Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Franchise Management LLC
Plaintiff: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Defendant: Franchise Management LLC
Intervenor: Nathan Calaway
Case Number: 2:2025cv00392
Filed: May 16, 2025
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Utah
Presiding Judge: Tena Campbell
Referring Judge: Dustin B Pead
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights: Jobs
Cause of Action: 42 U.S.C. § 2000 Job Discrimination (Employment)
Jury Demanded By: Both
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
October 6, 2025 Opinion or Order Case Stayed per General Order 25-005 (alt)
October 1, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 37 ORDER granting #34 Motion to Stay until appropriations for the EEOC are restored. Signed by Magistrate Judge Dustin B. Pead on 10/1/25 (alt)
October 1, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 36 MEMORANDUM in Opposition re #34 MOTION to Stay and Extensions with Request for Expedited Ruling filed by Defendant Franchise Management LLC. (Weron, Kathleen)
October 1, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 35 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER granting #33 Motion for Protective Order. Signed by Magistrate Judge Dustin B. Pead on 10/1/25 (alt)
October 1, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 34 MOTION to Stay and Extensions with Request for Expedited Ruling filed by Plaintiff U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order) Motions referred to Dustin B. Pead.(Edmonds, Jillian)
October 1, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 33 MOTION for Protective Order filed by Plaintiff U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order) Motions referred to Dustin B. Pead.(Edmonds, Jillian)
September 30, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 32 NOTICE of Intent to File Protective Order and ESI Protocol by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Edmonds, Jillian)
September 22, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 31 DOCKET TEXT ORDER REFERRING CASE to Magistrate Judge Daphne A. Oberg under 28:636 (b)(1) for Settlement. No attached document. Signed by Judge Tena Campbell on 9/22/2025. (dle)
September 19, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 30 ORDER granting #29 Stipulated Motion for Judicial Settlement Conference. Signed by Magistrate Judge Dustin B. Pead on 9/19/2025. (dle)
September 18, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 29 Stipulated MOTION for Judicial Settlement Conference filed by Plaintiff U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Motions referred to Dustin B. Pead.(Edmonds, Jillian)
September 8, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 28 SCHEDULING ORDER granting #27 Motion for Scheduling Order. Amended Pleadings due by 9/30/2025. Joinder of Parties due by 9/30/2025. Expert Discovery due by 5/29/2026. Motions due by 7/27/2026. Signed by Magistrate Judge Dustin B. Pead on 9/8/25 (alt)
September 5, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 27 Stipulated MOTION for Scheduling Order filed by Plaintiff U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order, #2 Exhibit Attorney Planning Meeting Report) Motions referred to Dustin B. Pead.(Edmonds, Jillian)
September 2, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 26 NOTICE OF DEFICIENCY re #24 Attorney Planning Meeting. The document is stricken as improperly filed. Please review paragraph 3 of Order to Propose Schedule #4 . Parties must file a Stipulated Motion with the Attorney Planning Meeting Report added as an attachment. The clerk requests the filer of the original document to refile the pleading. The new pleading will receive a new document number on the docket. (alf)
August 27, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 25 AMENDED ANSWER to EEOC's #1 Complaint filed by Franchise Management LLC. (Weron, Kathleen)
August 26, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 24 REPORT OF ATTORNEY PLANNING MEETING. (Edmonds, Jillian) Modified on 9/2/2025 - stricken as improperly filed (alf).
August 15, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 23 ORDER granting #22 Motion for Extension of Time: parties have up to and including 8/29/25, to file either a Stipulated Motion for Scheduling Order or a Motion for Scheduling Conference. Signed by Magistrate Judge Dustin B. Pead on 8/15/25 (alt)
August 15, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 22 Joint MOTION for Extension of Time to Conduct Attorney Planning Meeting filed by Plaintiff U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order) Motions referred to Dustin B. Pead.(Edmonds, Jillian)
August 14, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 21 Defendant's ANSWER to #14 Intervenor Complaint with Jury Demand filed by Franchise Management LLC.(Weron, Kathleen)
August 6, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 20 ORDER granting #19 Motion for Extension of Time: Plaintiff has up to and including 8/22/25, to file a motion under Rule 12(f). Signed by Magistrate Judge Dustin B. Pead on 8/6/25 (alt)
August 5, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 19 MOTION for Extension of Time to File Rule 12(f) Motion and Memorandum in Support filed by Plaintiff U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order) Motions referred to Dustin B. Pead.(Edmonds, Jillian)
July 18, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 18 NOTICE of Appearance by Paul Hulbert on behalf of Franchise Management LLC (Hulbert, Paul)
July 18, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 17 CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT under FRCP 7.1 filed by Defendant Franchise Management LLC. (Weron, Kathleen)
July 18, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 16 Defendant's ANSWER to Complaint with Jury Demand filed by the EEOC filed by Franchise Management LLC.(Weron, Kathleen)
July 16, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 15 WAIVER OF SERVICE Returned Executed filed by Nathan Calaway. Waiver received from Franchise Management, LLC on July 15, 2025. (Franson, Bruce)
