JONES et al v. CHOPRA et al
Plaintiff: HEYNARD PAZ-CHOW, CARZANNA JONES and HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW
Defendant: CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, JOHN MICHAEL MULVANEY, ROHIT CHOPRA and KATHLEEN KRANINGER
Case Number: 1:2018cv02132
Filed: September 13, 2018
Court: US District Court for the District of Columbia
Presiding Judge: Beryl A Howell
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights: Jobs
Cause of Action: 42 U.S.C. § 1981 Civil Rights
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
July 20, 2023 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) EXTENDING, upon consideration of the parties #157 Joint Status Report, the stay in this action through August 7, 2023, and DIRECTING the parties to file, by August 7, 2023, a joint status report advising the Court on the status of their settlement discussions and (1) whether the stay should be extended or (2) proposing a schedule for further proceedings in this matter, unless a proposed settlement agreement has been filed prior to that date. Signed by Judge Beryl A. Howell on July 20, 2023. (lcbah1)
July 20, 2023 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 8/7/2023. (ztg)
July 19, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 157 Joint STATUS REPORT by ROHIT CHOPRA, CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU. (Cooper, Ryan)
July 7, 2023 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 7/19/2023. (hmc)
July 7, 2023 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) EXTENDING, upon consideration of the parties' #156 Joint Status Report, the stay in this action through July 19, 2023, and DIRECTING the parties to file, by July 19, 2023, a joint status report advising the Court on the status of their settlement discussions and (1) whether the stay should be extended or (2) proposing a schedule for further proceedings in this matter, unless a proposed settlement agreement has been filed prior to that date. Signed by Judge Beryl A. Howell on July 7, 2023. (lcbah1)
July 5, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 156 Joint STATUS REPORT by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Friedman, Linda)
June 2, 2023 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 7/5/2023. (ztg)
June 1, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 155 Joint STATUS REPORT by ROHIT CHOPRA, CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU. (Sohn, Derick)
June 1, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 154 ENTERED IN ERROR.....Joint STATUS REPORT by ROHIT CHOPRA, CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU. (Sohn, Derick) Modified on 6/1/2023 (ztg).
June 1, 2023 Opinion or Order NOTICE OF ERROR regarding #154 Status Report. The following error(s) need correction: Document appears to be a draft, please refile the signed final version. (ztg)
June 1, 2023 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) EXTENDING, upon consideration of the parties' #155 Joint Status Report, the stay in this action through July 5, 2023, and DIRECTING the parties to file, by July 5, 2023, a joint status report advising the Court on the status of their settlement discussions and (1) whether the stay should be extended or (2) proposing a schedule for further proceedings in this matter, unless a proposed settlement agreement has been filed prior to that date. Signed by Judge Beryl A. Howell on June 1, 2023. (lcbah1)
May 3, 2023 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 6/1/2023. (ztg)
May 2, 2023 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) EXTENDING, upon consideration of the parties' #153 Joint Status Report, the stay in this action through June 1, 2023, and DIRECTING the parties to file, by June 1, 2023, a joint status report advising the Court on the status of their settlement discussions and (1) whether the stay should be extended or (2) proposing a schedule for further proceedings in this matter, unless a proposed settlement agreement has been filed prior to that date. Signed by Judge Beryl A. Howell on May 2, 2023. (lcbah1)
May 1, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 153 Joint STATUS REPORT by ROHIT CHOPRA, CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU. (Ziegler, Allison)
March 30, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 152 Joint STATUS REPORT by ROHIT CHOPRA, CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU. (Ziegler, Allison)
March 30, 2023 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) EXTENDING, upon consideration of the parties' #152 Joint Status Report, the stay in this action through May 1, 2023, and DIRECTING the parties to file, by May 1, 2023, a joint status report advising the Court on the status of their settlement discussions and (1) whether the stay should be extended or (2) proposing a schedule for further proceedings in this matter, unless a proposed settlement agreement has been filed prior to that date. Signed by Judge Beryl A. Howell on March 30, 2023. (lcbah1)
March 30, 2023 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 5/1/2023. (ztg)
February 14, 2023 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 3/30/2023. (ztg)
February 13, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 151 Joint STATUS REPORT by ROHIT CHOPRA, CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU. (Sohn, Derick)
February 13, 2023 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) EXTENDING, upon consideration of the parties' #151 Joint Status Report, the stay in this action through March 30, 2023, and DIRECTING the parties to file, by March 30, 2023, a joint status report advising the Court on the status of their settlement discussions and (1) whether the stay should be extended or (2) proposing a schedule for further proceedings in this matter, unless a proposed settlement agreement has been filed prior to that date. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on February 13, 2023. (lcbah1)
November 15, 2022 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 2/13/2023. (ztg)
November 14, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 150 Joint STATUS REPORT by ROHIT CHOPRA, CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU. (Cooper, Ryan)
November 14, 2022 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) EXTENDING, upon consideration of the parties' #150 Joint Status Report, the stay in this action through February 13, 2023, and DIRECTING the parties to file, by February 13, 2023, a joint status report advising the Court on the status of their settlement discussions and (1) whether the stay should be extended or (2) proposing a schedule for further proceedings in this matter, unless a proposed settlement agreement has been filed prior to that date. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on November 14, 2022. (lcbah1)
August 30, 2022 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 11/14/2022. (ztg)
August 29, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 149 Joint STATUS REPORT by ROHIT CHOPRA, CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU. (Ziegler, Allison)
August 29, 2022 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) EXTENDING, upon consideration of the parties' #149 Joint Status Report, the stay in this action through November 14, 2022, and DIRECTING the parties to file, by November 14, 2022, a joint status report advising the Court on the status of their settlement discussions and (1) whether the stay should be extended or (2) proposing a schedule for further proceedings in this matter, unless a proposed settlement agreement has been filed prior to that date. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on August 29, 2022. (lcbah1)
August 1, 2022 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 9/1/2022. (ztg)
August 1, 2022 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) EXTENDING, upon consideration of the parties' #148 Joint Status Report, the stay in this action through September 1, 2022, and DIRECTING the parties to file, by September 1, 2022, a joint status report advising the Court on the status of their settlement discussions and (1) whether the stay should be extended or (2) proposing a schedule for further proceedings in this matter, unless a proposed settlement agreement has been filed prior to that date. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on August 1, 2022. (lcbah1)
July 29, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 148 Joint STATUS REPORT by ROHIT CHOPRA, CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU. (Cooper, Ryan)
July 1, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 147 Joint STATUS REPORT by ROHIT CHOPRA, CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU. (Cooper, Ryan)
July 1, 2022 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) EXTENDING, upon consideration of the parties' #147 Joint Status Report, the stay in this action through August 1, 2022, and DIRECTING the parties to file, by August 1, 2022, a joint status report advising the Court on the status of their settlement discussions and (1) whether the stay should be extended or (2) proposing a schedule for further proceedings in this matter, unless a proposed settlement agreement has been filed prior to that date. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on July 1, 2022. (lcbah1)
July 1, 2022 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 8/1/2022. (ztg)
May 31, 2022 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 7/1/2022. (ztg)
May 27, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 146 Joint STATUS REPORT by ROHIT CHOPRA, CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU. (McCray-Worrall, Thomas)
May 27, 2022 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) EXTENDING, upon consideration of the parties' #146 Joint Status Report, the stay in this action through July 1, 2022, and DIRECTING the parties to file, by July 1, 2022, a joint status report advising the Court on the status of their settlement discussions and (1) whether the stay should be extended or (2) proposing a schedule for further proceedings in this matter. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on May 27, 2022. (lcbah1)
May 13, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 145 Joint STATUS REPORT by ROHIT CHOPRA, CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU. (Sohn, Derick)
May 13, 2022 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) EXTENDING, upon consideration of the parties' #145 Joint Status Report, the stay in this action through May 27, 2022, and DIRECTING the parties to file, by May 27, 2022, a joint status report advising the Court on the status of their settlement discussions and (1) whether the stay should be extended or (2) proposing a schedule for further proceedings in this matter, unless a stipulation of dismissal has been filed prior to that date. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on May 13, 2022. (lcbah1)
May 13, 2022 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 5/27/2022. (ztg)
April 29, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 144 Joint STATUS REPORT by ROHIT CHOPRA, CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU. (McCray-Worrall, Thomas)
