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Wal-mart employee Joseph Casias sued after being fired for using prescription medical marijuana, allowed under Michigan state law, to treat his inoperable brain tumor and cancer.

Plaintiff: Joseph Casias
Defendant: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and Troy Estill
Case Number: 1:2010cv00781
Filed: August 5, 2010
Court: US District Court for the Western District of Michigan
Office: Southern Division (1) Office
County: Calhoun
Presiding Judge: Robert J. Jonker
Nature of Suit: Employment
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. § 1441
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
March 4, 2011 CASE NUMBER 11-1227 assigned by the Sixth Circuit to appeal 47 (elc)
February 25, 2011 Filing 48 LETTER from Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the notice of appeal 47 (elc) Modified text on 2/25/2011 (elc).
February 18, 2011 Filing 47 NOTICE OF APPEAL re 44 , 45 by plaintiff Joseph Casias (Michelman, Scott)
February 18, 2011 APPEAL FEE PAID re 47 by plaintiff Joseph Casias in the amount of $455, receipt number 0646-1876751 (Michelman, Scott)
February 16, 2011 Filing 46 CERTIFICATE OF MAILING by objector State of Michigan, Unemployment Insurance Agency Objection to Subpoena (Johnson, Thomas)
February 11, 2011 Filing 45 JUDGMENT in favor of Defendants against Plaintiff ; signed by Judge Robert J. Jonker (Judge Robert J. Jonker, ymc)
February 11, 2011 Opinion or Order Filing 44 OPINION AND ORDER denying 9 motion to remand; granting 16 motion to dismiss ; signed by Judge Robert J. Jonker (Judge Robert J. Jonker, ymc)
February 1, 2011 Filing 43 PROPOSED ORDER regarding Joint Motion to Modify Scheduling Order by defendants Wal-Mart Stores East, LP, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Palmer, Michael)
February 1, 2011 Filing 42 BRIEF in support of JOINT MOTION for extension of time to complete discovery 41 filed by Wal-Mart Stores East, LP, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.(Palmer, Michael)
February 1, 2011 Filing 41 JOINT MOTION for extension of time to complete discovery by defendants Wal-Mart Stores East, LP, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; (Palmer, Michael)
January 7, 2011 Filing 40 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE by plaintiff Joseph Casias First Set of Interrogatories, Requests for Production, and Requests for Admissions to all Defendants (Korobkin, Daniel)
December 22, 2010 Filing 39 NOTICE of Attorney Name Change by defendants Wal-Mart Stores East, LP, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Powis, Kelly)
December 15, 2010 Filing 38 NOTICE of Service of Defendants' Rule 26(a)(1) Initial Disclosures on Plaintiff by defendants Troy Estill, Wal-Mart Stores East, LP, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Powis, Kelly)
December 15, 2010 Filing 37 NOTICE of ADR Preference by defendants Troy Estill, Wal-Mart Stores East, LP, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Palmer, Michael)
December 15, 2010 Filing 36 PROOF OF SERVICE by plaintiff Joseph Casias Required Initial Disclosures Under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(A)(1) (Grow, Daniel)
December 6, 2010 Opinion or Order Filing 35 ORDER granting STIPULATION 34 ; signed by Judge Robert J. Jonker (Judge Robert J. Jonker, ymc)
November 30, 2010 Filing 34 PROPOSED STIPULATION and ORDER Amending Complaint to Add Wal-Mart Stores East, L.P., as a Defendant by plaintiff Joseph Casias (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Document Amended Complaint)(Korobkin, Daniel)
November 12, 2010 Filing 33 MINUTES of motion hearing re 16 MOTION to dismiss Plaintiff's Complaint ; 9 MOTION to remand held before Judge Robert J. Jonker (Court Reporter: Glenda Trexler) (Judge Robert J. Jonker, ymc)
November 8, 2010 Filing 32 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE by defendant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and Notice of Service of Defendants' First Interrogatories and Request for Production of Documents (Powis, Kelly)
October 28, 2010 Opinion or Order Filing 31 CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER: settlement conference set for 10/3/2011 at 2:00 PM at 584 Federal Building, Grand Rapids, MI before Magistrate Judge Hugh W. Brenneman Jr.; final pretrial conference set for 10/11/2011 at 3:00 PM at 699 Federal Building, Grand Rapids, MI before Judge Robert J. Jonker; jury trial set for 11/1/2011 at 8:30 AM at 699 Federal Building, Grand Rapids, MI before Judge Robert J. Jonker; signed by Judge Robert J. Jonker (Judge Robert J. Jonker, ymc)
October 26, 2010 Filing 30 MINUTES of scheduling conference held before Judge Robert J. Jonker (Court Reporter: Glenda Trexler) (Judge Robert J. Jonker, mil) Modified on 10/28/2010 to correct filed date (elc).
