West v. Caravels, LLC et al
Plaintiff: Bruce L. West
Defendant: Caravels, LLC and Virginia Transformer, Corp.
Case Number: 4:2022cv00202
Filed: August 23, 2022
Court: US District Court for the Southern District of Georgia
Office: Savannah Office
Presiding Judge: R Stan Baker
Referring Judge: Christopher L Ray
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights: Jobs
Cause of Action: 42 U.S.C. § 2000 Job Discrimination (Race)
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
October 7, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 33 SCHEDULING ORDER: Amended Pleadings due by 10/24/2022. Discovery due by 11/14/2022. Motions due by 3/2/2023. Expert Witness Report (Plaintiff) due by 12/20/2022. Expert Witness Report (defendant) due by 1/20/2023. Status Report due by 2/14/2023. Signed by Magistrate Judge Christopher L. Ray on 10/7/2022. (csr)
October 5, 2022 Filing 32 REPORT of Rule 26(f) Planning Meeting. (Lamar, Sarah)
October 5, 2022 MOTIONS REFERRED: #32 REPORT of Rule 26(f) Planning Meeting. (thb)
September 28, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 31 ORDER directing parties to file a revised Rule 26(f) Report no later than October 5, 2022. Signed by Magistrate Judge Christopher L. Ray on 9/28/2022. (maa)
September 27, 2022 Filing 30 REPORT of Rule 26(f) Planning Meeting. (Lamar, Sarah)
September 27, 2022 MOTIONS REFERRED: #30 REPORT of Rule 26(f) Planning Meeting. (thb)
September 26, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 29 ORDER granting re #28 Motion for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice for Melissa A. Ghrist. Signed by Magistrate Judge Christopher L. Ray on 9/26/22. (loh)
September 22, 2022 Filing 28 MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice requested by Melissa A. Ghrist. Pro Hac Vice Receipt Number: 400000096, Fee Amount $200, by Bruce L. West. Responses due by 10/6/2022. REFERRED to Judge Christopher L. Ray. (csr)
September 22, 2022 MOTIONS REFERRED: #28 MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice Fee Amount $200. (JH)
August 23, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 27 RULE 26 INSTRUCTION ORDER. Signed by District Judge R. Stan Baker on 8/23/22. (loh)
August 23, 2022 Filing 26 NOTICE TO ALL COUNSEL OF RECORD re #1 Complaint. (loh)
August 23, 2022 Filing 25 Case transfer in from District of Georgia Northern; Case Number 1:21-cv-02917. Case transferred electronically
August 23, 2022 Notice to All Counsel of Record : Magistrate Judge Christopher L. Ray has updated the Standard Procedures for Discovery Disputes and Settlement Conferences, Notice of Discovery Dispute Form and Request for Settlement Conference Form. #CLICK HERE TO READ. (loh)
August 23, 2022 Civil Case Terminated. (lwb)
August 22, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 24 ORDER Adopting the Magistrate Judge's R&R #22 as an Order of the Court. The Clerk is directed to transfer this case to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, Savannah Division. Signed by Judge Victoria M. Calvert on August 22, 2022. (lwb)
May 11, 2022 Submission of #22 FINAL REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION re #14 MOTION to Dismiss for Improper Venue, or in the Alternative, to Transfer Venue and Supporting Memorandum of Law filed by Virginia Transformer Corp., Caravels, LLC, to District Judge Victoria M. Calvert. (vs) Modified on 5/12/2022 to add document link. (aaq).
April 21, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 23 ORDER for Service of #22 Final Report and Recommendation by Magistrate Judge Russell G. Vineyard. Each party may file written objections to the Report & Recommendation within 14 days of service. If no objections are filed, the Report & Recommendation may be adopted as the opinion and order of the District Court. Signed by Magistrate Judge Russell G. Vineyard on April 21, 2022. (lwb)
April 21, 2022 Filing 22 FINAL REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION re #1 Complaint filed by Bruce L. West. The Clerk is directed to terminate this reference. Signed by Magistrate Judge Russell G. Vineyard on April 21, 2022. (lwb)
April 21, 2022 FINAL REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION re #14 MOTION to Dismiss for Improper Venue, or in the Alternative, to Transfer Venue and Supporting Memorandum of Law filed by Virginia Transformer Corp. and Caravels, LLC. It is recommended that the defendants' motion to dismiss, or in the alternative, to transfer venue be Granted in Part and Denied in Part, and that this action be transferred to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, Savannah Division. Ruled on by Magistrate Judge Russell G. Vineyard on April 21, 2022, within #22 R & R. (lwb)
April 11, 2022 Case Reassigned to Judge Victoria M Calvert. Judge Timothy C. Batten, Sr. no longer assigned to case. NOTICE TO ALL COUNSEL OF RECORD: The Judge designation in the civil action number assigned to this case has been changed to 1:21-cv-2917-VMC-RGV. Please make note of this change in order to facilitate the docketing of pleadings in this case. (dmb)
December 1, 2021 Submission of #21 Reply Brief, #18 Response in Opposition to Motion, #14 MOTION to Dismiss for Improper Venue, or in the Alternative, to Transfer Venue and Supporting Memorandum of Law to Magistrate Judge Russell G. Vineyard. (dmb)
November 22, 2021 Filing 21 REPLY BRIEF re #14 MOTION to Dismiss for Improper Venue, or in the Alternative, to Transfer Venue and Supporting Memorandum of Law filed by Caravels, LLC, Virginia Transformer Corp.. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Exhibit 5)(Lamar, Sarah)
November 17, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 20 ORDER granting #19 Motion to Stay. All Deadlines are stayed with the exception of the deadlines for any responses and replies to Defendants' #14 Motion to Dismiss. Signed by Magistrate Judge Russell G. Vineyard on 11/17/2021. (dmb)
November 9, 2021 Filing 19 Joint MOTION to Stay All Deadlines by Caravels, LLC, Virginia Transformer Corp.. (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order Proposed Order)(Lamar, Sarah)
November 8, 2021 Filing 18 RESPONSE in Opposition re #14 MOTION to Dismiss for Improper Venue, or in the Alternative, to Transfer Venue and Supporting Memorandum of Law filed by Bruce L. West. (Barrett, Benjamin)
November 4, 2021 Clerks Notation re #17 Certificate of Interested Persons. Reviewed and approved by Chief Judge Timothy C. Batten, Sr. (usw)
October 29, 2021 Filing 17 Certificate of Interested Persons by Bruce L. West. (Barrett, Benjamin)
October 26, 2021 Clerks Notation re #16 Certificate of Interested Persons. Reviewed and approved by Chief Judge Timothy C. Batten, Sr. (usw)
October 25, 2021 Filing 16 Certificate of Interested Persons by Caravels, LLC, Virginia Transformer Corp.. (Lamar, Sarah)
October 25, 2021 Filing 15 ANSWER to #1 COMPLAINT by Caravels, LLC, Virginia Transformer Corp.. Discovery ends on 3/24/2022.(Lamar, Sarah) Please visit our website at http://www.gand.uscourts.gov to obtain Pretrial Instructions.
