FirstMerit Corporation v. Craves et al
Plaintiff: FirstMerit Corporation
Defendant: Ryan Craves and Chemical Bank
Case Number: 5:2014cv02203
Filed: October 3, 2014
Court: US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
Office: Akron Office
County: Summit
Presiding Judge: James S Gwin
Nature of Suit: Contract: Other
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. § 1332
Jury Demanded By: Defendant
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
August 4, 2015 Filing 39 Consent Decree approved by Judge James S. Gwin on 8/4/15. (Related Doc. #38 ) (M,G)
July 28, 2015 Filing 38 Proposed Consent Decree filed by FirstMerit Corporation. (Vlasek, Jeffrey)
May 6, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 37 Order signed by Judge James S. Gwin on 5/6/15. Upon representation of counsel that all issues have been resolved the docket is marked settled and dismissed with prejudice. The Court retains jurisdiction as set forth in this entry. (M,G)
April 30, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 36 Order signed by Judge James S. Gwin on 4/30/15. The trial in this matter will commence on 6/29/15 at 8:00 a.m., Courtroom 18A (Cleveland) which is the second week of the two-week standby period. (Related Doc. #18 ) (M,G)
April 27, 2015 Opinion or Order Order [non-document] entered by Judge James S. Gwin on 4/27/15 granting plaintiff's motion for a one week extension of time to file response to defendants' Daubert motion; response to be filed by 5/6/15. (Related Doc. #35 ) (M,G)
April 24, 2015 Filing 35 Motion (request) for a brief extension to respond to #33 Motion to Exclude the Expert Report and Testimony of Andrew D. Finger filed by Plaintiff FirstMerit Corporation. (Vlasek, Jeffrey) Modified text on 5/5/2015 (H,KR).
April 23, 2015 Filing 34 Stipulation Regarding Authenticity and Admissibility of Certain FirstMerit Documents filed by FirstMerit Corporation. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Stay Bonus Award, #2 Exhibit Commission and Compensation Plan, #3 Exhibit Restricted Stock Award Agreement)Related document(s) #32 . (Vlasek, Jeffrey) Modified text on 4/24/2015 (S,He).
April 22, 2015 Filing 33 Motion to Exclude the Expert Report and Testimony of Andrew D. Finger filed by Chemical Bank, Ryan Craves. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Expert Report of Andrew D. Finger, CPA/CFF (CONFIDENTIAL), #2 Exhibit Ryan Craves Deposition, #3 Exhibit Declaration of Ryan Craves, #4 Exhibit Declaration of Theresa Jaime, #5 Exhibit Declaration of Carmen Smith, #6 Exhibit Declaration of Joseph Thelen, #7 Exhibit Declaration of Bryan Wood, #8 Exhibit Declaration of A. Scott Kostus, #9 Exhibit Declaration of Aaron Boese, #10 Exhibit Declaration of Ken Boomer)(Koberna, Mark)
April 16, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 32 Marginal Entry Order signed by Judge James S. Gwin on 4/16/15 granting the motion of Defendants Craves and Chemical Bank to defer ruling on the pending dispositive motion to allow for additional discovery. 4/20/15 is the deadline for parties to reach stipulations on the newly discovered documents. If stipulations are not reached then the proposed Rule 30(b)(6) deposition shall be conducted by 4/24/15. The parties may file supplemental briefs, limited to 10 pages, regarding the documents by 5/1/15 and response briefs, limited to 7 pages, shall be filed by 5/7/15. (Related Doc. #29 ) (M,G)
April 16, 2015 Filing 31 Minutes of status conference before Judge James S. Gwin on 4/16/15. (Court Reporter: none; Time: 18 min.) (M,G)
April 15, 2015 Filing 30 Response to #29 Rule 56(d) Motion to defer ruling on the pending motions for Summary Judgment until Defendants take additional discovery filed by FirstMerit Corporation. (Vlasek, Jeffrey)
April 10, 2015 Filing 29 Rule 56(d) Motion to defer ruling on the pending motions for Summary Judgment until Defendants take additional discovery filed by Chemical Bank, Ryan Craves. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1 - Declaration of Mark R. Koberna, #2 Exhibit A - Defendants' First Set of Requests for Production of Documents Propounded upon FirstMerit, #3 Exhibit B - Responses to Defendants' First Set of Requests for Production of Documents Propounded Upon FirstMerit, #4 Exhibit C - Sonkin Koberna letter dated February 2, 2015, #5 Exhibit D - BakerHostetler letter dated February 9, 2015, #6 Exhibit E - Stay Bonus Award, #7 Exhibit F - FirstMerit Commission & Compensation Plan, #8 Exhibit G - Sonkin Koberna letter dated April 7, 2015, #9 Exhibit H - Defendants Ryan Craves and Chemical Bank's Notice of Deposition of Plaintiff FirstMerit Corporation pursuant to Rule 30(b)(6), #10 Exhibit I - Baker Hostetler letter dated April 9, 2015)(Koberna, Mark) Modified text on 4/13/2015 (H,KR).
