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| 2024-04-01 | 1 | COMPLAINT filed by Thomas Soule; Filing fee $ 405, receipt number AILNDC-21804196.(Ruberry, Edward) (Entered: 04/01/2024) |
| 2024-04-01 | 2 | CIVIL Cover Sheet (Ruberry, Edward) (Entered: 04/01/2024) |
| 2024-04-01 | 3 | ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Thomas Soule by Edward F. Ruberry (Ruberry, Edward) (Entered: 04/01/2024) |
| 2024-04-01 | | CASE ASSIGNED to the Honorable Steven C. Seeger. Designated as Magistrate Judge the Honorable Beth W. Jantz. Case assignment: Random assignment. (Civil Category 2). (vkm, ) (Entered: 04/01/2024) |
| 2024-04-01 | | CLERK'S NOTICE: Pursuant to Local Rule 73.1(b), a United States Magistrate Judge of this court is available to conduct all proceedings in this civil action. If all parties consent to have the currently assigned United States Magistrate Judge conduct all proceedings in this case, including trial, the entry of final judgment, and all post-trial proceedings, all parties must sign their names on the attached Consent To form. This consent form is eligible for filing only if executed by all parties. The parties can also express their consent to jurisdiction by a magistrate judge in any joint filing, including the Joint Initial Status Report or proposed Case Management Order. (vkm, ) (Entered: 04/01/2024) |
| 2024-04-02 | 4 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Steven C. Seeger: An initial status report is due by June 17, 2024. Counsel must read the Standing Order entitled "Initial Status Conferences and Joint Initial Status Reports" on the Court's website. The parties must confer as required by Rule 26(f) about the nature, scope, and duration of discovery. The parties must submit two documents to the Court. First, the parties must file the Joint Initial Status Report under Rule 26(f) on the docket. A Word version of the Joint Initial Status Report is available on the Court's website. All parties must participate in the preparation and filing of the Joint Initial Status Report. The Court requires a joint report, so a filing by one side or the other is not sufficient. Second, the parties must email a Word version of a proposed Scheduling Order under Rule 16(b) to the Court's proposed order inbox. Lead counsel for the parties must participate in filing the initial status report. Plaintiff must serve this Order on all other parties. If the defendant has not been served with process, plaintiff's counsel must contact the Courtroom Deputy at jessica_j_ramos@ilnd.uscourts.gov to reschedule the initial status report deadline. Plaintiff should not file the Joint Initial Status Report before the defendant(s) has been served with process. The parties must discuss settlement in good faith and make a serious attempt to resolve this case amicably. All counsel of record must read and comply with this Court's Standing Orders on its webpage. Please pay special attention to the Standing Orders about Depositions and Discovery. Mailed notice. (jjr, ) (Entered: 04/02/2024) |
| 2024-04-03 | 5 | MOTION by Plaintiff Thomas Soulefor Issuance of Summons (Ruberry, Edward) (Entered: 04/03/2024) |
| 2024-04-03 | 6 | NOTICE of Motion by Edward F. Ruberry for presentment of motion for miscellaneous relief 5 before Honorable Steven C. Seeger on 4/8/2024 at 09:00 AM. (Ruberry, Edward) (Entered: 04/03/2024) |
| 2024-04-03 | 7 | ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Thomas Soule by Edward F. Ruberry of Francis P. Cuisinier (Ruberry, Edward) (Entered: 04/03/2024) |
| 2024-04-03 | 8 | ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Thomas Soule by Francis P. Cuisinier (Cuisinier, Francis) (Entered: 04/03/2024) |
| 2024-04-05 | 9 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Steven C. Seeger: The motion hearing set for April 8, 2024 is hereby stricken. Mailed notice. (jjr, ) (Entered: 04/05/2024) |
| 2024-04-12 | 10 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Steven C. Seeger: Plaintiff's motion for issuance of a summons to the United States with a shorter return date (Dckt. No. 5 ) is hereby denied. The Federal Rules give the United States 60 days to respond to a complaint. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(a)(2). That's the rule, unless there is a good reason to depart from the rule. Here, Plaintiff gives no reason. Plaintiff asks this Court to take away half of the government's customary response time, without giving this reason any reason for the request. Plaintiff did not give a reason, and this Court does not see a reasons on its own. It's a FOIA case, without any unusual urgency. So the request to cut the government's response time in half is hereby denied. Mailed notice (jjr, ) (Entered: 04/12/2024) |
| 2024-04-15 | | SUMMONS Issued as to U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney General (axk, ) (Entered: 04/15/2024) |
| 2024-06-14 | 11 | DESIGNATION of Patrick Walter Johnson as U.S. Attorney for Defendant United States Department of Justice (Johnson, Patrick) (Entered: 06/14/2024) |
| 2024-06-14 | 12 | ANSWER to Complaint by United States Department of Justice (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1)(Johnson, Patrick) (Entered: 06/14/2024) |
| 2024-12-18 | 13 | MOTION by Plaintiff Thomas Soule to substitute party (Mizera, Edward) (Entered: 12/18/2024) |
| 2024-12-18 | 14 | NOTICE by Thomas Soule re MOTION by Plaintiff Thomas Soule to substitute party 13 (Mizera, Edward) (Entered: 12/18/2024) |