October 25, 2021 Filing 14 MOTION to Dismiss for Improper Venue, or in the Alternative, to Transfer Venue and Supporting Memorandum of Law by Caravels, LLC, Virginia Transformer Corp.. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Virginia SoS, #2 Exhibit Delaware SoS, #3 Exhibit Georgia SoS, #4 Exhibit Declaration of David Jones)(Lamar, Sarah) . Added MOTION to Transfer Case on 8/23/2022 (rlh).
October 20, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 13 ORDER granting #11 Motion to Withdraw as Attorney. Attorney Wade W. Herring, II terminated. Signed by Magistrate Judge Russell G. Vineyard on 10/20/2021. (dmb)
October 19, 2021 Filing 12 NOTICE of Appearance by Gracie Gold Shepherd on behalf of Caravels, LLC, Virginia Transformer Corp. (Shepherd, Gracie)
October 15, 2021 Filing 11 Consent MOTION to Withdraw Wade W. Herring, II as Attorneyby Caravels, LLC, Virginia Transformer Corp.. (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order Proposed Order)(Herring, Wade)
October 14, 2021 Filing 10 NOTICE of Appearance by Sarah H. Lamar on behalf of Caravels, LLC, Virginia Transformer Corp. (Lamar, Sarah)
September 20, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 9 ORDER granting #8 Motion for Extension of Time to Answer, Caravels, LLC Answer due 10/25/2021; Virginia Transformer Corp. Answer due 10/25/2021. Signed by Magistrate Judge Russell G. Vineyard on 9/20/2021. (dmb)
September 17, 2021 Filing 8 Consent MOTION for Extension of Time to File Answer re #1 Complaint, by Caravels, LLC, Virginia Transformer Corp.. (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order Proposed Order)(Herring, Wade)
August 6, 2021 Filing 7 WAIVER OF SERVICE Returned Executed by Bruce L. West. All Defendants. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A. Waiver of Summons - Caravels, #2 Exhibit B. Waiver of Summons - Virginia Transformer)(Barrett, Benjamin)
July 22, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 6 ORDER REASSIGNING CASE. Case reassigned to Judge Timothy C. Batten, Sr. for all further proceedings. Judge Charles A. Pannell, Jr. no longer assigned to case. NOTICE TO ALL COUNSEL OF RECORD: The Judge designation in the civil action number assigned to this case has been changed to 1:21-cv-02917-TCB-RGV. Please make note of this change in order to facilitate the docketing of pleadings in this case. Signed by Judge Charles A. Pannell, Jr. on 7/22/2021. (tcc)
July 21, 2021 Filing 5 Electronic Summons Issued as to Virginia Transformer Corp.. (tcc)
July 21, 2021 Filing 4 Electronic Summons Issued as to Caravels, LLC. (tcc)
July 21, 2021 Filing 3 PROPOSED SUMMONS filed by Bruce L. West upon Virginia Transformer Corp. (Barrett, Benjamin)
July 21, 2021 Filing 2 PROPOSED SUMMONS filed by Bruce L. West upon Caravels, LLC (Barrett, Benjamin)
July 20, 2021 Filing 1 COMPLAINT with Jury Demand filed by Bruce L. West. (Filing fee $402.00, receipt number AGANDC-11122759) (Attachments: #1 Civil Cover Sheet, #2 Proposed Incorrect Summons)(eop) Please visit our website at http://www.gand.uscourts.gov/commonly-used-forms to obtain Pretrial Instructions and Pretrial Associated Forms which includes the Consent To Proceed Before U.S. Magistrate form.

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Plaintiff: Bruce L. West
Represented By: Melissa A. Ghrist
Represented By: Benjamin F. Barrett, Jr
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Defendant: Caravels, LLC
Represented By: Gracie Gold Shepherd
Represented By: Sarah H. Lamar
Represented By: Wade W. Herring, II
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Defendant: Virginia Transformer, Corp.
Represented By: Gracie Gold Shepherd
Represented By: Sarah H. Lamar
Represented By: Wade W. Herring, II
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