March 23, 2015 Filing 28 Reply in support of #24 Motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability filed by FirstMerit Corporation. (Vlasek, Jeffrey)
March 23, 2015 Filing 27 Reply in support of #23 Motion for partial summary judgment filed by Chemical Bank, Ryan Craves. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1 - Todd Gregory Deposition, #2 Exhibit 2- Ryan Craves Deposition)(Speck, Jennifer)
March 16, 2015 Filing 26 Opposition to #23 Motion for partial summary judgment filed by FirstMerit Corporation. (Vlasek, Jeffrey)
March 16, 2015 Filing 25 Opposition to #24 Motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability filed by Chemical Bank, Ryan Craves. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1 - Deposition Todd Gregory, #2 Exhibit 2 - Craves Declaration, #3 Exhibit 3 - Boese Declaration, #4 Exhibit 4 - Craves Deposition with Exhibits, #5 Exhibit 5 - Boomer Declaration, #6 Exhibit 6 - Redmond Declaration, #7 Exhibit 7 - Wood Declaration, #8 Exhibit 8 - Jaime Declaration, #9 Exhibit 9 - Kostus Declaration, #10 Exhibit 10 - Thelen Declaration, #11 Exhibit 11 - Marcus Baker Declaration, #12 Exhibit 12 - Cesere Declaration, #13 Exhibit 13 - Carmen Smith Declaration, #14 Exhibit 14 - Hammond Declaration)(Speck, Jennifer)
March 2, 2015 Filing 24 Motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability filed by Plaintiff FirstMerit Corporation. (Attachments: #1 Brief in Support Memorandum In Support of Partial Summary Judgment, #2 Exhibit A - Craves Transcript and Exhibit Excerpts, #3 Exhibit B - Gregory Transcript)(Vlasek, Jeffrey) Modified double wording in exhibit text on 3/3/2015 (H,KR).
March 2, 2015 Filing 23 Motion (unsigned) for partial summary judgment filed by Chemical Bank, Ryan Craves. (Attachments: #1 Brief in Support Defendants Ryan Craves and Chemical Bank's Memorandum in Support of Motion for Partial Summary Judgment, #2 Exhibit 1 - Declaration of Ryan Craves, #3 Exhibit 2 - Todd Gregory Excerpts of Deposition, #4 Exhibit 3 - Ryan Craves Excerpts of Deposition, #5 Exhibit 4 - Affidavit of Jennifer L. Speck, Esq.)(Speck, Jennifer) Modified to note that document does not contain a signature or signature block on 3/3/2015 (H,KR).
February 2, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 22 Order signed by Judge James S. Gwin on 2/2/15 clarifying the due date of rebuttal expert reports. (Related Docs. #21 , #19 ) (M,G)
January 30, 2015 Filing 21 Motion to clarify expert report dates filed by Chemical Bank, Ryan Craves. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A - FirstMerit's Responses to Defendants' First Set of Interrogatories)(Speck, Jennifer) Not text-searchable. Filer advised for future filings on 2/3/2015 (S,HR).
January 12, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 20 Opinion and Order signed by Judge James S. Gwin on 1/12/15 denying defendants motion to dismiss and motion to transfer venue. (Related Doc. #11 ) (M,G)
January 2, 2015 Opinion or Order Order [non-document] entered by Judge James S. Gwin on 1/2/15. The Court having issued the Case Management Conference Plan/Trial Order, plaintiff's motion to expedite discovery is denied as moot. (Related Doc. #2 ) (M,G)
December 23, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 19 Order signed by Judge James S. Gwin on 12/23/14. Plaintiff to identify experts by 1/19/15, and defendants to identify experts by 2/2/15.(S,HR)
December 23, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 18 Case Management Conference Plan/Trial Order signed by Judge James S. Gwin on 12/23/14. Case assigned to the standard track. Parties to be joined and pleadings amended by 12/23/14. Preliminary discovery due by 2/23/15. Dispositive motions to be filed by 3/2/15, with responses due 3/16/15, and replies due 3/23/15. All discovery due by 5/11/15. Deposition time limit: 15 hours each side. A Status Conference is set for 4/16/15 at 9:00 a.m., and a Final Pretrial Conference is set for 6/16/15 at 12:00 p.m., both in Chambers 18A (Cleveland). Jury trial is assigned on a two-week standby basis beginning on 6/22/15 at 8:00 a.m., in Courtroom 18A (Cleveland). IMPORTANT: The parties are advised to carefully read this Order. The Court requires the attendance of (1) all parties, (2) lead counsel and (3) a representative with full authority for settlement purposes. (S,HR)
December 23, 2014 Minutes of Case Management Conference [non-document] before Judge James S. Gwin on 12/23/14. Order to follow. (Court Reporter: none.) Time: 35 minutes. (S,HR)
