INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER E. CLIFTON KNOWLES, Magistrate Judge. Pursuant to Local Rule 16.01, this initial case management order is submitted by counsel representing Plaintiff Cross and Defendants Metropolitan Government, Steve Anderson, William Loucks, and T. Gene Donegan. Counsel request the entry of this order by this Honorable Court. 1. Jurisdiction . This Court has original jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1331 and 28 U.S.C. 1343(a), and supplemental jurisdiction over State...
INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER WILLIAM J. HAYNES, Chief District Judge. In accordance with Local Rule 16.01(d)(2), the parties submit this Initial Case Management Order. I. JURISDICTION AND VENUE: The Court has jurisdiction of this case pursuant 28 U.S.C. 1331, 1343(a)(4), and 1367(a). Venue is appropriate in the Columbia Division, in the Middle District of Tennessee. II. PARTIES' THEORIES OF THE CASE: A. Plaintiff's Theory of the Case: Plaintiff endured retaliatory harassment and was...
MOTION FOR STATUS CONFERENCE WILLIAM J. HAYNES, Jr., District Judge. Comes now Clayton Whittaker, Attorney at Law and moves the court for a status conference and would state as follows: 1. The Defendant has requested new counsel. This matter is pending before the court along with other motions regarding detention and release and speedy trial. ORDER This motion is GRANTED. A status conference for all defendants is set for January 4, 2012 at 9:30 am.
INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER #1 JULIET GRIFFIN, Magistrate Judge. Pursuant to the Notice of Initial Case Management Conference issued by the Clerk, the parties submit the following Proposed Case Management Order: I. Jurisdiction and venue. Federal jurisdiction in this case is predicated on 28 U.S.C. 1331, 1343 et. seq., and this case is brought under the authority of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. 1983 and the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution....
AGREED CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER #1 JULIET E. GRIFFIN, Magistrate Judge. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f) and the Local Rules for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, counsel for both parties have conferred and hereby submit the following proposed Case Management Order. 1. JURISDICTION: The parties agree that this Court has jurisdiction pursuant to the FLSA of 1938, 29 U.S.C. 216(b) and 28 U.S.C. 1337. The Court also has personal...
INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER #1 JULIET GRIFFIN, Magistrate Judge. This Proposed Initial Case Management Order is submitted pursuant to Rule 16 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Local Rule 16.01 of this District Court. The initial case management conference was held on Wednesday, December 5, 2012, before Magistrate Judge Juliet Griffin. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: I. JURISDICTION AND VENUE Plaintiff's position: This District Court has jurisdiction pursuant to Section 301 of the Labor...
INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER #1 JULIET GRIFFIN, Magistrate Judge. Pursuant to the Notice of Initial Case Management Conference issued by the Clerk, the parties submit the following Proposed Case Management Order: I. Jurisdiction and venue. Federal jurisdiction in this case is predicated on 28 U.S.C. 1331, 1343 et. seq., and this case is brought under the authority of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. 1983 and the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution....
AGREED CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER #1 JULIET E. GRIFFIN, Magistrate Judge. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f) and the Local Rules for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, counsel for both parties have conferred and hereby submit the following proposed Case Management Order. 1. JURISDICTION: The parties agree that this Court has jurisdiction pursuant to the FLSA of 1938, 29 U.S.C. 216(b) and 28 U.S.C. 1337. The Court also has personal...
MOTION IN LIMINE WILLIAM J. HAYNES, Jr., Chief Judge. Comes the Attorney for the Defendant, Corey Lanier, and would move the Court as follows: That the Government be prohibited from introducing evidence of the Defendant's past crimes, unless the Defendant introduces said testimony or opens the door to have such testimony come into evidence. Defendant would aver to the Court that under the Federal Rules of Evidence 404, any such evidence would be more prejudicial than probative and therefore...
CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER # 1 JULIET E. GRIFFIN, Magistrate Judge. Pursuant to the Court's Order and Local Rule 16.01(d)(1)b.2, the parties file their Proposed Case Management Order as follows: I. Jurisdiction: Plaintiff's complaint seeks relief from Defendant pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 1681; T.C.A. 4-21-101, et seq.; and for common law claims of breach of contract and/or breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing. Therefore, this court has original jurisdiction under the...