July 1, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 14 Intervenor COMPLAINT against Franchise Management LLC, filed by Nathan Calaway (alt)
July 1, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 13 MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER granting #9 Motion to Intervene COUNSEL PLEASE NOTE: The Intervenor Complaint must be filed by the court. Please email the complaint and any exhibits in PDF format to the court for filing. Signed by Judge Tena Campbell on 7/1/25 (alt)
July 1, 2025 Opinion or Order Modification of Docket: Correction: dft party name has been corrected to conform more closely with this court's "Standards and Guidelines for Adding Parties" (punctuation marks removed from name). (alt)
June 26, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 12 Defendant's RESPONSE to Motion re #9 MOTION to Intervene (Defendant's Notice of Non-Opposition) filed by Defendant Franchise Management, LLC. (Weron, Kathleen)
June 16, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 11 NOTICE OF NON-CONSENT Consent to the jurisdiction of the Magistrate Judge under DUCivR 72-3 has not been obtained. Case randomly assigned to Judge Tena Campbell and Magistrate Judge Dustin B. Pead. Magistrate Judge is automatically referred under 28 U.S.C636(b)(1)(A). Magistrate Judge Dustin B. Pead no longer assigned as the presiding judge to the case. (mh)
June 16, 2025 Opinion or Order Modification of Docket re #9 MOTION to Intervene. Error: Filer incorrectly added self to case with party role of "Intervenor Plaintiff". Correction: Filer's party role has been corrected to "Movant" pending entry of an order granting intervention: entry text corrected to reflect this. (alt)
June 13, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 10 RECEIVED Consent/Reassignment Form from Plaintiff U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (mh)
June 12, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 9 MOTION to Intervene and Memorandum in Support filed by Movant Nathan Calaway. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Proposed Complaint in Intervention) Attorney Bruce M. Franson added to party Nathan Calaway(pty:intvp)(Franson, Bruce) Modified on 6/16/2025: corrected filer's party role to "Movant" until order entered allowing intervention (alt)
May 23, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 8 NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE. For the benefit of the public and the bar, the District of Utah offers judicial settlement conference as an alternative for dispute resolution assistance in all civil cases and bankruptcy adversary proceedings. The court offers this alternative because, when compared with litigation, it can resolve a dispute faster, at less expense, and with solutions that are better able to meet the parties' needs and interests. Parties may file a stipulated motion for judicial settlement conference. A form #motion is available on the court's website. Notice e-mailed or mailed to Defendant Franchise Management, LLC, Plaintiff U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (mh)
May 23, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 7 NOTICE OF PRESIDING MAGISTRATE JUDGE ASSIGNMENT - This case is assigned to a magistrate judge. Under 28 U.S.C. 636(c), Fed. R. Civ. P. 73, and DUCivR 72-3, you are hereby notified that a magistrate judge for the District of Utah may conduct any or all proceedings in this case, including a jury or bench trial and entry of a final judgment. Exercise of this jurisdiction by the magistrate judge is permitted only if all parties voluntarily sign and return the form. To consent, return the Consent Form to the clerk's office within 21 days via email at [email protected] or mail to the address on the form. Please do not efile the Consent Form in the case. Notice emailed or mailed to Defendant Franchise Management, LLC, Plaintiff U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Form due by 6/13/2025. (mh)
May 22, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 6 WAIVER OF SERVICE Returned Executed filed by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Waiver received from Franchise Management, LLC on 5/20/2025. (Edmonds, Jillian)
May 21, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 5 NOTICE of Appearance by Jeffrey A Lee on behalf of U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Lee, Jeffrey)
May 19, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 4 ORDER TO PROPOSE SCHEDULE - See order for details. Signed by Magistrate Judge Dustin B. Pead on 5/19/2025. (alf)
May 16, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 3 Summons Issued Electronically as to Franchise Management, LLC. Instructions to Counsel:1. Click on the document number.2. If you are prompted for an ECF login, enter your 'Attorney' login to CM/ECF.3. Print the issued summons for service. (kec) (Additional attachment(s) added on 5/16/2025: #1 Correct filing) (kec).
May 16, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 2 NOTICE OF INELIGIBLE ATTORNEY -Attorney Mary Jo ONeill and Laurie Jaeckel, for Plaintiff U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, has been notified that counsel is not in active status or has not been admitted to practice in this court and can not practice before this court. (kec)
May 16, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 1 COMPLAINT against Franchise Management, LLC No Fee Required - US Government filed by Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (Attachments: #1 Civil Cover Sheet, #2 Summons) (Edmonds, Jillian)
May 16, 2025 Opinion or Order Magistrate Judge Dustin B. Pead added. Case number will now read 2:25-cv-00392-DBP. Please make changes to document captions accordingly. (kec)

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Plaintiff: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Represented By: Jillian Olivia Edmonds
Represented By: Jeffrey A Lee
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Intervenor: Nathan Calaway
Represented By: Bruce M. Franson
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Defendant: Franchise Management LLC
Represented By: Kathleen D Weron
Represented By: Paul Hulbert
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