| Court: | ilnd |
| Docket #: | 1:14-cv-04252 |
| Case Name: | Garza v. Cook County Department of Correctional Jail |
| PACER case #: | 296965 |
| Date filed: | 2014-06-06 |
| Assigned to: | Honorable Milton I. Shadur |
| Referred to: | Honorable Jeffrey Cole (Settlement) |
| Case Cause: | 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights |
| Nature of Suit: | 555 Civil Rights (Prison Condition) |
| Jury Demand: | Defendant |
| Jurisdiction: | Federal Question |
| Represented Party | Attorney & Contact Info |
| Daniel Anthony Garza Plaintiff |
Bhairav Radia Alison Hope Motta James Edward Murray Scott D. Verhey |
| Cook County Department of Correctional Jail Defendant TERMINATED: 07/19/2016 |
Michael D. Warner |
| Service List Defendant |
Prisoner Correspondence 5 - Internal Use Only |
| Thomas J. Dart Defendant Sheriff of Cook County |
Patrick F. Russell |
| Scott Bratlein Defendant |
Patrick F. Russell |
| SGT. Harris Defendant |
Patrick F. Russell |
| Unknown Cook County Corrections Officers Defendant |
| Date Filed | Document # | Attachment # | Short Description | Long Description | Upload date | SHA1 hash |
| 2014-06-06 | 1 | 0 | RECEIVED Complaint and no copies by Daniel Anthony Garza; (Exhibits); (Envelope not postmarked). (mjc, ) (Entered: 06/10/2014) | |||
| 2014-06-06 | 2 | 0 | CIVIL Cover Sheet. (mjc, ) (Entered: 06/10/2014) | |||
| 2014-06-06 | 3 | 0 | MOTION by Plaintiff Daniel Anthony Garza for leave to proceed in forma pauperis; (Exhibits). (mjc, ) (Entered: 06/10/2014) | |||
| 2014-06-11 | 4 | 0 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Milton I. Shadur: Petitioner is directed to supplement his complaint with a showing that he has exhausted all available administrative remedies which is required to have federal jurisdiction. This showing is due by 6/25/2014. Mailed notice (gds) Modified on 6/11/2014 (gds). (Entered: 06/11/2014) | |||
| 2014-06-11 | 5 | 0 | MEMORANDUM Order Signed by the Honorable Milton I. Shadur on 6/11/2014.Mailed notice(mjc, ) (Entered: 06/12/2014) | |||
| 2014-06-16 | 6 | 0 | MAIL returned that was sent to Daniel Anthony Garza returned as undeliverable ; discharged. (las, ) (Entered: 06/17/2014) | |||
| 2014-06-23 | 7 | 0 | MAIL returned for document # 5 sent to Daniel Anthony Garza returned as undeliverable ; discharged. (las, ) (Entered: 07/02/2014) | |||
| 2014-07-14 | 8 | 0 | LETTER from Daniel Anthony Garza dated 7/9/14. (mjc, ) (Entered: 07/22/2014) | |||
| 2014-08-07 | 9 | 0 | LETTER from Daniel Garza dated 08/04/2014. (as, ) (Entered: 08/14/2014) | |||
| 2014-08-19 | 10 | 0 | NOTICE by plaintiff Daniel Anthony Garza regarding correspondences. (Poor Quality Original - Paper Document on File.)(mjc, ) (Entered: 08/21/2014) | |||
| 2014-08-26 | 11 | 0 | MEMORANDUM Opinion and Order. The Clerk shall send acopy of this order to the Lawrence trust fund officer. Because three weeks ought to be more than ample for that purpose, this action is set for a status hearing at 8:45 a.m. September 18, 2014, and arrangements should be made by members of the State's Attorney's Office to communicate with their counterparts in the Attorney General's Office to provide for Garza's telephonic participation in that status hearing from his present location in the Lawrence Correctional Center. Signed by the Honorable Milton I. Shadur on 8/26/2014. Mailed notice(tlp, ) (Entered: 08/26/2014) | |||
| 2014-08-27 | 12 | 0 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Milton I. Shadur: The minute entry of 8/26/2014 document #11 is amended to reflect: The Clerk shall send a copy of this order to the Lawrence trust fund officer. This action is set for a status hearing at 8:45 a.m. September 18, 2014, and arrangements should be made by members of the State's Attorney's Office to communicate with their counterparts in the Attorney General's Office to provide for Garza's telephonic participation in that status hearing from his present location in the Lawrence Correctional Center.Mailed notice (tlp, ) Modified on 8/27/2014 (td, ). (Entered: 08/27/2014) | |||