| 2024-12-27 | 15 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Steven C. Seeger: The agreed motion for substitution (Dckt. No. 13 ) is hereby granted. Francis Cuisinier is hereby substituted as the plaintiff in place of Thomas Soule. Soule is dismissed as a plaintiff. Mailed notice (jjr, ) (Entered: 12/27/2024) |
| 2024-12-27 | 16 | ANNUAL REMINDER: Pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 (Notification of Affiliates) , any nongovernmental party, other than an individual or sole proprietorship, must file a statement identifying all its affiliates known to the party after diligent review or, if the party has identified no affiliates, then a statement reflecting that fact must be filed. An affiliate is defined as follows: any entity or individual owning, directly or indirectly (through ownership of one or more other entities), 5% or more of a party. The statement is to be electronically filed as a PDF in conjunction with entering the affiliates in CM/ECF as prompted. As a reminder to counsel, parties must supplement their statements of affiliates within thirty (30) days of any change in the information previously reported. This minute order is being issued to all counsel of record to remind counsel of their obligation to provide updated information as to additional affiliates if such updating is necessary. If counsel has any questions regarding this process, this LINK will provide additional information. Signed by the Honorable Virginia M. Kendall on 12/27/2024: Mailed notice. (tg, ) (Entered: 12/30/2024) |
| 2025-10-02 | 17 | ORDER AMENDED GENERAL ORDER 25-0024: GENERAL ORDER HOLDING IN ABEYANCE: CIVIL MATTERS INVOLVING THE UNITED STATES AS A PARTY: This matter is before the Court due to the lapse of congressional appropriations funding the federal government, including the Department of Justice and the United States Attorney's Office. Absent an appropriation, the United States represents that certain Department of Justice attorneys and employees of the federal government are prohibited from working, even on a voluntary basis, except in very limited circumstances, including "emergencies involving the safety of human life or the protection of property." 31 U.S.C. § 1342. Therefore, the lapse in appropriations requires a reduction in the workforce of the United States Attorney's Office and other federal agencies, particularly with respect to prosecution and defense of civil cases. The Court, in response, and with the intent to avoid any default or prejudice to the United States or other civil litigants occasioned by the lapse in funding, sua sponte enters this General Order. As a result of the cited workforce reductions, it is hereby ORDERED, effective October 1, 2025, that all civil litigation involving as a party the United States of America, its agencies, its officers or employees (whether in their individual or official capacity and whether current or former employees), and/or any other party represented by the Department of Justice or the United States Attorney's Office is immediately suspended, postponed, and held in abeyance continuing until funding for federal government operations is fully restored. The Court may renew or modify this General Order depending on developments in the stay period. The Court intends "civil litigation" to include all pending non-criminal cases in which the United States, its agencies, its officers or employees (whether in their individual or official capacity and whether current or former employees) is in any way a named party and any non-criminal cases in which the United States Attorney's Office or the Department of Justice is counsel of record. This includes, without limitation, all pending Social Security cases and all cases seeking monetary or equitable relief in which the United States is involved as a civil litigant. The General Order does not affect habeas corpus cases pending or filed under Chapter 153 of Title 28. This General Order suspends and continues, during the stay, any and all events and deadlines in the affected civil litigation (whether established by order, rule, or agreement), including but not limited to any scheduled proceedings, hearings, and/or discovery and pleading dates. No party will be required to take any steps in civil litigation affected until expiration of the stay. The Court warns litigants that this General Order does not purport to affect rights to, or deadlines concerning, appeal from any decision of this Court, which will continue to operate and issue orders in the normal course. Any litigant affected by this General Order may seek relief from the order by motion. The Court may, in any particular case, vary the effect or operation of this General Order by a separate order. The Court shall distribute this General Order: (a) by electronic service to all registered CM/ECF users; (b) by first-class mail to unregistered civil litigants, including pro se litigants, and to attorneys pending pro hac vice admission; and (c) by posting the General Order on the Court's public website. This General Order does not operate as a stay of any injunction or restraining order entered by any judge of this court. The Court shall clarify the status of case schedules upon expiration of the stay and dependent on the timing of the funding resolution. Signed by the Honorable Virginia M. Kendall on 10/2/2025: Mailed notice. (tg, ) (Entered: 10/02/2025) |
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