Emral v. Bobit Business Media Inc.
Plaintiff: William Emral
Defendant: Bobit Business Media Inc.
Case Number: 1:2022cv00741
Filed: August 15, 2022
Court: US District Court for the Western District of Michigan
Presiding Judge: Sally J Berens
Referring Judge: Hala Y Jarbou
2 Judge: Robert J Jonker
3 Judge: Ray Kent
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. § 1332 Diversity-Fraud
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
October 3, 2022 Filing 17 (RESTRICTED ACCESS) DOCUMENT Videoconference Information for 10/13/2022 hearing. RECORDING OR BROADCASTING OF THIS PROCEEDING IS PROHIBITED. W.D. Mich. LGenR 4.1(c)(i) and (ii). [Access to this document is available to the Court and attorney(s) for Bobit Business Media Inc., William Emral only] (kjw)
September 30, 2022 Filing 16 NOTICE of status conference set for 10/13/2022 at 9:00 AM by video before Chief Judge Hala Y. Jarbou; (kjw)
September 30, 2022 Filing 15 MINUTES of status conference held before Chief Judge Hala Y. Jarbou (Court Reporter: Genevieve Hamlin) (kjw)
September 23, 2022 (NON-DOCUMENT) ATTORNEY APPEARANCE of James Richard Peterson on behalf of defendant Bobit Business Media Inc. (Peterson, James)
September 20, 2022 Copy of Order on Stipulation and Proposed Order #14 sent via U.S. Mail to Bryan K. Clark (eod)
September 19, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 14 ORDER granting STIPULATION #10 : extending answer deadline to 10/21/2022; signed by Chief Judge Hala Y. Jarbou (aks)
September 19, 2022 Filing 13 (RESTRICTED ACCESS) DOCUMENT Videoconference Information for 9/29/2022 hearing. RECORDING OR BROADCASTING OF THIS PROCEEDING IS PROHIBITED. W.D. Mich. LGenR 4.1(c)(i) and (ii). [Access to this document is available to the Court and attorney(s) for Bobit Business Media Inc., William Emral only] (kjw)
September 19, 2022 Copy of Notice of Hearing #12 sent via U.S. Mail to Bryan K. Clark (eod)
September 16, 2022 Filing 12 NOTICE of status conference set for 9/29/2022 at 10:00 AM by video before Chief Judge Hala Y. Jarbou; (aks)
September 16, 2022 Filing 10 STIPULATION and PROPOSED ORDER to Extend Defendant's Time to File an Answer or Other Responsive Pleading by plaintiff William Emral (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A- Proposed Order) (Miller, E.)
September 15, 2022 Filing 11 MINUTES of status conference; held before Chief Judge Hala Y. Jarbou (Court Reporter: Genevieve Hamlin) (aks)
September 15, 2022 (NON-DOCUMENT) ATTORNEY APPEARANCE of Frank S. Hedin on behalf of plaintiff William Emral (Hedin, Frank)
September 13, 2022 Filing 9 (RESTRICTED ACCESS) DOCUMENT Videoconference Information for 9/15/2022 hearing. RECORDING OR BROADCASTING OF THIS PROCEEDING IS PROHIBITED. W.D. Mich. LGenR 4.1(c)(i) and (ii). [Access to this document is available to the Court and attorney(s) for Bobit Business Media Inc., William Emral only] (kjw)
September 9, 2022 Filing 8 NOTICE of status conference set for 9/15/2022 at 10:00 AM by video before Chief Judge Hala Y. Jarbou; (aks)
September 7, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 7 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER No. 22-CA-073 that this case is reassigned to Chief Judge Hala Y. Jarbou and Magistrate Judge Ray Kent for all further proceedings signed by Chief Judge Hala Y. Jarbou (pjw)
September 1, 2022 Filing 6 SUMMONS returned executed; Bobit Business Media Inc. served on 8/31/2022, answer due 9/21/2022 (Miller, E.)