| 2014-09-18 | 13 | 0 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Milton I. Shadur: Case called for status hearing on 9/18/2014. No one appeared. Mailed notice (tlp, ) (Entered: 09/18/2014) | |||
| 2014-09-19 | 14 | 0 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Milton I. Shadur: A new status hearing is set for 8:45 a.m. October 3, 2014, and this Court's staff will make certain that copies of the Opinion and of this memorandum order are transmitted to the appropriate addressee at the State's Attorney's Office, who will be expected to comply with the directive in the Opinion and to make certain that a member of that office is also in attendance at that hearing. Enter Memorandum Order. E-mailed notice to all e-mail recipients and to Donald.Pechous@cookcountyil.gov by Court staff CDH. (cdh, ) (Entered: 09/19/2014) | |||
| 2014-09-19 | 15 | 0 | MEMORANDUM ORDER Signed by the Honorable Milton I. Shadur on September 9, 2014. E-mailed notice to all e-mail recipients and to Donald.Pechous@cookcountyil.gov by Court Staff CDH. (cdh, ) (Entered: 09/19/2014) | |||
| 2014-10-03 | 16 | 0 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Milton I. Shadur: Status hearing held on 10/3/2014. State's Assistant attorney representing defendant Cook County Department of Correctional Jail is ordered to apprise pro se plaintiff of the content of today's status hearing. Mailed notice (tlp, ) (Entered: 10/03/2014) | |||
| 2014-10-02 | 17 | 0 | CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER Number 6: 1) The Executive Committee Order of September 18, 2014, was erroneously entered in a number of closed cases. That Executive Committee Order is vacated with respect to the cases listed below. Those cases remain closed. 2) Attorneys from the law firm of Loevy & Loevy were mistakenly entered as counsel of record in all of the coordinated Cook County Jail conditions cases. The Clerk is directed to terminate Loevy & Loevy attorneys from all of the coordinated Cook County Jail conditions cases except for lead case Cox v. Dart, Case No. 13 C 5874. 3) All pending motions in the coordinated Cook County Jail conditions cases are stricken. The Court instructs the Clerk to terminate all pending motions in the cases listed in attached Appendix A. Those motions are dismissed without prejudice, pending further directives from the Court. 4) Pursuant to the Executive Committee Orders dated February 28, 2014, and September 18, 2014, Prisoner Correspondence has identified the following cases involving substantially similar claims concerning the overall conditions of confinement at the Cook County that shall be coordinated for pretrial proceedings along with the above-captioned action. These cases are in addition to those cases listed in the Hon. Robert W. Gettleman's previous Case Management Orders. Signed by the Honorable Virginia M. Kendall on 10/2/2014. Mailed notice (Attachments: # 1 Appendix A)(rp, ) (Entered: 10/03/2014) | |||
| 2014-10-03 | 18 | 0 | LETTER from Charles Redfern, Staff Attorney dated 10/3/14. (mjc, ) (Entered: 10/06/2014) | |||
| 2014-09-18 | 19 | 0 | EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ORDER: Pursuant to the Executive Committee Orders of December 13, 2013, January 10, 2014, and February 28, 2014, for reasons of judicial efficiency, coordinated pretrial proceedings in cases identified as "Division 3 Cases" were assigned to the Honorable Robert W. Gettleman pursuant to IOP 13(e) and Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Cole. As additional Division 3 Cases were identified by Prisoner Correspondence, those cases were also assigned to Judges Gettleman and Cole for coordinated pretrial proceedings. It appears that the above referenced Division 3 Cases, along with a large number of other cases alleging similar overall unconstitutional conditions of confinement at Cook County Jail (the "Jail"), primarily concerning lack of heat, pests, plumbing issues, and environmental toxins such as