Ragland v. Coulter et al
Plaintiff: Dawn Ragland
Defendant: David A. Hansell, City of New York, Bill DeBlasio, Louise M. Lingat, Rachelle Sokul-Cook, Chinyere U. Eze-Nllam, Dionne Coulter and New York City Administration for Children Services
Case Number: 1:2020cv02002
Filed: May 1, 2020
Court: US District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Presiding Judge: Eric R Komitee
Referring Judge: Roslynn R Mauskopf
2 Judge: Vera M Scanlon
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights: Other
Cause of Action: 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Civil Rights Act
Jury Demanded By: None
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
June 26, 2020 Filing 10 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Dawn Ragland. City of New York served on 6/16/2020, answer due 7/7/2020; Dionne Coulter served on 6/10/2020, answer due 7/1/2020; Bill DeBlasio served on 6/16/2020, answer due 7/7/2020; Chinyere U. Eze-Nllam served on 6/10/2020, answer due 7/1/2020; David A. Hansell served on 6/10/2020, answer due 7/1/2020; Louise M. Lingat served on 6/10/2020, answer due 7/1/2020; New York City Administration for Children Services served on 6/10/2020, answer due 7/1/2020; Rachelle Sokul-Cook served on 6/10/2020, answer due 7/1/2020. (Attachments: #1 Affidavit of Service) (Almonte, Giselle)
June 25, 2020 Opinion or Order ORDER finding as moot #8 Motion for Extension of Time to Answer as the parties are voluntarily resolving service issues with ACS/NYC. Defendants are ordered to accept service of summons and complaint by email. Service including filing of the return of summons to be concluded by 7/15/2020. SCHEDULING ORDER: A Telephone Conference is set for 7/29/2020 at 12:15 PM before Magistrate Judge Vera M. Scanlon. The Parties are to call 877-336-1829 and type in the access code 3581283 for the AT&T conference bridge. Should the Parties experience delays or difficulty accessing the conference bridge due to a high volume of calls, please dial again. In case of an emergency or should the Parties need to apprise the Court of any confidential developments requiring an adjournment of the telephone conference, the Parties may contact the Court via email at Scanlon_Chambers@nyed.uscourts.gov with 3 proposed alternative dates. No ex parte communications. Plaintiff may contact the City Bar Justice Center FedPro Clinic attorney to make an appointment for information, advice, and limited scope legal assistance free of charge. The annexed information sheet contains more information about the Center. The Clerk of Court is requested to mail a copy of this Order and the City Bar information sheet to pro se Plaintiff. Ordered by Magistrate Judge Vera M. Scanlon on 6/25/2020. (Quinlan, Krista)
June 25, 2020 Minute Entry for proceedings held before Magistrate Judge Vera M. Scanlon:Telephone Conference held on 6/25/2020. Dawn Ragland appearing as pro se Plaintiff. Copatrick Thomas and Jonathan Pines appearing for Defendants. See separate docket entry for Order issuing from this proceeding. (FTR Log #3:02-4:00.) (Quinlan, Krista)
June 22, 2020 Case Reassigned to Judge Eric R. Komitee. Chief Judge Roslynn R. Mauskopf no longer assigned to the case. Please download and review the Individual Practices of the assigned Judges, located on our #website. Attorneys are responsible for providing courtesy copies to judges where their Individual Practices require such. (Mahoney, Brenna)
June 18, 2020 Filing 9 NOTICE of Appearance by Copatrick Thomas on behalf of City of New York, Bill DeBlasio, David A. Hansell, New York City Administration for Children Services (aty to be noticed) (Thomas, Copatrick)
June 17, 2020 Opinion or Order SCHEDULING ORDER: Ms. Ragland and Mr. Pines are advised that a telephone conference is set for 6/25/2020 at 3:00 PM before Magistrate Judge Vera M. Scanlon. The Parties should be prepared to discuss service of process and Mr. Pines' letter dated 6/16/2020, filed at #8 . The Parties are to call 877-336-1829 and type in the access code 3581283 for the AT&T conference bridge. Should the Parties experience delays or difficulty accessing the conference bridge due to a high volume of calls, please dial again. In case of an emergency or should the Parties need to apprise the Court of any confidential developments requiring an adjournment of the telephone conference, the Parties may contact the Court via email at Scanlon_Chambers@nyed.uscourts.gov with 3 proposed alternative dates. No ex parte communications. This Court respectfully requests the Clerk's Office to mail a copy of this Order, the docket, and a copy of the letter filed at #8 to the pro se Plaintiff. This Court will email a copy of this Order to Mr. Pines at jpines@law.nyc.gov. Ordered by Magistrate Judge Vera M. Scanlon on 6/17/2020. (Chean, Jasmine)
