BUTTON v. DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION et al
Plaintiff: RYAN BUTTON
Defendant: DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION, DOLGENCORP, LLC D/B/A DOLLAR GENERAL, TODD VASOS, JEFF OWEN, STEVE SUNDERLAND, EMILY TAYLOR, JOHN DOES 1-500 and DOLGENCORP, LLC
Case Number: 3:2022cv07028
Filed: December 5, 2022
Court: US District Court for the District of New Jersey
Presiding Judge: Michael A Shipp
Referring Judge: Rukhsanah L Singh
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. § 1441 Notice of Removal- Fraud
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
January 27, 2023 Filing 37 Notice of Request by Pro Hac Vice R. Trent Taylor to receive Notices of Electronic Filings. ( Pro Hac Vice fee $ 150 receipt number ANJDC-13988109.) (GOLDSTEIN, PHILIP)
January 27, 2023 Pro Hac Vice counsel, R. TRENT TAYLOR, has been added to receive Notices of Electronic Filing. Pursuant to L.Civ.R. 101.1, only local counsel are entitled to sign and file papers, enter appearances and receive payments on judgments, decrees or orders. (jal, )
January 20, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 36 LETTER ORDER granting the parties requests and stay this matter pending the disposition of Plaintiffs RemandMotion. Signed by Judge Michael A. Shipp on 1/19/2023. (kht)
January 19, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 35 TEXT ORDER: The rule 16 conference scheduled for 1/31/2023 is adjourned without a new date at this time. So Ordered by Magistrate Judge Rukhsanah L. Singh on 1/19/2023. (mm)
January 17, 2023 Filing 34 Letter from Javier L. Merino to The Honorable Rukhsanah L. Singh, U.S.M.J. RE: Consented Request to Stay Matter Pending Remand Motion re #33 MOTION to Remand , or in the Alternative, Grant Leave to Seek Jurisdictional Discovery. (MERINO, JAVIER)
January 17, 2023 Set Deadlines as to #33 MOTION to Remand , or in the Alternative, Grant Leave to Seek Jurisdictional Discovery. Motion set for 2/21/2023 before Judge Michael A. Shipp. Unless otherwise directed by the Court, this motion will be decided on the papers and no appearances are required. Note that this is an automatically generated message from the Clerk`s Office and does not supersede any previous or subsequent orders from the Court. (jal, )
January 16, 2023 Filing 33 MOTION to Remand , or in the Alternative, Grant Leave to Seek Jurisdictional Discovery by RYAN BUTTON. (Attachments: #1 Brief Brief in Support of Motion to Remand, #2 Declaration Declaration of Javier L. Merino, Esq., In Support of Plaintiff's Motion for Remand with Exhibits A-D, #3 Certificate of Service Certificate of Service, #4 Text of Proposed Order Proposed Order on Remand)(MERINO, JAVIER)
January 11, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 32 ORDER granting #13 Motion to Seal. Signed by Magistrate Judge Rukhsanah L. Singh on 1/11/2023. (mg)
January 10, 2023 Filing 31 REPLY to Response to Motion filed by DOLGENCORP, LLC, DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION re #13 MOTION to Seal (Attachments: #1 Declaration of Neal Miller, #2 Certificate of Service)(GOLDSTEIN, PHILIP)
January 3, 2023 Filing 30 RESPONSE in Opposition filed by RYAN BUTTON re #13 MOTION to Seal (MERINO, JAVIER)
January 3, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 29 ORDER Granting pro hac vice admission, as to Trent Taylor. Signed by Magistrate Judge Rukhsanah L. Singh on 1/3/2023. (jdg, )
December 28, 2022 Filing 28 Letter from Philip A. Goldstein to the Hon. Rukhsanah L. Singh re: Pro Hac Vice Application. (Attachments: #1 Certification of Philip A. Goldstein, #2 Certification of R. Trent Taylor, #3 Proposed Order, #4 Certificate of Service)(GOLDSTEIN, PHILIP)
December 28, 2022 Set Deadlines as to #26 MOTION to Dismiss . Motion set for 2/6/2023 before Judge Michael A. Shipp. Unless otherwise directed by the Court, this motion will be decided on the papers and no appearances are required. Note that this is an automatically generated message from the Clerk`s Office and does not supersede any previous or subsequent orders from the Court. (jal, )
December 28, 2022 Set Deadlines as to #27 MOTION to Dismiss . Motion set for 2/6/2023 before Judge Michael A. Shipp. Unless otherwise directed by the Court, this motion will be decided on the papers and no appearances are required. Note that this is an automatically generated message from the Clerk`s Office and does not supersede any previous or subsequent orders from the Court. (jal, )
