Kinkin v. City of Spring Valley Illinois
| Sarah M Kinkin |
| City of Spring Valley Illinois |
| 4:2025cv04114 |
| June 3, 2025 |
| U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois |
| Sara Darrow |
| Ronald L Hanna |
| Civil Rights: Jobs |
| 28 U.S.C. ยง 1331 Fed. Question: Employment Discrimination |
| Both |
Docket Report
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| Filing 12 CERTIFICATE Of service of Response to Production. (Porter, David) |
| Filing 11 +++ SEALED DOCUMENT - ORIGINAL Confidentiality Order UNREDACTED. (BMG) |
Filing 10
CONFIDENTIALITY ORDER granting #9 Motion for Protective Order entered by Magistrate Judge Ronald L Hanna on 11/14/2025. See written Order. (BMG)
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| Filing 9 MOTION for Protective Order joint motion by Defendant City of Spring Valley Illinois. Responses due by 11/28/2025 (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Confidentiality Order, #2 Text of Proposed Order Confidentiality Order)(Porter, David) |
TEXT ORDER: On November 12, 2025, Defendant filed a "Notice of Agreed Confidentiality Order." (Doc. 8). A confidentiality order is a form of protective order and may not be entered by notice. Under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c)(1), a protective order may be issued only "on motion" and "for good cause." If the parties seek entry of an agreed confidentiality order, they must file a motion requesting such relief and attach the proposed order as an exhibit. The Clerk is DIRECTED to strike Doc. 8 as improperly filed. Entered by Magistrate Judge Ronald L. Hanna on November 14, 2025. (NL)
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| Filing 8 ****STRICKEN**** NOTICE Agreed Confidentiality Order (Porter, David) Modified on 11/14/2025 (BMG). |
| Filing 7 CERTIFICATE of Service of City's Resp RTA & Ans Rogs. (Attachments: #1 Appendix NOF of COS of Response Request to Admit and answers to Interrogatories)(Porter, David) |
Filing 6
TEXT ORDER by Magistrate Judge Ronald L. Hanna: The Court adopts the Discovery Plan #5 . The Court adopts all deadlines as proposed including the following: Discovery due by June 20, 2026. Dispositive Motions due by July 31, 2026. Final Pretrial Conference is set for October 28, 2026, at 10:00 AM and the Jury Trial is set for December 7, 2026, at 9:00 AM. These are currently scheduled to be held at the U.S. Courthouse in Peoria; the parties will be notified by court order of any change in location. The proposed pretrial order is due October 21, 2026. Rule 16 Conference set for August 29, 2025 is VACATED. Court stresses the importance of adhering to the schedule and procedures for requests to extend the schedule. The parties are expected to review Judge Hanna's Standing Order dated June 3, 2025, and found on the court's website (www.ilcd.uscourts.gov). Parties are reminded of their option to consent to proceed before U.S. Magistrate Judge. See attached form. Parties are reminded of option of Court sponsored mediation/Settlement Conference. Counsel/Parties are reminded of the importance of appearing for hearings scheduled via telephone. Failure to appear will result in in-person appearances for all further proceedings. Entered August 20, 2025. (NL)
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| Filing 5 DISCOVERY PLAN - PROPOSED/Report of Rule 26(f)Planning Meeting by Sarah M Kinkin. (Backman, Jonathan) |
TEXT ORDER: This case is set for a Rule 16 scheduling conference on 8/29/2025 at 10:30 AM via telephone before Magistrate Judge Ronald L. Hanna. Counsel are to phone into conference by calling (551) 285-1373 and enter the Meeting ID: 16095893703# when prompted to do so. Please announce your name prior to speaking unless the judge asks a question directly to you so that the speaker may be identified by all. A discovery plan pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f)(3) shall be filed on or before 8/26/2025. All counsel must read and be familiar with Judge Hanna's Standing Order, dated 6/3/2025, which can be found on the Central District of Illinois website (www.ilcd.uscourts.gov) under Clerks office/Local rules and Orders/Orders & Rules by Judge prior to their Rule 26(f) planning meeting. Entered by Magistrate Judge Ronald L. Hanna on 7/28/2025. (NL)
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| Filing 4 Defendant's ANSWER to #1 Complaint Plaintiff by City of Spring Valley Illinois. (Attachments: #1 Notice of Filing)(Porter, David) |
| Set/Reset Deadlines: Answer due date reset to original date of 8/4/2025. (KLC) |
| Notice of Docket Text or Event Modification re #2 Answer to Complaint, #3 Waiver of Service Executed: Document #2 was incorrectly filed as an Answer. Answer deadline of 8/4/2025 reset. Docket text modified to reflect entry as an Attorney Appearance. Waiver of Service #3 date corrected to 6/3/2025 as indicated on the Waiver. NEFs to be regenerated. (KLC) |
| Filing 3 WAIVER OF SERVICE Returned Executed by Sarah M Kinkin. City of Spring Valley Illinois waiver sent on 6/3/2025, answer due 8/4/2025. (Backman, Jonathan) Modified on 7/22/2025 to correct date waiver sent. (KLC) |
| Filing 2 Attorney Appearance Form by City of Spring Valley Illinois. (Attachments: #1 Jury Demand, #2 Notice of Filing)(Porter, David) Modified on 7/22/2025 to reflect main doc. as Atty Appearance, not Answer. (KLC) |
| Filing 1 COMPLAINT against City of Spring Valley Illinois ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number AILCDC-4754117.), filed by Sarah M. Kinkin. (Attachments: #1 Civil Cover Sheet)(Backman, Jonathan) |
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| Plaintiff: Sarah M Kinkin | |
| Represented By: | Jonathan A Backman |
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