8th Cir. 16-3186 Docket

Tovar v. Essentia Health
No. 16-3186, Case History  

Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Panel: Judges Duane Benton, C. Arlen Beam, Diana E. Murphy

Number Date Filed Docket Text
12993547 07/25/2016 Doc Civil case docketed. [4430032] [16-3186] (CYZ)
12993561 07/25/2016 Doc Originating court document filed consisting of notice of appeal, docket entries, order of 5/11/2016, judgment of 5/11/2016, order of 6/23/2016, judgment of 6/23/2016 [4430039] [16-3186] (CYZ)
12993564 07/25/2016 Doc BRIEFING SCHEDULE SET AS FOLLOWS:
Transcript due on or before 09/06/2016. Appendix due 09/13/2016. BRIEF APPELLANT, Brittany R. Tovar due 09/13/2016
Appellee brief is due 30 days from the date the court issues the Notice of Docket Activity filing the brief of appellant.
Appellant reply brief is due 14 days from the date the court issues the Notice of Docket Activity filing the appellee brief. [4430041] [16-3186] (CYZ)
07/25/2016 RECORD FILED – MOTION TRANSCRIPT, Location STP, Comments: Dist. Ct. Doc. #21, Source Location: DC, Dt. of Proceeding/Hearing: 04/14/2016, No. of Pgs.: 35, Court Reporter: Bebault, Carla R [4430044] [16-3186] (CYZ)
12996168 07/28/2016 Doc APPEARANCE filed by David M. Wilk for Appellees HealthPartners Administrators, Inc. and HealthPartners, Inc. w/service 07/28/2016 [4431379] [16-3186] (DMW)
12996197 07/28/2016 Doc CORPORATE disclosure statement filed by Appellees HealthPartners Administrators, Inc. and HealthPartners, Inc.. – FOR CAL [4431391] [16-3186] (DMW)
12996223 07/28/2016 Doc APPEARANCE filed by Stephanie Chandler for Appellees HealthPartners Administrators, Inc. and HealthPartners, Inc. w/service 07/28/2016 [4431401] [16-3186] (SC)
12996538 07/28/2016 Doc APPEARANCE filed by Lisa Edison-Smith for Appellees Essentia Health and Innovis Health, LLC w/service 07/28/2016 [4431586] [16-3186] (LKE)
12996547 07/28/2016 Doc CORPORATE disclosure statement filed by Appellees Essentia Health and Innovis Health, LLC. – FOR CAL [4431588] [16-3186] (LKE)
12996558 07/28/2016 Doc APPEARANCE filed by Vanessa L. Anderson for Appellees Essentia Health and Innovis Health, LLC w/service 07/28/2016 [4431591] [16-3186] (VLA)
12999609 08/02/2016 Doc APPEARANCE filed by Christy L. Hall for Appellant Ms. Brittany R. Tovar w/service 08/02/2016 [4433080] [16-3186] (CLH)
12999612 08/02/2016 Doc APPEARANCE filed by Jill R. Gaulding for Appellant Ms. Brittany R. Tovar w/service 08/02/2016 [4433081] [16-3186] (CLH)
12999621 08/02/2016 Doc APPEARANCE filed by Lisa C. Stratton for Appellant Ms. Brittany R. Tovar w/service 08/02/2016 [4433082] [16-3186] (CLH)
12999644 08/02/2016 Doc MOTION for extension of time to file brief until 10/11/2016, filed by Ms. Jill Renee Gaulding for Appellant Ms. Brittany R. Tovar and Ms. Christy L. Hall for Appellant Ms. Brittany R. Tovar w/service 08/02/2016. [4433096] [16-3186] (CLH)
13001183 08/03/2016 Doc CLERK ORDER:Granting in Part [4433096-2] motion for extension of time to file brief filed by Ms. Jill Renee Gaulding and Ms. Christy L. Hall [4433810] Brief of Brittany R. Tovar due 10/04/2016. Appendix due on 10/04/2016 [4433810] [16-3186] (AMT)
08/09/2016 STATEMENT OF THE CASE filed by Ms. Brittany R. Tovar. w/Service 08/09/2016 [4435994] [16-3186]
DOCUMENT LOCKED. COUNSEL REFILED USING CORRECT EVENT.–[Edited 08/10/2016 by AMT] (CLH)
13005980 08/09/2016 Doc Certificate of transcript filed by Appellant Ms. Brittany R. Tovar. Transcript ordered [4435995] [16-3186] (CLH)
13005983 08/09/2016 Doc METHOD of appendix preparation filed by Appellant Ms. Brittany R. Tovar – Joint Appendix – w/service 08/09/2016 [4435996] [16-3186] (CLH)
13005986 08/09/2016 Doc STATEMENT of issues filed by Appellant Ms. Brittany R. Tovar – w/service 08/09/2016. [4435997] [16-3186] (CLH)
Locked 10/04/2016 Doc Addendum of APPELLANT submitted for review by Ms. Brittany R. Tovar [4455540] [16-3186] (CLH)
Locked 10/04/2016 Doc APPELLANT brief of Ms. Brittany R. Tovar submitted for review. The time for filing the subsequent brief (if any) does not begin to run until the brief has been approved and filed. [4455541] [16-3186] (CLH)
13045969 10/05/2016 Doc BRIEF FILED – APPELLANT BRIEF filed by Ms. Brittany R. Tovar. w/service 10/05/2016 , Length: 13,995 words
10 COPIES OF PAPER BRIEFS FROM Brittany R. Tovar due 10/11/2016 WITH certificate of service for paper briefs
. Brief of Essentia Health, HealthPartners, Inc. and Innovis Health, LLC due on 11/04/2016 [4455668] [16-3186] (AMT)