asbestos, mold, and mildew, have been filed pro se by current or former detainees at the Jail. Given these common allegations, the cases are interrelated with each other, and they are also related to certain of the matters at issue in United States of America v. Cook County, Illinois, et al., Case No. 10 C 2946, being presided over by the Honorable Virginia Kendall in connection with the enforcement and monitoring of a consent decree entered in that case. Judge Kendall has volunteered to handle all such cases for coordinated pretrial proceedings, with the goal of identifying common issues that can be managed on a coordinated basis. It is hereby ordered that the cases appearing on Appendix A hereto are reassigned for coordinated pretrial proceedings pursuant to IOP 13(e) to Judge Kendall, and Magistrate Judge Cole is designated as the magistrate judge for those cases. This Order shall apply only to cases filed after the filing date of Case No. 12 C 9902, and it shall apply only to cases in which the complaint is based on overall unconstitutional conditions of confinement at the Jail, such as lack of heat, pests, plumbing issues, and environmental toxins such as asbestos, mold, and mildew. A copy of this order is to be entered on the docket in each such case. The Executive Committee contemplates that groups of these cases may be reassigned for coordinated pretrial proceedings to Judge Gettleman, Judge Robert Dow and/or Judge Sara Ellis, who have volunteered to handle coordinated pretrial proceedings at the request of Judge Kendall, Because additional cases may be identified that should be added to these coordinated pretrial proceedings, it is further ordered that, where a case is so identified by Prisoner Correspondence, the Clerk is directed to add that case to the coordinated pretrial proceeding before Judge Kendall, and to designate Magistrate Judge Cole in the case. A copy of this order is to be entered on the docket in such case. It is further ordered that all case management orders are to remain in effect until further order of the Court. It is further ordered that all such cases shall remain pending on the calendar of the judges to whom they are currently assigned, and that an order shall be entered in each case by Judge Kendall at such time as coordinated pretrial proceedings have concluded. Signed by the Executive Committee on 9/18/2014. Signed by the Executive Committee on 9/18/2014.(rm, ) (Entered: 10/06/2014) | |||
| 2014-10-07 | 20 | 0 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Milton I. Shadur: This is one of a large number of cases alleging assertedly unconstitutional conditions of confinement at the Cook County Jail which the Executive Committee of this District Court has reassigned to Judge Kendall for coordinated pretrial proceedings. During the course of those proceedings this Court, to whose calendar this case itself remains assigned, will not conduct status hearings, instead setting and resetting such status dates from time to time with no need to appear. That next status date in this case is set for 1/13/2015 at 9:00 AM. Mailed notice (tlp, ) (Entered: 10/07/2014) | |||
| 2014-10-14 | 21 | 0 | LETTER from plaintiff Daniel Garza dated 10/9/14. (mjc, ) (Entered: 10/20/2014) | |||
| 2014-11-10 | 23 | 0 | LETTER from Daniel A. Garza dated 11/2/14. (Exhibits) (mmy, )(Poor Quality Original - Paper Document on File.) (Entered: 11/17/2014) | |||
| 2015-01-13 | 26 | 0 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Milton I. Shadur: Status hearing set for 1/13/2015 is reset to 4/13/2015 at 09:00 AM.Mailed notice (clw, ) (Entered: 01/14/2015) | |||
| 2015-01-26 | 30 | 0 | LETTER from Daniel Garza dated 01/21/2015. (jl, ) (Entered: 01/30/2015) | |||
| 2015-05-01 | 33 | 0 | ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendant Cook County Department of Correctional Jail by Michael D. Warner (Warner, Michael) (Entered: 05/01/2015) | |||
| 2015-07-09 | 37 | 0 | NOTICE by Daniel Anthony Garza of Change of Address (ks, ) (Entered: 07/14/2015) | |||