June 16, 2020 Filing 8 MOTION for Extension of Time to File Answer re #1 Complaint, for insufficiency of service of process by City of New York. (Pines, Jonathan)
June 10, 2020 Filing 7 COMPLAINT REDACTED against All Defendants, filed by Dawn Ragland. (Quinlan, Krista)
June 10, 2020 Opinion or Order ORDER: The Complaint filed at #1 contains personal identifying information of a minor, including the birth date and full name. This Court orders the Complaint to be sealed from viewing by non-parties to this action. A redacted version has been filed at #7 for public viewing. In addition, it appears that the process servers personal documents, with no relevance to this action, have been filed in error as part of #5 . A redacted version has been filed in place of the original document filed at #5 . This Court respectfully requests the Clerk's Office to mail a copy of the docket, the redacted copy of the Complaint filed at #7 , and the redacted copy of the returned summons at #5 to the pro se Plaintiff. Ordered by Magistrate Judge Vera M. Scanlon on 6/10/2020. (Quinlan, Krista)
June 8, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 6 ORDER. As set forth in this Order, Plaintiff must serve the summons and complaint on each Defendant and file a return of summons for each Defendant within 90 days of the filing of the complaint. The docket reflects that Plaintiff has served all Defendants except for Mayor Bill DeBlasio and Chinyere U. Eze-Nllam. Failure to timely serve the summons and complaint may result in the dismissal of this action against those Defendants for failure to prosecute. The Court respectfully requests the Clerk's Office to mail a copy of this Order, the docket, and the Pro Se Registration and Consent for Electronic Service form to pro se Plaintiff. Ordered by Magistrate Judge Vera M. Scanlon on 6/8/2020. (Chean, Jasmine)
May 15, 2020 Filing 5 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Dawn Ragland. City of New York served on 5/8/2020, answer due 5/29/2020; Dionne Coulter served on 5/8/2020, answer due 5/29/2020; David A. Hansell served on 5/8/2020, answer due 5/29/2020; Louise M. Lingat served on 5/8/2020, answer due 5/29/2020; New York City Administration for Children Services served on 5/8/2020, answer due 5/29/2020; Rachelle Sokul-Cook served on 5/8/2020, answer due 5/29/2020. (Almonte, Giselle) (Main Document 5 replaced on 6/10/2020) (Quinlan, Krista).
May 5, 2020 Filing 4 In accordance with Rule 73 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Local Rule 73.1, the parties are notified that if all parties consent a United States magistrate judge of this court is available to conduct all proceedings in this civil action including a (jury or nonjury) trial and to order the entry of a final judgment. Attached to the Notice is a blank copy of the consent form that should be filled out, signed and filed electronically only if all parties wish to consent. The form may also be accessed at the following link: #http://www.uscourts.gov/uscourts/FormsAndFees/Forms/AO085.pdf. You may withhold your consent without adverse substantive consequences. Do NOT return or file the consent unless all parties have signed the consent. (Davis, Kimberly)
May 5, 2020 Filing 3 Summons Issued as to City of New York, Dionne Coulter, Bill DeBlasio, Chinyere U. Eze-Nllam, David A. Hansell, Louise M. Lingat, New York City Administration for Children Services, Rachelle Sokul-Cook. (Davis, Kimberly)
May 1, 2020 Filing 2 FILING FEE: $ 400, receipt number 4653149427 (Davis, Kimberly)
May 1, 2020 Filing 1 COMPLAINT against City of New York, Dionne Coulter, Bill DeBlasio, Chinyere U. Eze-Nllam, David A. Hansell, Louise M. Lingat, New York City Administration for Children Services, Rachelle Sokul-Cook, filed by Dawn Ragland. (Attachments: #1 Civil Cover Sheet) (Davis, Kimberly)

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