Kowald, Rebecca et al v. Columbia County et al
| Robert Wentworth, Michael O'Grady, Crystal Thom, David Thom, Rebecca Kowald, Raymond Boyle, Joann Winter, Robert Zeier, William Cadwallader and John Gruber |
| Columbia County, Benjamin Oetzman, Vern Gove, Mark Hazelbaker, Roger Brandner, Portage Community Schools, Charles F. Church, City of Portage and Joseph Ruf |
| 3:2019cv00519 |
| June 26, 2019 |
| US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin |
| Stephen L Crocker |
| James D Peterson |
| Civil Rights: Other |
| 42 U.S.C. § 1983 |
| None |
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| Filing 32 Brief in Reply by Defendant City of Portage in Support of #15 Motion to Dismiss (Attachments: #1 Certificate of Service) (Simatic, Kurt),(ps) |
| Filing 31 Brief in Opposition by Plaintiffs Raymond Boyle, William Cadwallader, John Gruber, Rebecca Kowald, Michael O'Grady, Crystal Thom, David Thom, Robert Wentworth, Joann Winter, Robert Zeier re: #21 MMotion to Certify Constitutional Question to the Attorney General of the State of Wisconsin filed by City of Portage. (jef),(ps) |
| Filing 30 Notice of Constitutional Challenge by Plaintiffs Raymond Boyle, William Cadwallader, John Gruber, Rebecca Kowald, Michael O'Grady, Crystal Thom, David Thom, Robert Wentworth, Joann Winter, Robert Zeier. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A - Letter to Attorney General Kaul) (jef),(ps) |
| Filing 29 Brief in Reply by Defendant Mark Hazelbaker in Support of #9 Motion to Dismiss (Attachments: #1 Certificate of Service) (Hazelbaker, Mark),(ps) |
Filing 28
** TEXT ONLY ORDER **On July 6, 2018, the plaintiffs, all pro se, filed a sprawling 39-page complaint in state court that the defendants removed to federal court, see Case No. 18-cv-582, dkt. 1, where it was carved into seven separate lawsuits, see, Case No. 18-cv-582 at dkt. 34; see also Case Nos. 19-cv-514 through 19-cv-519. In Cases 18-cv-582, 19-cv-515 and 19-cv-518, defendants recently filed motions to dismiss, and in 19-cv-519, defendants filed a motion to certify a constitutional question to Wisconsin's Attorney General. Plaintiffs have moved to extend their response deadlines to each of these motions. Plaintiffs' logistical problems are a direct and eminently predictable result of their tactical decision to group such a large number of pro se plaintiffs into so many disparate claims at the same time. Even so, the court will extend each of plaintiffs' response deadlines by 14 days. Hereafter, briefing on any dismissal or summary judgment motion shall allow 30 days to respond and 14 days to reply. The court does not intend to grant extensions of these deadlines, so the parties should plan accordingly. Signed by Magistrate Judge Stephen L. Crocker on 8/13/2019. (nln),(ps)
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| Filing 27 Motion for Extension of Time to Respond to #21 Motion to Certify Constitutional Question to the Attorney General of the State of Wisconsin, filed by Plaintiffs Raymond Boyle, William Cadwallader, John Gruber, Rebecca Kowald, Michael O'Grady, Crystal Thom, David Thom, Robert Wentworth, Joann Winter, Robert Zeier. (nln),(ps) |
| Filing 26 Copy of #25 Amended Brief in Opposition signed only by Plaintiff Michael O'Grady re: #15 , #20 Motions to Dismiss, filed by City of Portage, Charles F. Church, Vern Gove, Portage Community Schools, Roger Brandner, Joseph Ruf, Benjamin Oetzman, Columbia County. (Attachments: #1 Cover Letter and Envelope) (nln),(ps) Modified on 8/13/2019 (nln). |