| 2015-07-06 | 38 | 0 | CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER NUMBER 12. Signed by the Honorable Virginia M. Kendall on 7/6/2015. Mailed notice. (kp, ) (Entered: 09/29/2015) | |||
| 2015-10-08 | 39 | 0 | STATUS Report by Cook County Department of Correctional Jail (Attachments: # 1 Affidavit Theresa Olson, # 2 Exhibit BB (Garza))(Fleming, Conor) (Entered: 10/08/2015) | 2017-02-17 13:19:38 | fbf9eb8adf2268cc7f7960b7802f39511473f2c4 | |
| 2015-10-08 | 40 | 0 | ORDER: Defendant concedes Plaintiff has exhausted his administrative remedies 39 . The Court recruits Scott D. Verhey of Law Offices of Scott D. Verhey, 734 North Wells Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60654, to represent Plaintiff. Counsel for Plaintiff is directed to confer with Plaintiff within 21 days of this order. Discovery closes on January 15, 2016. Signed by the Honorable Virginia M. Kendall on 10/8/2015.Mailed notice (ph, ) (Entered: 10/08/2015) | |||
| 2015-10-16 | 41 | 0 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Virginia M. Kendall:Minute entry 40 is stricken. Attorney Scott Verhey is relieved of his assignment. The Court recruits James Edward Murray, McAndrews & Norgle, LLC, 53 West Jac,son Blvd., Suite 315, Chicago, IL, 60604-3692, (312) 786-4323, Email: jemltd@sbcglobal.net. Counsel for Plaintiff is directed to confer with Plaintiff within 21 days of this order. Discovery closes on January 15, 2016.Mailed notice (tsa, ) (Entered: 10/16/2015) | |||
| 2015-11-25 | 42 | 0 | CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER NUMBER 15: The Defense appeared in the lead case, Cox v. Dart, No. 13 C 5874, and informed the Court that due to the burden of presenting the affirmative defense of exhaustion in the remaining Division III and Division III Annex cases, it will no longer seek to present the defense and therefore concedes exhaustion. All Pavey hearings that are currently scheduled are terminated. All exhaustion discovery is terminated. All counsel who have been recruited for the sole purpose of challenging the affirmative defense (a/k/a Pavey counsel) are permitted to withdraw at this time. Any counsel who has agreed to maintain the matter for purposes of the merits of the case shall remain counsel. If Pavey counsel seeks to withdraw, s/he shall file an unopposed motion to withdraw based on this case management order by November 30, 2015. The Court commends the law firms of Sidley Austin, Jenner & Block, McDermott Will & Emery, and Katten Muchin Rosenman for their service to the Court and for their significant contributions in aiding the Court with the exhaustion issues. Signed by the Honorable Virginia M. Kendall on 11/25/2015. Mailed notice. (td, ) (Entered: 11/25/2015) | |||
| 2015-12-15 | 43 | 0 | ORDER: A status hearing is scheduled for January 19, 2016 @ 9:00 a.m. Signed by the Honorable Virginia M. Kendall on 12/15/2015. Mailed notice (ph, ) (Entered: 12/15/2015) | |||
| 2016-01-19 | 45 | 0 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Virginia M. Kendall:Status hearing held on 1/19/2016. Counsel, James Edward Murray, is permitted to withdraw his appearance. The Court will recruit new counsel.Mailed notice (tsa, ) (Entered: 01/19/2016) | |||
| 2016-01-19 | 46 | 0 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Virginia M. Kendall:The Court recruits Alison Hope Motta, Motta & Motta LLC, 559 W. Galena Blvd., Aurora, IL 60506, 630-844-2766, Fax: 6305961689, Email: info@mottalawfirm.com as counsel to represent the plaintiff. Mailed notice (tsa, ) (Entered: 01/19/2016) | |||
| 2016-02-03 | 48 | 0 | MOTION by Attorney Alison Motta to withdraw as attorney for Daniel Anthony Garza. New address information: Daniel A Garza, Pinckneyville Correction Center, B79690, PO BOX 999, Pinckneyville IL 62274 (Motta, Alison) (Entered: 02/03/2016) | |||
