Grays v. Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Plaintiff: Mikal Williams, Johnny Grays and Jermaine O. Broderick, Sr.
Defendant: Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Case Number: 3:2021cv10526
Filed: March 9, 2021
Court: US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Presiding Judge: Kimberly G Altman
Referring Judge: Robert H Cleland
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights: Other
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. § 1331 Fed. Question: Employment Discrimination
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
June 24, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 45 NOTICE OF IN PERSON HEARING on #44 MOTION for Summary Judgment . Motion Hearing set for 8/17/2022 02:00 PM before District Judge Robert H. Cleland (LWag)
June 21, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 44 MOTION for Summary Judgment by Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit 1 - Grays Dep., #3 Exhibit 2 - Fox Dep., #4 Exhibit 3 - Lasky Dep., #5 Exhibit 4 - Beaudry Dep., #6 Exhibit 5 - Dumanois OPR Tr., #7 Exhibit 6 - Grays OPR Tr., #8 Exhibit 7 - Collective Bargaining Agreement, #9 Exhibit 8 - 4/7/20 Email, #10 Exhibit 9 - Moore Dep., #11 Exhibit 10 - Blanton OPR Tr., #12 Exhibit 11 - Beaudry OPR Tr., #13 Exhibit 12 - Little Dep., #14 Exhibit 13 - Suratt Dep., #15 Exhibit 14 - Nexus Letter for Firearms Removal, #16 Exhibit 15 - CBP Use of Force Policy, Guidelines and Procedures Handbook, #17 Exhibit 16 - 4/10/20 Email, #18 Exhibit 17 - OPR Report of Investigation, #19 Exhibit 18 - Moore OPR Tr., #20 Exhibit 19 - June 2004 Table of Offenses and Penalties, #21 Exhibit 20 - 2/9/21 Email, #22 Exhibit 21 - 2/13/21 Memo, #23 Exhibit 22 - 2/17/21 Email, #24 Exhibit 23 - 2/18/21 Email, #25 Exhibit 24 - February 2021 Travel Itinerary, #26 Exhibit 25 - 2/23/21 Email Chain, #27 Exhibit 26 - 2/23/21 Email, #28 Exhibit 27 - 6/28/21 Memo, #29 Exhibit 28 - 2/24/21 Email, #30 Exhibit 29 - 3/1/21 Email, #31 Exhibit 30 - 3/4/21 Memo, #32 Exhibit 31 - Everett Dep., #33 Exhibit 32 - Mahany Dep., #34 Exhibit 33 - December 2020 Table of Offenses and Penalties, #35 Exhibit 34 - Calhoun Dep., #36 Exhibit 35 - Proposal Letter, #37 Exhibit 36 - Grays Written Reply, #38 Exhibit 37 - Decision Letter, #39 Exhibit 38 - 7/19/21 Email, #40 Exhibit 39 - Taylor Letter of Reprimand, #41 Exhibit 40 - 7/4/20 Email, #42 Exhibit 41 - Taylor JIC Report, #43 Exhibit 42 - Taylor Factfinder Report, #44 Exhibit 43 - Broderick Dep., #45 Exhibit 44 - Plaintiff's Response to Interrogatory No. 1, #46 Exhibit 45 - 4/8/20 Email, #47 Exhibit 46 - 7/8/20 EEO Complaint, #48 Exhibit 47 - 1/11/21 EEO Counselor's Report, #49 Exhibit 48 - 1/13/21 EEO Complaint, #50 Exhibit 49 - 8/25/21 Emails, #51 Exhibit 50 - 12/6/21 EEO Complaint, #52 Exhibit 51 - AWOL Removal Letter, #53 Exhibit 52 - AWOL Proposal Letter, #54 Exhibit 53 - March 2020 Muster, #55 Exhibit 54 - Example OPR Reports) (Parling, Brittany)
April 29, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 43 STIPULATED ORDER for Extension of Dates, ( Dispositive Motion Cut-off set for 6/20/2022, Trial Documents due by 9/19/2022, Final Pretrial Conference set for 9/26/2022 02:00 PM before District Judge Robert H. Cleland, Jury Trial set for 10/11/2022 09:00 AM before District Judge Robert H. Cleland) Signed by District Judge Robert H. Cleland. (LWag)
April 20, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 42 Second Amended Final WITNESS LIST by All Defendants (Anchill, Benjamin)
April 19, 2022 Opinion or Order Minute Entry for virtual proceedings before Magistrate Judge Kimberly G. Altman: Settlement Conference held on 4/19/2022 Disposition: No settlement reached. Parties to exchange additional information and may ask to reconvene at a later date. (Court Reporter: None Present, Not on the Record) (KCas)
March 30, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 41 STIPULATED ORDER MODIFYING SCHEDULING ORDER, ( Discovery due by 4/20/2022, Dispositive Motion Cut-off set for 5/20/2022) (SEE ORDER FOR DETAILS0 Signed by District Judge Robert H. Cleland. (LWag)