April 29, 2022 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) EXTENDING, upon consideration of the parties' #144 Joint Status Report, the stay in this action through May 13, 2022, and DIRECTING the parties to file, by May 13, 2022, a joint status report advising the Court on the status of their settlement discussions and (1) whether the stay should be extended or (2) proposing a schedule for further proceedings in this matter, unless a stipulation of dismissal has been filed prior to that date. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on April 29, 2022. (lcbah1)
April 29, 2022 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 5/13/2022 (ztg)
March 23, 2022 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 4/29/2022. (ztg)
March 22, 2022 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) EXTENDING, upon consideration of the parties' #143 Joint Status Report, the stay in this action through April 29, 2022, and DIRECTING the parties to file, by April 29, 2022, a joint status report advising the Court on the status of mediation and (1) whether the stay should be extended or (2) proposing a schedule for further proceedings in this matter, unless a stipulation of dismissal has been filed prior to that date. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on March 22, 2022. (lcbah1)
March 21, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 143 Joint STATUS REPORT by ROHIT CHOPRA, CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU. (Ziegler, Allison)
February 4, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 142 Joint MOTION to Stay Pending Mediation by ROHIT CHOPRA, CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU. (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order)(Cooper, Ryan)
February 4, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 141 Joint STATUS REPORT by ROHIT CHOPRA, CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU. (Cooper, Ryan)
February 4, 2022 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 3/21/2022. (ztg)
February 4, 2022 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) GRANTING the parties' joint #142 Motion to Stay Pending Mediation; STAYING this action and all current deadlines through March 21, 2022; and DIRECTING the parties to file, by March 21, 2022, a joint status report advising the Court on the status of mediation and (1) whether the stay should be extended or (2) proposing a schedule for further proceedings in this matter, unless a stipulation of dismissal has been filed prior to that date. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on February 4, 2022. (lcbah1)
January 28, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 140 Joint STATUS REPORT of January 28, 2022 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Friedman, Linda)
January 21, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 139 Joint STATUS REPORT by ROHIT CHOPRA, CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU. (Ziegler, Allison)
January 18, 2022 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Deadlines: Expert depositions due by 2/18/2022. (ztg)
January 14, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 138 Joint MOTION for Extension of Time to Joint Motion for Extension of Expert Deposition Deadline by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order)(Friedman, Linda)
January 14, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 137 Joint STATUS REPORT of January 14, 2022 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Friedman, Linda)
January 14, 2022 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) GRANTING the parties' #138 Joint Motion for Extension of Time and MODIFYING the SCHEDULING ORDER as follows: by February 18, 2022, the parties shall complete any expert depositions on class certification. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on January 14, 2022. (lcbah1)
January 7, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 136 Joint STATUS REPORT by ROHIT CHOPRA, CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU. (Ziegler, Allison)
December 30, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 135 Joint STATUS REPORT of December 30, 2021 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Robot, George)
December 23, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 134 Joint STATUS REPORT by ROHIT CHOPRA, CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU. (Cooper, Ryan)
December 17, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 133 Joint STATUS REPORT of December 17, 2021 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Robot, George)
December 17, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 132 Unopposed MOTION for Extension of Time to Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion for Extension of Deadline to Complete Expert Discovery and Submit Status Report on Referral Request for Mediation or Settlement by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order)(Friedman, Linda)
December 17, 2021 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Deadlines: Notice of class certification expert depositions due by 12/31/2021; completion of any expert depositions on class certification due by 1/28/2022; Joint Status Report due by 2/4/2022. (ztg)
December 17, 2021 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) GRANTING plaintiffs' #132 Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time and MODIFYING the SCHEDULING ORDER as follows: (1) by December 31, 2021, the parties shall provide notice of class certification expert depositions; (3) by January 28, 2022, the parties shall complete any expert depositions on class certification; (4) by February 4, 2022, the parties shall file a joint status report advising the Court whether the parties request referral for mediation or settlement. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on December 17, 2021. (lcbah1)
December 10, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 131 Joint STATUS REPORT by ROHIT CHOPRA, CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU. (McCray-Worrall, Thomas)
December 3, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 130 Joint STATUS REPORT of December 3, 2021 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Friedman, Linda)
November 24, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 129 Joint STATUS REPORT by ROHIT CHOPRA, CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU. (Ziegler, Allison)
November 19, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 128 Joint STATUS REPORT of November 19, 2021 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Friedman, Linda)
November 17, 2021 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Deadlines: Expert rebuttal due by 12/10/2021; notice of class certification expert depositions and plaintiffs are permitted to reopen any Rule 30(b)(6) depositions, if necessary, due by 12/17/2021; parties to complete any expert depositions on class certification and any reopened Rule 30(b)(6) depositions by 1/14/2022; joint status report due by 1/21/2022; motion for class or conditional class certification due by 3/2/2022; opposition due by 4/11/2022; reply due by 5/9/2022. (ztg)
November 16, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 127 Unopposed MOTION for Extension of Time to Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion for Extension of Deadlines by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order)(Friedman, Linda)
November 16, 2021 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) GRANTING plaintiffs #127 Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time and MODIFYING the SCHEDULING ORDER as follows: (1) by December 10, 2021, plaintiffs shall produce their expert rebuttal report; (2) by December 17, 2021, the parties shall provide notice of class certification expert depositions and plaintiffs are permitted to reopen any Rule 30(b)(6) depositions, if necessary, to question defendants regarding newly produced documents; (3) by January 14, 2022, the parties shall complete any expert depositions on class certification and any reopened Rule 30(b)(6) depositions; (4) by January 21, 2022, the parties shall file a joint status report advising the Court whether the parties request referral for mediation or settlement; (5) by March 2, 2022, plaintiffs shall file any motion for class or conditional class certification; (6) by April 11, 2022, defendants shall file any opposition to plaintiffs' motion for class certification; (7) by May 9, 2022, plaintiffs shall file any reply in support of their motion for class certification. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on November 16, 2021. (lcbah1)
November 12, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 126 Joint STATUS REPORT by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU. (Cooper, Ryan)
November 5, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 125 Joint STATUS REPORT of November 5, 2021 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Friedman, Linda)
October 29, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 124 Joint STATUS REPORT by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU. (McCray-Worrall, Thomas)
October 22, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 123 Joint STATUS REPORT OF OCTOBER 22, 2021 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Friedman, Linda)
October 15, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 122 Joint STATUS REPORT by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU. (McCray-Worrall, Thomas)
October 14, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 121 Unopposed MOTION to Amend/Correct Caption by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (McCray-Worrall, Thomas)
October 14, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 120 NOTICE Regarding Substitution of Parties by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER (McCray-Worrall, Thomas)
October 14, 2021 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) GRANTING defendants' #121 Motion to Amend/Correct Caption and DIRECTING the Clerk of the Court to amend the case caption to identify defendants as "ROHIT CHOPRA, in his official capacity as Director, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU." Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on October 14, 2021. (lcbah1)
October 8, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 119 Joint STATUS REPORT of October 8, 2021 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Friedman, Linda)
October 7, 2021 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Deadlines: Expert rebuttal report due by 11/19/2021; notice of class certification expert depositions and plaintiffs are permitted to reopen any Rule 30(b)(6) depositions, if necessary, to question defendants regarding newly produced documents due by 11/26/2021; expert depositions on class certification and any reopened Rule 30(b)(6) depositions due by 12/17/2021; joint status report due by 12/24/2021; motion for class or conditional class certification due by 1/28/2022; opposition due by 3/11/2022; reply due by 4/8/2022. (ztg) Modified on 10/8/2021 (ztg).
October 6, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 118 MOTION for Protective Order Plaintiffs' Motion for Protective Order MOTION for Extension of Time Deadlines by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Friedman, Linda) Modified docket entry/text on 10/6/2021 (eg). Added MOTION for Extension of Time to on 10/6/2021 (eg).