| 2016-02-22 | 49 | 0 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Virginia M. Kendall:Motion to withdraw as attorney 48 is granted. The Court will recruit new counsel. Counsel is reminded that all motions must be noticed before the court in the future. Alison Motta is given leave to withdraw her appearance. Mailed notice (tsa, ) (Entered: 02/22/2016) | |||
| 2016-02-23 | 50 | 0 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Virginia M. Kendall:The recruits Bhairav Radia, O'Halloran Kosoff Geitner & Cook LLC, 650 Dundee Road, Suite 475, Northbrook, IL 60062, 847 291 0200, Fax: (312)744-6566, Email: bradia@okgc.com as counsel to represent the plaintiff. Mailed notice (tsa, ) (Entered: 02/23/2016) | |||
| 2016-02-24 | 51 | 0 | ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Daniel Anthony Garza by Bhairav Radia (Radia, Bhairav) (Entered: 02/24/2016) | |||
| 2016-03-11 | 53 | 0 | ORDER: A status hearing is scheduled for May 12, 2016 at 9:30 a.m. - Signed by the Honorable Virginia M. Kendall on 3/11/2016. Mailed notice (np, ) (Entered: 03/11/2016) | |||
| 2016-03-11 | 54 | 0 | CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER NUMBER 22 Signed by the Honorable Virginia M. Kendall on 03/11/2016. (mmy, ) (Entered: 03/14/2016) | |||
| 2016-03-14 | 55 | 0 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Virginia M. Kendall. Status hearing set for 5/12/2016 is reset for 5/19/2016 at 9:00 a.m. Mailed notice. (lk, ) Modified on 3/14/2016 (lk, ). (Entered: 03/14/2016) | |||
| 2016-05-12 | 58 | 0 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Virginia M. Kendall. Status hearing reset for 5/19/2016 at 1:30 PM. (TIME CHANGE ONLY). Mailed notice (lk, ) (Entered: 05/12/2016) | |||
| 2016-05-19 | 59 | 0 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Virginia M. Kendall. Status hearing held on 5/19/2016. Plaintiff's counsel reports case may not be a Division III case, but a Division IV case. Defendant will file a proposed order or contact the courtroom deputy by 5/26/2016 to advise if case should continue on as a Division III case. Mailed notice (lk, ) (Entered: 05/20/2016) | |||
| 2016-05-26 | 61 | 0 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Virginia M. Kendall. After initial discovery has been reviewed, it has been determined that Plaintiff only spent one night in Division III in November 2012. Accordingly to his complaint, Plaintiff's problems occurred over one year later, therefore this case has been improperly consolidated with the Cox case. The case is deconsolidated and returned to the district court judge. Mailed notice (lk, ) (Entered: 05/26/2016) | |||
| 2016-05-27 | 62 | 0 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Milton I. Shadur: Status hearing set for 6/14/2016 at 09:00 AM.Mailed notice (clw, ) (Entered: 05/27/2016) | |||
| 2016-06-14 | 63 | 0 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Milton I. Shadur:Status hearing held on 6/14/2016. Status hearing set for 7/19/2016 at 09:00 AM.Mailed notice (clw, ) (Entered: 06/14/2016) | |||
| 2016-06-23 | 64 | 0 | STATUS Report by Cook County Department of Correctional Jail (Fleming, Conor) (Entered: 06/23/2016) | |||
| 2016-07-19 | 66 | 0 | First AMENDED complaint by Daniel Anthony Garza against All Defendants Sheriff Tom Dart, Scott Bratlein, Sergeant Harris, and Unknown Cook County Corrections Offficers (Radia, Bhairav) (Entered: 07/19/2016) | |||
| 2016-07-19 | 67 | 0 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Milton I. Shadur:Status hearing held on 7/19/2016. Status hearing set for 10/4/2016 at 09:00 AM.Mailed notice (clw, ) (Entered: 07/19/2016) | |||
| 2016-07-20 | 68 | 0 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Milton I. Shadur:Plaintiff's application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis 3 is granted nunc pro tunc 8/26/2014.Mailed notice (clw, ) (Entered: 07/20/2016) | |||
| 2016-07-20 | 69 | 0 | SUMMONS Issued as to Defendants Thomas J. Dart, SGT. Harris, and Scott Bratlein. (eg,) (Entered: 07/21/2016) | |||
| 2016-07-27 | 71 | 0 | WAIVER OF SERVICE returned executed by the U.S. Marshal Service as to Scott Bratlein waiver sent on 7/26/2016, answer due 9/26/2016. (mc, ) (Entered: 07/29/2016) | |||
