Cruz et al v. United States Department of Health and Human Services et al
Plaintiff: Marilyn Walto, Wilnelia Cruz, Luis Torres, Deborah McNeill, Robert Nourse and Susan Jackson
Defendant: United Network for Organ Sharing, Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network and United States Department of Health and Human Services
Undetermined: State of Kansas
Intervenor Defendant: University of Kansas Hospital Authority
Case Number: 1:2018cv06371
Filed: July 13, 2018
Court: US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Office: Foley Square Office
County: NewYork
Presiding Judge: Analisa Torres
Nature of Suit: Other Statutes: Administrative Procedures Act/Review or Appeal of Agency Decision
Cause of Action: 05 U.S.C. § 551
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

This docket was last retrieved on August 17, 2018. A more recent docket listing may be available from PACER.

Date Filed Document Text
August 17, 2018 Filing 28 LETTER addressed to Judge Analisa Torres from Jay S. Blumenkopf dated 08-17-2018 re: OPTN. Document filed by United Network for Organ Sharing. (Attachments: #1 Supplement)(Blumenkopf, Jay)
August 10, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 27 ORDER: granting #26 Letter Motion to Stay. Plaintiffs' motion to stay, ECF No. 26, is GRANTED. It is hereby ORDERED that: 1. The action is STAYED until December 21, 2018; 2. The initial pretrial conference scheduled for September 17, 2018 is ADJOURNED pending the stay; and 3. By December 21, 2018, the parties shall file a joint status report informing the Court of (a) the steps taken, if any, by Defendant Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network to change its liver allocation policy; and (b) how they wish to proceed in this action. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Analisa Torres on 8/10/2018) (ama)
August 10, 2018 Case Stayed (ama)
August 9, 2018 Filing 26 LETTER MOTION to Stay Proceeding addressed to Judge Analisa Torres from Motty Shulman dated August 9, 2018. Document filed by Wilnelia Cruz, Susan Jackson, Deborah McNeill, Robert Nourse, Luis Torres, Marilyn Walto.(Shulman, Motty)
August 6, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 25 ORDER granting #20 Letter Motion for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply. Granted. So Ordered. (Signed by Judge Analisa Torres on 8/6/2018) (js)
August 6, 2018 Filing 24 NOTICE OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS by Jay S Blumenkopf on behalf of United Network for Organ Sharing. New Address: Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, One Battery Plaza, 28th Floor, New York, New York, United States 10004, 212-453-0755. (Blumenkopf, Jay)
August 6, 2018 Filing 23 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Jay S Blumenkopf on behalf of United Network for Organ Sharing. (Blumenkopf, Jay)
August 6, 2018 Filing 22 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Ryan James Sestack on behalf of United Network for Organ Sharing. (Sestack, Ryan)
August 6, 2018 Filing 21 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Mercedes Colwin on behalf of United Network for Organ Sharing. (Colwin, Mercedes)
August 5, 2018 Filing 20 FIRST LETTER MOTION for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply to the pending motions to intervene addressed to Judge Analisa Torres from Jason A. Nagi dated 8/5/18. Document filed by State of Kansas, University of Kansas Hospital Authority. Return Date set for 8/6/2018 at 09:30 AM.(Nagi, Jason)
July 27, 2018 Filing 19 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Charles Salim Jacob on behalf of United States Department of Health and Human Services. (Jacob, Charles)
July 23, 2018 Filing 18 ELECTRONIC SUMMONS ISSUED as to United States Department of Health and Human Services. (dnh)
July 20, 2018 Filing 17 REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF SUMMONS as to United States Department of Health and Human Services through Alex M. Azar II in his official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, re: #4 Complaint,,. Document filed by Wilnelia Cruz, Susan Jackson, Deborah McNeill, Robert Nourse, Luis Torres, Marilyn Walto. (Shulman, Motty)
July 20, 2018 Filing 16 ELECTRONIC SUMMONS ISSUED as to United Network for Organ Sharing. (dnh)
July 20, 2018 Filing 15 ELECTRONIC SUMMONS ISSUED as to Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. (dnh)
July 20, 2018 ***NOTICE TO ATTORNEY REGARDING DEFICIENT REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF SUMMONS. Notice to Attorney Motty Shulman to RE-FILE Document No. #12 Request for Issuance of Summons. The filing is deficient for the following reason(s): 'As to' Error; the 'as to' defendant name on the docket entry must exactly match the party of record. Re-file the document using the event type Request for Issuance of Summons found under the event list Service of Process - select the correct filer/filers - and attach the correct summons form PDF. (dnh)
July 19, 2018 Filing 14 REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF SUMMONS as to United Network for Organ Sharing, re: #4 Complaint,,. Document filed by Wilnelia Cruz, Susan Jackson, Deborah McNeill, Robert Nourse, Luis Torres, Marilyn Walto. (Shulman, Motty)
July 19, 2018 Filing 13 REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF SUMMONS as to Organ Procurement Transplantation Network, re: #4 Complaint,,. Document filed by Wilnelia Cruz, Susan Jackson, Deborah McNeill, Robert Nourse, Luis Torres, Marilyn Walto. (Shulman, Motty)
July 19, 2018 Filing 12 FILING ERROR - DEFICIENT PLEADING - SUMMONS REQUEST As To - REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF SUMMONS as to Dept. of Health and Human Services through Alex M. Azar II, re: #4 Complaint,,. Document filed by Wilnelia Cruz, Susan Jackson, Deborah McNeill, Robert Nourse, Luis Torres, Marilyn Walto. (Shulman, Motty) Modified on 7/20/2018 (dnh).
