Reyes v. ML Enterprises et al
Plaintiff: Wuilmer Reyes
Defendant: ML Enterprises and Marco Lezameta
Case Number: 2:2021cv00437
Filed: April 6, 2021
Court: US District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Presiding Judge: Lynn Adelman
Nature of Suit: Labor: Fair Standards
Cause of Action: 29 U.S.C. § 201 Fair Labor Standards Act
Jury Demanded By: None
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
March 6, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 55 ORDER signed by Judge Lynn Adelman on 03/06/23 GRANTING #48 Motion for Attorney Fees. Plaintiff shall recover the sum of $16,890 from defendants ML Enterprises and Marco Lezameta. This amount is in addition to the amounts awarded by the court's judgment of December 30, 2022. (cc: all counsel)(kmr)
February 16, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 54 COSTS TAXED in amount of $ 502.00 against ML Enterprises; Marco Lezameta. (cc: all counsel) (bx)
January 25, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 53 LETTER from Atty Emmanuel Mamalakis re: Bill of Cost . (Mamalakis, Emmanuel)
January 13, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 52 BRIEFING LETTER Electronically Transmitted to Parties re #51 Bill of Costs. Objections due 01/27/2023, Response due 02/03/2023, and Reply due 02/10/2023. (cc: all counsel) (bx)
January 12, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 51 PROPOSED BILL OF COSTS by All Plaintiffs (Ho, Yingtao)
January 12, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 50 DECLARATION of Yingtao Ho (Attachments: #1 Attorney's Fees)(Ho, Yingtao)
January 12, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 49 BRIEF in Support filed by All Plaintiffs re #48 MOTION for Attorney Fees . (Ho, Yingtao)
January 12, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 48 MOTION for Attorney Fees by All Plaintiffs. (Ho, Yingtao)
December 30, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 47 JUDGMENT signed by Deputy Clerk on 12/30/2022. IT IS ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that plaintiff's FLSA claims are dismissed for lack of individual or enterprise coverage and that judgment is entered in favor of the plaintiff on his claims under Wisconsin law as follows: (1) plaintiff shall recover overtime compensation from defendant ML Enterprises in the amount of $560.50; (2) plaintiff shall recover $1,891 from defendants ML Enterprises and Marco Lezameta, jointly and severally, under Wis. Stat. 103.455; (3) plaintiff shall recover $300 from defendant ML Enterprises for straight-time pay owed; and (4) plaintiff shall recover $200 from defendant ML Enterprises for use of plaintiff's truck. (cc: all counsel)(blr)
December 30, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 46 DECISION AND ORDER signed by Judge Lynn Adelman on 12/30/2022. IT IS ORDERED that defendants' motion for summary judgment (ECF No. #27 ) is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART. The motion is granted to the extent that the plaintiff's FLSA claims are dismissed for lack of individual or enterprise coverage. In all other respects, it is denied. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that plaintiff's motion for summary judgment (ECF No. #31 ) is GRANTED IN PART. The motion is granted to the extent that judgment will be entered in plaintiff's favor on his claims under Wisconsin law. The Clerk of Court shall enter a separate final judgment. (cc: all counsel)(blr)
September 1, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 45 RESPONSES to Defendants' Additional Proposed Findings of Fact by All Plaintiffs (Ho, Yingtao) Modified on 9/2/2022 (bx).
