Wershe v. City of Detroit et al
Plaintiff: Richard Wershe, Jr
Defendant: City of Detroit, Jasper William, Kevin Greene, James Dixon, Herman Groman, Lynn Hellend, James King, Unknown Former Assistant United States Attorney, William Jasper, Carol Dixon, Edward James King and Lynn A. Helland
Case Number: 4:2021cv11686
Filed: July 20, 2021
Court: US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Presiding Judge: Shalina D Kumar
Referring Judge: Laurie J Michelson
2 Judge: Elizabeth A Stafford
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights: Other
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. § 1331 Federal Question: Bivens Act
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
March 4, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 32 ORDER granting #31 Motion to Withdraw as Attorney. Signed by District Judge Shalina D. Kumar. (THal)
March 3, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 31 Ex Parte MOTION for Withdrawal of Attorney Paul C. Quast by Carol Dixon, Herman Groman, Lynn A. Helland, Edward James King. (Quast, Paul)
March 2, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 30 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE by All Plaintiffs Alternate Service on Defendant E. James King (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Exhibit A - Certified Mailing Receipt, Return Receipt Requested, #2 Exhibit Exhibit B - Email to Attorney Paul Quast, #3 Exhibit Exhibit C - Emails to Three Email Addresses Potentially Belonging to Defendant King, #4 Exhibit Exhibit D - Affidavit of Publisher) (Ayad, Nabih)
March 2, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 29 STIPULATED ORDER Extending Time for Defendants Dixon, Groman, Helland and King to respond to first amended complaint. Response due: 4/22/2022. Signed by District Judge Shalina D. Kumar. (THal)
February 28, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 28 NOTICE of Appearance by Stuart M. Israel on behalf of Carol Dixon, Herman Groman, Lynn A. Helland, Edward James King. (Israel, Stuart)
February 28, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 27 NOTICE of Appearance by John G. Adam on behalf of Carol Dixon, Herman Groman, Lynn A. Helland, Edward James King. (Adam, John)
February 15, 2022 Opinion or Order Text-Only Order of reassignment from District Judge Laurie J. Michelson to District Judge Shalina D. Kumar pursuant to Administrative Order 22-AO-004. (SSch)
January 11, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 26 ORDER Granting #25 Motion for Extension of Time to Answer. (Answers due 3/15/2022) Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (EPar)
January 10, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 25 Second MOTION for Extension of Time to File Answer by Carol Dixon, Herman Groman, Lynn A. Helland. (Quast, Paul)
December 17, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 24 ORDER Granting Plaintiff's Ex-Parte Motion for Alternate Service #22 . Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (EPar)
December 10, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 23 ERRATA Sheet re: #22 Ex Parte MOTION for Alternate Service Of Defendant King filed by Richard Wershe, Jr. by Richard Wershe, Jr (Ayad, Nabih)
December 9, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 22 Ex Parte MOTION for Alternate Service Of Defendant King by Richard Wershe, Jr. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit Exhibit A - Summons, #3 Exhibit Exhibit B - Order Extending Summons, #4 Exhibit Intelius Report, #5 Exhibit Affidavit of Non-Service, #6 Exhibit Emails between Plaintiff's Counsel and Process Server) (Ayad, Nabih)
December 6, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 21 STIPULATION AND ORDER Withdrawing Defendant City of Detroit's Motion to Strike Plaintiff's Reply on Timeliness Grounds. Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (EPar)
December 1, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 20 REPLY to Response re #8 MOTION to Dismiss filed by City of Detroit, Kevin Greene, William Jasper. (Paddison, Gregory)
November 23, 2021 Opinion or Order TEXT-ONLY ORDER : Plaintiff's Unopposed Motion for Leave to File in Excess of Brief Page Limitations #18 is GRANTED. The response brief is extended 15 additional pages. Issued by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (EPar)
November 22, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 19 RESPONSE to #8 MOTION to Dismiss filed by All Plaintiffs. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits Index of Exhibits to Plaintiff's Response in City of Detroit's Motion to Dismiss in Lieu of Answer, #2 Exhibit 2nd Aff'd of Richard Wershe Jr, #3 Exhibit Report of Dr. Friedberg, #4 Exhibit CV of Dr Friedberg, #5 Exhibit Excerpts from Transcript of "White Boy" Documentary, #6 Exhibit "White Boy" Documentary DVD filed in Traditional Manner) (Ayad, Nabih)
November 22, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 18 Joint MOTION for Order to File Response In Excess of Brief Page Limitations by Richard Wershe, Jr. (Ayad, Nabih)
November 22, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 17 Joint MOTION for Order File Exhibits in the Traditional Manner by All Plaintiffs. (Ayad, Nabih)
November 22, 2021 Opinion or Order TEXT-ONLY ORDER: Granting Plaintiff's Unopposed Motion for Leave to File Exhibits in the Traditional Manner #17 . The Exhibits shall be submitted in USB Flash drive format if possible. Issued by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (EPar)
November 9, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 16 ORDER Granting #15 Motion for Extension of Time to Answer Carol Dixon answer due 1/14/2022; Herman Groman answer due 1/14/2022; Lynn A. Helland answer due 1/14/2022. Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (EPar)
