 103* *Flushing, NY 11355*. (Perez, J.)
January 2, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 5 NOTICE TO COUNSEL/SELF-REPRESENTED PARTIES : Counsel or self-represented parties initiating or removing this action are responsible for serving all parties with attached documents and copies of #2 Order on Pretrial Deadlines, #4 Protective Order, #3 Electronic Filing Order, #1 Complaint, filed by Maria Olga Lliguicota, Shangming Lu Signed by Clerk on 1/2/2020.(Perez, J.)
December 29, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 4 STANDING PROTECTIVE ORDER Signed by Judge Victor A. Bolden on 12/29/2019.(Perez, J.)
December 29, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 3 ELECTRONIC FILING ORDER FOR COUNSEL - PLEASE ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH COURTESY COPY REQUIREMENTS IN THIS ORDER Signed by Judge Victor A. Bolden on 12/29/2019.(Perez, J.)
December 29, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 2 Order on Pretrial Deadlines: Amended Pleadings due by 2/27/2020; Discovery due by 6/29/2020; Dispositive Motions due by 8/3/2020. Signed by Clerk on 12/29/2019.(Perez, J.)
December 29, 2019 Opinion or Order Judge Victor A. Bolden added. (Nuzzi, Tiffany)
December 29, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 1 COMPLAINT against Elaine Bao, Diamond Nail Salon, LLC, Gui Biao Qi, Jose Rojas ( Filing fee $400 receipt number ACTDC-5611402.), filed by Shangming Lu, Maria Olga Lliguicota. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 01 Document Preservation Demand, #2 Exhibit 02 Notice of Lien and Assignment, #3 Exhibit 03 Notice that Retaliation is Illegal under the FLSA and NYLL, #4 Exhibit 04 Notice Settlement Under the Table is Prohibited)(Troy, John)
December 29, 2019 Opinion or Order Request for Clerk to issue summons as to Elaine Bao, Diamond Nail Salon, LLC, Gui Biao Qi, Jose Rojas. (Troy, John)

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