Edley-Worford v. Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church
Plaintiff: Cheryl Edley-Worford
Defendant: Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church
Case Number: 3:2019cv00647
Filed: September 5, 2019
Court: US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Presiding Judge: David J Novak
Referring Judge: Robert E Payne
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights: Jobs
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. § 1331
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
June 18, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 38 ORDER REGARDING PROCEDURES FOR SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE. The Court has scheduled this case for a settlement conference on August 11, 2020 at 9:30 to be held by videoconference. See Order for details. Signed by Magistrate Judge Roderick C. Young on 6/18/2020. (jsmi, )
June 18, 2020 Settlement Conference set for 8/11/2020 at 9:30 AM via ZOOM before Magistrate Judge Roderick C. Young. (jsau)
June 18, 2020 Case referred to Magistrate Judge Roderick C. Young for settlement purposes. (tjoh, )
April 20, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 37 AMENDED SCHEDULING AND PRETRIAL ORDER Final Pretrial Conference set for 2/11/2021 at 10:00 AM in Richmond Courtroom 6300 before District Judge David J. Novak. Jury Trial set for 2/19/2021 at 09:30 AM in Richmond Courtroom 6300 before District Judge David J. Novak. Signed by District Judge David J. Novak on 4/20/2020. (cgar)
April 20, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 36 ORDER granting in part and denying in part #35 Joint Motion to Continue the Trial and all Remaining Deadlines; Court GRANTS motion to extent that it RESCHEDULES the FPTC and Jury Trial; Denies to extent that Court does not agree with proposed dates for end of discovery and deadline for dispositive motions. - SEE AMENDED SCHEDULING ORDER TO ENTER. Signed by District Judge David J. Novak on 4/20/2020. (cgar)
April 20, 2020 Jury Selection set for 2/18/2021 at 09:30 AM in Richmond Courtroom 6300 before District Judge David J. Novak. (cgar)
April 17, 2020 Filing 35 Joint MOTION for Extension Motion to Continue Trial and All Remaining Deadlines by Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church. (Attachments: #1 Proposed Order Proposed Order)(Brown, Steven)
March 26, 2020 Pursuant to General Order 2020-07, the Settlement Conference previously scheduled in this action is postponed and continued. (mful)
March 9, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 34 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER. Signed by District Judge David J. Novak on 03/09/2020. (tjoh, )
March 6, 2020 Filing 33 Joint MOTION for Protective Order by Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church. (Attachments: #1 Proposed Order Stipulated Protective Order)(Brown, Steven)
February 7, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 32 MEMORANDUM ORDER. The Court hereby DENIES Defendant's Motion to Certify the Court's Order Denying the Second Motion to Dismiss for Interlocutory Appeal (ECF No. #24 ) and Defendant's Motion to Stay or, in the Alternative, for a Protective Order to Limit Discovery to the Application of the Ministerial Exception (ECF No. #26 . This case should move forward consistent with the Court's Scheduling and Pretrial Order entered on December 12, 2019 (ECF No. #20 ). See Order for details. It is SO ORDERED. Signed by District Judge David J. Novak on 2/7/2020. (sbea, )
February 5, 2020 Filing 31 REPLY to Response to Motion re #26 MOTION to Stay filed by Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Exhibit A, #2 Exhibit Exhibit B)(Brown, Steven)
February 5, 2020 Filing 30 REPLY to Response to Motion re #24 MOTION to Certify Court's Order Denying Second Motion to Dismiss for Interlocutory Appeal filed by Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church. (Brown, Steven)
January 30, 2020 Filing 29 Memorandum in Opposition re #24 MOTION to Certify Court's Order Denying Second Motion to Dismiss for Interlocutory Appeal filed by Cheryl Edley-Worford. (Queen, Barbara)
January 30, 2020 Filing 28 Memorandum in Opposition re #26 MOTION to Stay filed by Cheryl Edley-Worford. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit)(Queen, Barbara)
January 16, 2020 Filing 27 Memorandum in Support re #26 MOTION to Stay filed by Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Exhibit A)(Brown, Steven)
January 16, 2020 Filing 26 MOTION to Stay by Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church. (Brown, Steven)
January 16, 2020 Filing 25 Memorandum in Support re #24 MOTION to Certify Court's Order Denying Second Motion to Dismiss for Interlocutory Appeal filed by Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Exhibit A)(Brown, Steven)
January 16, 2020 Filing 24 MOTION to Certify Court's Order Denying Second Motion to Dismiss for Interlocutory Appeal by Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church. (Brown, Steven)
December 30, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 23 ORDER denying #13 Motion to Dismiss. Signed by District Judge David J. Novak on 12/30/2019. (tjoh, )
December 30, 2019 Filing 22 MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by District Judge David J. Novak on 12/30/2019. (tjoh, )
December 17, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 21 ORDER REGARDING PROCEDURES FOR SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE The Court has scheduled this case for a settlement conference on April 20,2020 at 9:30 A.M. At that time, the parties shall report to the chambers of Magistrate Judge Roderick C. Young. SEE ORDER FOR DETAILS. Signed by Magistrate Judge Roderick C. Young on 12/17/2019. (tjoh, )
December 17, 2019 Settlement Conference set for 4/20/2020 at 9:30 AM in Richmond Judges Chamber before Magistrate Judge Roderick C. Young. (mful)