November 8, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 15 MOTION for Extension of Time to File Answer by Carol Dixon, Herman Groman, Lynn A. Helland, Edward James King. (Quast, Paul)
October 21, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 14 NOTICE of Joinder/Concurrence in #8 MOTION to Dismiss filed by City of Detroit by Kevin Greene, William Jasper (Paddison, Gregory)
October 19, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 13 ORDER Granting #12 Motion to Extend Summons. Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (EPar)
October 18, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 12 MOTION TO EXTEND Summonses of Defendant King and Defendant Helland by 90 days by Richard Wershe, Jr. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Exhibit A - Emails with Plaintiff's Georgia Process Server Showing Attempted Services, #2 Exhibit Exhibit B - Emails with Plaintiff's Local Process Server Showing Attempted Service of Process) (Ayad, Nabih)
October 18, 2021 Opinion or Order TEXT-ONLY ORDER: GRANTING the #10 MOTION for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply to #8 MOTION to Dismiss (Response due by 11/20/2021 and Reply due by 12/5/2021). Issued by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (EPar)
October 15, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 11 STIPULATION re #8 MOTION to Dismiss to Extend Filing Deadlines by 30 Days by Richard Wershe, Jr (Ayad, Nabih)
October 15, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 10 MOTION for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply as to #8 MOTION to Dismiss by Richard Wershe, Jr. (Ayad, Nabih) Modified on 10/15/2021 (LHos).[DOCUMENT ENTITLED STIPULATION TO EXTEND BRIEFING DEADLINES IN DEFENDANT CITY OF DETROIT'S MOTION TO DISMISS]
October 13, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 9 ORDER Regarding Determination of #8 MOTION to Dismiss filed by City of Detroit. Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (EPar)
September 30, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 8 MOTION to Dismiss by City of Detroit. (Attachments: #1 Document Continuation Issues, Authorities, and Brief, #2 Index of Exhibits Index of Exhibits, #3 Exhibit Exhibit A, #4 Exhibit Exhibit B, #5 Exhibit Exhibit C, #6 Exhibit Exhibit D) (Paddison, Gregory)
September 15, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 7 SUMMONS Issued for *Lynn A. Helland* (DPer)
September 15, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 6 SUMMONS Issued for *Carol Dixon* (DPer)
September 15, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 5 SUMMONS Issued for *Edward James King* (DPer)
September 15, 2021 Opinion or Order REQUEST for SUMMONS for Edward James King. (Ayad, Nabih)
September 15, 2021 Opinion or Order REQUEST for SUMMONS for Carol Dixon. (Ayad, Nabih)
September 15, 2021 Opinion or Order Addition of Parties to CM/ECF: Defendants Edward James King, Lynn A. Helland. Reason: Parties were omitted and incorrectly added to CM/ECF (Ayad, Nabih)
September 15, 2021 Opinion or Order REQUEST for SUMMONS for Lynn A. Helland. (Ayad, Nabih)
September 14, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 4 AMENDED COMPLAINT with Jury Demand filed by All Plaintiffs against Carol Dixon. NEW PARTIES ADDED. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Affidavit of Richard Wershe, Jr, #2 Exhibit Affidavit of Michelle MacDonald, #3 Exhibit Affidavit of Lynn Hoover) (Ayad, Nabih)
July 30, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 3 SUMMONS Issued for *William Jasper* (TTho)
July 30, 2021 Opinion or Order REQUEST for SUMMONS for William Jasper. (Ayad, Nabih)
July 20, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 2 SUMMONS Issued for *City of Detroit, James Dixon, Kevin Greene, Herman Groman, Lynn Hellend, James King, Unknown Former Assistant United States Attorney, Jasper William* (DAll)
July 20, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 1 COMPLAINT , VERIFIED filed by Richard Wershe, Jr against All Defendants with Jury Demand. Plaintiff requests summons issued. Receipt No: AMIEDC-8543457 - Fee: $ 402. County of 1st Plaintiff: Wayne - County Where Action Arose: Wayne - County of 1st Defendant: Wayne. [Previously dismissed case: No] [Possible companion case(s): None] (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Affidavit of Richard Wershe, Jr, #2 Exhibit Affidavit of Michelle MacDonald, #3 Exhibit Affidavit of Lynn Hoover) (Ayad, Nabih)
July 20, 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 (DAll)

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Plaintiff: Richard Wershe, Jr
Represented By: Nabih H. Ayad
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Defendant: City of Detroit
Represented By: Gregory B. Paddison
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Defendant: Jasper William
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Defendant: Kevin Greene
Represented By: Gregory B. Paddison
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Defendant: James Dixon
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Defendant: Herman Groman
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Defendant: Lynn Hellend
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Defendant: James King
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Defendant: Unknown Former Assistant United States Attorney
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Defendant: William Jasper
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Defendant: Carol Dixon
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Defendant: Edward James King
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Defendant: Lynn A. Helland
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