October 6, 2021 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) GRANTING, over defendants' objection, plaintiffs' #118 Motion for Protective Order and Extension of Deadlines and MODIFYING the SCHEDULING ORDER as follows: (1) by November 19, 2021, plaintiffs shall produce their expert rebuttal report; (2) by November 26, 2021, the parties shall provide notice of class certification expert depositions and plaintiffs are permitted to reopen any Rule 30(b)(6) depositions, if necessary, to question defendants regarding newly produced documents; (3) by December 17, 2021, the parties shall complete any expert depositions on class certification and any reopened Rule 30(b)(6) depositions; (4) by December 24, 2021, the parties shall file a joint status report advising the Court whether the parties request referral for mediation or settlement; (5) by January 28, 2022, plaintiffs shall file any motion for class or conditional class certification; (6) by March 11, 2022, defendants shall file any opposition to plaintiffs' motion for class certification; (7) by April 8, 2022, plaintiffs shall file any reply in support of their motion for class certification. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on October 6, 2021. (lcbah1)
October 1, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 117 Joint STATUS REPORT by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (Ziegler, Allison)
September 24, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 116 Joint STATUS REPORT OF SEPTEMBER 24, 2021 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Friedman, Linda)
September 17, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 115 Joint STATUS REPORT by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (McCray-Worrall, Thomas)
September 10, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 114 Joint STATUS REPORT of September 10, 2021 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Friedman, Linda)
September 3, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 113 Joint STATUS REPORT by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (Cooper, Ryan)
August 27, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 112 Joint STATUS REPORT OF AUGUST 27, 2021 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Friedman, Linda)
August 20, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 111 Joint STATUS REPORT by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (McCray-Worrall, Thomas)
August 13, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 110 Joint STATUS REPORT of August 13, 2021 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Friedman, Linda)
August 6, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 109 Joint STATUS REPORT by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (Ziegler, Allison)
August 4, 2021 Opinion or Order NOTICE OF ERROR re #108 Status Report; emailed to grobot@sfltd.com, cc'd 14 associated attorneys -- The PDF file you docketed contained errors: 1. Invalid attorney signature, 2. FYI: DO NOT REFILE. For future filings, attorney signature must match login/password. (zeg, )
July 30, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 108 Joint STATUS REPORT OF JULY 30, 2021 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Robot, George)
July 23, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 107 Joint STATUS REPORT by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (Ziegler, Allison)
July 21, 2021 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Deadlines: Expert rebuttal reports due by 9/17/2021; notice of class certification expert depositions due by 9/24/2021; expert depositions to be completed and a status report filed by 10/15/2021; motion for class certification due by 11/8/2021; opposition due by 12/20/2021; Reply due by 1/18/2022. (ztg)
July 20, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 106 Unopposed MOTION for Extension of Time to Complete Expert Rebuttal Reports on Class Certification and for Extension of Case Deadlines by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (Ziegler, Allison)
July 20, 2021 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) GRANTING defendants' #106 Unopposed Motion for Extension of Deadline to Complete Expert Rebuttal Reports on Class Certification and AMENDING the SCHEDULING ORDER as follows: (1) by September 17, 2021, the parties shall produce their expert rebuttal reports on class certification; (2) by September 24, 2021, the parties shall provide notice of class certification expert depositions; (3) by October 15, 2021, the parties shall complete any expert depositions on class certification and shall file a joint status report advising the Court whether the parties request referral for mediation or settlement; (4) by November 8, 2021, plaintiffs shall file any motion for class or conditional class certification; (5) by December 20, 2021, defendants shall file any opposition to plaintiffs' motion for class certification; and (6) by January 18, 2022, plaintiffs shall file any reply in support of their motion for class certification. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on July 20, 2021. (lcbah1)
July 16, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 105 Joint STATUS REPORT of July 16, 2021 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Friedman, Linda)
July 9, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 104 Joint STATUS REPORT by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (Ziegler, Allison)
July 2, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 103 Joint STATUS REPORT of July 2, 2021 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Friedman, Linda)
June 25, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 102 Joint STATUS REPORT by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (Ziegler, Allison)
June 18, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 101 Joint STATUS REPORT of June 18, 2021 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Friedman, Linda)
June 11, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 100 Joint STATUS REPORT by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (McCray-Worrall, Thomas)
June 4, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 99 Joint STATUS REPORT of June 4, 2021 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Friedman, Linda)
May 28, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 98 Joint STATUS REPORT by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (McCray-Worrall, Thomas)
May 21, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 97 Joint STATUS REPORT of May 21, 2021 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Friedman, Linda)
May 14, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 96 Joint STATUS REPORT by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (McCray-Worrall, Thomas)
May 7, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 95 Joint STATUS REPORT of May 7, 2021 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Friedman, Linda)
May 6, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 94 NOTICE of Appearance by Ryan Cooper on behalf of All Defendants (Cooper, Ryan)
May 6, 2021 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Deadlines: Expert reports on class certification due by 6/23/2021; expert rebuttal reports on class certification by 8/18/2021; notice of class certification expert depositions due by 8/25/2021; completion of expert depositions and filing of a joint status report due by 9/15/2021; motion for class or conditional class certification due by 10/7/2021; opposition to motion for class certification due by 11/18/2021; reply due by 12/9/2021. (ztg)
May 5, 2021 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) GRANTING plaintiffs' #93 Unopposed Motion for Extension of Deadlines and AMENDING the SCHEDULING ORDER as follows: (1) by June 23, 2021, the parties shall produce their export reports on class certification; (2) by August 18, 2021, the parties shall produce their expert rebuttal reports on class certification; (3) by August 25, 2021, the parties shall provide notice of class certification expert depositions; (4) by September 15, 2021, the parties shall complete any expert depositions on class certification and shall file a joint status report advising the Court whether the parties request referral for mediation or settlement; (5) by October 7, 2021, plaintiffs shall file any motion for class or conditional class certification; (6) by November 18, 2021, defendants shall file any opposition to plaintiffs' motion for class certification; and (7) by December 9, 2021, plaintiffs shall file any reply in support of their motion for class certification. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on May 5, 2021. (lcbah1)
May 4, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 93 Unopposed MOTION for Extension of Time to Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion for Extension of Deadlines by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order)(Robot, George)
April 30, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 92 Joint STATUS REPORT by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (McCray-Worrall, Thomas)
April 23, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 91 Joint STATUS REPORT by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (Sohn, Derick)
April 16, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 90 Joint STATUS REPORT of April 16, 2021 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Friedman, Linda)
April 9, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 89 Joint STATUS REPORT by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (Sohn, Derick)
April 2, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 88 Joint STATUS REPORT Joint Status Report of April 2, 2021 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Robot, George)
March 26, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 87 Joint STATUS REPORT by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (Sohn, Derick)
March 19, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 86 Joint STATUS REPORT Joint Status Report of March 19, 2021 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Robot, George)
March 12, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 85 Joint STATUS REPORT by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (Ziegler, Allison)
March 10, 2021 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) GRANTING plaintiffs' #83 Unopposed Motion for Extension of Deadlines and AMENDING the SCHEDULING ORDER as follows: (1) by March 12, 2021, plaintiffs shall provide to each other their final discovery responses, including production of documents and privilege logs; (2) by April 26, 2021, the parties shall complete class certification fact depositions; (3) by May 24, 2021, the parties shall produce their export reports on class certification; (4) by July 19, 2021, the parties shall produce their expert rebuttal reports on class certification; (5) by July 26, 2021, the parties shall provide notice of class certification expert depositions; (6) by August 16, 2021, the parties shall complete any expert depositions on class certification and shall file a joint status report advising the Court whether the parties request referral for mediation or settlement; (7) by September 7, 2021, plaintiffs shall file any motion for class or conditional class certification; (8) by October 19, 2021, defendants shall file any opposition to plaintiffs' motion for class certification; and (9) by November 9, 2021, plaintiffs shall file any reply in support of their motion for class certification. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on March 10, 2021. (lcbah1)
March 5, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 84 Joint STATUS REPORT OF MARCH 5, 2021 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Robot, George)
March 3, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 83 Unopposed MOTION for Extension of Time to Complete Discovery Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion for Extension of Deadlines by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Robot, George)
February 26, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 82 Joint STATUS REPORT by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (Sohn, Derick)
February 26, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 81 Unopposed MOTION for Extension of Time to Complete Discovery Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion for Extension of Deadline for Final Discovery Responses, including Document Production and Privilege Log by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Robot, George)
February 26, 2021 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Deadlines: Plaintiffs' discovery responses due by 3/5/2021. (ztg)
February 26, 2021 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) GRANTING plaintiffs' #81 Unopposed Motion for Extension of Deadline for Final Discovery Responses and DIRECTING plaintiffs to submit their final discovery responses, including document production and privilege logs, by March 5, 2021. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on February 26, 2021. (lcbah1)
February 19, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 80 Joint STATUS REPORT Joint Status Report of February 19, 2021 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Robot, George)