August 16, 2022 Filing 5 SUMMONS ISSUED as to defendant Bobit Business Media Inc. (eod)
August 16, 2022 Filing 4 NOTICE that this case has been assigned Robert J. Jonker (eod)
August 16, 2022 (NON-DOCUMENT) ATTORNEY APPEARANCE of Philip L. Fraietta on behalf of plaintiff William Emral (Fraietta, Philip)
August 16, 2022 (NON-DOCUMENT) ATTORNEY APPEARANCE of Joseph I. Marchese on behalf of plaintiff William Emral (Marchese, Joseph)
August 15, 2022 Filing 3 NOTICE of Cognate Case by plaintiff William Emral (Miller, E.) Modified text on 8/16/2022 (eod)
August 15, 2022 Filing 2 PROPOSED SUMMONS to be issued re #1 (Miller, E.)
August 15, 2022 Filing 1 COMPLAINT with jury demand against Bobit Business Media Inc. filed by William Emral (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit A-Police The Law Enforcement Magazine Mailing List, #3 Exhibit B-Privacy: Sales, Rentals of Videos, etc., House Legislative Analysis Section, H.B. No. 5331, Jan. 20, 1989, #4 Exhibit C-The Information Marketplace: Merging and Exchanging Consumer Data (Mar. 13, 2001), #5 Exhibit D-Web's Hot New Commodity: Privacy, WSJ.com (Feb. 28, 2011), #6 Exhibit E-Statement of FTC Commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour (Dec. 7, 2009), #7 Exhibit F-Martha C. White, Big Data Knows What You're Doing Right Now, TIME.com (July 31, 2012), #8 Exhibit G-Natasha Singer, You for Sale: Mapping, and Sharing, the Consumer Genome, N.Y. Times (June 16, 2012), #9 Exhibit H-Letter from Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, Chairman, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to Scott E. Howe, Chief Executive Officer, Acxiom (Oct. 9, 2012), #10 Exhibit I-Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Query Data Brokers About Practices Involving Consumers' Personal Information, Website of Senator Ed Markey (July 24, 2012), #11 Exhibit J-Prize Scams, Federal Trade Commission, #12 Exhibit K-Charles Duhigg, Bilking the Elderly, With a Corporate Assist, N.Y. Times, May 20, 2007, #13 Exhibit L-Fraud Against Seniors: Hearing before the Senate Special Committee on Aging (August 10, 2000), #14 Exhibit M-2014 TRUSTe US Consumer Confidence Privacy Report, TRUSTe, #15 Exhibit N-Joshua Brustein, Start-Ups Seek to Help Users Put a Price on Their Personal Data, N.Y. Times (Feb. 12, 2012), #16 Exhibit O-European Network and Information Security Agency, Study on monetising privacy (Feb. 27, 2012), #17 Exhibit P-Hann, et al., The Value of Online Information Privacy: An Empirical Investigation (Oct. 2003), #18 Exhibit Q-California's Reader Privacy Act Signed into Law, Electronic Frontier Foundation (Oct. 3, 2011)) (Miller, E.)
August 15, 2022 FILING FEE PAID re #1 by plaintiff William Emral in the amount of $402, receipt number AMIWDC-6817283 (Miller, E.)
August 15, 2022 (NON-DOCUMENT) ATTORNEY APPEARANCE of Sharon S. Almonrode on behalf of plaintiff William Emral (Almonrode, Sharon)
August 15, 2022 (NON-DOCUMENT) ATTORNEY APPEARANCE of Gregory A. Mitchell on behalf of plaintiff William Emral (Mitchell, Gregory)

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Plaintiff: William Emral
Represented By: Gregory A. Mitchell
Represented By: Joseph I. Marchese
Represented By: Philip L. Fraietta
Represented By: Sharon S. Almonrode
Represented By: E. Powell Miller
Represented By: Frank S. Hedin
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Defendant: Bobit Business Media Inc.
Represented By: Bryan K. Clark
Represented By: James Richard Peterson
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