March 17, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 40 Defendant's Amended Final WITNESS LIST by Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Anchill, Benjamin)
February 17, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 39 STIPULATED ORDER Modifying Scheduling Order, ( Discovery due by 3/30/2022, Dispositive Motion Cut-off set for 4/29/2022, Final Pretrial Conference set for 8/8/2022 02:00 PM before District Judge Robert H. Cleland, Jury Trial set for 8/22/2022 09:00 AM before District Judge Robert H. Cleland) Signed by District Judge Robert H. Cleland. (LWag)
February 14, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 38 Defendant's WITNESS LIST by Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Parling, Brittany)
February 14, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 37 Plaintiff's WITNESS LIST by Johnny Grays (Gordon, Deborah)
February 8, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 36 NOTICE TO APPEAR BY VIDEO CONFERENCE: Settlement Conference set for 4/19/2022 at 10:00 AM before Magistrate Judge Kimberly G. Altman - ***PLEASE SEE NOTICE FOR ADDITIONAL IMPORTANT INFORMATION*** (CCie)
February 8, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 35 OPINION AND ORDER granting #30 Plaintiff's Motion to Compel. Signed by District Judge Robert H. Cleland. (LWag)
February 8, 2022 Opinion or Order Minute Entry for telephonic proceedings before Magistrate Judge Kimberly G. Altman: Telephonic Status Conference held on 2/8/2022 - (Court Reporter: None Present, Not on the Record) (CCie)
January 27, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 34 NOTICE TO APPEAR BY TELEPHONE: Status Conference set for 2/8/2022 at 11:00 AM before Magistrate Judge Kimberly G. Altman ***PLEASE SEE NOTICE FOR ADDITIONAL IMPORTANT INFORMATION*** (CCie)
December 29, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 33 STIPULATED ORDER EXTENDING time to file a reply as to #30 MOTION to Compel Defendant's Responses to his First Set of Discovery :( Reply due by 12/29/2021) Signed by District Judge Robert H. Cleland. (LWag)
December 28, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 32 REPLY to Response re #30 MOTION to Compel Defendant's Responses to his First Set of Discovery filed by Johnny Grays. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit N - Def bates and Beaudry Dep Excerpts, #2 Exhibit O - Def bates, #3 Exhibit P - Beaudry Dep Excerpts) (Gordon, Deborah)
December 20, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 31 RESPONSE to #30 MOTION to Compel Defendant's Responses to his First Set of Discovery filed by Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1 - Grays Suspension Letter) (Parling, Brittany)
December 6, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 30 MOTION to Compel Defendant's Responses to his First Set of Discovery by Johnny Grays. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit A - Moore OPR Transcript, #3 Exhibit B - Moore Deposition Transcript, #4 Exhibit C - JIC Policy Memo, #5 Exhibit D - Grays EEO Complaints, #6 Exhibit E - OPR Investigation, #7 Exhibit F - Proposed Suspension, #8 Exhibit G - Defendants Responses to Plaintiffs First Discovery, #9 Exhibit H - FOIA Documents, #10 Exhibit I - Correspondence Regarding Discovery, #11 Exhibit J - Order in Maisano v. Sterling Heights Dodge Inc. et. al., #12 Exhibit K - CBP Standards of Conduct, #13 Exhibit L - Peck documents, #14 Exhibit M - Beaudry OPR Transcript) (Gordon, Deborah)
December 3, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 29 ORDER denying without prejudice #26 Plaintiff's Motion to Compel Responses. Signed by District Judge Robert H. Cleland. (LWag)
November 26, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 28 PRELIMINARY WITNESS LIST by All Defendants (Anchill, Benjamin)