July 19, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 11 ORDER: To conserve resources, to promote judicial efficiency, and in an effo1i to achieve a faster disposition of this matter, it is hereby ORDERED that the parties discuss whether they are willing to consent, under 28 U.S.C. 636(c), to conducting all further proceedings before the assigned Magistrate Judge. If all parties consent to proceed before the Magistrate Judge, counsel for Defendants shall, by September 10, 2018, e-mail the Orders and Judgments Clerk (judgments@nysd.uscourts.gov) a fully executed Notice, Consent, and Reference of a Civil Action to a Magistrate Judge fo1m, available at http://nysd.uscourts.gov/file/forms/consent-to-proceed-before-us-magistrate-judge, and attached to this order. If the Court approves that form, all further proceedings will then be conducted before the assigned Magistrate Judge rather than before me. An information sheet on proceedings before magistrate judges is also attached to this order. Any appeal would be taken directly to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, as it would be if the consent form were not signed and so ordered. (As further set forth in this order) (Signed by Judge Analisa Torres on 7/19/2018) (ne) Modified on 7/20/2018 (ne).
July 19, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 10 INITIAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE ORDER: Initial Conference set for 9/17/2018 at 12:00 PM in Courtroom 15D, 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007 before Judge Analisa Torres. (As further set forth in this order) (Signed by Judge Analisa Torres on 7/19/2018) (ne)
July 19, 2018 NOTICE OF CASE REASSIGNMENT to Judge Analisa Torres. Judge Unassigned is no longer assigned to the case. (jc)
July 19, 2018 CASE DECLINED AS NOT SIMILAR. Case referred as similar to 17-cv-9041 and declined by Judge Laura Taylor Swain and returned to wheel for assignment. (jc)
July 19, 2018 Magistrate Judge Henry B. Pitman is so designated. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 636(c) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 73(b)(1) parties are notified that they may consent to proceed before a United States Magistrate Judge. Parties who wish to consent may access the necessary form at the following link: #http://nysd.uscourts.gov/forms.php. (jc)
July 17, 2018 Filing 9 MEMORANDUM OF LAW in Support re: #8 MOTION to Intervene - Notice of Motion for Leave to Intervene as Defendant. . Document filed by University of Kansas Hospital Authority. (Attachments: #1 Declaration of Jason A. Nagi, #2 Exhibit A to Declaration of Jason A. Nagi, #3 Exhibit B to Declaration of Jason A. Nagi)(Nagi, Jason)
July 17, 2018 Filing 8 MOTION to Intervene - Notice of Motion for Leave to Intervene as Defendant. Document filed by University of Kansas Hospital Authority. Return Date set for 8/7/2018 at 09:30 AM.(Nagi, Jason)
July 16, 2018 Filing 7 MEMORANDUM OF LAW in Support re: #6 MOTION to Intervene , Notice of Motion for Leave to Intervene as Defendant. . Document filed by State of Kansas. (Attachments: #1 Affidavit Declaration of Jason A. Nagi, #2 Exhibit A)(Nagi, Jason)
July 16, 2018 Filing 6 MOTION to Intervene , Notice of Motion for Leave to Intervene as Defendant. Document filed by State of Kansas. Return Date set for 8/6/2018 at 09:30 AM.(Nagi, Jason)
July 16, 2018 Filing 5 CIVIL COVER SHEET filed. (Shulman, Motty)
July 16, 2018 Filing 4 COMPLAINT against Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, United Network for Organ Sharing, United States Department of Health and Human Services. Document filed by Marilyn Walto, Deborah McNeill, Susan Jackson, Wilnelia Cruz, Robert Nourse, Luis Torres. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A, #2 Exhibit B, #3 Exhibit C, #4 Exhibit D, #5 Exhibit E, #6 Exhibit F, #7 Exhibit G, #8 Exhibit H, #9 Exhibit I, #10 Exhibit J, #11 Exhibit K, #12 Exhibit L, #13 Exhibit M, #14 Exhibit N, #15 Exhibit O, #16 Exhibit P, #17 Exhibit Q, #18 Exhibit R, #19 Exhibit S, #20 Exhibit T, #21 Exhibit U)(Shulman, Motty)