| 2016-07-27 | 72 | 0 | WAIVER OF SERVICE returned executed by the U.S. Marshal Service as to Thomas J. Dart waiver sent on 7/26/2016, answer due 9/26/2016. (mc, ) (Entered: 07/29/2016) | |||
| 2016-07-27 | 73 | 0 | SUMMONS Returned Unexecuted by the U.S. Marshal Service as to SGT. Harris. (mc, ) (Entered: 07/29/2016) | |||
| 2016-10-04 | 76 | 0 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Milton I. Shadur:Status hearing held on 10/4/2016. Defendants Dart and Bratlein are given to 10/11/2016 to answer or otherwise plead. Status hearing set for 10/21/2016 at 09:00 AM.Mailed notice (clw, ) (Entered: 10/04/2016) | |||
| 2016-10-13 | 77 | 0 | ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendants Scott Bratlein, Thomas J. Dart, SGT. Harris by Patrick F. Russell (Russell, Patrick) (Entered: 10/13/2016) | |||
| 2016-10-13 | 78 | 0 | ANSWER to amended complaint by Scott Bratlein, Thomas J. Dart, SGT. Harris(Russell, Patrick) (Entered: 10/13/2016) | |||
| 2016-10-13 | 79 | 0 | NOTICE by Scott Bratlein, Thomas J. Dart, SGT. Harris re answer to amended complaint 78 (Russell, Patrick) (Entered: 10/13/2016) | |||
| 2016-10-21 | 80 | 0 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Milton I. Shadur:Status hearing held on 10/21/201. Status hearing set for 12/15/2016 at 09:00 AM.Mailed notice (clw, ) (Entered: 10/21/2016) | |||
| 2016-12-15 | 83 | 0 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Milton I. Shadur:Status hearing held on 12/15/2016. Defendant's counsel is assessed $100 made payable to the Clerk of Court for failure to comply with Local Rule 5.2. Status hearing set for 1/26/2017 at 09:00 AM.Mailed notice (clw, ) (Entered: 12/15/2016) | |||
| 2017-01-26 | 85 | 0 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Milton I. Shadur: Status hearing reset to 4/10/2017 at 09:00 AM.Mailed notice (clw, ) (Entered: 01/27/2017) | |||
| 2017-01-27 | 86 | 0 | Pursuant to Local Rule 72.1, this case is hereby referred to the calendar of Honorable Jeffrey Cole for the purpose of holding proceedings related to: settlement conference.(clw, )Mailed notice. (Entered: 01/27/2017) | |||
| 2017-01-30 | 87 | 0 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Jeffrey Cole: The parties are directed to conference call the courtroom deputy at 312-408-5178 by 2/2/2017 to set a settlement conference date. The parties are directed to contact their respective clients in advance of the conference call to procure 3 or 4 dates that they and the principals are available for a settlement conference between 2/9/2017 and 2/23/2017.Mailed notice (jms, ) (Entered: 01/30/2017) | |||
| 2017-02-06 | 88 | 0 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Jeffrey Cole: Settlement Conference is set for 2/22/2017 at 10:30 AM in Courtroom 1003. The parties shall comply with this court's Standing Order for Settlement Conference, which appears on the court's website and which counsel must review. Plaintiff's counsel shall submit copies of both plaintiff's settlement demand letter as well as defendant's response letter to chambers, room 1088 by 2/16/2017. The parties are reminded that compliance with Local Rule 5.2 (d) and (f) is required and that the parties' respective submissions must have exhibits separated by protruding tabs. Mailed notice (jms, ) (Entered: 02/06/2017) | |||
| 2017-02-22 | 89 | 0 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Jeffrey Cole:Settlement conference held and continued to 3/29/2017 at 10:00 AM. When we attempted via video conferencing to speak with the plaintiff, we were told that the Dept. of Corrections had moved Mr. Garza to Danville last week and had notified no one, including his court recruited lawyer. Therefore, the settlement conference had to be continued to March 29th.Mailed notice (jms, ) (Entered: 02/22/2017) | |||
| 2017-03-16 | 92 | 0 | LETTER from The Illinois Department of Corrections - Danville Correctional Center dated 3/6/2017. (eaa, ) (Entered: 03/17/2017) | |||