November 26, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 27 Preliminary Witness List WITNESS LIST by Johnny Grays (Taylor, Elizabeth)
November 19, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 26 MOTION to Compel Defendant's Responses to his First Set of Discovery by Johnny Grays. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit A - Moore OPR Transcript, #3 Exhibit B - Moore Deposition Transcript, #4 Exhibit C - JIC Policy Memo, #5 Exhibit D - Grays EEO Complaints, #6 Exhibit E - OPR Investigation, #7 Exhibit F - Proposed Suspension, #8 Exhibit G - Defendants Responses to Plaintiffs First Discovery, #9 Exhibit H - FOIA Documents, #10 Exhibit I - Correspondence Regarding Discovery, #11 Exhibit J - Order in Maisano v. Sterling Heights Dodge Inc. et. al., #12 Exhibit K - CBP Standards of Conduct, #13 Exhibit L - Peck documents) (Gordon, Deborah)
November 5, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 25 ORDER REFERRING OTHER MATTERS to Magistrate Judge Altman : Settlement Conference. Signed by District Judge Robert H. Cleland. (LWag)
November 5, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 24 SCHEDULING ORDER: Discovery due by 2/28/2022 Dispositive Motion Cut-off set for 3/30/2022 Final Pretrial Conference set for 7/5/2022 02:00 PM before District Judge Robert H. Cleland Jury Trial set for 7/18/2022 09:00 AM before District Judge Robert H. Cleland Signed by District Judge Robert H. Cleland. (Refer to image for additional dates) (LWag)
September 8, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 23 STIPULATED ORDER Regarding Inadvertent Production of Privileged Information Signed by District Judge Robert H. Cleland. (LWag)
September 8, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 22 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Signed by District Judge Robert H. Cleland. (LWag)
August 30, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 21 DISCOVERY plan jointly filed pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26(f) (Gordon, Deborah)
August 23, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 20 STIPULATION AND ORDER Extending the August 20, 2021 Deadline for Plaintiffs Williams and Broderick to file an Amended Complaint and Amending the Case Caption Signed by District Judge Robert H. Cleland. (LWag)
August 19, 2021 Opinion or Order Minute Entry for proceedings before District Judge Robert H. Cleland: Telephonic Status Conference held on 8/19/2021 Disposition: Plaintiff to submit stipulation and order regarding administrative process and reserving ability to sue in a later lawsuit (LWag)
August 18, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 19 NOTICE TO APPEAR BY TELEPHONE: Status Conference set for 8/19/2021 01:30 PM before District Judge Robert H. Cleland (LWag)
August 12, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 18 ANSWER to Complaint with Affirmative Defenses by Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. (Parling, Brittany)
July 29, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 17 OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART Defendant's #12 Motion to Dismiss and setting deadline of August 20, 2021 for Plaintiffs to file any amended complaint alleging Title VII retaliation claims on behalf of Plaintiffs Broderick and Williams.. Signed by District Judge Robert H. Cleland. (LWag)
July 7, 2021 Opinion or Order TEXT-ONLY NOTICE: Motion Hearing on 7/14/21 is Cancelled re #12 MOTION to Dismiss (LWag)
June 15, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 16 REPLY to Response re #12 MOTION to Dismiss filed by Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 5 - 4/8/20 Informal EEO Complaint) (Anchill, Benjamin)
June 2, 2021 Opinion or Order TEXT-ONLY ORDER GRANTING #14 Ex Parte MOTION for Leave to File Excess Pages filed by Jermaine O. Broderick, Sr., Mikal Williams, Johnny Grays. Signed by District Judge Robert H. Cleland. (LWag)
