E.D. Wis. 2:16-cv-00943 Case History

Whitaker v. Kenosha Unified School District
No. 2:16-cv-00943, Docket 

Court: Eastern District Wisconsin
Assigned to: Judge Pamela Pepper
Previously assigned to Senior Judge Rudolph T. Randa (unavailable), then Magistrate Judge David E. Jones (party declined magistrate) 

Associated Cases:
Kenosha Unified School District No.1 v. Whitaker, No. 16-8019, Docket (7th Cir.); Petition denied 11/14/2016
Whitaker v. Kenosha Unified School District No.1, No. 16-3522, Docket (7th Cir.)
Kenosha Unified School District No.1 v. Whitaker, No. 17-301, Docket (U.S.)

COMPLAINTS AND ANSWER

• Complaint (07/19/2016)
  • Plaintiff’s motion to refile complaint without redactions (07/19/2016) [Granted]
• Amended Complaint, without redactions (08/15/2016)
  • Defendants’ Answer (10/18/2016)
• Parties Stipulation to dismiss Dr. Sue Savaglio-Jarvis as a Defendant (08/09/2017) [Granted, 08/11/2017)

PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION (Granted in part)

• Plaintiff’s Motion (08/15/2016)
  • Brief in Support
  • Amended Exhibit 4 – Declaration of Melissa Whitaker
• Defendants’ Opposition  (08/26/2016)
  • Ronald Stadler Affidavit
• Plaintiff’s Reply (08/31/2016)
• Oral Argument held September 6, 2016
  • Plaintiff’s Supplemental Authority addressing questions presented at argument (09/09/2016)
• Oral Argument held Tuesday, September 20, 2016; Minutes; TRANSCRIPT
  • Order (from the bench) granting preliminary injunction; see written order below
  • See Minutes and Transcript for additional details
  • Plaintiff’s Opposition to Defendants’ Request for Bond (09/22/2016)

• Decision and Order (09/22/2016) Granting in part
  • Defendants are Enjoined from
    •  denying Plaintiff access to the boys’ restrooms
    • enforcing any policy, written or unwritten, against the Plaintiff that would prevent him from using the boys’ restroom during any time he is on the school premises or attending school-sponsored events
    • disciplining Plaintiff for using the boys’ restroom during any time that he is on the school premises or attending school-sponsored events
    • monitoring or surveilling in any way Plaintiff’s restroom use.
  •  Denies Defendants’ request for a preliminary injunction bond

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Defendants’ Notice of Appeal to 7th Circuit Court of Appeals (09/23/2016)
– Docketed as case number 16-3522
Opinion and Judgment (05/30/2017); Mandate (06/21/2017)
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• Defendants’ Motion for Stay pending appeal (09/28/2016)
• ORDER – Denying motion (10/03/2016)

MOTION TO DISMISS (Denied)

• Defendants’ Motion (08/16/2016)
  • Brief in Support
• Plaintiff’s Opposition (08/26/2016)
  • Appendix
• Defendants’ Reply (08/31/2016)
• Oral Argument held September 6, 2016; taken under advisement; Minute Entry; TRANSCRIPT 
  • Plaintiff’s Supplemental Authority addressing questions presented at argument (09/09/2016)
  • Defendants’ Response to Supplemental Authority (09/13/2016)
• Hearing held Monday, September 19, 2016; Minutes; TRANSCRIPT

• ORDER denying motion to dismiss (09/25/2016); See Minutes for additional details  [REPLACED BY AMENDED ORDER, below]
  • Defendants’ Proposed Order  (09/20/2016)

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Defendants’ Notice of Appeal to 7th Circuit Court of Appeals (09/23/2016) [but see Amended Order below, vacating certification for interlocutory appeal]
– Docketed as case number 16-8019 (Petition for permission to appeal)
Petition Denied (11/14/2016)
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• Plaintiff’s Motion to Reconsider Certification of Order for Interlocutory Appeal (09/22/2016)
• ORDER – Granting Plaintiff’s Motion, see amended order below (09/25/2016)
• Defendants’ Motion to vacate the order granting Plaintiffs’ motion to reconsider (09/27/2016)
  • Plaintiff’s Opposition to Defendant’s Motion to vacate order (09/27/2016)
  • ORDER – Denying Defendant’s Motion (10/03/2016)

• AMENDED ORDER denying motion to dismiss (09/25/2016) [Replaces 9/21 order, above]

DISCOVERY (Stayed pending later of 7th Circuit decision or end of 2016-17 school year)

• Joint Motion to Enter Proposed Protective Order (01/30/2017)
  • Granted: Protective Order as to confidential, sensitive, or personally identifiable information (02/02/2017)

• Joint Motion to Stay Discovery (05/01/17)
• ORDER Granting Motion(05/05/2017)
  • Discovery stayed until the Seventh Circuit issues its decision in defendants’ appeal of the preliminary injunction or June 12, 2017, the last day of the school year in the Kenosha Unified School District, whichever is later.
  • See Order for additional details

• Defendants’ Motion for Independent Medical Examination of Plaintiff (05/05/2017)
  • Brief in Support of Motion
• Parties’ Joint Motion to enter agreed 0rder governing medical examination (07/10/2017)
• Order Granted; Motion to Dismissed as Moot (07/11/17)

CASE MANAGEMENT PROCEEDINGS

• Status Conference held August 19, 2016; Minutes
  • establishes briefing schedule on pending motions
  • sets oral argument for 9/6 at 3:30

• Scheduling Conference (by phone) set for October 21, 2016 at 11:30 am [docket text order, 10/05/2016]
  • Parties’ Joint Rule 26(f) Report (10/14/2016)
  • Minutes and Order  (10/21/2016)
    • Sets discovery deadlines
    • Dispositive motions due by June 16, 2017
    • Pretrial disclosure by September 15, 2017
    • Final Pretrial conference set for September 28, 2017
    • Trial set for October 16, 2017, estimated 5 days
• Plaintiff’s Motion for Scheduling Conference (10/04/2016)

• Plaintiff’s Unopposed Motion to Modify Scheduling Order (11/14/2016); Granted (12/13/2016)
  • Resets certain discovery deadlines
• Joint Motion to Modify Scheduling Order (01/09/2017); Granted (01/09/2017)
  • Resets certain discovery deadlines
• Joint Motion to Modify Scheduling Order (06/27/17); Granted (06/30/2017)
  • Sets new deadlines for dispositive motions, etc.

Current through Docket #72+1, 08/11/2017