February 12, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 79 Joint STATUS REPORT by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (Sohn, Derick)
February 5, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 78 Joint STATUS REPORT OF FEBRUARY 5, 2021 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Robot, George)
February 3, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 77 ORDER granting the parties' #76 Joint Motion for Entry of Stipulated Order Concerning Protocol for Conducting Remote Depositions. See Order for further details. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on February 3, 2021. (lcbah1)
February 1, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 76 Joint MOTION for Entry of Stipulated Order Concerning Protocol for Conducting Remote Depositions by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order Concerning Protocol for Conducting Remote Depositions)(McCray-Worrall, Thomas)
January 29, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 75 Joint STATUS REPORT by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (Sohn, Derick)
January 22, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 74 Joint STATUS REPORT of January 22, 2021 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Robot, George)
January 21, 2021 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Deadlines: Final discovery responses due by 2/26/2021; notices of class certification fact depositions due by 3/8/2021; class certification fact depositions to be completed by 3/26/2021; parties' production of expert reports on class certification due by 4/23/2021; parties' production of their expert rebuttal reports on class certification due by 6/18/2021; parties' notification of class certification expert depositions due by 6/25/2021; expert depositions on class certification to be completed by 7/16/2021; joint status report due by 7/16/2021; Motion for class or conditional class certification due by 8/6/2021; opposition due by 9/17/2021; reply due by 10/8/2021. (ztg)
January 19, 2021 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) GRANTING defendants' #76 Unopposed Motion for Extension of Deadline to Complete Class Certification Document Discovery and for Extension of Case Deadlines, and AMENDING the SCHEDULING ORDER as follows: (1) by February 26, 2021, the parties shall provide to each other their final discovery responses, including production of documents and supplemental privilege logs; (2) by March 8, 2021, the parties shall provide notices of class certification fact depositions; (3) by March 26, 2021, the parties shall complete class certification fact depositions; (4) by April 23, 2021, the parties shall produce their export reports on class certification; (5) by June 18, 2021, the parties shall produce their expert rebuttal reports on class certification; (6) by June 25, 2021, the parties shall provide notice of class certification expert depositions; (7) by July 16, 2021, the parties shall complete any expert depositions on class certification and shall file a joint status report advising the Court whether the parties request referral for mediation or settlement; (8) by August 6, 2021, plaintiffs shall file any motion for class or conditional class certification; (9) by September 17, 2021, defendants shall file any opposition to plaintiffs' motion for class certification; and (10) by October 8, 2021, plaintiffs shall file any reply in support of their motion for class certification. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on January 19, 2021. (lcbah1)
January 15, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 73 Unopposed MOTION for Extension of Time to Complete Class Certification Document Discovery by Defendants and Unopposed Motion for Extension of Case Deadlines by Plaintiffs, filed by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER (Sohn, Derick)
January 15, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 72 Joint STATUS REPORT by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (Sohn, Derick)
January 8, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 71 Joint STATUS REPORT OF JANUARY 8, 2021 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Robot, George)
December 30, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 70 Joint STATUS REPORT by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (Sohn, Derick)
December 23, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 69 Joint STATUS REPORT OF DECEMBER 23, 2020 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Brooks, Truscenialyn)
December 18, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 68 Joint STATUS REPORT by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (Sohn, Derick)
December 11, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 67 Joint STATUS REPORT OF DECEMBER 11, 2020 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Brooks, Truscenialyn)
December 4, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 66 Joint STATUS REPORT by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (Sohn, Derick)
November 25, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 65 Joint STATUS REPORT of November 25, 2020 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Brooks, Truscenialyn)
November 20, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 64 Joint STATUS REPORT by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (Sohn, Derick)
November 13, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 63 Joint STATUS REPORT of November 13, 2020 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Brooks, Truscenialyn)
November 6, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 62 Joint STATUS REPORT by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (Sohn, Derick)
October 30, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 61 Joint STATUS REPORT OF OCTOBER 30, 2020 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Brooks, Truscenialyn)
October 23, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 60 Joint STATUS REPORT by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (Sohn, Derick)
October 16, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 59 Joint STATUS REPORT of October 16, 2020 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Brooks, Truscenialyn)
October 9, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 58 Joint STATUS REPORT by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (Sohn, Derick)
October 2, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 57 Joint STATUS REPORT of October 2, 2020 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Robot, George)
September 25, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 56 Joint STATUS REPORT by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (Sohn, Derick)
September 18, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 55 Joint STATUS REPORT of September 18, 2020 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Robot, George)
September 11, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 54 Joint STATUS REPORT of September 11, 2020 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Robot, George)
September 4, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 53 Joint STATUS REPORT of September 4, 2020 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Robot, George)
August 28, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 52 Joint STATUS REPORT of August 28, 2020 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Robot, George)
August 21, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 51 Joint STATUS REPORT of August 21, 2020 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Robot, George)
August 14, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 50 Joint STATUS REPORT of August 14, 2020 by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Robot, George)
August 10, 2020 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Deadlines: Plaintiffs' motion for class certification or conditional class certification due by 7/9/2021. Defendants' opposition to plaintiffs' motion for class certification due by 8/20/2021. Plaintiffs' reply in support of class certification due by 9/10/2021. (hmc)
August 10, 2020 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) AMENDING, in light of the parties' #49 Joint Status Report of August 7, 2020, the SCHEDULING ORDER as follows: (1) by January 29, 2021, the parties shall complete class certification document production, including production of class certification privilege logs; (2) by February 8, 2021, the parties shall provide notices of class certification fact depositions, the date(s), time(s), and location(s) of which shall be determined by agreement of the parties; (3) by February 26, 2021, the parties shall complete class certification fact depositions; (4) by March 26, 2021, the parties shall produce their expert reports on class certification; (5) by May 21, 2021, the parties shall produce their expert rebuttal reports on class certification; (6) by May 28, 2021, the parties shall provide notices of class certification expert depositions, the date(s), time(s), and location(s) of which shall be determined by agreement of the parties; (7) by June 18, 2021, the parties shall complete any expert depositions on class certification and the parties shall file a joint status report advising the Court whether the parties request referral for mediation or settlement; (8) by July 9, 2021, the plaintiffs shall file any motion for class certification or conditional class certification; (9) by August 20, 2021, the defendants shall file any opposition to the plaintiffs' motion for class certification; (10) by September 10, 2021, the plaintiffs shall file any reply in support of class certification. It is further ORDERED that, in the event the plaintiffs file a motion for conditional class certification, the defendants shall have 30 days to respond to any such motion and the plaintiffs shall have 14 days to file any reply to the defendants' response; and that, within one week of any Court order granting or denying a motion for class certification or conditional class certification, the parties shall file a joint status report proposing a schedule to govern further proceedings in this matter. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on August 10, 2020. (lcbah1)
August 7, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 49 Joint STATUS REPORT by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit)(McCray-Worrall, Thomas)
August 6, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 48 MINUTE ORDER GRANTING the parties' #47 Joint Motion for Entry of Stipulated Order Regarding Disclosure of Plaintiffs' Bureau E-mails and ENTERING the parties' Stipulated Order Regarding Disclosure of Plaintiffs' Bureau E-mails. See attached Order for more details. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on August 6, 2020. (lcbah1)
August 5, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 47 Joint MOTION for Entry of Stipulated Order Regarding Disclosure of Plaintiffs' Bureau E-mails by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order Regarding Disclosure of Plaintiffs' Bureau E-mails)(McCray-Worrall, Thomas)
July 31, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 46 Joint STATUS REPORT by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (McCray-Worrall, Thomas)
July 30, 2020 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Deadlines: Final discovery responses due by 8/7/2020. Joint Status Report due by 3:00 PM on 7/31/2020, and by 3 PM on the last business day of each week thereafter. (hmc)