| 2017-03-29 | 94 | 0 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Jeffrey Cole:Settlement conference held and continued to 5/15/2017 at 10:00 AM. Mr. Garza, his counsel, counsel for defendant and the court participated in the conference via video. Defense counsel is to immediately obtain and provide all documents pertaining to any allegation made by Mr. Garza in the settlement demand. These documents shall consist of work orders, requests for blankets, repairs, date of condemnation of the facility in which Mr. Garza was housed during the relevant period set forth in his complaint, notes or reports of any corrections officer or counselor or employee of the defendant that refer, reflect, or relate to the allegations in Mr. Garza's complaint, installation of windows or panes in the cell housing Mr. Garza, documents reflecting the name or names of individuals who were housed in the same cell as Mr. Garza during the timeframe set forth in his complaint, the date of Mr. Garza's incarceration in the cell referred to in his complaint and the date on which he was released from that cell and returned to the prison population. The information ordered herein shall be provided, on a rolling basis, immediately to Mr. Garza's counsel and to the court. Additionally, someone with FULL AUTHORITY, as well as current defense counsel must appear at the next settlement conference which is continued to 5/15/17 at 10:00 a.m. It will be insufficient and thus not permitted that someone with full authority is reachable by phone.Mailed notice (jms, ) (Entered: 03/29/2017) | |||
| 2017-04-05 | 95 | 0 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Jeffrey Cole:The court has been advised that the video conferencing center at Danville is not available on 5/15/2017 but is available on 5/18/2017. Accordingly, settlement conference date of 5/15/2017 is reset for 5/18/2017 at 10:00 AM.Mailed notice (jms, ) (Entered: 04/05/2017) | |||
| 2017-04-10 | 97 | 0 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Milton I. Shadur:Status hearing held on 4/10/2017. Status hearing set for 5/22/2017 at 09:00 AM.Mailed notice (clw, ) (Entered: 04/10/2017) | |||
| 2017-05-15 | 98 | 0 | STATUS Report (Joint Status Report on Settlement) by Daniel Anthony Garza (Radia, Bhairav) (Entered: 05/15/2017) | |||
| 2017-05-16 | 99 | 0 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Jeffrey Cole: The parties have reported that the case has been settled and they expect to complete the paperwork, consummate the settlement and file a stipulation to dismiss within 60 days. 98 . All matters relating to the referral of this case having been accomplished, the referral is closed and the case returned to Judge Shadur. Counsel are to be congratulated for their efforts in this case and for the courtesies they showed to each other. The conduct of Bhairav Radia and Patrick Russell, counsel for the parties, demonstrates that lawyers can act civilly and courteously in their dealings with opposing counsel without sacrificing in the slightest the obligations they owe to their clients. Judge Honorable Jeffrey Cole no longer referred to the case.Mailed notice (jms, ) (Entered: 05/16/2017) | |||
| 2017-05-18 | 100 | 0 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Milton I. Shadur: Status hearing set for 5/22/2017 is reset to 7/21/2017 at 09:00 AM.Mailed notice (clw, ) (Entered: 05/18/2017) | |||
| 2017-06-20 | 101 | 0 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Milton I. Shadur:Status hearing set for 7/21/2017 is vacated, to be rescheduled at a later date.Mailed notice (clw, ) (Entered: 06/20/2017) | |||
| 2017-07-14 | 102 | 0 | MOTION by Plaintiff Daniel Anthony Garza for extension of time to file Agreed Motion to Extend time to File Stipulation to Dismiss (Radia, Bhairav) (Entered: 07/14/2017) | |||
| 2017-07-17 | 103 | 0 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Milton I. Shadur:Agreed motion for extension of time to 8/14/2017 to file stipulation to dismiss 102 is granted.Mailed notice (clw, ) (Entered: 07/17/2017) |