Turner et al v. City of Boston et al

Turner et al v. City of Boston et al

Plaintiff:	Charles H. Turner, Jeanne Ackerly, Ernest R. Coston, Diane Dujon, Olga Dummont, Louis Elisa, Alma Finneran, Michael Heichman, Frederick C. Johnson, Karl Jones, Franco Marzurki, Carolyn Jupiter-McIntosh, Isaura Mendes, Judith Richards, M. Daniel Richardson, III and Sarah-Ann Shaw
Defendant:	City of Boston, Boston City Council, Michael Ross, Felix G. Arroyo, John R. Connolly, Stephen J. Murphy, Ayanna Pressley, Salvatore Lamattina, Bill Linehan, Maureen E. Feeney, Rob Consalvo, Mark Ciommo and Matthew O'Malley
Case Number:	1:2010cv12276
Filed:	December 30, 2010
Court:	US District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Office:	Boston Office
County:	Suffolk
Presiding Judge:	Mark L. Wolf
Nature of Suit:	Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action:	42 U.S.C. § 1983
Jury Demanded By:	None

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Date Filed	Document Text
February 7, 2011	Filing 44 Chief Judge Mark L. Wolf: ORDER entered. Certification of Issue to State Court(Hohler, Daniel)
January 14, 2011	Filing 22 Chief Judge Mark L. Wolf: MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ENTERED. In view of the foregoing, it is hereby ORDERED that by January21, 2011, at 12:00 p.m.:1. The parties shall file memoranda addressing the issuesraised in this Memorandum and Order including, but not limited to:a. Whether or not this court should abstain and requirea new case to be brought in state court or certify one or morequestions to the Supreme Judicial Court rather than be the firstcourt to address whether the Council exceeded its auth ority inpromulgating Rule 40A and utilizing it to remove Turner fromoffice.b. If abstention or certification is necessary orappropriate, which option the court should choose.c. If one or more questions are certified to the SupremeJudicial Court, how the question(s) should be stated.2. Defendants shall respond to plaintiffs Motion forInjunctive Relief, And In the Alternative A Motion For SummaryJudgment.(Hohler, Daniel)

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February 7, 2011

Filing 44 Chief Judge Mark L. Wolf: ORDER entered. Certification of Issue to State Court(Hohler, Daniel)

January 14, 2011

Filing 22 Chief Judge Mark L. Wolf: MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ENTERED. In view of the foregoing, it is hereby ORDERED that by January21, 2011, at 12:00 p.m.:1. The parties shall file memoranda addressing the issuesraised in this Memorandum and Order including, but not limited to:a. Whether or not this court should abstain and requirea new case to be brought in state court or certify one or morequestions to the Supreme Judicial Court rather than be the firstcourt to address whether the Council exceeded its auth ority inpromulgating Rule 40A and utilizing it to remove Turner fromoffice.b. If abstention or certification is necessary orappropriate, which option the court should choose.c. If one or more questions are certified to the SupremeJudicial Court, how the question(s) should be stated.2. Defendants shall respond to plaintiffs Motion forInjunctive Relief, And In the Alternative A Motion For SummaryJudgment.(Hohler, Daniel)

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Defendant: City of Boston
Represented By:	Susan M. Weise
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