| Filing 25 Amended Brief in Opposition by Plaintiffs Raymond Boyle, William Cadwallader, John Gruber, Rebecca Kowald, Michael O'Grady, Crystal Thom, David Thom, Robert Wentworth, Joann Winter, Robert Zeier re: #15 , #20 Motions to Dismiss, filed by City of Portage, Charles F. Church, Vern Gove, Portage Community Schools, Roger Brandner, Joseph Ruf, Benjamin Oetzman, Columbia County. (nln),(ps) Modified on 8/13/2019 (nln). |
| Filing 24 Brief in Opposition by Plaintiffs Raymond Boyle, William Cadwallader, John Gruber, Rebecca Kowald, Michael O'Grady, Crystal Thom, David Thom, Robert Wentworth, Joann Winter, Robert Zeier re: #9 Motion to Dismiss filed by Mark Hazelbaker. (nln),(ps) |
| Filing 23 Certificate of Service re: #21 Motion, #22 Brief in Support by Defendant City of Portage. (Vergeront, Meg),(ps) Modified on 8/5/2019: E-mail sent to counsel requesting all future certificates of service be linked to the document(s) that were served. (lak) |
| Filing 22 Brief in Support of #21 Motion to Certify Constitutional Question to the Attorney General of the State of Wisconsin, by Defendant City of Portage. (Vergeront, Meg),(ps) Modified on 8/5/2019. (lak) |
| Filing 21 Motion to Certify Constitutional Question to the Attorney General of the State of Wisconsin by Defendant City of Portage. (Vergeront, Meg),(ps) |
| Set Briefing Deadlines as to #21 Motion to Certify Constitutional Question to the Attorney General of the State of Wisconsin . Plaintiffs' response due 8/12/2019. There will be no reply. (nln/sp),(ps) |
| Set Pretrial Conference: Pretrial Conference set for 9/4/2019 at 01:00 PM in Courtroom 460 before Magistrate Judge Stephen Crocker. (nln),(ps) Modified on 7/25/2019 (nln). |
| Filing 20 MOTION TO DISMISS by Defendants Roger Brandner, Charles F. Church, Columbia County, Vern Gove, Benjamin Oetzman, Portage Community Schools, Joseph Ruf, (Attachments: #1 Certificate of Service) (Baudhuin, Danielle),(ps) Modified on 7/25/2019. (lak) |
| Set Briefing Deadlines as to #20 MOTION TO DISMISS. Plaintiffs' Brief in Opposition due 8/14/2019. Defendants' Brief in Reply due 8/26/2019. (nln),(ps) |
| Set Briefing Deadlines as to #15 MOTION TO DISMISS. Plaintiffs' Brief in Opposition due 8/14/2019. Defendant's Brief in Reply due 8/26/2019. (nln),(ps) |
| Filing 19 Certificate of Service by Defendant City of Portage as to #15 MOTION TO DISMISS , #16 Brief in Support, #13 Notice of Appearance, #18 Answer, #17 Declaration. (Vergeront, Meg),(ps) |
| Filing 18 ANSWER by Defendant City of Portage. (Vergeront, Meg),(ps) |
| Filing 17 Declaration of Shawn Murphy filed by Defendant City of Portage re: #15 Motion to Dismiss (Vergeront, Meg),(ps) |
| Filing 16 Brief in Support of #15 Motion to Dismiss by Defendant City of Portage (Vergeront, Meg),(ps) |
| Filing 15 MOTION TO DISMISS by Defendant City of Portage. (Vergeront, Meg),(ps) |
| Filing 14 ANSWER by Defendants Roger Brandner, Charles F. Church, Columbia County, Vern Gove, Benjamin Oetzman, Portage Community Schools, Joseph Ruf. (Attachments: #1 Certificate of Service) (Baudhuin, Danielle),(ps) |
| Filing 13 Notice of Appearance filed by Kurt Simatic for Defendant City of Portage. (Simatic, Kurt),(ps) |
| Filing 12 Certificate of Service by Defendant Mark Hazelbaker as to #11 Brief in Support. (Hazelbaker, Mark),(ps) |
| Filing 11 Brief in Support of #9 Motion to Dismiss by Defendant Mark Hazelbaker (Hazelbaker, Mark),(ps) |
| Reset Briefing Deadlines as to #9 MOTION TO DISMISS. Plaintiffs' Brief in Opposition due 8/8/2019. Defendant's Brief in Reply due 8/15/2019. (Note: Disregard previous briefing schedule set on 7/10/19.) (nln),(ps) |