September 1, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 44 REPLY BRIEF in Support filed by All Plaintiffs re #31 MOTION for Summary Judgment . (Ho, Yingtao)
August 18, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 43 DECLARATION of Marco Lezameta (Mamalakis, Emmanuel)
August 18, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 42 STATEMENT OF FACT by All Defendants . (Mamalakis, Emmanuel)
August 18, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 41 BRIEF in Opposition filed by All Defendants re #31 MOTION for Summary Judgment . (Mamalakis, Emmanuel)
August 18, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 40 DECLARATION of Emmanuel Mamalakis (Corrected) In Support of Motion for Summary Judgement ECF #27 (Mamalakis, Emmanuel)
August 5, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 39 DECLARATION of Yingtao Ho (Attachments: #1 Defendants' initial disclosures and transmittal email)(Ho, Yingtao)
August 5, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 38 RESPONSE filed by All Plaintiffs re #29 Proposed Findings of Fact and additional proposed findings of fact (Ho, Yingtao)
August 5, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 37 BRIEF in Opposition filed by All Plaintiffs re #27 MOTION for Summary Judgment . (Ho, Yingtao)
July 29, 2022 Opinion or Order NOTICE of Electronic Filing Error re #30 Declaration of Emmanuel Mamalakis; Electronically filed documents should not be scanned whenever possible. The Exhibits to the Declaration should have been filed as attachments and attachments to documents should include a brief description of the attachment - Ex A-Initial Contract, Ex B-Doe Deposition, Ex C-2006 Sales Figures, etc. This document does not need to be refiled; Please refer to the policies and procedures for electronic case filing and the user manual found at www.wied.uscourts.gov (jcl)
July 29, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 36 Proposed Findings of Fact by All Plaintiffs (Ho, Yingtao)
July 29, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 35 DECLARATION of Jacob Klein (Attachments: #1 Purchase Contract between Jake's and Morton Salt for the 2020-2021 winter season, #2 Bill of Lading, #3 Contract between Jake and ML Enterprises)(Ho, Yingtao)
July 29, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 34 DECLARATION of Wuilmer Reyes (Ho, Yingtao)
July 29, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 33 DECLARATION of Yingtao Ho (Attachments: #1 Defs. Supplemental Responses to Discovery)(Ho, Yingtao)
July 29, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 32 BRIEF in Support filed by All Plaintiffs re #31 MOTION for Summary Judgment . (Ho, Yingtao)
July 29, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 31 MOTION for Summary Judgment by All Plaintiffs. (Ho, Yingtao)
July 29, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 30 DISREGARD - INCORRECT DOCUMENT ATTACHED - REFILED See ECF No 40 DECLARATION of Attorney Emmanuel Mamalakis (Mamalakis, Emmanuel) Modified on 8/18/2022 (lz).
July 29, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 29 Proposed Findings of Fact by All Defendants (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A - Declaration of Wuilmer Reyes, #2 Exhibit B - Lezameta 2020 Tax Documents)(Mamalakis, Emmanuel)
July 29, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 28 BRIEF in Support filed by All Defendants re #27 MOTION for Summary Judgment . (Mamalakis, Emmanuel)
July 29, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 27 MOTION for Summary Judgment by All Defendants. (Mamalakis, Emmanuel)
May 4, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 26 ORDER signed by Judge Lynn Adelman on 5/4/22. IT IS ORDERED that the plaintiff's motion to compel written discovery responses (ECF No. #22 ) is GRANTED. Within 10 days of the date of this order, the defendants shall respond to interrogatories #7, #18, #20, and #21, as well as document requests #1 through #7 from the plaintiff's second set of requests. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the plaintiff's motion to compel production of a list of names and addresses (ECF No. #24 ) is GRANTED. Within ten days of the date of this order, ML Enterprises shall provide the plaintiff a list of the names and last known addresses of all hourly employees who worked for ML Enterprises during the time period of April 6, 2019 to the present. (cc: all counsel)(kmr)
April 21, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 25 DECLARATION of Yingtao Ho (Attachments: #1 Exchange of email between counsel for the parties)(Ho, Yingtao)
April 21, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 24 Expedited MOTION to Compel list of names and addresses of collective members by All Plaintiffs. (Ho, Yingtao)
April 1, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 23 DECLARATION of Yingtao Ho (Attachments: #1 Plfs. Second Set of Discovery Requests, #2 Defs. email supplemental response to Plfs. first set of discovery, #3 3/31/22 email exchange between counsel for the parties, #4 Schedule C to Marco Lezameta 2020 tax return, #5 ML Enterprises schedule for snow removal work)(Ho, Yingtao)
April 1, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 22 Expedited MOTION to Compel Discovery by All Plaintiffs. (Ho, Yingtao)
March 29, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 21 ORDER signed by Judge Lynn Adelman on 3/29/22 granting in part and denying in part #13 Motion to Certify Class. Reyes shall amend the proposed notice and consent form in accordance with this decision. Reyes may send the amended notice and consent form by first class mail to all hourly employees who worked for ML Enterprises during the period of April 6, 2019, to present. Reyes shall promptly notify the court and the Defendants of the date on which he sent the notices and consent forms. (cc: all counsel)(jad)
December 13, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 20 DECLARATION of Yingtao Ho (Attachments: #1 3 pages of Defs. document production)(Ho, Yingtao)
December 13, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 19 REPLY BRIEF in Support filed by All Plaintiffs re #13 MOTION to Certify Class conditional certification . (Ho, Yingtao)
November 29, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 18 BRIEF in Opposition filed by All Defendants re #13 MOTION to Certify Class conditional certification . (Attachments: #1 Declaration of Marco Lezameta, #2 Declaration of Emmanuel Mamalakis)(Mamalakis, Emmanuel)
November 29, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 17 RESPONSE to Motion filed by All Defendants re #13 MOTION to Certify Class conditional certification . (Mamalakis, Emmanuel)
November 5, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 16 DECLARATION of Yingtao Ho (Attachments: #1 Defendants' responses to Plaintiff's first set of discovery requests)(Ho, Yingtao)
November 5, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 15 DECLARATION of Wuilmer Reyes (Ho, Yingtao)
November 5, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 14 BRIEF in Support filed by All Plaintiffs re #13 MOTION to Certify Class conditional certification . (Ho, Yingtao)
November 5, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 13 MOTION to Certify Class conditional certification by All Plaintiffs. (Attachments: #1 Proposed class notice, #2 Proposed opt-in form)(Ho, Yingtao)
October 4, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 12 RESPONSE filed by All Defendants (Mamalakis, Emmanuel)
September 28, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 11 FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT by All Plaintiffs. (Ho, Yingtao) Modified on 9/28/2021 (bx).