December 19, 2014 Filing 17 Report of Parties' Planning Meeting , parties do not consent to this case being assigned to the magistrate judge, filed by FirstMerit Corporation. (Vlasek, Jeffrey)
November 21, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 16 Case Management Conference Scheduling Order signed by Judge James S. Gwin on 11/21/14 setting a conference for 12/23/14 at 10:00 a.m., Chambers 18A (Cleveland). IMPORTANT: The parties are advised to carefully read this Order. The Court requires the attendance of (1) all parties, (2) lead counsel and (3) a representative with full authority for settlement purposes. (M,G)
November 21, 2014 Filing 15 Magistrate Consent Package issued 11/21/14 on behalf of Judge James S. Gwin. (M,G)
November 17, 2014 Filing 14 Reply in support of #11 Motion to dismiss or, Alternatively,Motion to transfer venue filed by All Defendants. (Speck, Jennifer)
November 5, 2014 Filing 13 Opposition to #11 Motion to dismiss or, Alternatively,Motion to transfer venue filed by FirstMerit Corporation. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Employment Contract)(Vlasek, Jeffrey)
November 5, 2014 Filing 12 Reply in support of #2 Motion to Expedite Discovery filed by FirstMerit Corporation. (Vlasek, Jeffrey)
October 28, 2014 Filing 11 Motion to dismiss or, Alternatively, Motion to Transfer Venue filed by Chemical Bank, Ryan Craves. (Attachments: #1 Memorandum in Support, #2 Exhibit 1, Confidentiality and Non-Solicitation Agreement, #3 Exhibit 2, Declaration of Ryan Craves, #4 Exhibit 3, Affidavit of Jennifer L. Speck, Esq)(Speck, Jennifer). Added Motion to transfer venue on 10/29/2014 (H,SP). Modified text on 10/29/2014 (H,SP).
October 28, 2014 Filing 10 Opposition to #2 Motion to Expedite Discovery filed by Chemical Bank, Ryan Craves. (Speck, Jennifer)
October 28, 2014 Filing 9 Defendants Ryan Craves and Chemical Bank's Answer to #1 Complaint, with Jury Demand Endorsed Hereon filed by Chemical Bank, Ryan Craves. (Speck, Jennifer)
October 28, 2014 Filing 8 Corporate Disclosure Statement identifying Corporate Parent Chemical Financial Corporation for Chemical Bank filed by Chemical Bank. (Speck, Jennifer)
October 15, 2014 Filing 7 Return of Service by Clerk by certified mail executed upon Ryan Craves on 10/10/2014, filed on behalf of FirstMerit Corporation Related document(s) #4 . (E,P)
October 15, 2014 Filing 6 Return of Service by Clerk by certified mail executed upon Chemical Bank on 10/10/2014, filed on behalf of FirstMerit Corporation Related document(s) #4 . (E,P)
October 14, 2014 Filing 5 Return of Service by personal service executed upon Ryan Craves on 10/7/2014, filed on behalf of FirstMerit Corporation (Vlasek, Jeffrey)
October 7, 2014 Service by Clerk. Summons and Complaint addressed to Chemical Bank(8399) & Ryan Craves(8405) placed in U.S. Mail. Type of service: certified mail. Receipt # 70141200000160368399/8405. (C,BA)
October 3, 2014 Filing 4 Original Summons and Magistrate Consent Form issued to counsel for service upon Chemical Bank, Ryan Craves. (Attachments: #1 Magistrate Consent Form) (P,G)
October 3, 2014 Filing 3 Corporate Disclosure Statement identifying Corporate Parent FirstMerit Corporation for FirstMerit Corporation filed by FirstMerit Corporation. (Vlasek, Jeffrey)
October 3, 2014 Filing 2 Motion to Expedite Discovery filed by Plaintiff FirstMerit Corporation. (Attachments: #1 Brief in Support, #2 Exhibit A, Request for Production - Craves, #3 Exhibit B, Request for Production - Chemical, #4 Exhibit C - 3/2/14 Letter from Jennifer Phillips) (Vlasek, Jeffrey). Modified text on 10/6/2014 (H,SP).
October 3, 2014 Filing 1 Complaint with jury demand against All Defendants. Filing fee paid $ 400, Receipt number 0647-6764479. Filed by FirstMerit Corporation. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Craves' Employment Contract, #2 Civil Cover Sheet, #3 Craves' Summons, #4 Summons Chemical) (Vlasek, Jeffrey) Modified text on 10/3/2014 (P,G).
October 3, 2014 Random Assignment of Magistrate Judge pursuant to Local Rule 3.1. In the event of a referral, case will be assigned to Magistrate Judge Greg White. (P,G)
October 3, 2014 Judge James S. Gwin assigned to case. (P,G)

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Defendant: Ryan Craves
Represented By: Mark R. Koberna
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