13045972 10/05/2016 Doc ADDENDUM of APPELLANT FILED by Appellant Ms. Brittany R. Tovar , w/service 10/05/2016 [4455673] [16-3186] (AMT)
13050085 10/11/2016 Doc MOTION interested party, transgender legal defense and education fund , for leave to file amicus curiae brief on behalf of transgender legal defense and education fund, world professional association for transgender health, and whitman walker health. w/service 10/11/2016. [4457677] [16-3186] DOCUMENTS REPLACED TO CORRECT CASE NUMBER–[Edited 10/12/2016 by MER] (EY)
10/11/2016 Paper copies Appellant/Petitioner Brief, [4455668-2] filed by Ms. Brittany R. Tovar 10 paper copies received. w/Addendum attached
[4457775] [16-3186] (AMT)
10/11/2016 RECORD FILED – JOINT APPENDIX, 1 volumes, Comments: 3 Copies, Source Location: St. Louis
[4457777] [16-3186] (AMT)
13050570 10/12/2016 Doc CLERK ORDER: Parties are notified that absent the filing of a formal objection within 8 days, the motion of Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund, World Professional Association for Transgender Health, and Whitman Walker Health for leave to participate as amici curiae in support of appellant will be deemed as granted. [4457890] [16-3186] (AMT)
13059416 10/25/2016 Doc CLERK ORDER:Granting [4457677-2] motion leave to file amicus brief. Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund, Whitman Walker Health and World Professional Association for Transgender Health in 16-3186 have been changed to amici in this case. [4462190] [16-3186] –[Edited to correct typo 10/25/2016 by AMT] (AMT)
13059436 10/25/2016 Doc BRIEF FILED – AMICUS BRIEF filed by Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund, Whitman Walker Health and World Professional Association for Transgender Health w/service 10/25/2016 , Length: 6,719 words
[4462202] [16-3186] (AMT)
10/25/2016 Paper copies Amicus Brief, [4462202-2] filed by Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund, Whitman Walker Health and World Professional Association for Transgender Health 10 paper copies received.
[4462205] [16-3186] (AMT)
Locked 11/04/2016 Doc APPELLEE brief of Essentia Health and Innovis Health, LLC submitted for review. The time for filing the subsequent brief (if any) does not begin to run until the brief has been approved and filed. [4466722] [16-3186] (LKE)
Locked 11/04/2016 Doc APPELLEE brief of HealthPartners Administrators, Inc. and HealthPartners, Inc. submitted for review. The time for filing the subsequent brief (if any) does not begin to run until the brief has been approved and filed. [4466724] [16-3186] (DMW)
13068895 11/07/2016 Doc BRIEF FILED – APPELLEE BRIEF filed by Essentia Health and Innovis Health, LLC, w/service 11/07/2016 , Length: 27 pages
10 COPIES OF PAPER BRIEFS FROM Essentia Health and Innovis Health, LLC due 11/14/2016 WITH certificate of service for paper briefs
[4466973] [16-3186] (AMT)
13068907 11/07/2016 Doc BRIEF FILED – APPELLEE BRIEF filed by HealthPartners Administrators, Inc. and HealthPartners, Inc., w/service 11/07/2016 , Length: 10,602 words
10 COPIES OF PAPER BRIEFS FROM HealthPartners Administrators, Inc. and HealthPartners, Inc. due 11/14/2016 WITH certificate of service for paper briefs
. Reply brief of Brittany R. Tovar due on 11/21/2016. [4466977] [16-3186] (AMT)
13070779 11/09/2016 Doc CORRECTED certificate of service for brief Appellee/Respondent brief, Doc No. [4466977-2], filed by Appellees HealthPartners Administrators, Inc. and HealthPartners, Inc. [4467876] [16-3186] (DMW)
11/09/2016 Paper copies Appellee/Respondent brief, [4466977-2] filed by HealthPartners Administrators, Inc. and HealthPartners, Inc. 10 paper copies received.
[4468561] [16-3186] (AMT)
11/10/2016 Paper copies Appellee/Respondent brief, [4466973-2] filed by Essentia Health and Innovis Health, LLC 10 paper copies received.
[4468562] [16-3186] (AMT)
Locked 11/21/2016 Doc REPLY brief of Ms. Brittany R. Tovar submitted for review. The time for filing the subsequent brief (if any) does not begin to run until the brief has been approved and filed. [4471830] [16-3186] (CLH)
13080303 11/23/2016 Doc BRIEF FILED – APPELLANT REPLY BRIEF filed by Ms. Brittany R. Tovar. w/service 11/23/2016 , Length: 6,664 words
10 COPIES OF PAPER BRIEFS FROM Brittany R. Tovar due 11/28/2016 WITH certificate of service for paper briefs
[4472531] [16-3186] (AMT)
11/28/2016 Paper copies Reply brief, [4472531-2] filed by Ms. Brittany R. Tovar 10 paper copies received.
[4473675] [16-3186] (AMT)
12/12/2016

