GRAY et al v. BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF NC et al
Plaintiff: MONICA RANEY, TOMMY ELLIS, GARY HONBARGER, NORMAN RICHARD RUFTY, CRYSTAL REESE, VIOLA ELLIS and VELVIE GRAY
Defendant: FRANK PAPA, FTI CONSULTING, INC, ERWIN BETTE, GROUP HEALTH PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF DURAFIBER TECHNOLOGIES (DFT) GROUP, INC. and BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF NORTH CAROLINA
Case Number: 1:2019cv01234
Filed: December 18, 2019
Court: US District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
Presiding Judge: L PATRICK AULD
Referring Judge: WILLIAM L OSTEEN
Nature of Suit: Labor: E.R.I.S.A.
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. § 1441
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
February 4, 2020 Filing 30 Corrected document re #27 Brief,. (HANSEN, CHAD)
February 3, 2020 Filing 29 MEMORANDUM re #28 First MOTION TO DISMISS FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM and Motion to Strike in the Alternative by Defendant FTI CONSULTING, INC. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1, #2 Exhibit 2, #3 Exhibit 3)(SCAVO, GRETCHEN)
February 3, 2020 Filing 28 First MOTION TO DISMISS FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM and Motion to Strike in the Alternative by FTI CONSULTING, INC. Response to Motion due by 2/24/2020 (SCAVO, GRETCHEN)
February 3, 2020 Filing 27 BRIEF re #26 MOTION TO DISMISS FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM by Defendant Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1: Benefit Booklet, #2 Exhibit 2: Administrative Services Agreement, #3 Exhibit 3: Velvie Gray ID Cards)(HANSEN, CHAD)
February 3, 2020 Filing 26 MOTION TO DISMISS FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM by BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF NORTH CAROLINA. Response to Motion due by 2/24/2020 (HANSEN, CHAD)
February 3, 2020 Filing 25 BRIEF re #24 MOTION TO DISMISS FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM . (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A - ASA, #2 Exhibit B - Benefit Booklet)(PARRY, KIRK)
February 3, 2020 Filing 24 MOTION TO DISMISS FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM by ERWIN BETTE, FRANK PAPA. Response to Motion due by 2/24/2020 (PARRY, KIRK)
January 31, 2020 Filing 23 NOTICE of Appearance by attorney DANIEL D. RUBINSTEIN on behalf of Defendant FTI CONSULTING, INC (RUBINSTEIN, DANIEL)
January 28, 2020 TEXT ORDER deeming #20 Second Amended Complaint as the operative pleading from Plaintiffs in this case, as to which Defendants shall answer or otherwise respond by 02/03/2020, pursuant to #22 Corrected Joint Stipulation. Issued by MAG/JUDGE L. PATRICK AULD on 01/28/2020. (AULD, L.)
January 24, 2020 Filing 22 STIPULATION re #20 Amended Complaint, (CORRECTED Joint Stipulation) by TOMMY ELLIS, VIOLA ELLIS, VELVIE GRAY, GARY HONBARGER, MONICA RANEY, CRYSTAL REESE, NORMAN RICHARD RUFTY. (HUGHES, JOHN)
January 24, 2020 Filing 21 (See Amended Doc. #22 ) STIPULATION re: #20 Amended Complaint by TOMMY ELLIS, VIOLA ELLIS, VELVIE GRAY, GARY HONBARGER, MONICA RANEY, CRYSTAL REESE, NORMAN RICHARD RUFTY. (HUGHES, JOHN) Modified on 1/28/2020 to refer to amended filing (Welch, Kelly).