July 30, 2020 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) VACATING the hearing scheduled for 10:15 AM on Friday, July 31, 2020; GRANTING IN PART and DENYING IN PART defendants' #35 Motion for Protective Order; DIRECTING defendants to review the results of keyword searches as set forth below; further DIRECTING defendants to respond to plaintiffs' Third and Fourth Requests for Production ("Plaintiffs' Third and Fourth RFPs") and First Set of Interrogatories as set forth below; GRANTING defendants' #45 Unopposed Motion for Extension of Deadlines for Final Discovery Responses; and AMENDING the SCHEDULING ORDER entered on June 23, 2020 by (1) EXTENDING the date for providing final discovery responses concerning class certification to August 7, 2020; (2) VACATING the August 10, 2020 deadline for bringing unresolvable discovery disputes to the Court's attention; and (3) DIRECTING the parties to submit, by 3 PM on July 31, 2020, and by 3 PM on the last business day of each week thereafter until the close of class certification discovery, joint status reports concerning the progress the parties have made toward completion of class certification discovery. In light of the voluminous briefing submitted by the parties--which briefing totals over 1170 pages, including 96 pages for the briefs alone, together with 107 exhibits and declarations--a hearing on defendants' Motion for Protective Order is unnecessary. Consequently, the hearing scheduled for July 31, 2020 at 10:15 AM is vacated. Defendants' Motion for Protective Order principally concerns defendants' obligation to conduct keyword searches of certain custodian email inboxes as part of defendants' responses to plaintiffs' First Set of Requests for Production of Documents and Things ("Plaintiffs' First RFPs"), submitted to defendants over 16 months ago. Defendants ask to produce only "responsive, non-privileged documents identified from the set of approximately 25,000 documents [that defendants are] currently reviewing consistent with a July 6, 2020 proposal [defendants] made to Plaintiffs regarding [the] search of electronically stored information ('ESI')." #35 Def.'s Mem. P. & A. Supp. Mot. for Protective Order ("Defs.' Mem.") at 2. Plaintiffs, by contrast, despite their previous complaint to this Court about defendants "inundating Plaintiffs with a voluminous amount of discovery," Parties' Email to Court (May 22, 2020) (plaintiffs' statement), insist that defendants must review approximately 160,000 documents identified in results returned by 25 searches proposed by plaintiffs, see #37 Pls.' Mem. Opp'n Defs.' Mem. ("Pls.' Oppn") at 20-22. This significant, last-minute discovery dispute--which has generated over a thousand pages in submissions to the Court--has arisen due to the fault of counsel for both sides. Unquestionably, plaintiffs' counsel has failed to exercise due diligence throughout the course of class certification discovery. Indeed, defendants objected to conducting the keyword searches at issue long ago, in April of 2019, and plaintiffs' counsel had ample opportunities to challenge those objections, including (1) at the time the objections were made, (2) in January 2020, after a period of mediation ended because "defendants [did] not believe further discussions concerning a negotiated resolution [would] be productive," #28 Joint Status Report at 1, and the parties resumed discovery, and (3) in February 2020, when defendants indicated completion of their responses to Plaintiffs' First RFPs (with the exception of supplemental productions not at issue here, such as the production of documents created after the Plaintiffs' First RFPs were served). Instead, plaintiffs waited until June 3, 2020--after the Court held a hearing, on May 27, 2020, to address a separate discovery dispute in this matter, following approximately eight months of discovery, and only eight weeks before class certification discovery was scheduled to close--to inform defendants that plaintiffs expected a review of over a hundred and fifty thousand additional documents. At the same time, however, defendants' counsel delayed resolution of this issue by raising objections that, to the extent they asserted defendants were not required to conduct keyword searches at all to respond to Plaintiffs' First RFPs, were clearly frivolous, which defendants implicitly conceded by immediately agreeing to review tens of thousands of documents once their objections were challenged. In resolving this dispute, however, the Court is cognizant that at stake are the interests of potentially dozens of individuals in the purported class whose ability to have their rights vindicated in this suit should not be determined by any fault of counsel whom they had no hand in selecting. This last consideration overrides the fact that blame lies with both sides' counsel here.Accordingly, defendants are entitled only to partial relief with respect to this issue. Of the 25 searches plaintiffs have proposed, plaintiffs may choose 10, and defendants must review the documents returned by those searches, producing to plaintiffs those documents that are responsive and not privileged. Additionally, defendants must do the same with regard to the 2 searches that are solely related to issues directly raised by the named plaintiffs in this lawsuit, see Pls.' Opp'n at 22, which 2 searches do not count against the 10 that plaintiffs may also choose. Yet, given that plaintiffs have implicitly conceded that some of their prior proposed searches were overbroad by now offering narrower, revised search terms, see id. at 22-23, plaintiffs must use the revised search terms they proposed in their Opposition, to the extent those searches are among the 10 that plaintiffs select for defendants' review.Defendants' Motion for Protective Order further requests relief with respect to Plaintiffs' Third and Fourth RFPs and First Set of Interrogatories, served in June 2020. Defendants ask that they be obligated to produce only "those documents... [defendants] agreed to produce in [their] July 8, 2020 Combined Response and Objections to Plaintiffs' Third and Fourth Sets of Requests for Production, and [their] July 8, 2020 response to Plaintiffs' June 26, 2020 deficiency letter addressing alleged inadequacies in [defendants'] responses to discovery requests served prior to June 15, 2020." Defs.' Mem. at 39. This request is granted in part. These discovery requests are belated, which plaintiffs themselves acknowledge, because "much of the information sought [in these discovery requests] was also sought in Plaintiffs['] First RFPs." Pls.' Opp'n at 26. Plaintiffs complain that defendants "refused to produce" such information the first time around because defendants "assert[ed] the information requested was not covered by Plaintiffs['] First RFPs." Id. Plaintiffs should have raised such issues with defendants long before now and cannot cure their error by masking their overdue challenges as new discovery requests. That said, some of plaintiffs' requests from these sets concern "documents... identified at the 30(b)(6) deposition." Id. That deposition occurred after the Court's May 27, 2020 hearing, and thus "Plaintiffs could not have requested that information any sooner." Id. Defendants must respond to these requests. Otherwise, however, defendants need not provide more than what defendants have already promised in response to Plaintiffs' Third and Fourth RFPs and First Set of Interrogatories, except to the extent that overlap exists between such requests and the 12 keyword-based searches defendants remain obligated to conduct.The scheduling order entered on June 23, 2020 is amended to extend the date for providing final discovery responses concerning class certification to August 7, 2020, in accordance with defendants' Unopposed Motion for Extension of Deadlines for Final Discovery Responses. The August 10, 2020 deadline for bringing unresolvable discovery disputes to the Court's attention is vacated, for the Court anticipates that counsel in this matter, as officers of the Court, will be able to resolve any further disputes amicably without consuming the Court's time and resources, having done so twice already. To monitor the conduct and progress of counsel and parties in conducting discovery, the parties are directed to submit, by 3 PM on July 31, 2020, and by 3 PM on the last business day of each week thereafter until the close of class certification discovery, joint status reports concerning the progress the parties have made toward completing class certification discovery. Each report will certify the number of documents that the parties have produced and/or reviewed over that week and will report the number of hours the parties spent conferring that week, including such time spent to resolve any potential discovery disputes. Additionally: (1) In the July 31, 2020 report, plaintiffs shall identify the searches they have chosen to have defendants conduct and which of their requests from their Third and Fourth RFPs concern documents identified at the 30(b)(6) deposition; and (2) in the August 7, 2020 report, (a) defendants will state the number of document "hits" produced by the keyword searches; and (b) the parties will address whether any existing deadlines must be extended and, if so, propose further amendments to the scheduling order currently in place. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on July 30, 2020. (lcbah1)
July 28, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 45 Unopposed MOTION for Extension of Time to Complete Final Discovery Responses, Including Document Productions and Supplemental Privilege Log, Discovery Motions, and Noticing Depositions by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER (Sohn, Derick)
July 28, 2020 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Hearings: Motion Hearing scheduled for 7/31/2020, at 10:15 AM via video conference before Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell. (ztg)
July 28, 2020 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) DIRECTING the parties, at 10:15 AM on Friday, July 31, 2020, to appear for a hearing via videoconference before Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell. Videoconference connection details will be provided to counsel by the deputy clerk. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on July 28, 2020. (lcbah1)
July 27, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 44 NOTICE of Appearance by Truscenialyn Brooks on behalf of CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW (Brooks, Truscenialyn)
July 27, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 43 NOTICE of Appearance by Linda D. Friedman on behalf of CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW (Friedman, Linda)
July 27, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 41 MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice :Attorney Name- Linda D. Friedman, Filing fee $ 100, receipt number ADCDC-7387905. Fee Status: Fee Paid. by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW (Robot, George)
July 27, 2020 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) GRANTING plaintiffs' #41 Motion for Admission of Attorney Pro Hac Vice. Ms. Friedman may enter an appearance pro hac vice for the purpose of representing the plaintiffs in this action. Counsel should register for e-filing via PACER and file a notice of appearance pursuant to LCvR 83.6(a). #Click for instructions. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on July 27, 2020. (lcbah1)
July 24, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 42 SUPPLEMENTAL MEMORANDUM to re #35 MOTION for Protective Order filed by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 52, #2 Exhibit 53)(zrdj)
July 24, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 40 REPLY to opposition to motion re #35 MOTION for Protective Order filed by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A Defs. First Set of Interrogatories to Plaintiff Carzanna Jones (Apr. 26, 2019), #2 Exhibit B Plaintiff Carzanna Joness Amended Responses and Objections to Defendants First Set of Interrogatories (July 22, 2019), #3 Exhibit C E-mail from Pls Counsel to Bureau Counsel (July 21, 2020))(Sohn, Derick)
July 24, 2020 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) GRANTING the plaintiffs' #38 Motion for Leave to File Plaintiffs' Supplemental Memorandum in Opposition to Defendants' Motion for Protective Order Instanter. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on July 24, 2020. (lcbah1)
July 23, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 39 Memorandum in opposition to re #38 MOTION for Leave to File Motion for Leave to File Plaintiffs' Supplemental Memorandum in Opposition to Defendants' Motion for Protective Order Instanter filed by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (Sohn, Derick)
July 23, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 38 MOTION for Leave to File Motion for Leave to File Plaintiffs' Supplemental Memorandum in Opposition to Defendants' Motion for Protective Order Instanter by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A, Plaintiffs' Supplemental Memorandum in Opposition to Defendants' Motion for Protective Order, #2 Exhibit 52, #3 Exhibit 53)(Robot, George)
July 22, 2020 Opinion or Order NOTICE OF CORRECTED DOCKET ENTRY: re #36 Memorandum in Opposition, was entered in error and counsel has refiled said pleading as docket entry #37 . (zrdj)
July 21, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 37 Memorandum in opposition to re #35 MOTION for Protective Order Plaintiffs' Memorandum in Opposition to Defendants' Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of Motion for Protective Order filed by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order, #2 Exhibit A, #3 Exhibit 1, #4 Exhibit 2, #5 Exhibit 3, #6 Exhibit 4, #7 Exhibit 5, #8 Exhibit 6, #9 Exhibit 7, #10 Exhibit 8, #11 Exhibit 9, #12 Exhibit 10, #13 Exhibit 11, #14 Exhibit 12, #15 Exhibit 13, #16 Exhibit 14, #17 Exhibit 15, #18 Exhibit 16, #19 Exhibit 17, #20 Exhibit 18, #21 Exhibit 19, #22 Exhibit 20, #23 Exhibit 21, #24 Exhibit 22, #25 Exhibit 23, #26 Exhibit 24, #27 Exhibit 25, #28 Exhibit 26, #29 Exhibit 27, #30 Exhibit 28, #31 Exhibit 29, #32 Exhibit 30, #33 Exhibit 31, #34 Exhibit 32, #35 Exhibit 33, #36 Exhibit 34, #37 Exhibit 35, #38 Exhibit 36, #39 Exhibit 37, #40 Exhibit 38, #41 Exhibit 39, #42 Exhibit 40, #43 Exhibit 41, #44 Exhibit 42, #45 Exhibit 43, #46 Exhibit 44, #47 Exhibit 45, #48 Exhibit 46, #49 Exhibit 47, #50 Exhibit 48, #51 Exhibit 49, #52 Exhibit 50, #53 Exhibit 51)(Robot, George)
July 21, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 36 ENTERED IN ERROR.....Memorandum in opposition to re #35 MOTION for Protective Order Plaintiffs' Memorandum in Opposition to Defendants' Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of Motion for Protective Order filed by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A, #2 Text of Proposed Order)(Robot, George) Modified on 7/22/2020 (zrdj).
