Stewart v. American Heart Association
Plaintiff: Ashlye Anne Stewart
Defendant: American Heart Association, Dionne Broadus, Nancy Brown, Lisa Suennen, Gerald Johnson and Paul Kalil
Case Number: 3:2025cv01921
Filed: July 24, 2025
Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Presiding Judge: Sam A Lindsay
Referring Judge: Renee Harris Toliver
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights: Employment
Cause of Action: 42 U.S.C. § 2000 e Job Discrimination (Employment)
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
January 5, 2026 Opinion or Order Filing 17 ELECTRONIC ORDER: Upon review, the parties' Joint Motion for Extension of Time to File, Doc. #16 , is GRANTED. Accordingly, Plaintiff's deadline for responding to the American Heart Association's Motion to Dismiss, Doc. #14 , is extended to January 26, 2026. The Individual Defendants' deadline to answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint, Doc. #12 , is likewise extended to February 2, 2026. (Ordered by Magistrate Judge Rene Harris Toliver on 1/5/2026) (chmb)
January 2, 2026 Filing 16 MOTION for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply to #14 MOTION to Dismiss Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint Against the American Heart Association filed by Ashlye Anne Stewart (Attachments: #1 Proposed Order) (Merideth, Caroline)
December 22, 2025 Filing 15 Brief/Memorandum in Support filed by American Heart Association re #14 MOTION to Dismiss Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint Against the American Heart Association (Barcus, John)
December 22, 2025 Filing 14 MOTION to Dismiss Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint Against the American Heart Association filed by American Heart Association (Attachments: #1 Proposed Order)Attorney John M Barcus added to party American Heart Association(pty:dft) (Barcus, John)
December 2, 2025 Filing 13 WAIVER OF SERVICE Returned Executed as to Dionne Broadus. Waiver sent on 11/18/2025; Nancy Brown. Waiver sent on 11/18/2025; Gerald Johnson. Waiver sent on 11/18/2025; Paul Kalil. Waiver sent on 11/18/2025; Lisa Suennen. Waiver sent on 11/18/2025. (Hilton, Christopher)
November 18, 2025 Filing 12 AMENDED COMPLAINT WITH JURY DEMAND against All Defendants filed by Ashlye Anne Stewart. Summons(es) not requested at this time. Unless exempted, attorneys who are not admitted to practice in the Northern District of Texas must seek admission promptly. Forms, instructions, and exemption information may be found at www.txnd.uscourts.gov, or by clicking here: # Attorney Information - Bar Membership. If admission requirements are not satisfied within 21 days, the clerk will notify the presiding judge. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit(s) A, #2 Exhibit(s) B) (Hilton, Christopher)
October 28, 2025 Filing 11 WAIVER OF SERVICE Returned Executed as to American Heart Association. Waiver sent on 10/28/2025. (Hilton, Christopher)
October 28, 2025 Filing 10 NOTICE of Attorney Appearance by Caroline Alyssa Merideth on behalf of Ashlye Anne Stewart. (Filer confirms contact info in ECF is current.) (Merideth, Caroline)
October 28, 2025 Filing 9 NOTICE of Attorney Appearance by Christopher D Hilton on behalf of Ashlye Anne Stewart. (Filer confirms contact info in ECF is current.) (Hilton, Christopher)
October 28, 2025 Filing 8 NOTICE of Attorney Appearance by Judd E Stone, II on behalf of Ashlye Anne Stewart. (Filer confirms contact info in ECF is current.) (Stone, Judd)
August 4, 2025 Filing 7 Summons Issued as to American Heart Association. (knb)
August 4, 2025 Filing 6 Request for Clerk to issue Summons filed by Ashlye Anne Stewart. (Stewart, Ashlye) (Main Document 6 replaced to flatten on 8/4/2025) (knb).
July 25, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 5 Proposed ELECTRONIC ORDER: Having paid the filing fee, Plaintiff is responsible for requesting that summons issue and effecting service of process on the defendant(s) under Rule 4 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. For each defendant, Plaintiff is also responsible for filing either proof of service, in accordance with Rule 4(l), or the defendants signed waiver of service. As of the date of this order, no summons has issued. Accordingly, Plaintiff is admonished that service of process must be accomplished within 90 days of filing, unless good cause is shown, or this case may be dismissed. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m). (Ordered by Magistrate Judge Renee Harris Toliver on 7/25/2025) (chmb)
July 25, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 4 ELECTRONIC ORDER AND NOTICE OF DEFICIENCY. Plaintiff Ashlye A. Stewart must address the following deficiency: A review of the docket reveals that Plaintiff has not yet registered as a user of the Court's electronic filing system, as required. In the event Plaintiff has not already done so, Plaintiff is ORDERED to register for electronic filing through this Court's CM/ECF system, as required by Northern District of Texas Local Civil Rule 5.1(f), by August 15, 2025. Instructions for registering are found online at https://www.txnd.uscourts.gov/file-registration. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS ORDER MAY RESULT IN THE DISMISSAL OF THIS ACTION PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 41(b). (Ordered by Magistrate Judge Renee Harris Toliver on 7/25/2025) (chmb)
July 24, 2025 Filing 3 COMPLAINT WITH JURY DEMAND against American Heart Association filed by Ashlye A Stewart. (Filing fee $405; Receipt number 300018909) Unless exempted, attorneys who are not admitted to practice in the Northern District of Texas must seek admission promptly. Forms, instructions, and exemption information may be found at www.txnd.uscourts.gov, or by clicking here: # Attorney Information - Bar Membership. If admission requirements are not satisfied within 21 days, the clerk will notify the presiding judge. (kcr)
July 24, 2025 Filing 2 Notice and Instruction to Pro Se Party. (kcr)
July 24, 2025 Filing 1 New Case Notes: A filing fee has been paid. CASREF case referral set and case referred to Magistrate Judge Toliver (see Special Order 3). Initiating documents received by mail. No prior sanctions found. (For court use only - links to the #national and #circuit indexes.) Pursuant to Misc. Order 6, Plaintiff is provided the Notice of Right to Consent to Proceed Before A U.S. Magistrate Judge (Judge Toliver). Clerk to provide copy to plaintiff if not received electronically. (kcr)
July 24, 2025 ***Clerk's Notice of delivery: (see NEF for details) Docket No:1, 2. Thu Jul 24 16:26:16 CDT 2025 (crt)

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Defendant: American Heart Association
Represented By: John M Barcus
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Plaintiff: Ashlye Anne Stewart
Represented By: Judd E Stone, II
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