June 1, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 15 RESPONSE to #12 MOTION to Dismiss Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6) filed by Jermaine O. Broderick, Sr., Johnny Grays, Mikal Williams. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A - correspondence 5-21-21) (Gordon, Deborah)
June 1, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 14 Ex Parte MOTION for Leave to File Excess Pages by All Plaintiffs. (Gordon, Deborah)
May 14, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 13 NOTICE OF HEARING BY VIDEO CONFERENCE on #12 MOTION to Dismiss . Motion Hearing set for 7/14/2021 02:00 PM before District Judge Robert H. Cleland |Zoom Webinar Information: ZOOM INFORMATION TO BE SENT AT A LATER TIME| (LWag)
May 11, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 12 MOTION to Dismiss by Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit 1 - Grays Formal EEO, #3 Exhibit 2 - Williams Formal EEO, #4 Exhibit 3 - Broderick Formal EEO, #5 Exhibit 4 - Article) (Anchill, Benjamin)
May 11, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 11 NOTICE of Appearance by Brittany D. Parling on behalf of Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. (Parling, Brittany)
May 11, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 10 NOTICE of Appearance by Benjamin A. Anchill on behalf of Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. (Anchill, Benjamin)
May 3, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 9 CERTIFICATE of Service/Summons Returned Executed. U.S. Attorney on behalf of Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security served on 4/26/2021, answer due 6/25/2021. (Gordon, Deborah)
May 3, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 8 CERTIFICATE of Service/Summons Returned Executed. U.S. Attorney on behalf of. (Gordon, Deborah)
April 22, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 7 CERTIFICATE of Service/Summons Returned Executed. U.S. Attorney on behalf of. (Gordon, Deborah)
April 22, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 6 CERTIFICATE of Service/Summons Returned Executed. U.S. Attorney on behalf of Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security served on 4/19/2021, answer due 6/18/2021. (Gordon, Deborah)
March 17, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 5 CERTIFICATE of Service/Summons Returned Executed. U.S. Attorney on behalf of Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security served on 3/12/2021, answer due 5/11/2021. (Gordon, Deborah)
March 10, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 4 ATTORNEY APPEARANCE: Elizabeth Ann Marzotto Taylor appearing on behalf of All Plaintiffs (Taylor, Elizabeth)
March 9, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 3 SUMMONS Issued for the United States Attorney and the Office of the Attorney General. (NAhm)
March 9, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 2 SUMMONS Issued for *Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security* (NAhm)
March 9, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 1 COMPLAINT AND JURY DEMAND filed by All Plaintiffs against Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security with Jury Demand. Plaintiff requests summons issued. Receipt No: AMIEDC-8380134 - Fee: $ 402. County of 1st Plaintiff: Sanilac - County Where Action Arose: St. Clair - County of 1st Defendant: St. Clair. [Previously dismissed case: No] [Possible companion case(s): None] (Gordon, Deborah)
March 9, 2021 Opinion or Order A United States Magistrate Judge of this Court is available to conduct all proceedings in this civil action in accordance with 28 U.S.C. 636c and FRCP 73. The Notice, Consent, and Reference of a Civil Action to a Magistrate Judge form is available for download at #http://www.mied.uscourts.gov (NAhm)

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Defendant: Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Represented By: Benjamin A. Anchill
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Plaintiff: Mikal Williams
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