Case details

Court: ohnd
Docket #: 1:15-cv-02507
Case Name: Leonhardt v. Strollo et al
PACER case #: 222007
Date filed: 2015-12-04
Date terminated: 2016-10-12
Assigned to: Judge James S. Gwin
Case Cause: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Civil Rights Act
Nature of Suit: 440 Civil Rights: Other
Jury Demand: Both
Jurisdiction: Federal Question

Parties

Represented Party Attorney & Contact Info
Christian Leonhardt
Plaintiff
 
Hector G. Martinez , Jr.
Ste. 240
4230 State Route 306
Willoughby, OH 44094
216-875-5555
Fax: 216-875-5566
Email: hector@martinezlawfirm.com
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Leslie S. Johns
Martinez Firm
Ste. 240
4230 State Route 306
Willoughby, OH 44094
216-875-5555
Fax: 216-875-5566
Email: leslie@martinezlawfirm.com
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Robert Strollo
Defendant
 
Ernest L. Wilkerson , Jr.
Wilkerson & Associates
Ste. 200
24100 Chagrin Blvd.
Cleveland, OH 44122
216-696-0808
Fax: 880-502-9720
Email: ewilkerson@wilkersonlpa.com
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Kathryn M. Miley
Wilkerson & Associates
Ste. 200
24100 Chagrin Blvd.
Cleveland, OH 44122
216-696-0808
Fax: 880-502-9720
Email: kmmiley@wilkersonlpa.com
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Aaron Reese
Defendant
 
Ernest L. Wilkerson , Jr.
(See above for address)
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Kathryn M. Miley
(See above for address)
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
City of Cleveland
Defendant
 
Ernest L. Wilkerson , Jr.
(See above for address)
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Kathryn M. Miley
(See above for address)
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Documents

