Johnson v. City of Chicago
Plaintiff: Dan L Johnson
Defendant: City of Chicago
Case Number: 1:2020cv06119
Filed: October 14, 2020
Court: US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Presiding Judge: John Robert Blakey
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights: Other
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. § 1331
Jury Demanded By: None
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
May 17, 2021 Filing 37 ENTERED JUDGMENT Mailed notice(gel, )
May 14, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 36 ORDER Signed by the Honorable John Robert Blakey on 5/14/2021. Mailed notice(gel, )
May 14, 2021 Filing 35 MINUTE entry before the Honorable John Robert Blakey: Plaintiff Dan Johnson sues Defendant City of Chicago, alleging that Governmental Ethics Ordinance 2-156-309 violates his First Amendment Rights. #1 . In connection with his claim, Plaintiff seeks a preliminary injunction enjoining Defendant from enforcing the challenged ordinance #9 . Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6), Defendant moves to dismiss the complaint #22 . Because Plaintiff's claim is moot, this Court grants Defendant's motion #22 and dismisses Plaintiff's complaint #1 without prejudice for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. In light of this dismissal, Plaintiff's motion for preliminary injunction #9 is also denied as moot. Civil case terminated. Mailed notice (gel, )
December 28, 2020 Filing 34 SUR-REPLY by Plaintiff Dan L Johnson in opposition to Defendant's Motion to Dismiss (Passo, Alexander)
December 28, 2020 Filing 33 MINUTE entry before the Honorable John Robert Blakey: The Court grants Plaintiff's motion for leave to file a sur-reply #31 . Plaintiff shall file the sur-reply [31-1] as a separate docket entry. The 12/31/20 Notice of Motion date is stricken, and the parties need not appear. Mailed notice (gel, )
December 21, 2020 Filing 32 NOTICE of Motion by Alexander Isaac Ernst Passo for presentment of motion for leave to file #31 before Honorable John Robert Blakey on 12/31/2020 at 11:00 AM. (Passo, Alexander)
December 21, 2020 Filing 31 MOTION by Plaintiff Dan L Johnson for leave to file Sur-Reply (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A)(Passo, Alexander)
December 18, 2020 Filing 30 REPLY by City of Chicago to MOTION by Defendant City of Chicago to dismiss under Rules 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6) #22 , memorandum in support of motion #23 (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1)(Sobota, Margaret)
December 10, 2020 Filing 29 REPLY by Plaintiff Dan L Johnson to motion to dismiss #22 (Passo, Alexander)
December 7, 2020 Filing 28 STATUS Report Joint Status Report by Dan L Johnson (Passo, Alexander)
November 20, 2020 Filing 27 REPLY by Plaintiff Dan L Johnson to motion for preliminary injunction #9 in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Passo, Alexander)
November 16, 2020 Filing 26 MINUTE entry before the Honorable John Robert Blakey: Plaintiff shall respond to the City's motion to dismiss #22 by 12/10/20, and the City shall file any reply by 12/18/20. The 11/19/20 Notice of Motion date is stricken, and the parties need not appear. Mailed notice (gel, )
November 13, 2020 Filing 25 MEMORANDUM by City of Chicago in Opposition to motion for preliminary injunction #9 (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit 1, #3 Exhibit 2, #4 Exhibit 3, #5 Exhibit 4, #6 Exhibit 5)(Sobota, Margaret)
November 12, 2020 Filing 24 NOTICE of Motion by Margaret R. Sobota for presentment of motion to dismiss #22 before Honorable John Robert Blakey on 11/19/2020 at 11:00 AM. (Sobota, Margaret)
November 12, 2020 Filing 23 MEMORANDUM by City of Chicago in support of motion to dismiss #22 (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit 1, #3 Exhibit 2, #4 Exhibit 3, #5 Exhibit 4, #6 Exhibit 5)(Sobota, Margaret)
November 12, 2020 Filing 22 MOTION by Defendant City of Chicago to dismiss under Rules 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6) (Sobota, Margaret)
November 6, 2020 Filing 21 NOTICE by Oscar Pina of Change of Address (Pina, Oscar)
November 6, 2020 Filing 20 NOTICE by Margaret R. Sobota of Change of Address (Sobota, Margaret)
October 30, 2020 Filing 19 MINUTE entry before the Honorable John Robert Blakey: Plaintiff's motion to amend/correct deadlines #16 is granted. Defendant shall respond to the motion for preliminary injunction by 11/13/20, and Plaintiff shall file any reply in support of the motion by 11/23/20. The 11/5/20 Notice of Motion date is stricken. Mailed notice (gel, )
October 29, 2020 Filing 18 RESPONSE by City of Chicagoin Opposition to MOTION by Plaintiff Dan L Johnson to amend/correct terminate deadlines, #12 scheduling order #16 (Attachments: #1 Exhibit, #2 Exhibit)(Pina, Oscar)
October 29, 2020 Filing 17 NOTICE of Motion by Alexander Isaac Ernst Passo for presentment of motion to amend/correct #16 before Honorable John Robert Blakey on 11/5/2020 at 11:00 AM. (Passo, Alexander)
October 29, 2020 Filing 16 MOTION by Plaintiff Dan L Johnson to amend/correct terminate deadlines, #12 scheduling order (Passo, Alexander)
October 26, 2020 Filing 15 ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendant City of Chicago by Margaret R. Sobota (Sobota, Margaret)
October 23, 2020 Filing 14 ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendant City of Chicago by Oscar Pina (Pina, Oscar)
October 23, 2020 Filing 13 ALIAS SUMMONS Returned Executed by Dan L Johnson as to City of Chicago on 10/21/2020, answer due 11/12/2020. served on City of Chicago on 10/21/2020 (Passo, Alexander) (Docket text modified by Clerk's Office) Modified on 10/26/2020 (bg, ).