July 21, 2020 Opinion or Order NOTICE OF CORRECTED DOCKET ENTRY: re #34 MOTION for Protective Order was entered in error and counsel refiled said pleading as #35 . (zrdj)
July 16, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 35 MOTION for Protective Order by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Ex. 1, #2 Exhibit Ex. 2, #3 Exhibit Ex. 3, #4 Exhibit Ex. 4, #5 Exhibit Ex. 5, #6 Exhibit Ex. 6, #7 Exhibit Ex. 7, #8 Exhibit Ex. 8, #9 Exhibit Ex. 9, #10 Exhibit Ex. 10, #11 Exhibit Ex. 11, #12 Exhibit Ex. 12, #13 Exhibit Ex. 13, #14 Exhibit Ex. 14, #15 Exhibit Ex. 15, #16 Exhibit Ex. 16, #17 Exhibit Ex. 17, #18 Exhibit Ex. 18, #19 Exhibit Ex. 19, #20 Exhibit Ex. 20, #21 Exhibit Ex. 21, #22 Exhibit Ex. 22, #23 Exhibit Ex. 23, #24 Exhibit Ex. 24, #25 Exhibit Ex. 25, #26 Exhibit Ex. 26, #27 Exhibit Ex. 27, #28 Exhibit Ex. 28, #29 Exhibit Ex. 29, #30 Exhibit Ex. 30, #31 Exhibit Ex. 31, #32 Exhibit Ex. 32, #33 Exhibit Ex. 33, #34 Exhibit Ex. 34, #35 Exhibit Ex. 35, #36 Exhibit Ex. 36, #37 Exhibit Ex. 37, #38 Exhibit Ex. 38, #39 Exhibit Ex. 39, #40 Exhibit Ex. 40, #41 Exhibit Ex. 41, #42 Exhibit Ex. 42, #43 Exhibit Ex. 43, #44 Exhibit Ex. 44, #45 Exhibit Ex. 45, #46 Exhibit Ex. 46, #47 Exhibit Ex. 47, #48 Exhibit Ex. 48, #49 Exhibit Ex. 49, #50 Exhibit Ex. 50, #51 Exhibit Ex. 51)(Sohn, Derick)
July 16, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 34 ENTERED IN ERROR.....MOTION for Protective Order by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER (Sohn, Derick) Modified on 7/21/2020 (zrdj).
July 14, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 33 MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice :Attorney Name- Truscenialyn Brooks, Filing fee $ 100, receipt number ADCDC-7336250. Fee Status: Fee Paid. by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW (Robot, George)
July 14, 2020 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) CANCELING the Telephone Conference regarding discovery scheduled for July 15, 2020 at 11:00 AM; GRANTING defendants leave to file a motion for protective order by July 16, 2020 at 5:00 PM, see #3 Standing Order ¶ 7(b); Fed. R. Civ. P 26(b)(2)(B); DIRECTING that any plaintiffs' opposition is due by July 21, 2020 at 5:00 PM and any defendants' reply is due by July 24, 2020 at 5:00 PM; FURTHER DIRECTING that defendants shall, at a minimum, explain: (1) the grounds for their initial objection to the production of electronically stored information ("ESI"); (2) the date by which defendants could complete production of 40,000 pages of ESI; (3) whether defendants believe they can still meet the September 25 deadline for expert reports on class certification if they are required to produce 40,000 pages of ESI; (4) why defendants have not yet completed production of requested congressional testimony and related documents; and (5) whether defendants maintain custodian and source information for documents already produced; and FURTHER DIRECTING that plaintiffs shall, at a minimum, explain or provide: (1) why plaintiffs waited until May and June 2020--after the May 27, 2020 discovery teleconference in this case--to challenge (a) defendants' February 2020 privilege log, and (b) defendants' April 2019 objection to producing ESI; (2) the apparent inconsistency between plaintiffs' denial of knowledge until after defendants' rolling production of documents was complete that defendants had no intention of producing ESI and defendants' asserted objection to the production of ESI in April 2019; (3) the approximate number of pages of ESI plaintiffs believe that defendants still must produce; (4) the necessity for each custodian and search term proposed by plaintiffs; (5) why plaintiffs agreed to a schedule that provided nearly two months between the close of class-certification discovery and the submission of expert reports on class certification given that plaintiffs now maintain they can submit their expert report on class certification within two weeks of receiving a final production of documents from defendants; (6) how plaintiffs have narrowed their class theories over the past two years; (7) why plaintiffs have not responded to defendants' April 2019 interrogatory asking plaintiffs to identify the alleged questions of law and fact common to plaintiffs' purported class (or, alternatively, plaintiffs may provide a response to that interrogatory); (8) a definition of plaintiffs' purported class of "Consumer Response Specialists"; and (9) precisely how plaintiffs' defined purported class of "Consumer Response Specialists" warrants authorizing each aspect of the discovery at issue in the defendants' anticipated motion for a protective order. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on July 14, 2020. (lcbah1)
July 14, 2020 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Deadlines: Motion for protective order due by 5:00 PM on 7/16/2020; opposition due by 5:00 PM on 7/21/2020; Reply due by 5:00 PM 7/24/2020. (ztg)
July 14, 2020 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) GRANTING plaintiffs' #33 Motion for Admission of Attorney Pro Hac Vice. Ms. Brooks may enter an appearance pro hac vice for the purpose of representing the plaintiffs in this action. Counsel should register for e-filing via PACER and file a notice of appearance pursuant to LCvR 83.6(a). #Click for instructions. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on July 14, 2020. ( lcbah1)
July 13, 2020 Opinion or Order NOTICE OF HEARING. The parties shall take notice that a Telephone Conference regarding discovery is scheduled for 7/15/2020, at 11:00 AM before Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell. Connection details will be provided by the deputy clerk. (ztg)
June 24, 2020 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Deadlines: Set/Reset Deadlines: Each party will by 6/26/2020, identify to the opposing party any discovery request served prior to June 15, 2020 (see Order for details); objections to any new discovery requests due by 7/8/2020; final discovery responses, including production of documents and supplemental privilege logs due by 7/31/2020, parties to bring to the Court's attention any unresolvable discovery disputes, and provide notices of depositions, the date(s), time(s), and location(s) of which shall be determined by agreement of the parties by 8/10/2020; expert reports due by 9/25/2020; expert rebuttal reports due by 11/20/2020; expert depositions on class certification and joint status report due by 12/18/2020; any motion for class certification or conditional class certification due by 1/29/2021; opposition to motion for class certification due by 3/12/2020; reply due by 4/2/2021. (ztg)
June 23, 2020 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) ISSUING, upon consideration of the parties' #32 Joint Status Report and Discovery Plan, the following SCHEDULING ORDER to control the timing of proceedings in this matter: (1) by June 26, 2020, each party will identify to the opposing party any discovery request served prior to June 15, 2020 for which the party disputes the adequacy of the response, and shall serve on the opposing party all additional discovery requests that are necessary for the purposes of fact discovery on class certification; (2) by July 8, 2020, the parties will serve on each other all objections to any new discovery requests; (3) by July 31, 2020, the parties will provide final discovery responses to each other, including production of documents and supplemental privilege logs; (4) by August 10, 2020, the parties will bring any unresolvable discovery disputes to the Court's attention in accordance with the #3 Standing Order, ¶ 7, and will provide notices of depositions, the date(s), time(s), and location(s) of which shall be determined by agreement of the parties; (5) by September 25, 2020, the parties will produce their expert reports on class certification; (6) by November 20, 2020, the parties will produce their expert rebuttal reports on class certification; (7) by December 18, 2020, the parties shall complete any expert depositions on class certification and the parties shall file a joint status report advising the Court whether the parties request referral for mediation or settlement; (8) by January 29, 2021, the plaintiffs shall file any motion for class certification or conditional class certification; (9) by March 12, 2021, the defendants shall file any opposition to the plaintiffs' motion for class certification; and (10) by April 2, 2021, the plaintiffs shall file any reply in support of class certification. It is further ORDERED that, in the event the plaintiffs file a motion for conditional class certification, the defendants shall have 30 days to respond to any such motion and the plaintiffs shall have 14 days to file any reply to the defendants' response; and that, within one week of any Court order granting or denying a motion for class certification or conditional class certification, the parties shall file a joint status report proposing a schedule to govern further proceedings in this matter. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on June 23, 2020. (lcbah1)
June 19, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 32 Joint STATUS REPORT by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (Sohn, Derick)
June 10, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 31 NOTICE of Appearance by Allison Ziegler on behalf of All Defendants (Ziegler, Allison)
June 5, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 30 TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS, before Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell, held on 05-27-2020. Page Numbers: 1 - 31. Date of Issuance: 06-05-2020. Court Reporter: Elizabeth SaintLoth; Telephone number: 202-354-3242. Transcripts may be ordered by submitting the #Transcript Order FormFor the first 90 days after this filing date, the transcript may be viewed at the courthouse at a public terminal or purchased from the court reporter referenced above. After 90 days, the transcript may be accessed via PACER. Other transcript formats, (multi-page, condensed, CD or ASCII) may be purchased from the court reporter.NOTICE RE REDACTION OF TRANSCRIPTS: The parties have twenty-one days to file with the court and the court reporter any request to redact personal identifiers from this transcript. If no such requests are filed, the transcript will be made available to the public via PACER without redaction after 90 days. The policy, which includes the five personal identifiers specifically covered, is located on our website at www.dcd.uscourts.gov. Redaction Request due 6/26/2020. Redacted Transcript Deadline set for 7/6/2020. Release of Transcript Restriction set for 9/3/2020.(Saint-Loth, Elizabeth)