Date Filed Document # Attachment # Short Description Long Description Upload date SHA1 hash
2015-12-04 1 0 Notice of Removal from Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, case number CV15-853936 with jury demand, Filing fee $ 400, receipt number 0647-7384154.. Filed by City of Cleveland. (Attachments: # 1 Complaint, # 2 Civil Cover Sheet) (Miley, Kathryn) (Entered: 12/04/2015)
2015-12-04 2 0 Magistrate Consent Form issued. (C,BA) (Entered: 12/04/2015)
2015-12-04 3 0 Motion to dismiss party filed by Defendant City of Cleveland. Related document(s) 1 . (Wilkerson, Ernest) (Entered: 12/04/2015)
2015-12-18 4 0 PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO WITHDRAW GRANTED (Related Doc. 9 ) Motion to consolidate cases filed by Plaintiff Christian Leonhardt. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - Complaint CV-14-835823, # 2 Exhibit B - Indictment 15-CR-595084, # 3 Exhibit C - Complaint CV-15-853936, # 4 Civil Cover Sheet Civil Cover Sheet)(Johns, Leslie) Modified text on 12/21/2015 (R,Sh). Modified text and regenerated NEF on 1/12/2016 (D,MA). (Entered: 12/18/2015)
2015-12-22 5 0 Motion to dismiss party defendants Reese and Strollo. Filed by Aaron Reese, Robert Strollo. (Miley, Kathryn) Modified text on 12/22/2015 (R,Sh). (Entered: 12/22/2015)
2015-12-22 6 0 Opposition to 4 Motion to consolidate cases filed by City of Cleveland. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit State trial order, # 2 Exhibit State Counterclaim)(Miley, Kathryn) (Entered: 12/22/2015)
2016-01-04 7 0 Opposition to 3 Motion to dismiss party filed by Christian Leonhardt. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet)(Johns, Leslie) s/ signature of Hector G. Martinez, Jr. Modified text to indicate document not text searchable on 1/5/2016 (R,Sh). (Entered: 01/04/2016)
2016-01-05 8 0 Reply in support of 3 Motion to dismiss party filed by City of Cleveland. (Miley, Kathryn) (Entered: 01/05/2016)
2016-01-08 9 0 Motion to withdraw document Motion to Consolidate filed by Plaintiff Christian Leonhardt. Related document(s) 4 . (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet)(Johns, Leslie) Modified text to indicate document is not text searchable on 1/11/2016 (R,Sh). (Entered: 01/08/2016)
2016-01-12 10 0 Marginal Entry Order signed by Judge James S. Gwin on 1/12/16 granting the plaintiff's motion to withdraw the motion to consolidate cases previously filed on 12/18/16. (Related Docs. 4 and 9 ) (D,MA) (Entered: 01/12/2016)
2016-01-12 11 0 Opinion and Order signed by Judge James S. Gwin on 1/12/16 denying the motion to dismiss of defendant City of Cleveland for the reasons set forth in this order. (Related Doc. 3 ) (D,MA) (Entered: 01/12/2016)
2016-01-13 12 0 Separate Answer to Complaint with Jury Demand (Related Doc # 1 ) filed by City of Cleveland. (Miley, Kathryn) (Entered: 01/13/2016)
2016-01-21 13 0 FILING ERROR, DOCUMENT IS NOT TEXT SEARCHABLE. Opposition to 5 Motion to dismiss party filed by Christian Leonhardt. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet) (Johns, Leslie) Modified on 1/22/2016 for filing error, counsel notified to refile, also s/signature does not match filing attorney, NEF regenerated (H,SP). (Entered: 01/21/2016)
2016-01-22 14 0 Reply in support of 5 Motion to dismiss party filed by Aaron Reese, Robert Strollo. (Wilkerson, Ernest) (Entered: 01/22/2016)
2016-01-22 15 0 Opposition to 5 Motion to dismiss party filed by Christian Leonhardt. (Martinez, Hector) (Entered: 01/22/2016)
2016-04-14 16 0 Opinion & Order signed by Judge James S. Gwin on 4/14/16. For the reasons set forth in this order, the Court grants in part and denies in part the motion to dismiss of defendants Aaron Reese and Robert Strollo. The Court grants the motion to dismiss as to Counts 1, 3, and 5. The Court denies the motion to dismiss as to Counts 2 and 4. (Related Doc. 5 ) (D,MA) (Entered: 04/14/2016) 2017-02-20 17:02:38 c8150a835876df7f79550129a604ad7ef59a7d22
2016-04-14 17 0 Magistrate Consent Package issued on behalf of Judge James S. Gwin on 4/14/16. (D,MA) (Entered: 04/14/2016)
2016-04-14 18 0 Case Management Conference Scheduling Order signed by Judge James S. Gwin on 4/14/16 setting a conference for 5/19/16 at 1:00 p.m., Chambers 18A. IMPORTANT: The parties are advised to carefully read this Order. The Court requires the attendance of (1) all parties, (2) lead counsel and (3) a representative with full authority for settlement purposes. (D,MA) (Entered: 04/14/2016)
2016-04-15 19 0 Separate Answer to Complaint with Jury Demand (Related Doc # 1 ) filed by Robert Strollo. (Miley, Kathryn) (Entered: 04/15/2016)