October 23, 2020 Filing 12 MINUTE entry before the Honorable John Robert Blakey: The Court takes under advisement Plaintiff's motion for preliminary injunction #9 . Defendant shall respond to the motion by 11/20/20, and Plaintiff shall file any reply in support of the motion by 11/30/20. The 10/27/20 Notice of Motion date is stricken. Mailed notice (gel, )
October 19, 2020 Filing 11 NOTICE of Motion by Alexander Isaac Ernst Passo for presentment of motion for preliminary injunction #9 before Honorable John Robert Blakey on 10/27/2020 at 11:00 AM. (Passo, Alexander)
October 19, 2020 Filing 10 MEMORANDUM by Dan L Johnson in support of motion for preliminary injunction #9 (Passo, Alexander)
October 19, 2020 Filing 9 MOTION by Plaintiff Dan L Johnson for preliminary injunction (Passo, Alexander)
October 16, 2020 Filing 8 MINUTE entry before the Honorable John Robert Blakey: Jason Torchinsky and Jonathan Lienhard's motions for leave to proceed pro hac vice #6 and #7 are granted. Mailed notice (gel, )
October 15, 2020 Filing 7 MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice Filing fee $ 150, receipt number 0752-17547611. Jonathan P Lienhard (Passo, Alexander)
October 15, 2020 Filing 6 MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice Filing fee $ 150, receipt number 0752-17547498. Jason S Torchinsky (Passo, Alexander)
October 15, 2020 Filing 5 MINUTE entry before the Honorable John Robert Blakey: This case has been assigned to the calendar of the Honorable John Robert Blakey. The litigants are ordered to review and fully comply with all of this Court's standing orders, which are available on Judge Blakey's information page on the Court's official website: http://www.ilnd.uscourts.gov/. In addition, the parties must file a status report no later than 12/7/2020, using the model template set forth in this Court's standing order regarding Initial (or Reassignment) Status Conferences. Failure by any party to file the status report by the requisite deadline (either jointly or, if necessary, individually with an explanation as to why a joint report could not be filed) may result in a summary dismissal of the case for failure to prosecute, or an entry of default against any served defendant(s) failing to comply with this order. During the litigation, the attorneys must also appear at all hearing dates set by the Court or noticed by the parties. If an attorney has a conflict with a set court date, the attorney must notify Judge Blakey's Courtroom Deputy, Gloria Lewis, at (312) 818-6699. If appropriate, the Court will then reset the matter. Advising opposing counsel of a scheduling conflict is not a substitute for communicating directly with the Court. Mailed notice (gel, )
October 15, 2020 CASE ASSIGNED to the Honorable John Robert Blakey. Designated as Magistrate Judge the Honorable Sheila M. Finnegan. Case assignment: Random assignment. (exr, )
October 15, 2020 SUMMONS Issued as to Defendant City of Chicago (exr, )
October 15, 2020 ALIAS Summons Issued as to Defendant City of Chicago. (exr, )
October 14, 2020 Filing 4 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Dan L Johnson by Robert Stephen Minetz (Minetz, Robert)
October 14, 2020 Filing 3 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Dan L Johnson by Alexander Isaac Ernst Passo (Passo, Alexander)
October 14, 2020 Filing 2 CIVIL Cover Sheet (Passo, Alexander)
October 14, 2020 Filing 1 COMPLAINT filed by Dan L Johnson; Filing fee $ 400, receipt number 0752-17542262.(Passo, Alexander)

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Defendant: City of Chicago
Represented By: Oscar Pina
Represented By: Margaret R. Sobota
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Represented By: Robert Stephen Minetz
Represented By: Alexander Isaac Ernst Passo
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