May 27, 2020 Opinion or Order Minute Entry for proceedings held before Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell: Telephone Conference held on 5/27/2020. (Court Reporter Elizabeth Saint-Loth.) (tg)
May 27, 2020 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) DIRECTING, upon consideration of the representations and arguments presented in the parties' email submission and at the telephone conference held on May 27, 2020, (1) defendants, by Friday, May 29, 2020, to explain to plaintiffs, in as much detail as possible, (i) what information was in the initial data set provided to plaintiffs, (ii) what information has been added to the data set, such as new people, promotions, and positions, and (iii) why the new information was added to the data set; (2) plaintiffs, by Friday, May 29, 2020, to identify to defendants (i) any outstanding discovery requests to which plaintiffs currently cannot respond and the specific reasons therefor, and an estimated timeframe for response, and (ii) any objections that plaintiffs refuse to withdraw with respect to each outstanding discovery request, and a full explanation of the legal bases for those objections; (3) plaintiffs, by Friday, June 12, 2020, to take any necessary 30(b)(6) deposition concerning changes defendants have made to the data set; and (4) the parties, by Friday, June 19, 2020, to submit a joint status report to the Court on the progress made in complying with this MINUTE ORDER and producing a discovery plan "to secure the just, speedy, and inexpensive determination" of this action. Fed. R. Civ. P. 1. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on May 27, 2020. (lcbah1)
May 27, 2020 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Deadlines: Parties' compliance with Order of the Court due by 5/29/2020; plaintiffs to take any necessary deposition by 6/12/2020; joint status report due by 6/19/2020. (tg)
May 26, 2020 Opinion or Order NOTICE OF HEARING: The parties shall take notice that a Telephone Conference to address a discovery dispute is scheduled for 5/27/2020, at 12:00 PM before Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell. Telephone conference details will be provided by the deputy clerk via email. (tg)
February 19, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 29 NOTICE of Appearance by Derick Koo Sohn, Jr on behalf of All Defendants (Sohn, Derick)
January 27, 2020 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Deadlines: Fact discovery on class certification due by 7/31/2020; expert reports on class certification due by 9/25/2020; expert rebuttal reports on class certification due by 11/20/2020; expert depositions on class certification and status report due by 12/18/2020; plaintiffs' motion for class certification or conditional class certification due by 1/29/2021; defendants' opposition to motion for class certification or conditional class certification due by 3/12/2021; plaintiffs' reply due by 4/2/2021. (tg)
January 27, 2020 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) ISSUING, upon consideration of the parties' #28 Joint Status Report, the following SCHEDULING ORDER to control the timing of proceedings in this matter: (1) by July 31, 2020, fact discovery on class certification shall close and the parties shall file a joint status report advising the Court whether the parties request referral for mediation or settlement; (2) by September 25, 2020, the parties will produce their expert reports on class certification; (3) by November 20, 2020, the parties will produce their expert rebuttal reports on class certification; (4) by December 18, 2020, the parties shall complete any expert depositions on class certification and the parties shall file a joint status report advising the Court whether the parties request referral for mediation or settlement; (5) by January 29, 2021, the plaintiffs shall file any motion for class certification or conditional class certification; (6) by March 12, 2021, the defendants shall file any opposition to the plaintiffs' motion for class certification; and by (7) April 2, 2021, the plaintiffs shall file any reply in support of class certification. It is further ORDERED that, in the event the plaintiffs file a motion for conditional class certification, the defendants shall have 30 days to respond to any such motion and the plaintiffs shall have 14 days to file any reply to the defendants' response; and that, within one week of any Court order granting or denying a motion for class certification or conditional class certification, the parties shall file a joint status report proposing a schedule to govern further proceedings in this matter. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on January 27, 2020. (lcbah1)
January 24, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 28 Joint STATUS REPORT by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Robot, George)
December 23, 2019 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) GRANTING the plaintiff's #27 Unopposed Motion for Extension of Referral to Mediation and Extension of Stay; EXTENDING the referral for mediation until January 24, 2020; STAYING this matter until January 24, 2020; and DIRECTING the parties to file a joint status report by January 24, 2020 advising the Court whether the referral to mediation should be further extended or proposing a schedule for further proceedings in this matter. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on December 23, 2019. (lcbah1)
December 23, 2019 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 1/24/2020. (hmc)
December 20, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 27 MOTION for Extension of Time to Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion for Extension of Referral to Mediation and Extension of Stay by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order)(Robot, George)
November 4, 2019 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 1/3/2020. (tg)
November 4, 2019 Opinion or Order Case Stayed until January 3, 2020. (tg)
November 1, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 26 JOINT MOTION for Extension of REFERRAL TO MEDIATION AND EXTENSION OF STAY by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER (See docket entry #25 to view document)(zrdj)
November 1, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 25 Joint STATUS REPORT and Joint Motion for Extension of Referral to Mediation and Extension of Stay by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (McCray-Worrall, Thomas)
November 1, 2019 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) GRANTING the parties' #25 Joint Motion for Extension of Referral to Mediation and Extension of Stay; REFERRING this matter to the United States District Court Mediation Program until January 3, 2020; STAYING this matter until January 3, 2020; and DIRECTING the parties to file a joint status report by January 3, 2020 advising the Court whether the referral to mediation should be extended or proposing a schedule for further proceedings in this matter. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on November 1, 2019. (lcbah1)
August 8, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 24 MOTION for Extension of Time by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, CARZANNA JONES, KATHLEEN KRANINGER, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (See Docket Entry #23 to view document). (znmw)
August 8, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 23 Joint STATUS REPORT and Joint Motion for Extension of Referral to Mediation and Extension of Stay by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (McCray-Worrall, Thomas)
August 8, 2019 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) GRANTING the parties' #23 Joint Motion for Extension of Referral to Mediation and Extension of Stay; REFERRING this matter to the United States District Court Mediation Program until November 4, 2019; STAYING this matter until November 4, 2019; and DIRECTING the parties to file a joint status report by November 4, 2019 advising the Court whether the referral to mediation should be extended or proposing a schedule for further proceedings in this matter. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on August 8, 2019. (lcbah1)
August 8, 2019 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Deadlines: Case stayed until 11/4/2019; Mediation to conclude by 11/4/2019; Joint Status Report due by 11/4/2019. (tg)
May 10, 2019 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) GRANTING the parties' #22 Joint Motion for Referral to Mediation and for Stay; REFERRING this matter to the United States District Court Mediation Program until August 8, 2019; STAYING this matter until August 8, 2019; and DIRECTING the parties to file a joint status report by August 8, 2019 advising the Court whether the referral to mediation should be extended or proposing a schedule for further proceedings in this matter. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on May 10, 2019. (lcbah1)
May 10, 2019 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 8/8/2019. (tg)
May 10, 2019 Opinion or Order Case Stayed until 8/8/2019. (tg)
May 9, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 22 Joint MOTION for Referral to Mediation and for Stay by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER (McCray-Worrall, Thomas)
May 3, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 21 NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1 - Memorandum Opinion and Order, Van Atta v. CFPB)(McCray-Worrall, Thomas)
April 22, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 20 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPEARANCE as to CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. Attorney David A. King, Jr terminated. (King, David)
April 22, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 19 NOTICE of Appearance by Thomas Macy McCray-Worrall on behalf of All Defendants (McCray-Worrall, Thomas)
April 16, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 18 MINUTE ORDER GRANTING the parties' #16 Joint Motion for Entry of Discovery Order Concerning Materials as to which Privileges May Be Asserted and ENTERING the parties' Discovery Order Concerning Materials as to which Privileges May Be Asserted. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on April 16, 2019. (lcbah1) Modified title on 4/18/2019 (tg).