December 27, 2022 Filing 27 MOTION to Dismiss by DOLGENCORP, LLC, DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Memorandum of Law In Support of Motion to Dismiss, #2 Exhibit Declaration of Philip A. Goldstein In Support of Motion to Dismiss, #3 Exhibit Complaint, #4 Exhibit Dolgencorp LLC's Price Override/Price Match Policy, #5 Exhibit Unreported Cases, #6 Exhibit (Proposed Order), #7 Exhibit Certificate of Service)(GOLDSTEIN, PHILIP)
December 27, 2022 Filing 26 MOTION to Dismiss by JEFF OWEN, STEVE SUNDERLAND, EMILY TAYLOR, TODD VASOS. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Memorandum of Law In Support of Motion to Dismiss, #2 Exhibit Declaration of Philip A. Goldstein In Support of Motion to Dismiss, #3 Exhibit Complaint, #4 Exhibit Unreported Cases, #5 Exhibit (Proposed) Order, #6 Exhibit Certificate of Service)(GOLDSTEIN, PHILIP)
December 21, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 25 ORDER granting #11 Motion for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice as to Marc E. Dann. Signed by Magistrate Judge Rukhsanah L. Singh on 12/19/2022. (jal, )
December 21, 2022 Filing 24 NOTICE by DOLGENCORP, LLC, DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION, JEFF OWEN, STEVE SUNDERLAND, EMILY TAYLOR, TODD VASOS of Supplemental Submission of State Court Filings (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Exhibits to Complaint, #2 Exhibit Summons Issued to Dollar General, #3 Exhibit Civil Case Information Statement, #4 Exhibit Track Assignment Notice, #5 Exhibit Deficiency Notice Regarding Complaint, #6 Exhibit Clerk's Notice, #7 Exhibit Court Order, #8 Exhibit Notice of Appearance, #9 Exhibit Misc Motion Papers, #10 Exhibit Text Entry, #11 Exhibit Discovery)(GOLDSTEIN, PHILIP)
December 21, 2022 Set Deadlines as to #13 MOTION to Seal . Motion set for 1/17/2023 before Magistrate Judge Rukhsanah L. Singh. Unless otherwise directed by the Court, this motion will be decided on the papers and no appearances are required. Note that this is an automatically generated message from the Clerk`s Office and does not supersede any previous or subsequent orders from the Court. (jal, )
December 20, 2022 Filing 23 Corporate Disclosure Statement by DOLGENCORP, LLC identifying Dollar General Corporation as Corporate Parent.. (GOLDSTEIN, PHILIP)
December 20, 2022 Filing 22 Corporate Disclosure Statement by DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION. (GOLDSTEIN, PHILIP)
December 20, 2022 Filing 21 Third Party Litigation Funding disclosure statement pursuant to L.Civ.R 7.1.1(a)(1-3) filed by TODD VASOS. (GOLDSTEIN, PHILIP)
December 20, 2022 Filing 20 Third Party Litigation Funding disclosure statement pursuant to L.Civ.R 7.1.1(a)(1-3) filed by EMILY TAYLOR. (GOLDSTEIN, PHILIP)
December 20, 2022 Filing 19 Third Party Litigation Funding disclosure statement pursuant to L.Civ.R 7.1.1(a)(1-3) filed by JEFF OWEN. (GOLDSTEIN, PHILIP)
December 20, 2022 Filing 18 Third Party Litigation Funding disclosure statement pursuant to L.Civ.R 7.1.1(a)(1-3) filed by STEVE SUNDERLAND. (GOLDSTEIN, PHILIP)
December 20, 2022 Filing 17 Corporate Disclosure Statement by STEVE SUNDERLAND. (GOLDSTEIN, PHILIP)
December 20, 2022 Filing 16 Corporate Disclosure Statement by JEFF OWEN. (GOLDSTEIN, PHILIP)
December 20, 2022 Filing 15 Corporate Disclosure Statement by TODD VASOS. (GOLDSTEIN, PHILIP)
December 20, 2022 Filing 14 Corporate Disclosure Statement by EMILY TAYLOR. (GOLDSTEIN, PHILIP)
December 19, 2022 Filing 13 MOTION to Seal by DOLGENCORP, LLC, DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION, JEFF OWEN, STEVE SUNDERLAND, EMILY TAYLOR, TODD VASOS. (Attachments: #1 Declaration of Philip A. Goldstein In Support of Motion, #2 Topics Index, #3 (Proposed) Order, #4 Certificate of Service)(GOLDSTEIN, PHILIP)
December 19, 2022 Filing 12 Exhibit to #1 Notice of Removal,, Exhibit 3 "(Redacted)"-Declaration of Philip A. Goldstein in Support of Notice of Removal by DOLGENCORP, LLC, DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION, JEFF OWEN, STEVE SUNDERLAND, EMILY TAYLOR, TODD VASOS. (GOLDSTEIN, PHILIP)
December 12, 2022 CLERK'S QUALITY CONTROL MESSAGE - Please be advised, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 7.1, a disclosure statement is required to be filed by parties and intervenors in diversity actions to identify the citizenship of every individual or entity whose citizenship is attributed to that party or intervenor. Such disclosure statements must be filed with the partys, intervenors or proposed intervenors first appearance, pleading, petition, motion, response or other request addressed to the Court. (jjc, )