January 24, 2020 Filing 20 Second AMENDED COMPLAINT -CLASS ACTION against defendant ERWIN BETTE, BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF NORTH CAROLINA, FTI CONSULTING, INC, FRANK PAPA, filed by TOMMY ELLIS, MONICA RANEY, VIOLA ELLIS, GARY HONBARGER, VELVIE GRAY, CRYSTAL REESE, NORMAN RICHARD RUFTY.(HUGHES, JOHN)
January 24, 2020 Filing 19 WITHDRAWAL of Motion by Plaintiffs TOMMY ELLIS, VIOLA ELLIS, VELVIE GRAY, GARY HONBARGER, MONICA RANEY, CRYSTAL REESE, NORMAN RICHARD RUFTY re #15 MOTION for Extension of Time (Plaintiffs' Motion for One-Day Extension to File Complaint with Technical Amendments) filed by NORMAN RICHARD RUFTY, GARY HONBARGER, VIOLA ELLIS, VELVIE GRAY, CRYSTAL REESE, TOMMY ELLIS, MONICA RANEY (HUGHES, JOHN)
January 23, 2020 Filing 18 NOTICE of Appearance by attorney GRETCHEN V. SCAVO on behalf of Defendant FTI CONSULTING, INC (SCAVO, GRETCHEN)
January 7, 2020 Filing 17 MOTION to Supplement Motion for Extension to File Amended Complaint by VELVIE GRAY. Response to Motion due by 1/28/2020 (WALLACE, MONA)
January 3, 2020 Filing 16 BRIEF re #15 MOTION for Extension of Time (Plaintiffs' Motion for One-Day Extension to File Complaint with Technical Amendments) (Brief in Support) by Plaintiffs TOMMY ELLIS, VIOLA ELLIS, VELVIE GRAY, GARY HONBARGER, MONICA RANEY, CRYSTAL REESE, NORMAN RICHARD RUFTY filed by TOMMY ELLIS, VIOLA ELLIS, VELVIE GRAY, GARY HONBARGER, MONICA RANEY, CRYSTAL REESE, NORMAN RICHARD RUFTY. (HUGHES, JOHN)
January 3, 2020 Filing 15 MOTION for Extension of Time (Plaintiffs' Motion for One-Day Extension to File Complaint with Technical Amendments) by TOMMY ELLIS, VIOLA ELLIS, VELVIE GRAY, GARY HONBARGER, MONICA RANEY, CRYSTAL REESE, NORMAN RICHARD RUFTY. (Attachments: #1 Dec of Counsel, #2 Second Amended Complaint, #3 Text of Proposed Order)(HUGHES, JOHN)
January 3, 2020 Filing 14 NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal as to party(s) GROUP HEALTH PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF DURAFIBER TECHNOLOGIES (DFT) GROUP, INC., filed by Plaintiffs TOMMY ELLIS, VIOLA ELLIS, VELVIE GRAY, GARY HONBARGER, MONICA RANEY, CRYSTAL REESE, NORMAN RICHARD RUFTY (HUGHES, JOHN)
December 23, 2019 TEXT ORDER granting #13 Joint Consent Motion for Leave to file a Second Amended Complaint and for Extension of Time to Answer or Otherwise Respond. Plaintiffs shall file any Second Amended Complaint by 01/02/2020 and Defendants FTI Consulting, Inc., Frank Papa, Erwin Bette, and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina shall answer or otherwise respond by 02/03/2020. Issued by MAG/JUDGE L. PATRICK AULD on 12/23/2019. (AULD, L.)