October 22, 2010 Filing 29 JOINT STATUS REPORT (Palmer, Michael)
October 20, 2010 Filing 28 REPLY to response to motion 16 to Dismiss filed by Troy Estill, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A)(Palmer, Michael)
October 15, 2010 Opinion or Order Filing 27 ORDER granting STIPULATION 26 ; signed by Judge Robert J. Jonker (Judge Robert J. Jonker, ymc)
October 13, 2010 Filing 26 PROPOSED STIPULATION and ORDER for a Two-Day Extension to File Reply in Support of Motion to Dismiss by defendants Troy Estill, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Palmer, Michael)
September 30, 2010 Filing 25 RESPONSE in opposition to MOTION to dismiss Plaintiff's Complaint 16 filed by Joseph Casias (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B)(Michelman, Scott)
September 17, 2010 Opinion or Order Filing 24 ORDER granting 22 motion for leave to file ; signed by Judge Robert J. Jonker (Judge Robert J. Jonker, mil)
September 17, 2010 Filing 23 REPLY BRIEF to response to motion 9 to remand filed by Joseph Casias (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Exhibit 1, # 2 Exhibit Exhibit 2)(Michelman, Scott) Modified text on 9/17/2010 (elc). Modified text on 9/20/2010 (elc).
September 16, 2010 Filing 22 MOTION for leave to file Reply in Support of Motion to Remand by plaintiff Joseph Casias; (Michelman, Scott)
September 10, 2010 Courtesy Copy of Order Setting Rule 16 Scheduling Conference, 21 sent via U.S. Mail to Susan McCaffery Zoeller (elc)
September 9, 2010 Opinion or Order Filing 21 ORDER setting Rule 16 scheduling conference: Rule 16 scheduling conference is set for 10/26/2010 at 04:00 PM at 699 Federal Building, Grand Rapids, MI before Judge Robert J. Jonker; status report due by 10/20/2010 ; signed by Judge Robert J. Jonker (Judge Robert J. Jonker, mil)
September 9, 2010 (NON-DOCUMENT) ATTORNEY APPEARANCE of Susan McCaffery Zoeller on behalf of defendants Troy Estill, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Zoeller, Susan)
September 8, 2010 Filing 20 NOTICE OF MOTION HEARING regarding document number 9 , 16 : motion hearing is set for 11/12/2010 at 02:00 PM at 699 Federal Building, Grand Rapids, MI before Judge Robert J. Jonker; (Judge Robert J. Jonker, mil)
September 2, 2010 Filing 19 EXHIBIT 2 (DVD of commercials) regarding brief in support of motion to dismiss 17 by defendants Troy Estill, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (elc) Modified text on 9/3/2010 (elc).
