Pepe v. DeCosta
Plaintiff: Thomas Pepe
Defendant: Christopher DeCosta
Case Number: 2:2025cv00590
Filed: July 7, 2025
Court: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Presiding Judge: Kyle C Dudek
Referring Judge: Nicholas P Mizell
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights: Other
Cause of Action: 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Civil Rights Act
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
December 15, 2025 Filing 25 DISCLOSURE STATEMENT under Rule 7.1, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and Local Rule 3.03 by Thomas Pepe. (Attachments: #1 Mailing Envelope)(ABM)
December 15, 2025 Filing 24 MOTION for Status, MOTION for Ruling by Thomas Pepe. (Attachments: #1 Cover Letter, #2 Mailing Envelope)(ABM)
December 15, 2025 Filing 23 MOTION for Exemption form Electronic Filing by Thomas Pepe. (Attachments: #1 Cover Letter, #2 Mailing Envelope)(ABM)
December 5, 2025 Filing 22 DISCLOSURE STATEMENT under Rule 7.1, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and Local Rule 3.03 by Thomas Pepe. (Attachments: #1 Mailing Envelope)(ABM)
December 2, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 21 TEXT ORDER. The prior link to the Local Rule 3.03 Disclosure Form has been taken offline. The form can now be found at: https://www.flmd.uscourts.gov/local-rules/rule-303-disclosure-statement. The show cause deadline in Doc. 19 is extended to December 16, 2025 to accommodate this change. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nicholas P. Mizell on 12/2/2025. (RCD)
December 1, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 20 ENDORSED ORDER denying #18 plaintiff's motion to accept disclosure statement as timely filed for the reasons discussed in our show cause order. (Doc. 19). Signed by Magistrate Judge Nicholas P. Mizell on 12/1/2025. (RCD)
December 1, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 19 TEXT ORDER. Plaintiff filed an improper disclosure form. (Doc. 17). Local Rule 3.03 requires that each party file a disclosure form with their first appearance, and we further emphasize this requirement in our Civil Action Order. (Doc. #5 at 2). We even entered a text order (Doc. 16) that reminded plaintiff of this requirement, and included a URL link to the proper form. As plaintiff has a workable email and informed us in a separate case that he monitors it daily (2:25-cv-536-JES-NPM, Doc. 36 at 1), we infer that plaintiff should have been able to use the link we provided but deliberately chose not to. By December 15, 2025, plaintiff must either file a proper disclosure form, or show cause why his case should not be dismissed for failure to comply with court orders. The clerk is DIRECTED to delete the PDF file (Doc. 17) from the CM/ECF docket. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nicholas P. Mizell on 12/1/2025. (RCD)
December 1, 2025 Filing 18 MOTION to Accept Disclosure Statement as Timely Filed by Thomas Pepe. (Attachments: #1 Mailing Envelope)(ABM)
December 1, 2025 Filing 17 **PDF DELETED PER ORDER 19** DISCLOSURE STATEMENT under Rule 7.1, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and Local Rule 3.03 by Thomas Pepe. (Attachments: # 1 Mailing Envelope)(ABM) Modified text on 12/3/2025 (KME).
November 19, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 16 TEXT ORDER. Local Rule 3.03 requires that, with the first appearance, each party file a disclosure statement using the standard form from the clerk or the court's website. Plaintiff failed to do so. By November 26, 2025, plaintiff must file his disclosure statement using the standard form, which can be found at: https://www.flmd.uscourts.gov/form/disclosure-statement. Failure to do so may result in this case being dismissed without further notice. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nicholas P. Mizell on 11/19/2025. (RCD)
October 22, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 15 TEXT ORDER. The Clerk is DIRECTED to add plaintiff Pepe's email address to the docket ("[email protected]"). All future notices of electronic filing will be sent to this email address. Pepe must continually monitor this email account. The Clerk will no longer mail paper copies of our orders or notices to Pepe. Defendant's filings will also be served on Pepe via the CM/ECF system. Pepe must immediately apprise the court of any change of email address, and he must promptly respond to notices of electronic filing as appropriate. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nicholas P. Mizell on 10/22/2025. (RCD)
September 16, 2025 Filing 14 Case Reassigned to Judge Kyle C. Dudek. New case number: 2:25-cv-590-KCD-NPM. Judge John L. Badalamenti no longer assigned to the case. (AET)
August 19, 2025 Filing 13 MOTION to Compel Ruling on In Forma Pauperis Application and Demand for Immediate Adjudication by Thomas Pepe. (Attachments: #1 Mailing Envelope)(ABM) Motions referred to Magistrate Judge Nicholas P. Mizell.
July 31, 2025 Filing 12 DECLARATION of Thomas Pepe by Thomas Pepe. (eportal) (LF)
July 31, 2025 Filing 11 NOTICE of Filing Exhibits A-K in Support re #10 MOTION for Miscellaneous Relief, specifically Judicial Notice and Supplemental Statement of Facts by Thomas Pepe. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit List) (eportal)(LF)
July 31, 2025 Filing 10 MOTION for Miscellaneous Relief, specifically Motion for Judicial Notice and Supplemental Statement of Facts by Thomas Pepe. (LF) Motions referred to Magistrate Judge Nicholas P. Mizell. (eportal)
July 28, 2025 Filing 9 NOTICE by Thomas Pepe (e-portal) (ABM)
July 25, 2025 Filing 8 NOTICE to the Courts to take judicial notice regarding by Thomas Pepe. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit) (eportal)(LF)
July 18, 2025 Filing 7 MOTION to Proceed In Forma Pauperis by Thomas Pepe. (e-portal) (Attachments: #1 Affidavit)(ABM) Motions referred to Magistrate Judge Nicholas P. Mizell.
July 15, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 6 ENDORSED ORDER denying without prejudice #3 plaintiff's application to proceed in district court without prepaying fees or costs. By July 29, 2025, plaintiff must either pay the filing fee or file a complete IFP application using AO Form 239 or AO Form 240. Any IFP application must be complete in all respects, with detailed answers and nothing left blank. A failure to fully comply with this order or timely seek relief from it may result in a dismissal of this action without prejudice and without further notice. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nicholas P. Mizell on 7/15/2025. (RCD)
July 11, 2025 Filing 5 CIVIL Action Order Signed by All Divisional Judges on 7/11/2025. (WRW)
July 7, 2025 Filing 4 MOTION to Strike Fraudulent Filings and Proceedings from Case No. 22-CA-003265 by Thomas Pepe. (Attachments: #1 Mailing Envelope)(ABM) Motions referred to Magistrate Judge Nicholas P. Mizell.
July 7, 2025 Filing 3 MOTION to Proceed In Forma Pauperis by Thomas Pepe. (Attachments: #1 Mailing Envelope)(ABM) Motions referred to Magistrate Judge Nicholas P. Mizell.
July 7, 2025 Filing 2 Tangible Item Received. CD - Exhibit H by Thomas Pepe re #1 Complaint. Stored in the file room (ABM)
July 7, 2025 Filing 1 COMPLAINT/MOTION FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE against Christopher DeCosta with Jury Demand filed by Thomas Pepe. (Attachments: #1 Civil Cover Sheet, #2 Proposed Summons, #3 Exhibits, #4 Mailing Envelope)(ABM)

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