April 16, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 17 MINUTE ORDER GRANTING the parties' #15 Joint Motion for Entry of Stipulated Protective Order and ENTERING the parties' Stipulated Protective Order. See attached Order for more details. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on April 16, 2019. (lcbah1) Modified title on 4/18/2019 (tg).
April 16, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 16 Joint MOTION for Order Concerning Materials As To Which Privileges May Be Asserted by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order)(King, David)
April 16, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 15 Joint MOTION for Protective Order by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order)(King, David)
March 18, 2019 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Deadlines: Plaintiffs' motion for class certification or conditional class certification due by 5/20/2019; defendants' opposition due by 6/17/2019; plaintiffs' reply due by 7/1/2019. (tg)
March 15, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 14 Unopposed MOTION for Extension of Time to File Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to File Briefing Regarding Class Certification or Conditional Class Certification by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order)(Robot, George)
March 15, 2019 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) GRANTING the #14 Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to File Briefing Regarding Class Certification or Conditional Class Certification and ISSUING the following SCHEDULING ORDER to control the timing of proceedings in this matter: (1) by May 20, 2019, the plaintiffs shall file any motion for class certification or conditional class certification; (2) by June 17, 2019, the defendants shall file any opposition to class certification or conditional class certification; (3) by July 1, 2019, the plaintiffs shall file any reply in support of class certification or conditional class certification. It is further ORDERED that, within one week of any Court order granting or denying a motion for class certification or conditional class certification, the parties shall file a joint status report proposing a schedule to govern further proceedings in this matter. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on March 15, 2019. (lcbah1)
February 11, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 13 MEMORANDUM re Order,,,,, by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW. (Robot, George)
February 4, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 12 MEMORANDUM re Order,,,,, by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (King, David)
January 29, 2019 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Deadlines: Defendants' brief regarding jurisdiction due by 2/4/2019; initial disclosures due by 2/5/2019; plaintiffs' brief regarding jurisdiction due by 2/11/2019; Motion for class certification or conditional class certification due by 4/5/2019; opposition to motion, if any, due by 5/3/2019; reply, if any, due by 5/17/2019. (tg)
January 28, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 11 Joint STATUS REPORT by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, KATHLEEN KRANINGER. (King, David)
January 28, 2019 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) ISSUING, upon consideration of the parties' #10 Joint Meet and Confer Report and #11 Joint Status Report, the following SCHEDULING ORDER to control the timing of proceedings in this matter: (1) by February 4, 2019, the defendants shall file a brief addressing the Court's jurisdiction over this matter; (2) by February 5, 2019, the parties shall make initial disclosures consistent with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(1); (3) by February 11, 2019, the plaintiffs shall file a brief addressing the Court's jurisdiction over this matter; (4) by April 5, 2019, the plaintiffs shall file any motion for class certification or conditional class certification; (5) by May 3, 2019, the defendants shall file any opposition to class certification or conditional class certification; (6) by May 17, 2019, the plaintiffs shall file any reply in support of class certification or conditional class certification. It is further ORDERED that, within one week of any Court order granting or denying a motion for class certification or conditional class certification, the parties shall file a joint status report proposing a schedule to govern further proceedings in this matter. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on January 28, 2019. (lcbah1)
January 24, 2019 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) DIRECTING, upon consideration of the parties' #10 Joint Meet and Confer Report, the parties to file, by January 28, 2019, a joint status report addressing: (1) why the Court should enter a briefing schedule for motions for class certification prior to resolving the jurisdictional concerns raised in the #10 Joint Meet and Confer Report at 2; and (2) why the plaintiffs' motion for conditional class certification of the Equal Pay Act claim and the plaintiffs' motion for class certification of the Title VII claims cannot follow the same briefing schedule. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on January 24, 2019. (lcbah1)
January 24, 2019 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 1/28/2019. (tg)
January 22, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 10 MEET AND CONFER STATEMENT. (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order [proposed] Order)(Robot, George)
December 20, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 9 ANSWER to #8 Amended Complaint by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, JOHN MICHAEL MULVANEY.(King, David)
December 6, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 8 AMENDED COMPLAINT against CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, JOHN MICHAEL MULVANEY with Jury Demand filed by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD PAZ-CHOW.(zrdj)
December 6, 2018 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) GRANTING the #7 Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion for Leave to File Amended Complaint Instanter and DENYING, as moot, the #6 Defendants' Partial Motion to Dismiss and Motion to Strike, without prejudice to the defendants filing any renewed motion in relation to the amended complaint. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on December 6, 2018. (lcbah1)
December 4, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 7 Unopposed MOTION for Leave to File Amended Complaint Instanter and Points and Authorities in Support Thereof by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD PAZ-CHOW (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A, #2 Text of Proposed Order)(Robot, George)
November 20, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 6 MOTION to Dismiss (Counts I, II, V, and VI) by CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, JOHN MICHAEL MULVANEY (Attachments: #1 Memorandum in Support, #2 Text of Proposed Order)(King, David). Added MOTION to Strike on 11/21/2018 (zrdj).
November 20, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 5 NOTICE of Appearance by David A. King, Jr on behalf of All Defendants (King, David)
September 17, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 4 ERRATA CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD PAZ-CHOW #1 Complaint, filed by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD PAZ-CHOW. (Robot, George)
September 17, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 3 STANDING ORDER. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on September 17, 2018. (lcbah1)
September 14, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 2 SUMMONS (4) Issued Electronically as to CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, JOHN MICHAEL MULVANEY, U.S. Attorney and U.S. Attorney General (Attachments: #1 Notice and Consent)(zsth)
September 13, 2018 Opinion or Order Case Assigned to Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell. (zsth)
September 13, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 1 COMPLAINT CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT against All Defendants with Jury Demand ( Filing fee $ 400 receipt number 0090-5688169) filed by CARZANNA JONES, HEYNARD PAZ-CHOW. (Attachments: #1 Civil Cover Sheet, #2 Summons, #3 Summons, #4 Summons, #5 Summons)(Robot, George)

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Plaintiff: HEYNARD PAZ-CHOW
Represented By: George S Robot
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Plaintiff: CARZANNA JONES
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Plaintiff: HEYNARD L. PAZ-CHOW
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