ORDER J.P. STADTMUELLER , District Judge . Before the Court is Plaintiffs' second motion to lift the stay of proceedings in these patent actions, referred to collectively as the "Related Cases." (Docket #131). 1 Plaintiffs ask the Court to lift the stay in light of the recent decisions of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("PTAB") on inter partes review ("IPR") of Plaintiffs' patents. During IPR, the PTAB upheld the validity of Plaintiffs'...
DECISION AND ORDER GRANTING THE DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (DKT. NO. 39) PAMELA PEPPER , District Judge . Plaintiff Allen Tony Davis is an inmate at Green Bay Correctional Institution (GBCI). On May 15, 2015, the court screened the plaintiff's third amended complaint under 28 U.S.C. 1915A and permitted him to proceed on an Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference to a serious medical need claim against the defendant. Dkt. No. 15. On June 30, 2016, the defendant filed a motion...
ORDER J.P. STADTMUELLER , District Judge . 1. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Shomas Winston ("Winston"), a prisoner, brings this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1983 against Defendant Dr. Mary Sauvey ("Dr. Sauvey"), alleging that she was deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs, in violation of the Eighth Amendment. Specifically, Winston complains that Dr. Sauvey mis-diagnosed an injury to his finger and, based on her mis-diagnosis, she improperly treated him. Winston filed his...
DECISION AND ORDER LYNN ADELMAN , District Judge . Plaintiff Robert Love, brings this suit alleging that defendants Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital (Froedtert), and several physicians employed by MCW violated the False Claims Act and Wisconsin tort law. Before me now is Love's motion for leave to file an amended complaint, the parties' joint motion to modify the schedule, and Love's motion to schedule a telephonic status conference. I. Motion for...
ORDER WILLIAM E. DUFFIN , Magistrate Judge . The plaintiffs filed the present action on March 16, 2015. It was initially assigned to the Honorable Rudolph T. Randa. The matter was reassigned to this court on September 2, 2016, after Judge Randa became unavailable due to illness and the parties consented to have a magistrate judge preside over their case. The court subsequently granted the plaintiffs' motion to file a third amended complaint. (ECF No. 68.) One defendant, Maxx Orthopedics...
DECISION AND ORDER DENYING THE PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (DKT. NO. 43), GRANTING THE DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (DKT. NO. 46), AND ALLOWING THE PLAINTIFF TO FILE AN AMENDED COMPLAINT PAMELA PEPPER , District Judge . Plaintiff Darrick D. Johnson, who is representing himself, was incarcerated at the Milwaukee County Jail from June 26, 2012, through July 7, 2012. On May 11, 2015, the court screened the plaintiff's amended complaint under 28 U.S.C. 1915A and...
DECISION AND ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR PARTIAL DISMISSAL WILLIAM C. GRIESBACH , Chief District Judge . Plaintiff Dawn Stevens, an "exotic" dancer, filed a putative collective action against the Oval Office Gentlemen's Club, an adult entertainment business allegedly owned and operated by Defendants Oval Office, LLC, Jennifer DeCaster, and Gary DeCaster. Plaintiff brings this action asserting violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. 201, et seq. (FLSA), Wisconsin...
OPINION AND ORDER STEPHEN L. CROCKER , Magistrate Judge . Plaintiff Timothy Bubb seeks review of a final decision by defendant Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, denying his claim for child disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income under the Social Security Act. 42 U.S.C. 405(g). Bubb, who was born February 15, 1994, applied for benefits at the age of 18, alleging that he had been disabled since January 1, 2010 as a result of numerous...
AMENDED OPINION AND ORDER WILLIAM M. CONLEY , District Judge . Plaintiffs International Association of Machinists District 10 ("District 10") and its Local Lodge 873 filed this lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. 1983, challenging a single provision of Wisconsin's "Right to Work" law, Section 9 of 2015 Wisconsin Act 1, that prohibits "dues checkoff authorizations" unless revocable upon 30 days' notice by an employee. Wis. Stat. 111.06(1)(i). Plaintiffs maintain that this prohibition is preempted...
ORDER STEPHEN L. CROCKER , Magistrate Judge . Pro se plaintiff Jon Soto brings claims that defendants David Gibbons and Kevin Ely, officers employed by the Trempealeau County Sheriff's Office, violated his Fourth Amendment rights by entering his home to arrest him without a warrant. Plaintiff also brings a Wisconsin-law wrongful death claim for defendants' actions during the search, which plaintiff says contributed to his mother's death. Defendants have filed a motion for summary judgment....