July 16, 2018 ***NOTICE TO ATTORNEY REGARDING DEFICIENT CIVIL COVER SHEET. Notice to attorney Reed Daniel Forbush to RE-FILE Document No. #2 Civil Cover Sheet. The filing is deficient for the following reason(s): similar case number must be place on corresponding section of pdf; Jury Demand Code - no selection; pdf must be signed by the filing attorney;. Re-file the document using the event type Civil Cover Sheet found under the event list Other Documents and attach the correct PDF. Use civil cover sheet issued by S.D.N.Y. dated June 2017. The S.D.N.Y. Civil Cover Sheet dated June 2017 is located at#http://nysd.uscourts.gov/file/forms/civil-cover-sheet.. (jgo)
July 16, 2018 ***NOTICE TO ATTORNEY REGARDING DEFICIENT PLEADING. Notice to Attorney Reed Daniel Forbush to RE-FILE Document No. #1 Complaint. The filing is deficient for the following reason(s): the wrong party/parties whom the pleading is against were selected; pleading must be signed by the filing attorney. Re-file the pleading using the event type Complaint found under the event list Complaints and Other Initiating Documents - attach the correct signed PDF - select the individually named filer/filers - select the individually named party/parties the pleading is against. (jgo)
July 16, 2018 ***NOTICE TO ATTORNEY REGARDING REMOVAL OF PARTY. Notice to attorney Reed Daniel Forbush. The following party/parties has been removed from this case: Alex M. Azar, II. The party was added to the case in error. (jgo)
July 16, 2018 ***NOTICE TO ATTORNEY REGARDING PARTY MODIFICATION. Notice to attorney Reed Daniel Forbush. The party information for the following party/parties has been modified: Wilnelia Cruz; Susan Jackson; Deborah McNeill; Robert Nourse; Luis Torres; Marilyn Walto; United States Department of Health and Human Services; Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network; United Network for Organ Sharing. The information for the party/parties has been modified for the following reason/reasons: party role was entered incorrectly; party text was omitted;. (jgo)
July 16, 2018 ***NOTICE TO ATTORNEY REGARDING CIVIL CASE OPENING STATISTICAL ERROR CORRECTION: Notice to attorney Reed Daniel Forbush. The following case opening statistical information was erroneously selected/entered: Jurisdiction code 3 (Federal Question);. The following correction(s) have been made to your case entry: the Jurisdiction code has been modified to 2 (U.S. Government Defendant);. (jgo)
July 16, 2018 CASE REFERRED TO Judge Laura Taylor Swain as possibly similar to 17-cv-9041. (jgo)
July 16, 2018 Case Designated ECF. (jgo)
July 16, 2018 CASE OPENING INITIAL ASSIGNMENT NOTICE: The above-entitled action is assigned to Judge Unassigned. (jgo)
July 13, 2018 Filing 3 RELATED CASE AFFIRMATION of Motty Shulman re: that this action be filed as related to 17-cv-09041 (LTS). Document filed by Wilnelia Cruz, Susan Jackson, Deborah McNeill, Robert Nourse, Luis Torres, Marilyn Walto.(Forbush, Reed)
July 13, 2018 Filing 2 FILING ERROR - PDF ERROR - CIVIL COVER SHEET filed. (Forbush, Reed) Modified on 7/16/2018 (jgo).
July 13, 2018 Filing 1 FILING ERROR - DEFICIENT PLEADING - FILED AGAINST PARTY AND SIGNATURE ERROR - COMPLAINT against Alex M. Azar, II, Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, United Network for Organ Sharing, United States Department of Health and Human Services. (Filing Fee $ 400.00, Receipt Number 0208-15320210)Document filed by Marilyn Walto, Deborah McNeill, Susan Jackson, Wilnelia Cruz, Robert Nourse, Luis Torres. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A, #2 Exhibit B, #3 Exhibit C, #4 Exhibit D, #5 Exhibit E, #6 Exhibit F, #7 Exhibit G, #8 Exhibit H, #9 Exhibit I, #10 Exhibit J, #11 Exhibit K, #12 Exhibit L, #13 Exhibit M, #14 Exhibit N, #15 Exhibit O, #16 Exhibit P, #17 Exhibit Q, #18 Exhibit R, #19 Exhibit S, #20 Exhibit T, #21 Exhibit U)(Forbush, Reed) Modified on 7/16/2018 (jgo).

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Defendant: United Network for Organ Sharing
Represented By: Ryan James Sestack
Represented By: Jay S Blumenkopf
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Defendant: Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network
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Defendant: United States Department of Health and Human Services
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Undetermined: State of Kansas
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Intervenor defendant: University of Kansas Hospital Authority
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