December 12, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 20 SCHEDULING AND PRETRIAL ORDER. See for complete details. It is so ORDERED. Signed by District Judge David J. Novak on 12/12/2019. (nbrow)
December 12, 2019 Set Hearings: Final Pretrial Conference set for 8/31/2020 at 10:00 AM in Richmond Judges Chamber before District Judge David J. Novak. Jury Trial set for 9/22/2020 at 09:30 AM in Richmond Courtroom 6300 before District Judge David J. Novak. (nbrow)
November 21, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 18 AMENDED ORDER SETTING PRETRIAL CONFERENCE. Signed by District Judge David J. Novak on 11/21/2019. (cgar)
November 19, 2019 Filing 17 REPLY to Response to Motion re #13 Second MOTION to Dismiss filed by Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Exhibit A)(Brown, Steven)
November 18, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 16 ORDER SETTING PRETRIAL CONFERENCE:Initial Pretrial Conference set for 12/12/2019 at 11:00 AM in Richmond Judges Chamber before District Judge David J. Novak. Signed by District Judge David J. Novak on 11/18/2019. (cgar)
November 13, 2019 Filing 15 Memorandum in Opposition re #13 Second MOTION to Dismiss filed by Cheryl Edley-Worford. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit)(Queen, Barbara)
October 30, 2019 Filing 14 Memorandum in Support re #13 Second MOTION to Dismiss filed by Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Exhibit A)(Brown, Steven)
October 30, 2019 Filing 13 Second MOTION to Dismiss by Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church. (Brown, Steven)
October 29, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 12 ORDER - In the interest of judicial efficiency and economy, it is hereby ORDERED that this action is reassigned to the Honorable David J. Novak. Signed by District Judge Robert E. Payne on 10/29/2019. (tjoh, )
October 29, 2019 Case Reassigned to District Judge David J. Novak. District Judge Robert E. Payne no longer assigned to the case. (tjoh, )
October 17, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 11 ORDER - it is hereby ORDERED that the DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (ECF No. 5) is denied without prejudice to the refiling of motions which separately analyzes whether the Court has subject matter jurisdiction at the beginning and whether the AMENDED COMPLAINT states a claim for relief within the meaning of Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b) (6) and, if the defendant persists in asserting that summary judgment is appropriate under Fed. R, Civ. P. 56, a separate motion and memorandum shall be filed. SEE ORDER FOR DETAILS. Signed by District Judge Robert E. Payne on 10/17/2019. (tjoh, )
October 1, 2019 Filing 10 REPLY to Response to Motion re #5 MOTION to Dismiss Or, In the Alternative, For Summary Judgment filed by Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church. (Brown, Steven)
September 27, 2019 Notice of Correction re #9 Response. Clerk has corrected docket and replaced #8 Response in Opposition with corrected signature pages. Please disregard #9 Response which was filed incorrectly. (jsmi, )
September 26, 2019 Filing 9 DISREGARD FILING - FILED IN ERROR. Response to #8 Memorandum in Opposition, Amended Certificate of Service filed by Cheryl Edley-Worford. (Queen, Barbara) Modified on 9/27/2019 (jsmi, ).
September 25, 2019 Filing 8 Memorandum in Opposition re #5 MOTION to Dismiss Or, In the Alternative, For Summary Judgment filed by Cheryl Edley-Worford. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit, #2 Exhibit, #3 Exhibit, #4 Exhibit, #5 Exhibit)(Queen, Barbara) (Main Document 8 replaced on 9/27/2019) (jsmi, ).
September 11, 2019 Filing 7 ANSWER to Complaint Amended Complaint by Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church.(Brown, Steven)
September 11, 2019 Filing 6 Memorandum in Support re #5 MOTION to Dismiss Or, In the Alternative, For Summary Judgment filed by Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Exhibit A, #2 Exhibit Exhibit B, #3 Exhibit Exhibit C, #4 Exhibit Exhibit D, #5 Exhibit Exhibit E, #6 Exhibit Exhibit F, #7 Exhibit Exhibit G, #8 Exhibit Exhibit H, #9 Exhibit Exhibit I, #10 Exhibit Exhibit J, #11 Exhibit Exhibit K, #12 Exhibit Exhibit L, #13 Exhibit Exhibit M, #14 Exhibit Exhibit N, #15 Exhibit Exhibit O, #16 Exhibit Exhibit P, #17 Exhibit Exhibit Q, #18 Exhibit Exhibit R, #19 Exhibit Exhibit S)(Brown, Steven)
September 11, 2019 Filing 5 MOTION to Dismiss Or, In the Alternative, For Summary Judgment by Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church. (Brown, Steven)
September 10, 2019 Filing 4 NOTICE of Appearance by Lindsey Ann Strachan on behalf of Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church (Strachan, Lindsey)
September 5, 2019 Filing 3 Financial Interest Disclosure Statement (Local Rule 7.1) by Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church. (Brown, Steven) (Main Document 3 replaced on 9/5/2019) (tjoh, ).
September 5, 2019 Filing 2 Civil Cover Sheet by Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church. (Brown, Steven)
September 5, 2019 Filing 1 Notice of Removal ( Filing fee $ 400, receipt number 0422-6821805.), filed by Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Exhibit A)(Brown, Steven) (Main Document 1 replaced on 9/5/2019) (tjoh, ).
September 5, 2019 Initial Case Assignment to District Judge Robert E. Payne. (tjoh, )

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Plaintiff: Cheryl Edley-Worford
Represented By: Barbara Allyn Queen
Represented By: Dominique LaRae Young
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Defendant: Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church
Represented By: Steven David Brown
Represented By: Lindsey Ann Strachan
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