Please note that this case has been screened for oral argument. The exact date of your oral argument has not been determined at this time. You will be receiving a calendar approximately 4 weeks before the scheduled argument date. Please review the current and future argument dates immediately to determine if you have any conflicts.

Click Here to View Published Argument Calendars and Future Court Session Dates and Locations

If you do have conflicts with any of the argument dates, please inform this court by sending a letter using the ECF docketing event ‘Correspondence to Court’, ‘Letter filed’ ‘regarding availability for oral argument’. Your compliance with this policy will minimize the need for motions to continue or reschedule oral argument. The court also encourages you to notify the clerk if conflicts with these dates develop in the future. The clerk’s office takes conflict dates into consideration in scheduling oral arguments but cannot guarantee that every request will be honored. [4478569] [16-3186] (BWB)

13096669 12/16/2016 Doc LETTER from Appellees Essentia Health and Innovis Health, LLC regarding availability for oral argument. w/service 12/16/2016 [4480614] [16-3186] (LKE)
13099241 12/20/2016 Doc LETTER from Appellees HealthPartners Administrators, Inc. and HealthPartners, Inc. regarding availability for oral argument. w/service 12/20/2016 [4481856] [16-3186] (DMW)
13099291 12/20/2016 Doc LETTER from Appellant Ms. Brittany R. Tovar regarding availability for oral argument. w/service 12/20/2016 [4481879] [16-3186] (CLH)
13115575 01/13/2017 Doc LETTER from Appellant Ms. Brittany R. Tovar regarding availability for oral argument. w/service 01/13/2017 [4489872] [16-3186] (CLH) [Entered: 01/13/2017 12:14 PM]
02/02/2017

SET FOR ARGUMENT – CASE PLACED ON CALENDAR – for Argument in St. Paul on Tuesday, March 07, 2017. To be heard before Judges Duane Benton, C. Arlen Beam and Diana E. Murphy in Division II. The courtroom deputy will be Joe Hagen. All attorneys presenting oral argument must complete a Response Form. Click Here to Complete the Oral Argument Response Form. Click Here for the Complete Calendar

PLEASE REVIEW THE ENTIRE CALENDAR CAREFULLY, PARTICULARLY THE COUNSEL NOTICE PAGE. If you are appointed counsel under the Criminal Justice Act and require airline transportation to oral argument, the court will issue a travel authorization the next business day. [4497457] [16-3186] (TAB) [Entered: 02/02/2017 02:45 PM]

