Kowall et al v. Benson
Plaintiff: Paul Opsommer, Scott Dianda, David E. Nathan, Mary Valentine, Roger Kahn, Joseph Haveman, Clark Harder, Douglas Spade, Mark Meadows and Mike Kowall
Defendant: Jocelyn Benson
Case Number: 1:2019cv00985
Filed: November 20, 2019
Court: US District Court for the Western District of Michigan
Presiding Judge: Phillip J Green
Referring Judge: Janet T Neff
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights: Other
Cause of Action: 42 U.S.C. § 1983
Jury Demanded By: None
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
February 25, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 17 PRE-MOTION CONFERENCE ORDER setting forth the briefing schedule re anticipated motions; Answer to plaintiffs' first amended complaint due not later than March 26, 2020; signed by Judge Janet T. Neff (Judge Janet T. Neff, clb)
February 25, 2020 Filing 16 MINUTES of pre-motion conference re #11 held before Judge Janet T. Neff (Court Reporter: Paul Brandell) (Judge Janet T. Neff, rmw)
January 24, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 15 ORDER scheduling a pre-motion conference regarding document number #11 : pre-motion conference is set for 2/25/2020 at 10:00 AM at 401 Federal Building, Grand Rapids, MI before Judge Janet T. Neff; signed by Judge Janet T. Neff (Judge Janet T. Neff, rmw)
January 23, 2020 Filing 14 RESPONSE TO REQUEST for pre-motion conference by defendant Jocelyn Benson #11 ; filed by Scott Dianda, Clark Harder, Joseph Haveman, Roger Kahn, Mike Kowall, Mark Meadows, David E. Nathan, Paul Opsommer, Douglas Spade, Mary Valentine (Pellegrino, Ariana)
January 16, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 13 ORDER granting #12 motion for extension of time; signed by Judge Janet T. Neff (Judge Janet T. Neff, rmw)
January 16, 2020 Filing 12 MOTION for extension of time to File Responsive Pleading by defendant Jocelyn Benson; (Meingast, Heather)
January 16, 2020 Filing 11 REQUEST for pre-motion conference by defendant Jocelyn Benson (Meingast, Heather)
December 23, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 10 ORDER granting to an extent stipulated proposed order extending time #9 ; signed by Judge Janet T. Neff (Judge Janet T. Neff, rmw)
December 23, 2019 Filing 9 PROPOSED STIPULATION and ORDER Extending Time for Defendant to Respond to Plaintiffs' Complaint by defendant Jocelyn Benson (Meingast, Heather)
December 20, 2019 (NON-DOCUMENT) ATTORNEY APPEARANCE of Erik Alexander Grill on behalf of defendant Jocelyn Benson (Grill, Erik)
December 20, 2019 (NON-DOCUMENT) ATTORNEY APPEARANCE of Heather S. Meingast on behalf of defendant Jocelyn Benson (Meingast, Heather)
December 12, 2019 Filing 8 SUMMONS returned executed; Jocelyn Benson served on 12/12/2019, answer due 1/2/2020 (Pellegrino, Ariana)
December 12, 2019 Filing 7 SUMMONS ISSUED as to defendant Jocelyn Benson (ns)
December 11, 2019 Filing 6 PROPOSED SUMMONS to be issued re #5 (Pellegrino, Ariana)
December 11, 2019 Filing 5 FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY RELIEF AND A PERMANENT INJUNCTION against Jocelyn Benson filed by Clark Harder, Joseph Haveman, Mary Valentine, Paul Opsommer, Douglas Spade, Roger Kahn, David E. Nathan, Scott Dianda, Mike Kowall, Mark Meadows (Pellegrino, Ariana)
November 20, 2019 Filing 4 SUMMONS ISSUED as to defendant Jocelyn Benson (ns)
November 20, 2019 Filing 3 NOTICE that this case has been assigned Janet T. Neff (ns)
November 20, 2019 Filing 2 PROPOSED SUMMONS to be issued re #1 (Bursch, John)
November 20, 2019 Filing 1 COMPLAINT for Declaratory Relief and a Permanent Injunction against Jocelyn Benson filed by Douglas Spade, Clark Harder, David E. Nathan, Roger Kahn, Joseph Haveman, Mary Valentine, Paul Opsommer, Scott Dianda (Bursch, John)
November 20, 2019 FILING FEE PAID re #1 by plaintiffs Scott Dianda, Clark Harder, Joseph Haveman, Roger Kahn, David E. Nathan, Paul Opsommer, Douglas Spade, Mary Valentine in the amount of $400, receipt number AMIWDC-4632743 (Bursch, John)

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Plaintiff: Paul Opsommer
Represented By: Christopher M. Trebilcock
Represented By: John J. Bursch
Represented By: Ariana Felicia Pellegrino
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Plaintiff: Scott Dianda
Represented By: Christopher M. Trebilcock
Represented By: John J. Bursch
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Plaintiff: David E. Nathan
Represented By: Christopher M. Trebilcock
Represented By: John J. Bursch
Represented By: Ariana Felicia Pellegrino
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Plaintiff: Mary Valentine
Represented By: Christopher M. Trebilcock
Represented By: John J. Bursch
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Plaintiff: Roger Kahn
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Plaintiff: Joseph Haveman
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Plaintiff: Clark Harder
Represented By: Christopher M. Trebilcock
Represented By: John J. Bursch
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Plaintiff: Douglas Spade
Represented By: Christopher M. Trebilcock
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Represented By: Ariana Felicia Pellegrino
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Plaintiff: Mark Meadows
Represented By: Ariana Felicia Pellegrino
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Plaintiff: Mike Kowall
Represented By: Ariana Felicia Pellegrino
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Defendant: Jocelyn Benson
Represented By: Heather S. Meingast
Represented By: Erik Alexander Grill
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