2016-05-16 20 0 Report of Parties' Planning Meeting , parties do not consent to this case being assigned to the magistrate judge, filed by Christian Leonhardt. (Johns, Leslie) (Entered: 05/16/2016)
2016-05-19 21 0 Preliminary Estimate/Budget of Amount of Fees and Expenses filed by Christian Leonhardt. (Johns, Leslie) (Entered: 05/19/2016)
2016-05-19 22 0 Minutes of case management conference before Judge James S. Gwin on 5/19/16. (Court Reporter: None; Time: 1 hr.) (D,MA) (Entered: 05/20/2016)
2016-05-20 23 0 Case Management Conference Plan/Order signed by Judge James S. Gwin on 5/20/16. Case is assigned to the standard track. Parties to be joined and pleadings amended by 5/19/16. Dispositive motions shall be filed by 7/25/16 with responses due 8/8/16 and replies due 8/15/16. All discovery to be completed by 9/26/16. Status conference set for 8/18/16 at 12:00 p.m., and final pretrial conference set for 10/11/16 at 4:00 p.m., both in Chambers 18A. Jury trial is assigned on a two-week standby basis beginning 10/17/16 at 8:00 a.m., Courtroom 18A before Judge James S. Gwin. IMPORTANT: The parties are advised to carefully read this Order. The Court requires the attendance of (1) all parties, (2) lead counsel and (3) a representative with full authority for settlement purposes. (D,MA) (Entered: 05/20/2016)
2016-05-20 24 0 Order signed by Judge James S. Gwin on 5/20/16 that plaintiff shall identify experts by 6/13/16 and defendants shall identify experts by 6/27/16. (D,MA) (Entered: 05/20/2016)
2016-07-25 25 0 Motion for summary judgment filed by City of Cleveland, Robert Strollo. (Attachments: # 1 Brief in Support, # 2 Declaration of Robert Strollo plus exhibits, # 3 Declaration of Aaron Reese, # 4 Exhibit C - Plaintiff Interrogatory Responses, # 5 Exhibit D - Order on Lopez v. City of Cleveland) (Miley, Kathryn). Modified on 7/26/2016 to remove double wording (H,SP). (Entered: 07/25/2016)
2016-08-02 26 0 Proposed Exhibit List filed by Christian Leonhardt. (Johns, Leslie) (Entered: 08/02/2016)
2016-08-02 27 0 Proposed Witness List filed by Christian Leonhardt. (Johns, Leslie) (Entered: 08/02/2016)
2016-08-15 28 0 Opposition to 25 Motion for summary judgment filed by Christian Leonhardt. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - Declaration of Christian Leonhardt, # 2 Exhibit B - Transcript of Defendant Strollo Phone Call, # 3 Exhibit C - Internal Affairs Investigative Report, # 4 Exhibit D - Gilbert Mendez Indictment, # 5 Exhibit E - Declaration of Robert Strollo) (Johns, Leslie). Modified on 8/16/2016 to remove double wording (H,SP). (Entered: 08/15/2016)
2016-08-15 29 0 Motion to strike Brief in Opposition and in the alternative, Motion for extension of time to file response/reply to 25 Motion for summary judgment filed by City of Cleveland, Robert Strollo. (Related document(s) 28 , 25 ) (Miley, Kathryn) Modified text on 8/16/2016 (H,SP). (Entered: 08/15/2016)
2016-08-16 30 0 Response to 29 Motion to strike Brief in Opposition and in the alternative, Motion for extension of time to file response/reply to 25 Motion for summary judgment filed by Christian Leonhardt. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - Leslie Johns Affidavit)(Johns, Leslie). Modified on 8/17/2016 to remove double wording (H,SP). (Entered: 08/16/2016)
2016-08-18 31 0 Minutes of status conference before Judge James S. Gwin on 8/18/16. The Court granted plaintiff's motion for leave to file its opposition to defendants' motion for summary judgment late as filed on 8/15/16. The Court denied defendants' motion to strike plaintiff's opposition and granted the motion for an extension of time to file reply brief. Said reply brief shall be filed by 8/26/16. (Court Reporter: None; Time: 6 min.) (Related Doc. 29 ) (D,MA) (Entered: 08/18/2016)
2016-08-22 32 0 Reply in support of 25 Motion for summary judgment filed by City of Cleveland, Robert Strollo. (Miley, Kathryn) (Entered: 08/22/2016)
2016-09-08 33 0 Opinion & Order signed by Judge James S. Gwin on 9/8/16 granting in part and denying in part defendants' motion for summary judgment for the reasons set forth in this order. (Related Docs. 25 , 28 , and 32 ) (D,MA) (Entered: 09/08/2016)
2016-10-04 34 0 Motion in limine to Exclude Evidence Re Any References to General Police Orders, Policies, and Training filed by Defendant Robert Strollo. (Miley, Kathryn) (Entered: 10/04/2016)
2016-10-04 35 0 Motion in limine to Exclude Evidence re potential indemnity filed by Defendant Robert Strollo. (Miley, Kathryn) (Entered: 10/04/2016)
2016-10-04 36 0 FILING ERROR, COUNSEL TO REFILE. Motion Judicial Notice filed by Defendant Robert Strollo. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit GPO 3.4.16)(Miley, Kathryn) Modified text to note attorney filed using the incorrect motion event. motion to be refiled, motion termed, nef regenerated on 10/4/2016 (E,P). Modified text on 10/5/2016 (H,SP). (Entered: 10/04/2016)
