Hewitt v. Foresight Energy LLC
| Jonathan Hewitt |
| Foresight Energy LLC |
| 3:2025cv03273 |
| September 16, 2025 |
| U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois |
| Colleen R Lawless |
| Douglas J Quivey |
| Labor: Fair Standards |
| 29 U.S.C. ยง 201 Fair Labor Standards Act |
| Both |
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| Filing 15 MOTION for Extension of Time to Complete Discovery by Plaintiff Jonathan Hewitt. Responses due by 3/27/2026 (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order)(Arbuckle, Melinda) |
| Filing 14 PDF with attached Audio File. Court Date & Time [01/29/2026 11:28:08 AM]. File Size [ 3490 KB ]. Run Time [ 00:07:14 ]. (admin). |
| Filing 13 AMENDED ANSWER TO COLLECTIVE AND CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT AND AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES to #1 Complaint by Defendant Foresight Energy LLC. (GL) |
| Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge Douglas J. Quivey. Status Conference held on 1/29/2026 via telephone. Attorney Melinda Arbuckle present on behalf of Plaintiff. Attorneys Jeffrey R. Baron and Mary Pat Statler present on behalf of Defendant. Positions stated as to Motion for Leave to File Amended Answer and Affirmative Defenses #11 . Motion GRANTED. Clerk is directed to file Amended Answer and Affirmative Defenses [12-1]. Discovery is ongoing. Parties are reminded of their option to consent to proceed before a Magistrate Judge and should contact chambers should a settlement conference be needed. Hearing adjourned. (Tape #SP-C 11:28 AM.) (GL) |
| Filing 12 MEMORANDUM in Support re #11 MOTION for Leave to File to Amend Answer and Affirmative Defenses to Collective and Class Action Complaint filed by Defendant Foresight Energy LLC. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A - Proposed Amended Answer and Affirmative Defenses)(Baron, Jeffrey) |
| Filing 11 MOTION for Leave to File to Amend Answer and Affirmative Defenses to Collective and Class Action Complaint by Defendant Foresight Energy LLC. Responses due by 2/6/2026 (Baron, Jeffrey) |
| Filing 10 CERTIFICATE of Service/Counsel Plaintiff's Initial Disclosure Statement by Melinda Arbuckle on behalf of Jonathan Hewitt (Arbuckle, Melinda) |
| Filing 9 CERTIFICATE of Service/Counsel Defendants Rule 26 Initial Disclosures by Jeffrey R Baron on behalf of Foresight Energy LLC (Baron, Jeffrey) |
| Filing 8 DISCOVERY PLAN - PROPOSED/Report of Rule 26(f)Planning Meeting by Jonathan Hewitt. (Arbuckle, Melinda) |
TEXT ORDER entered by Magistrate Judge Douglas J. Quivey on 11/25/2025: The Rule 16 Scheduling Conference set 12/4/2025 is VACATED. The court adopts the deadlines in the Parties' Discovery Plan. (Doc. 8). The following deadlines are set: initial disclosures due by 12/24/2025, amendment of pleadings by 1/23/2026, additional parties, except opt-in plaintiffs under the FLSA, joined by 1/23/2026, Phase One discovery regarding the question of whether notice should issue to putative collective action members completed by 3/30/2026, and Plaintiff's to file motion and briefing pursuant to 29 U.S.C. section 216(b) relative to issuing notice to putative collective action members by 4/30/2026. The Parties shall submit an agreed plan for all remaining deadlines 30 days following either the close of the opt-in period, if the Court orders notice to issue to putative collective action members, or 30 days following any order denying Plaintiff's to-be filed motion for issuance of notice to putative collective action members. A telephonic Status Conference set 1/29/2026 at 11:30 a.m. before Judge Doug Quivey. The parties are to call in to 551-285-1373 then enter meeting ID 160 363 06109. (JMB)
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Filing 7
ORDER setting Rule 16 Scheduling Conference entered by Magistrate Judge Douglas J Quivey on 10/31/2025. This matter is scheduled for a Rule 16 Scheduling Conference by personal appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Douglas J. Quivey on December 4, 2025, at 9:45 a.m., Courtroom 3, U.S. Courthouse, 600 Monroe, Springfield, Illinois. If an agreed discovery plan pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f)(3) is filed seven days before the hearing, the Court will adopt the schedule and vacate the Rule 16 Scheduling Conference. Failure to timely submit a discovery plan may result in the cancellation of the discovery conference and assessment of costs. See written Order. (RAH)
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| Filing 6 ANSWER to #1 Complaint AND AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES by Foresight Energy LLC.(Baron, Jeffrey) |
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TEXT ORDER entered by Magistrate Judge Douglas J. Quivey on 10/14/2025: Before the Court is Defendant's Motion to Extend Deadline. (Doc. #5 ). For the reasons stated in the unopposed Motion, the Motion is GRANTED. Defendant has up to and including October 31, 2025, to answer or otherwise plead. (DW)
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| Filing 5 MOTION for Extension of Time to File Answer re #1 Complaint (Unopposed), MOTION for Extension of Time to File by Defendant Foresight Energy LLC. Responses due by 10/27/2025 (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order)(Baron, Jeffrey) |
| Filing 4 NOTICE of Appearance of Attorney by Ricardo J. Prieto on behalf of Jonathan Hewitt (Prieto, Ricardo) |
| Filing 3 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Jonathan Hewitt. Foresight Energy LLC served on 9/19/2025, answer due 10/10/2025. (Arbuckle, Melinda) |
| Filing 2 Summons Issued as to Foresight Energy LLC. Original sent to Attorney for Plaintiff for service. (RAH) |
| Filing 1 COMPLAINT against Foresight Energy LLC ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number AILCDC-4828464.), filed by Jonathan Hewitt. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1 - Hewitt Consent, #2 Civil Cover Sheet)(Arbuckle, Melinda) |
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