December 9, 2022 Set Deadlines as to #11 MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Marc E. Dann. Motion set for 1/3/2022 before Magistrate Judge Rukhsanah L. Singh. Unless otherwise directed by the Court, this motion will be decided on the papers and no appearances are required. Note that this is an automatically generated message from the Clerk`s Office and does not supersede any previous or subsequent orders from the Court. (jal, )
December 9, 2022 Clerk`s Text Order - The document #10 Application for Clerk's Order to Ext Answer/Proposed Order submitted by STEVE SUNDERLAND, DOLGENCORP, LLC, EMILY TAYLOR, DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION, TODD VASOS, JEFF OWEN has been GRANTED. The answer due date has been set for 12/27/2022. (jal, )
December 8, 2022 Filing 11 MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Marc E. Dann by RYAN BUTTON. (Attachments: #1 Certification Certification of Javier L. Merino, #2 Certification Certification of Marc E. Dann with Exhibits, #3 Text of Proposed Order Proposed Order Granting Pro Hac Vice to Marc E. Dann)(MERINO, JAVIER)
December 7, 2022 Filing 10 Application and Proposed Order for Clerk's Order to extend time to answer as to Defendants.. (Attachments: #1 Certificate of Service)(GOLDSTEIN, PHILIP)
December 6, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 9 ORDER Scheduling Conference set for 1/31/2023 at 10:30 AM before Magistrate Judge Rukhsanah L. Singh. Signed by Magistrate Judge Rukhsanah L. Singh on 12/6/2022. (kht)
December 6, 2022 Filing 8 NOTICE of Appearance by JAVIER LUIS MERINO on behalf of RYAN BUTTON (MERINO, JAVIER)
December 6, 2022 Filing 7 NOTICE of Appearance by ANDREW R. WOLF on behalf of RYAN BUTTON (WOLF, ANDREW)
December 5, 2022 Judge Michael A. Shipp and Magistrate Judge Rukhsanah L. Singh added. (kht)
December 5, 2022 Filing 6 Third Party Litigation Funding disclosure statement pursuant to L.Civ.R 7.1.1(a)(1-3) filed by DOLGENCORP, LLC D/B/A DOLLAR GENERAL. (GOLDSTEIN, PHILIP)
December 5, 2022 Filing 5 Third Party Litigation Funding disclosure statement pursuant to L.Civ.R 7.1.1(a)(1-3) filed by DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION. (GOLDSTEIN, PHILIP)
December 5, 2022 Filing 4 Corporate Disclosure Statement by DOLGENCORP, LLC D/B/A DOLLAR GENERAL identifying Dollar General Corporation as Corporate Parent.. (GOLDSTEIN, PHILIP)
December 5, 2022 Filing 3 Corporate Disclosure Statement by DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION identifying no parent corporation as Corporate Parent.. (GOLDSTEIN, PHILIP)
December 5, 2022 Filing 2 Exhibit to #1 Notice of Removal,, Exhibit 3 - Declaration of Philip A. Goldstein in Support of Notice of Removal by DOLGENCORP, LLC D/B/A DOLLAR GENERAL, DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION, JEFF OWEN, STEVE SUNDERLAND, EMILY TAYLOR, TODD VASOS. (GOLDSTEIN, PHILIP)NOTICE TO COUNSEL: Counsel is advised that pursuant to Local Civil Rule 5.3(c)(2), a single, consolidated motion to seal shall be filed within 14 days following the completed briefing of the materials sought to be sealed, or within 14 days following the date on which the last of such materials was filed under temporary seal if the motion is resolved, unless otherwise directed by the Court.
December 5, 2022 Filing 1 NOTICE OF REMOVAL by STEVE SUNDERLAND, DOLGENCORP, LLC D/B/A DOLLAR GENERAL, EMILY TAYLOR, DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION, TODD VASOS, JEFF OWEN from Superior Court of the State of New Jersey, Monmouth County, Law Division, case number MON-L-002774-22. ( Filing and Admin fee $ 402 receipt number ANJDC-13874853), filed by STEVE SUNDERLAND, DOLGENCORP, LLC D/B/A DOLLAR GENERAL, EMILY TAYLOR, DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION, TODD VASOS, JEFF OWEN. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1 - State Court Pleadings, #2 Exhibit 2 - Notice to State Court and Adverse Parties, #3 Exhibit 3 - Slip, #4 Civil Cover Sheet, #5 Certificate of Service)(GOLDSTEIN, PHILIP)

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Plaintiff: RYAN BUTTON
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