ORDER J.P. STADTMUELLER , District Judge . On November 9, 2016, the Court screened Plaintiff's original complaint and allowed Plaintiff to proceed on an excessive force claim against several of the Defendants. (Docket #8). On November 28, 2016, Plaintiff requested leave to file an amended complaint. (Docket #14). The Court granted Plaintiff's request (Docket #17), and on December 19, 2016, Plaintiff filed his amended complaint (Docket #20). As noted in the first screening order, the Court...
DECISION AND ORDER LYNN ADELMAN , District Judge . On December 7, 2015, the plaintiff, Chrisandra Lilly, filed a complaint in this court pro se. One of the defendants, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Inc. ("CHW"), filed a motion for a more definite statement under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(e). On May 16, 2016, I granted CHW's motion, saying, "[I]t is impossible to make out what claim or claims plaintiff is advancing." Decision & Order, ECF No. 26, at 1. I ordered Lilly to...
DECISION AND ORDER LYNN ADELMAN , District Judge . On November 25, 2015, the plaintiff, Chrisandra Lilly, filed a complaint in this court pro se. The defendant, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Inc. ("CHW"), filed a motion for a more definite statement under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(e). On May 16, 2016, I granted CHW's motion, saying, "[I]t is impossible to make out what claim or claims plaintiff is advancing." Decision & Order, ECF No. 5, at 1. I ordered Lilly to file an...
ORDER J.P. STADTMUELLER , District Judge . Plaintiff Kendale Sims ("Sims"), a prisoner, brings this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1983 against Defendants, alleging that they were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs, in violation of the Eighth Amendment. Defendants are three individuals who worked at Oshkosh Correctional Institution ("Oshkosh"), the prison where Sims was housed during the events alleged in his complaint. Sims claims that Defendant Dr. Kate Keshena ("Dr....
DECISION AND ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AND DISMISSING CASE NANCY JOSEPH , Magistrate Judge . A Milwaukee County jury convicted Eric Lesueur of seven counts of recklessly endangering safety while armed and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. He was sentenced to an aggregate of twenty-three years prison to be followed by seventeen and one-half years extended supervision. Lesueur seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2254. He argues...
OPINION AND ORDER WILLIAM M. CONLEY , District Judge . Plaintiffs International Association of Machinists District 10 ("District 10") and its Local Lodge 873 filed this lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. 1983, challenging a single provision of Wisconsin's "Right to Work" law, Section 9 of 2015 Wisconsin Act 1, that prohibits "dues checkoff authorizations" unless revocable upon 30 days' notice by an employee. Wis. Stat. 111.06(1)(i). Plaintiffs maintain that this prohibition is preempted by 302(...
ORDER JAMES D. PETERSON , District Judge . Plaintiff Dawn M. Best brought this case to appeal the Commissioner's decision denying her application for disability benefits. After full briefing, the court reversed the Commissioner's decision and remanded the case. Dkt. 22. On remand, the Commissioner found Best disabled and awarded substantial past-due benefits. Dkt. 30-2, at 2. Best had agreed under a contingency fee agreement to pay her counsel 25 percent of the past-due benefits in the...
ORDER J.P. STADTMUELLER , District Judge . On December 20, 2016, the parties filed a stipulation for entry of a protective order. (Docket #24). The parties request that the Court enter a protective order so that the parties may avoid the public disclosure of confidential information and documents. See (Docket #24-1). Rule 26(c) allows for an order "requiring that a trade secret or other confidential research, development, or commercial information not be revealed or be revealed only in a...
PROTECTIVE ORDER J.P. STADTMUELLER , District Judge . On December 20, 2016, the parties filed a stipulated request for a confidentiality order. (Docket #18). They request the order so that they may avoid the public disclosure of confidential information and documents that the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") will produce in response to the plaintiffs' subpoena. Id. at 1. Rule 26(c) allows for an order "requiring that a trade secret or other confidential research, development, or...
ORDER J.P. STADTMUELLER , District Judge . 1. INTRODUCTION On November 9, 2016, the defendant Milwaukee County (the "County") filed a motion for summary judgment. (Docket #17). The plaintiff Davius Conrod ("Conrod") responded to the motion, and also offered his own cross motion for summary judgment, on December 12, 2016. (Docket #25 and #26). The County offered its reply on December 22, 2016. (Docket #28). For the reasons explained below, the Court must grant the County's motion and deny...