13133641 02/07/2017 Doc ARGUMENT RESPONSE/APPEARANCE FORM filed by Mr. David M. Wilk for HealthPartners Administrators, Inc. and HealthPartners, Inc. and Ms. Stephanie Chandler for HealthPartners Administrators, Inc. and HealthPartners, Inc. for argument in March, at the U.S. Courthouse in St. Paul, Minnesota. [4498758] [16-3186] (DMW) [Entered: 02/07/2017 10:11 AM]
13136060 02/09/2017 Doc LETTER from Appellees HealthPartners Administrators, Inc. and HealthPartners, Inc. regarding Submit citation of supplemental authority pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 28(j).. w/service 02/09/2017 [4500010] [16-3186] (DMW) [Entered: 02/09/2017 11:54 AM]
13136063 02/09/2017 Doc ARGUMENT RESPONSE/APPEARANCE FORM filed by Ms. Jill Renee Gaulding for Ms. Brittany R. Tovar for argument in March, at the U.S. Courthouse in St. Paul, Minnesota. [4500011] [16-3186] (CLH) [Entered: 02/09/2017 11:55 AM]
13136455 02/09/2017 Doc ARGUMENT RESPONSE/APPEARANCE FORM filed by Ms. Lisa Kay Edison-Smith for Essentia Health and Innovis Health, LLC Lisa Edison-Smith / Essentia Health and Innovis Health, LLC doing business as Essentia Health West for argument in March, at the U.S. Courthouse in St. Paul, Minnesota. [4500192] [16-3186] (LKE) [Entered: 02/09/2017 03:14 PM]
13153454 03/06/2017 Doc LETTER from Appellees Essentia Health and Innovis Health, LLC regarding regarding Appellant Brittany R. Tovar’s employment and insurance coverage status. w/service 03/06/2017 [4508843] [16-3186] (LKE) [Entered: 03/06/2017 02:07 PM]
03/07/2017 ARGUED & SUBMITTED in St. Paul to Judges Duane Benton, C. Arlen Beam, Diana E. Murphy on 03/07/2017 Ms. Jill Renee Gaulding for Appellant Ms. Brittany R. Tovar, Ms. Lisa Kay Edison-Smith for Appellees Essentia Health and Innovis Health, LLC and Mr. David M. Wilk for Appellees HealthPartners, Inc. and HealthPartners Administrators, Inc.. Rebuttal by Ms. Jill Renee Gaulding for Ms. Brittany R. Tovar RECORDED. Click Here To Listen to Oral Argument [4509264] [16-3186] (JMH) [Entered: 03/07/2017 11:37 AM]
13214912 05/24/2017 Doc OPINION FILED – THE COURT: Duane Benton, C. Arlen Beam and Diana E. Murphy
AUTHORING JUDGE:Diana E. Murphy (PUBLISHED),
CONCUR AND DISSENT BY: DUANE BENTON [4539643] [16-3186] (AMT)
13214922 05/24/2017 Doc JUDGMENT FILED – The judgment of the originating court is AFFIRMED in part, REVERSED in part and REMANDED in accordance with the opinion.. DUANE BENTON, C. ARLEN BEAM and DIANA E. MURPHY Hrg Mar 2017 [4539646] [16-3186] (AMT)
13225938 06/07/2017 Doc PETITION for enbanc rehearing and also for rehearing by panel filed by Appellant Ms. Brittany R. Tovar w/service 06/07/2017 [4545000] [16-3186] (CLH) [Entered: 06/07/2017 11:36 PM]
13227749 06/09/2017 Doc LETTER from Appellant Ms. Brittany R. Tovar regarding Notice of Withdrawal of Counsel for Appellant by Jill R. Gaulding. w/service 06/09/2017 [4545901] [16-3186] (CLH) [Entered: 06/09/2017 04:56 PM]
13237398 06/22/2017 Doc APPEARANCE filed by Jillian T. Weiss for Amici on Behalf of Appellant(s) Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund, Whitman Walker Health and World Professional Association for Transgender Health w/service 06/22/2017 [4549932] [16-3186] (JTW) [Entered: 06/22/2017 10:22 AM]
13247419 07/06/2017 Doc JUDGE ORDER:Denying [4545000-2] petition for enbanc rehearing filed by Appellant Ms. Brittany R. Tovar. The petition for panel rehearing is also denied., PUBLISHED ORDER. Hrg Mar 2017 [4553995] [16-3186] (AMT) [Entered: 07/06/2017 08:21 AM]
13253206 07/13/2017 Doc MANDATE ISSUED. [4556807] [16-3186] (AMT) [Entered: 07/13/2017 09:26 AM]

Last updated 07/16/2017
Reconciled with online docket 07/16/2017