| Filing 10 Certificate of Service by Defendant Mark Hazelbaker as to #9 Answer. (Hazelbaker, Mark),(ps) |
| Filing 9 MOTION TO DISMISS by Defendant Mark Hazelbaker. (Hazelbaker, Mark),(ps) Modified on 7/10/2019 (nln). |
| Filing 8 ANSWER by Defendant Mark Hazelbaker. (Hazelbaker, Mark),(ps) |
| Set Briefing Deadlines as to #9 MOTION TO DISMISS. Plaintiffs' Brief in Opposition due 7/31/2019. Defendant's Brief in Reply due 8/7/2019. DISREGARD. Briefing schedule re-set on 7/18/19 (nln),(ps) Modified on 7/18/2019 (nln). |
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Filing 7
** TEXT ONLY ORDER **ORDER granting defendants Roger Brandner, Charles F. Church, Columbia County, Vern Gove, Benjamin Oetzman, Portage Community Schools, Joseph Ruf's #6 Motion for Extension of Time to File a Responsive Pleading (Answer due 7/23/2019). Signed by Magistrate Judge Stephen L. Crocker on 7/3/2019. (nln),(ps)
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| Filing 6 Motion for Extension of Time to File a Responsive Pleading by Defendants Roger Brandner, Charles F. Church, Columbia County, Vern Gove, Benjamin Oetzman, Portage Community Schools, Joseph Ruf. Motions referred to Magistrate Judge Stephen L. Crocker. (Attachments: #1 Certificate of Service) (Baudhuin, Danielle),(ps) |
| $400 filing fee paid; receipt number 0758-2494811. (Vergeront, Meg),(ps) |
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Filing 5
** TEXT ONLY ORDER **Order granting defendant City of Portage's #4 Motion for Extension of Time to File a Responsive Pleading. ( Answer due 7/23/2019). Signed by Magistrate Judge Stephen L. Crocker on 7/1/2019. (jef),(ps)
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| Filing 4 Motion for Extension of Time to File a Responsive Pleading by Defendant City of Portage. Motions referred to Magistrate Judge Stephen L. Crocker. (Attachments: #1 Certificate of Service) (Vergeront, Meg),(ps) Modified on 7/1/2019. (lak) |
| Filing 3 Original Complaint attached to dkt. 1 Notice of Removal in case 18-cv-582-jdp. (jef),(ps) |
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Filing 2
ORDER entered in case 18-cv-582-jdp, dkt. 100, on March 25, 2019. Signed by District Judge James D. Peterson. (jef),(ps)
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Filing 1
ORDER SEVERING CLAIMS. Defendants assigned to their designated cases may have until July 9, 2019 to pay the filing fees for Case Nos. 19-cv-514-jdp, 19-cv-515-jdp, 19-cv-516-jdp, 19-cv-517-jdp, 19-cv-518-jdp, and 19-cv-519-jdp identified within this order. If they fail to pay the filing fees by July 9, 2019, those cases will be remanded to state court. Robert Bagnell, Benjamin Neumann, Peter Bartaczewicz, Kevin Manthey, Anthony Brauner, Michael Schutz, Thomas Drury, Charles Miller, Kathryn Miller, Leda Wagner, Douglas Jarzynski, and Terri Pulvermacher are DISMISSED as defendants. Signed by District Judge James D. Peterson on 6/26/2019. (jef),(ps) Note, deadline typo corrected/Fee deadline is 7/9/19. (jef).
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| Clerk's Office Remark: The filing fee may be paid online by using the civil filing event "Filing Fee - IFP denied" on this court's electronic filing website (CM/ECF). The event is located under Civil, Court Events, Other Events or can be located by using the Search feature (search for Filing Fee - IFP denied). (jef),(ps) |
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