December 20, 2019 Filing 13 First MOTION for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply to Complaint by FTI CONSULTING, INC. (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order)(KNIGHT, STACIE)
December 20, 2019 Motions Referred: RE: #13 First MOTION for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply to Complaint, to MAG/JUDGE L. PATRICK AULD (Williamson, Wanda)
December 19, 2019 Filing 12 NOTICE by BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF NORTH CAROLINA of Consent to Removal (HANSEN, CHAD)
December 19, 2019 Filing 11 NOTICE of Appearance by attorney CHAD DWIGHT HANSEN on behalf of Defendant BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF NORTH CAROLINA (HANSEN, CHAD)
December 19, 2019 Filing 10 CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT filed pursuant to FRCP 7.1(a) by Defendant FTI CONSULTING, INC. (KNIGHT, STACIE)
December 19, 2019 Filing 9 MOTION for Extension of Time to File Answer by BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF NORTH CAROLINA. (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order)(HANSEN, CHAD)
December 19, 2019 Filing 8 CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT filed pursuant to FRCP 7.1(a) by Defendant BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF NORTH CAROLINA. (HANSEN, CHAD)
December 19, 2019 Case ASSIGNED to JUDGE WILLIAM L. OSTEEN, JR and MAG/JUDGE L. PATRICK AULD. (Sheets, Jamie)
December 19, 2019 Opinion or Order ORDER granting #9 Motion for Extension of Time to Answer Amended Complaint for BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF NORTH CAROLINA. Answer due by 1/27/2020. Signed by John Brubaker, Clerk of Court, on 12/19/2019. (Brubaker, John)
December 18, 2019 Filing 7 NOTICE of Appearance by attorney STACIE C. KNIGHT on behalf of Defendant FTI CONSULTING, INC (KNIGHT, STACIE)
December 18, 2019 Filing 6 NOTICE by FTI CONSULTING, INC of Consent to Removal (KNIGHT, STACIE)
December 18, 2019 Filing 5 Notice of Right to Consent. (Attachments: #1 Consent Form) (Sheets, Jamie)
December 18, 2019 Filing 4 Summons Issued as to FRANK PAPA. (Original document filed in Rowan County Superior Court, Case Number 19CVS2400, issued 11/18/2019, and listed as Exhibit B to the Petition for Removal) (Sheets, Jamie)
December 18, 2019 Filing 3 AMENDED COMPLAINT against defendant BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF NORTH CAROLINA, FRANK PAPA, ERWIN BETTE, FTI CONSULTING, INC, GROUP HEALTH PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF DURAFIBER TECHNOLOGIES (DFT) GROUP, INC., filed by VELVIE GRAY, GARY HONBARGER, MONICA RANEY, CRYSTAL REESE, NORMAN RICHARD RUFTY, TOMMY ELLIS, VIOLA ELLIS. (Original document filed in Rowan County Superior Court, Case Number 19CVS2400 and listed as Exhibit C to the Petition for Removal)(Sheets, Jamie)
December 18, 2019 Filing 2 COMPLAINT against BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF NORTH CAROLINA, FRANK PAPA, ERWIN BETTE, FTI CONSULTING, INC, filed by VELVIE GRAY, GARY HONBARGER, MONICA RANEY, CRYSTAL REESE, NORMAN RICHARD RUFTY. (Original document filed in Rowan County Superior Court, Case Number 19CVS2400 and listed as Exhibit B to the Petition for Removal) (Sheets, Jamie)
December 18, 2019 Filing 1 PETITION FOR REMOVAL against All Plaintiffs ( Filing fee $ 400 receipt number 0418-2718092.), filed by FRANK PAPA, ERWIN BETTE. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A - SUMMONS, #2 Exhibit B - ORIGINAL COMPLAINT, #3 Exhibit C - FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT)(PARRY, KIRK)
December 18, 2019 CASE REFERRED to Mediation pursuant to Local Rule 83.9b of the Rules of Practice and Procedure of this Court. Please go to our website under Attorney Information for a list of mediators which must be served on all parties. (Sheets, Jamie)

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Defendant: FRANK PAPA
Represented By: KIRK ALAN PARRY, JR.
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Defendant: FTI CONSULTING, INC
Represented By: STACIE C. KNIGHT
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Defendant: ERWIN BETTE
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Defendant: BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF NORTH CAROLINA
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Plaintiff: MONICA RANEY
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Plaintiff: TOMMY ELLIS
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Plaintiff: GARY HONBARGER
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Plaintiff: VIOLA ELLIS
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