September 28, 2021 Opinion or Order NOTICE of Electronic Filing Error re #11 Amended Document filed by Wuilmer Reyes ; The incorrect event was chosen, the filer should have selected the Amended Complaint event; This document does not need to be re-filed. Please refer to the policies and procedures for electronic case filing and the user manual found at www.wied.uscourts.gov (bx)
July 6, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 10 SCHEDULING ORDER signed by Judge Brett H Ludwig for Judge Lynn Adelman on 7/6/21. (cc: all counsel)(jad)
July 6, 2021 Opinion or Order Docket Annotation - The telephonic scheduling conference set for 7/7/21 is cancelled. (jad)
July 1, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 9 Joint REPORT of Rule 26(f) Plan by All Plaintiffs. (Ho, Yingtao)
June 2, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 8 SCHEDULING ORDER signed by Judge Lynn Adelman on 6/2/21. IT IS ORDERED that a telephonic Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b) scheduling conference will be held on July 7, 2021 at 11:30 a.m. The court will initiate the call. The participation of the attorney who will be handling the case is required and their telephone number should be provided in the Rule 26(f) report. (cc: all counsel)(jad)
June 2, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 7 ORDER signed by Judge Lynn Adelman on 6/2/21 that the plaintiff's motion to dismiss the defendants counterclaims is GRANTED. The counterclaims for damage to property and theft of tools are dismissed without prejudice for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. The counterclaim for fraud is dismissed on the merits. (cc: all counsel)(jad)
May 26, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 6 REPLY BRIEF in Support filed by All Plaintiffs re #3 MOTION to Dismiss Counterclaims . (Ho, Yingtao)
May 21, 2021 Opinion or Order NOTICE of Electronic Filing Error re #5 Brief in Opposition to Motion filed by Marco Lezameta ; All documents must contain an electronic signature. The Affidavit to this document should have been filed as a separate entry. This document does not need to be re-filed; Please refer to the policies and procedures for electronic case filing and the user manual found at www.wied.uscourts.gov (jcl)
May 21, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 5 BRIEF in Opposition filed by Marco Lezameta re #3 MOTION to Dismiss Counterclaims Opposition to Motion. (Attachments: #1 Affidavit)(Mamalakis, Emmanuel)
May 10, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 4 BRIEF in Support filed by All Plaintiffs re #3 MOTION to Dismiss Counterclaims . (Ho, Yingtao)
May 10, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 3 MOTION to Dismiss Counterclaims by All Plaintiffs. (Ho, Yingtao)
April 27, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 2 ANSWER to Complaint AND COUNTERCLAIM filed by Marco Lezameta . (Attachments: #1 Disclosure)(Mamalakis, Emmanuel)
April 7, 2021 Opinion or Order Summons Issued as to Marco Lezameta, ML Enterprises. (bx)
April 6, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 1 COMPLAINT against Marco Lezameta, ML Enterprises by Wuilmer Reyes. ( Filing Fee PAID $402 receipt number AWIEDC-3785345) (Attachments: #1 Civil Cover Sheet, #2 Summons Marco Lezameta, #3 Summons ML Enterprise)(Ho, Yingtao)
April 6, 2021 Opinion or Order NOTICE Regarding assignment of this matter to Judge Lynn Adelman; Consent/refusal forms for Magistrate Judge Duffin to be filed within 21 days; the consent/refusal form is available #here. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7.1 a disclosure statement is to be filed upon the first filing of any paper and should be filed now if not already filed. (cmb)

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