Ihaza, Hidemi v. Empower Brands, LLC
Plaintiff: Hidemi Zoe Ihaza
Defendant: Empower Brands, LLC
Case Number: 3:2025cv00066
Filed: January 29, 2025
Court: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
Presiding Judge: Anita Marie Boor
Referring Judge: James D Peterson
Nature of Suit: Personal Inj. Prod. Liability
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. ยง 1332 Diversity-Product Liability
Jury Demanded By: Both
Docket Report

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March 27, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 13 Pretrial Conference Order - # Preliminary Pretrial Packet in cases assigned to District Judge James D. Peterson attached. Amendments to Pleadings due 4/30/2025. Dispositive Motions due 12/5/2025. Settlement Letters due 4/17/2026. Rule 26(a)(3) Disclosures and Motions in Limine due 4/24/2026. Responses due 5/8/2026. Final Pretrial Conference set for 5/20/2026 at 02:30 PM. Second Final Pretrial Conference set for 5/27/2026 at 02:30 PM. Jury Selection and Trial set for 6/1/2026 at 09:00 AM. Signed by Magistrate Judge Anita Marie Boor on 3/26/25. (jat)
March 26, 2025 Minute Entry for proceedings held before Magistrate Judge Anita Marie Boor: Telephone Preliminary Pretrial Conference held on 3/26/2025 [00:12] (ckl)
March 21, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 12 ** TEXT ONLY ORDER **The parties' joint motion for protective order, Dkt. #11 , is GRANTED with the following modifications to the stipulated order, Dkt. #11 -1: Paragraph 2 is modified by striking "the producing party designates in good faith" to comply with Citizens First Nat. Bank of Princeton v. Cincinnati Ins. Co., 178 F.3d 943, 945 (7th Cir. 1999), which requires definitions concerning confidentiality to be objective, not subjective. Paragraph 7 is modified by striking the last sentence and replacing it with "The parties shall file material designated under this order pursuant to Administrative Order No. 337." Signed by Magistrate Judge Anita Marie Boor on 3/21/25. (jat)
March 19, 2025 Filing 11 Joint Motion for Protective Order by Defendant Empower Brands, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order) (VanBerg, Sydney)
March 19, 2025 Filing 10 Joint Report of Rule 26(f) Planning Meeting (VanBerg, Sydney)
March 14, 2025 Judge update in case. Case randomly reassigned to District Judge James D. Peterson and Magistrate Judge Anita Marie Boor. (lak)
March 4, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 9 ** TEXT ONLY ORDER **ORDER granting #8 Motion to Admit Dixie T. Wells Pro Hac Vice. Signed by Magistrate Judge Anita Marie Boor on 3/4/2025. (lak)
March 4, 2025 Filing 8 Motion to Admit Dixie Wells Pro Hac Vice. ( Pro Hac Vice fee $ 100 receipt number AWIWDC-3573073.) by Defendant Empower Brands, LLC. (Wells, Dixie)
February 28, 2025 Filing 7 Notice of Appearance filed by Stacy Ann Alexejun for Defendant Empower Brands, LLC. (Alexejun, Stacy)
February 28, 2025 Set Telephone Pretrial or Status Conference: Telephone Pretrial Conference set for 3/26/2025 at 03:00 PM before Magistrate Judge Anita M. Boor. Please call (669) 254-5252 and enter meeting ID 161 2455 6623 when prompted. Wait to be admitted into the conference. The parties are advised that a Rule 26(f) conference shall occur not less than two weeks before the preliminary pretrial conference, and that the parties' report or reports must be filed not less than one week before the preliminary pretrial conference.[#Standing Order Governing Preliminary Pretrial Conference attached] [#Procedures for Requesting a Hearing to Resolve a Deposition Dispute attached] (acd)
February 27, 2025 Filing 6 Corporate Disclosure Statement by Plaintiff Hidemi Zoe Ihaza. (Kress, Adam)
February 27, 2025 Filing 5 Corporate Disclosure Statement by Defendant Empower Brands, LLC. (VanBerg, Sydney)
February 27, 2025 Filing 4 ANSWER with Jury Demand by Defendant Empower Brands, LLC. (VanBerg, Sydney)
February 12, 2025 Filing 3 Affidavit of Service. Empower Brands, LLC served on 2/6/2025, answer due 2/27/2025. (Kress, Adam) Modified on 2/12/2025. (lak)
January 29, 2025 Filing 2 Summons Issued as to Empower Brands, LLC. (jef)
January 29, 2025 Filing 1 COMPLAINT against Empower Brands, LLC. (Filing fee $ 405 receipt number AWIWDC-3555622), filed by Hidemi Zoe Ihaza. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A -CPSC Recall, #2 Summons, #3 JS-44 Civil Cover Sheet) (Kress, Adam)
January 29, 2025 Case randomly assigned to Magistrate Judge Anita Marie Boor. (jef)
January 29, 2025 Standard attachments for Magistrate Judge Anita M. Boor required to be served on all parties with summons or waiver of service: #Corporate Disclosure Statement, #Order Regarding Assignment of Cases, #Notice of Assignment to a Magistrate Judge and Consent/Request for Reassignment, #Order on Dispositive Motions. (jef)

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Plaintiff: Hidemi Zoe Ihaza
Represented By: Adam John Kress
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Defendant: Empower Brands, LLC
Represented By: Sydney VanBerg
Represented By: Stacy Ann Alexejun
Represented By: Dixie Wells
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