MOTION TO STRIKE MOTION TO REOPEN DETENTION HEARING WILLIAM J. HAYNES, District Judge. The defendant, Roger Donald Humphrey, through undersigned counsel, moves to strike the motion to reopen detection hearing filed at Docket Entry 77.
NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE JOHN S. BRYANT, Magistrate Judge. Come now the Plaintiffs, Trifecta Consulting, LLC and Christopher Sehman, through counsel, and give notice pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(i) that they hereby dismiss this action without prejudice.
CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER ALETA TRAUGER, District Judge. In accordance with Local Rule 11(d), and pursuant to the Case Management Conference held on December 19, 2012, before the Honorable Aleta Trauger, U.S. District Judge, the parties submit the following case management order for the Court's approval. I. Jurisdiction and Venue 1. Jurisdiction is not in dispute and is based upon 28 U.S.C. 1331. II. Parties' Theories of the Case A. Plaintiffs' Theory of the Case Plaintiff began his...
INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER E. CLIFTON KNOWLES, Magistrate Judge. Pursuant to Local Rule 16.01, this initial case management order is submitted by the counsel representing the parties above. Counsel for the Plaintiffs and Defendant request that this Order be entered into by this Honorable Court. A. Jurisdiction : The court has jurisdiction pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000e-5 and 28 U.S.C. 1331 B. Brief Theories of the Parties : 1. Plaintiffs'...
ORDER KEVIN H. SHARP, District Judge. It appearing to the Court that the defendants have consented (Docket No. 43), to the remand of this action to the court from which it was removed on August 13, 2012 (Docket No. 1), it is hereby ordered that this action is remanded, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1447(c), to the Chancery Court for the State of Tennessee, Thirteenth Judicial District, Putnam County, Cookeville, Case No. 2012-148. There shall be no award of costs and expenses incurred as a result of...
MEMORANDUM WILLIAM J. HAYNES, JR., Chief Judge. This Memorandum addresses oral motions for acquittal that the Court reserved under Fed.R.Crim.P. 29(b) and post trial motions filed by Defendants Idris Ibrahim Fahra, Andrew Kayachith and Yassin Abdirahman Yusuf. After trial, the parties requested extensions of time to file responses, supplemental responses, replies and surreplies. Given the factual complexity of this action, the Court granted these requests. The last reply was filed by the...
INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER #1 JULIET GRIFFIN, Magistrate Judge. Pursuant to the Notice of Initial Case Management Conference issued by the Clerk, the parties submit the following Proposed Case Management Order: I. Jurisdiction and venue. Federal jurisdiction in this case is predicated on 28 U.S.C. 1331, 1343 et. seq., and this case is brought under the authority of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. 1983 and the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution....
JURY DEMANDED JULIET E. GRIGGIN, Magistrate Judge. AGREED CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER # 1 Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f) and the Local Rules for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, counsel for both parties have conferred and hereby submit the following proposed Case Management Order. 1. JURISDICTION: The parties agree that this Court has jurisdiction pursuant to the FLSA of 1938, 29 U.S.C. 216(b) and 28 U.S.C. 1337. The Court also has...
MEMORANDUM ALETA A. TRAUGER, District Judge. The defendants have filed a Motion to Change Venue (Docket No. 2), and the plaintiff has filed a Motion to Remand (Docket No. 6). With respect to these motions, the plaintiff has filed an Opposition to the Motion to Change Venue (Docket No. 5), and the defendants have filed a combined Response in Opposition to the Motion to Remand and Reply concerning the Motion to Change Venue (Docket No. 13). For the reasons stated herein, the Motion to Remand...
AGREED ORDER FOR RELEASE AND PROTECTION OF PLAINTIFF'S MEDICAL RECORDS WILLIAM J. HAYNES, Jr., Chief Judge. Pursuant to Rules 26 and 34 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and 45 C.F.R. 160 and 164 of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ("HIPAA"), which specifically states that, "A covered entity may disclose protected health information in the course of any judicial or administrative proceeding: (I) in response to an order of a court or administrative tribunal,...
