Schuele v. Apple, Inc.
Plaintiff: Karry Schuele
Respondent: Apple Inc
Case Number: 8:2026cv01955
Filed: July 10, 2026
Court: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Presiding Judge: John L Badalamenti
Referring Judge: Amanda Arnold Sansone
Nature of Suit: Personal Inj. Prod. Liability
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. ยง 1332 Diversity-Product Liability
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
July 10, 2026 Filing 19 NOTICE TO COUNSEL of Local Rule 2.01(c), Special Admission - File a Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice. Co-counsel with filing rights may electronically file the motion on behalf of the lawyer seeking Special Admission or the motion may be filed in paper format; Pay the Special Admission Fee; Submit a Pro Hac Vice E-File Registration through PACER. Visit www.flmd.uscourts.gov/for-lawyers for details (Signed by Deputy Clerk). (JNB)
July 10, 2026 Filing 18 Case TRANSFERRED from the Northern District of California. Case assigned to District Judge Badalamenti and Magistrate Judge Sansone. New Case Number: 8:26-cv-1955-JLB-AAS. (JNB)
July 10, 2026 Filing 17 Case transferred in from District of California Northern; Case Number 3:26-cv-03935. File received electronically
July 9, 2026 Case Transferred to the Middle District of Florida per Order at dkt 16 (pjf, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/9/2026) [Transferred from cand on 7/10/2026.]
July 8, 2026 Opinion or Order Filing 16 Order granting #10 Motion to Transfer Case. Signed by Judge Vince Chhabria on 7/8/2026. (vclc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/8/2026) [Transferred from cand on 7/10/2026.]
July 8, 2026 Opinion or Order Filing 15 Order. The #9 sealing motion is granted as to the redactions specified in Dkt. No. 12. Within 7 days, the filing party must file public redacted copies under separate docket numbers, if the redactions differ from those versions already publicly filed. Signed by Judge Vince Chhabria on 7/8/2026. (This is a text-only entry generated by the court. There is no document associated with this entry.) (vclc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/8/2026) [Transferred from cand on 7/10/2026.]
July 6, 2026 Filing 14 CLERK'S NOTICE VACATING 7/9/2026 MOTION HEARINGS. The Court will issue a written ruling based on the motions and responsive briefs. (This is a text-only entry generated by the court. There is no document associated with this entry.) (bxs, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/6/2026) [Transferred from cand on 7/10/2026.]
June 9, 2026 Filing 13 Statement of Non-Opposition re #10 MOTION to Transfer Case filed byKarry Schuele. (Related document(s)#10) (Wade, Gillian) (Filed on 6/9/2026) [Transferred from cand on 7/10/2026.]
June 2, 2026 Filing 12 Declaration of Sara D. Avila in Support of #9 Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Another Party's Material Should Be Sealed filed byKarry Schuele. (Related document(s)#9) (Avila, Sara) (Filed on 6/2/2026) [Transferred from cand on 7/10/2026.]
May 27, 2026 Filing 11 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE by Apple, Inc. re #9 Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Another Party's Material Should Be Sealed (Singh, David) (Filed on 5/27/2026) [Transferred from cand on 7/10/2026.]
May 26, 2026 Filing 10 MOTION to Transfer Case filed by Apple, Inc.. Motion Hearing set for 7/9/2026 10:00 AM in San Francisco, Courtroom 04, 17th Floor before Judge Vince Chhabria. Responses due by 6/9/2026. Replies due by 6/16/2026. (Attachments: #1 Declaration of David R. Singh, #2 Exhibit A - Deposition Cites - REDACTED)(Singh, David) (Filed on 5/26/2026) [Transferred from cand on 7/10/2026.]
May 26, 2026 Filing 9 Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Another Party's Material Should Be Sealed filed by Apple, Inc.. (Attachments: #1 Declaration of David R. Singh, #2 Proposed Order, #3 Motion to Transfer - SEALED, #4 Exhibit A - Deposition Cites - SEALED)(Singh, David) (Filed on 5/26/2026) [Transferred from cand on 7/10/2026.]