September 2, 2010 Filing 18 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE by defendants Troy Estill, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Regarding Service by Mail of Exhibit 2 of Motion to Dismiss (Powis, Kelly)
September 2, 2010 Filing 17 BRIEF in support of MOTION to dismiss Plaintiff's Complaint 16 filed by Troy Estill, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Attachments: # 1 Index of Exhibits, # 2 Exhibit 1, # 3 Exhibit 3, # 4 Exhibit 4, # 5 Exhibit 5)(Powis, Kelly)
September 2, 2010 Filing 16 MOTION to dismiss Plaintiff's Complaint by defendants Troy Estill, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; (Powis, Kelly)
September 2, 2010 Filing 15 RESPONSE in opposition to MOTION to remand 9 filed by Troy Estill, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Powis, Kelly)
August 27, 2010 Filing 14 LETTER from Clerk to attorney Scott Matthew Michelman regarding mandatory electronic filing (elc)
August 27, 2010 Copy of Order on Motion to Stay, Order on Proposed Order,, 13 sent via U.S. Mail to Scott Matthew Michelman (elc)
August 26, 2010 Opinion or Order Filing 13 ORDER denying 11 motion to stay; terminating PROPOSED ORDER 12 ; The Court will delay the deadline for Defendants' response to the complaint to 9/2/2010 to coincide with the deadline for response to the Motion to Remand; signed by Judge Robert J. Jonker (Judge Robert J. Jonker, ymc)
August 25, 2010 ATTORNEY Scott Matthew Michelman ADMITTED to practice in the Western District of Michigan (lep)
August 19, 2010 Filing 12 PROPOSED ORDER regarding Agreed Motion to Stay deadline to answer or otherwise plead to plaintiff's complaint until Court rules on Plaintiff's Motion to Remand by defendants Troy Estill, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Powis, Kelly)
August 19, 2010 Filing 11 JOINT MOTION to stay deadline to answer or otherwise plead to Plaintiff's Complaint until Court rules on Plaintiff's Motion to Remand by defendants Troy Estill, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; (Powis, Kelly)
August 17, 2010 (NON-DOCUMENT) ATTORNEY APPEARANCE of Michael J. Steinberg on behalf of plaintiff Joseph Casias (Steinberg, Michael)
August 16, 2010 Filing 10 BRIEF in support of MOTION to remand 9 filed by Joseph Casias(Korobkin, Daniel)
August 16, 2010 Filing 9 MOTION to remand by plaintiff Joseph Casias; (Korobkin, Daniel)
August 16, 2010 Copy of Order on Stipulation and Proposed Order 8 sent via U.S. Mail to Scott Michelman (mkc)
August 13, 2010 Opinion or Order Filing 8 ORDER granting STIPULATION 7 extending the time for Defendants to answer Plaintiff's Complaint or otherwise plead to 8/24/2010; signed by Judge Robert J. Jonker (Judge Robert J. Jonker, ymc)
August 11, 2010 Filing 7 PROPOSED STIPULATION and ORDER Regarding Extension of Time to Answer Plaintiff's Complaint or Otherwise Plead by defendants Troy Estill, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Powis, Kelly)
August 6, 2010 Filing 6 ATTORNEY ADMISSION LETTER sent to attorney Scott Michelman via U.S. Mail; attorney admission deadline set for 9/3/2010; (rmw)
August 6, 2010 Filing 5 NOTICE of receipt of case (rmw)
August 6, 2010 Copy of Receipt of Case Notice 5 sent via U.S. Mail to Scott Michelman (rmw)
August 6, 2010 (NON-DOCUMENT) ATTORNEY APPEARANCE of Michael P. Palmer on behalf of defendants Troy Estill, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Palmer, Michael)
August 5, 2010 Filing 4 CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. identifying Corporate Parent Wal-Mart Stores East, Inc., Corporate Parent WSE Management, LLC, Corporate Parent WSE Investment, LLC, Corporate Parent Wal-Mart Stores East, LP for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (rmw)
August 5, 2010 Filing 3 ATTORNEY APPEARANCE of Kelly Ann Powis on behalf of defendants Troy Estill, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (rmw)
August 5, 2010 Filing 2 NOTICE OF FILING notice of removal re 1 directed to Attorneys Daniel W. Grow, Daniel Stewart Korobkin and Scott Michelman by defendants Troy Estill, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (rmw)
August 5, 2010 Filing 1 NOTICE OF REMOVAL from Calhoun County Circuit Court case number 10-02067-CZ filed by Troy Estill, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A1 - State Court Summons, # 2 Exhibit A2 - State Court Complaint and Jury Demand, # 3 Exhibit B - Declaration of Troy Estill, # 4 Civil Cover Sheet)(rmw)
August 5, 2010 RECEIPT: in the amount of $350.00, receipt number GR021211; for filing fees (rmw)

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