May 22, 2026 Opinion or Order Filing 8 ORDER REASSIGNING CASE IT IS ORDERED that this case is directly assigned to Judge Vince Chhabria. Magistrate Judge Thomas S. Hixson no longer assigned to the case. Counsel are instructed that all future filings shall bear the updated judicial initials immediately after the case number. Counsel are reminded to verify the location of the judge on the court website. All hearing and trial dates presently scheduled are vacated. However, existing briefing schedules for motions remain unchanged. Motions must be renoticed for hearing before the judge to whom the case has been reassigned, but the renoticing of the hearing does not affect the prior briefing schedule. Other deadlines such as those for ADR compliance and discovery cutoff also remain unchanged. Notice: The assigned judge participates in the Cameras in the Courtroom Pilot Project. See #General Order 65 and #cand.uscourts.gov/cameras. Mark B. Busby Clerk, United States District Court (This is a text-only entry generated by the court. There is no document associated with this entry.) (as, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/22/2026) [Transferred from cand on 7/10/2026.]
May 21, 2026 Opinion or Order Filing 7 ORDER RELATING CASES: 26-cv-03906-AGT, 26-cv-03927-VKD, 26-cv-03930-SK, 26-cv-03931-NC, 26-cv-03933-VKD, 26-cv-03935-TSH, 26-cv-03936-NC, 26-cv-03944-NC, 26-cv-03945-NC, 26-cv-03966-KAW, 26-cv-03970-PHK, 26-cv-03971-VKD, 26-cv-03981-VKD. Signed by Judge Vince Chhabria on 5/21/2026. (bxs, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/21/2026) [Transferred from cand on 7/10/2026.]
May 8, 2026 Filing 6 NOTICE by Karry Schuele Notice of Plaintiffs' Unopposed Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Cases Should be Related (Attachments: #1 Declaration of Gillian L. Wade)(Wade, Gillian) (Filed on 5/8/2026) [Transferred from cand on 7/10/2026.]
May 7, 2026 Filing 5 Summons Issued as to Apple, Inc. (hdj, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/7/2026) [Transferred from cand on 7/10/2026.]
May 7, 2026 Filing 4 Initial Case Management Scheduling Order with ADR Deadlines: Case Management Statement due by 8/6/2026. Initial Case Management Conference set for 8/13/2026 10:00 AM in San Francisco, Courtroom E, 15th Floor. (hdj, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/7/2026) [Transferred from cand on 7/10/2026.]
May 4, 2026 Filing 3 Case assigned to Magistrate Judge Thomas S. Hixson. Counsel for plaintiff or the removing party is responsible for serving the Complaint or Notice of Removal, Summons and the assigned judge's standing orders and all other new case documents upon the opposing parties. For information, visit E-Filing A New Civil Case at http://cand.uscourts.gov/ecf/caseopening.Standing orders can be downloaded from the court's web page at www.cand.uscourts.gov/judges. Upon receipt, the summons will be issued and returned electronically. A scheduling order will be sent by Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF) within two business days. Consent/Declination due by 5/18/2026. (as, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/4/2026) [Transferred from cand on 7/10/2026.]
May 1, 2026 Filing 2 Proposed Summons. (Wade, Gillian) (Filed on 5/1/2026) [Transferred from cand on 7/10/2026.]
May 1, 2026 Filing 1 COMPLAINT against Apple, Inc. ( Filing fee $ 405, receipt number ACANDC-21936260.). Filed by Karry Schuele. (Attachments: #1 Civil Cover Sheet)(Wade, Gillian) (Filed on 5/1/2026) [Transferred from cand on 7/10/2026.]

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Plaintiff: Karry Schuele
Represented By: Gillian Leigh Wade
Represented By: Sara Dawn Avila
Represented By: Collins Kilgore
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Represented By: David Ramraj Singh
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