2016-10-04 37 0 Motion in limine to Exclude Evidence of Prior Discipline, Complaints filed by Defendant Robert Strollo. (Miley, Kathryn) (Entered: 10/04/2016)
2016-10-04 38 0 Motion in limine to Exclude Testimony Challenging Probable Cause to Arrest or to Prosecute for Domestic Violence or Disorderly Conduct filed by Defendant Robert Strollo. (Miley, Kathryn) (Entered: 10/04/2016)
2016-10-04 39 0 Motion in limine to Exclude Evidence of Strollo's Recent Discipline filed by Defendant Robert Strollo. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Suspension Letter)(Miley, Kathryn) (Entered: 10/04/2016)
2016-10-04 40 0 Motion to take Judicial Notice filed by Defendant Robert Strollo. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit GPO 3.4.16) (Miley, Kathryn). Modified text on 10/5/2016 (H,SP). (Entered: 10/04/2016)
2016-10-04 41 0 Proposed Voir Dire filed by Robert Strollo. (Miley, Kathryn) (Entered: 10/04/2016)
2016-10-04 42 0 Proposed Jury Instructions filed by Robert Strollo. (Miley, Kathryn) (Entered: 10/04/2016)
2016-10-05 43 0 Motion in limine to exclude testimony or argument regarding improper damages filed by Defendant Robert Strollo. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - Medical Payment Documentation, # 2 Exhibit B - Leonhard Deposition Excerpt) (Miley, Kathryn). Modified text on 10/7/2016 (H,SP). (Entered: 10/05/2016)
2016-10-06 44 0 Exhibit List filed by Robert Strollo. (Miley, Kathryn) (Entered: 10/06/2016)
2016-10-06 45 0 Witness List filed by Robert Strollo. (Miley, Kathryn) (Entered: 10/06/2016)
2016-10-06 46 0 Trial Brief filed by Robert Strollo. (Miley, Kathryn) (Entered: 10/06/2016)
2016-10-06 47 0 Proposed Final Pretrial Stipulation and Order filed by Robert Strollo. (Miley, Kathryn) Modified on 10/7/2016 to remove double wording (H,SP). (Entered: 10/06/2016)
2016-10-06 48 0 Exhibit List filed by Christian Leonhardt. (Johns, Leslie) (Entered: 10/06/2016)
2016-10-06 49 0 Witness List filed by Christian Leonhardt. (Johns, Leslie) (Entered: 10/06/2016)
2016-10-07 50 0 Motion in limine to Exclude Text Messages filed by Plaintiff Christian Leonhardt. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Excerpt of Christian Leonhardt Deposition Transcript)(Johns, Leslie) (Entered: 10/07/2016)
2016-10-07 51 0 Motion in limine to Permit Evidence of Internal Affairs Investigation filed by Plaintiff Christian Leonhardt. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Excerpt of Internal Affairs Report, # 2 Exhibit Opinion & Order)(Johns, Leslie) (Entered: 10/07/2016)
2016-10-07 52 0 Response to 39 Motion in limine to Exclude Evidence of Strollo's Recent Discipline filed by Christian Leonhardt. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Discipline Letter - July 28, 2016, # 2 Exhibit Opinion & Order, # 3 Exhibit Internal Affairs Report)(Johns, Leslie) (Entered: 10/07/2016)
2016-10-07 53 0 Response to 38 Motion in limine to Exclude Testimony Challenging Probable Cause to Arrest or to Prosecute for Domestic Violence or Disorderly Conduct filed by Christian Leonhardt. (Johns, Leslie) (Entered: 10/07/2016)
2016-10-07 54 0 Response to 43 Motion in limine to exclude testimony or argument regarding improper damages filed by Christian Leonhardt. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Attorney Fee Invoice)(Johns, Leslie) (Entered: 10/07/2016)
2016-10-10 55 0 Opposition to 50 Motion in limine to Exclude Text Messages filed by Robert Strollo. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Text messages)(Miley, Kathryn) (Entered: 10/10/2016)
2016-10-10 56 0 Opposition to 51 Motion in limine to Permit Evidence of Internal Affairs Investigation filed by Robert Strollo. (Miley, Kathryn) (Entered: 10/10/2016)
2016-10-10 57 0 Proposed Jury Instructions filed by Christian Leonhardt. (Johns, Leslie) (Entered: 10/10/2016)
2016-10-10 58 0 Proposed Voir Dire filed by Christian Leonhardt. (Johns, Leslie) (Entered: 10/10/2016)
2016-10-11 59 0 Deposition of Monica De La Garza taken on 09/16/16 filed by Robert Strollo. (Miley, Kathryn) (Entered: 10/11/2016)
2016-10-11 60 0 Deposition of Christian Leonhardt taken on 09/09/16 filed by Robert Strollo. (Miley, Kathryn) (Entered: 10/11/2016)
2016-10-11 61 0 Minutes of final pretrial conference before Judge James S. Gwin on 10/11/16. (Court Reporter: None; Time: 20 min.) (D,MA) (Entered: 10/11/2016)
2016-10-12 62 0 Order signed by Judge James S. Gwin on 10/12/16. Upon the parties' representation that all issues have been resolved the docket is marked settled and dismissed with prejudice. The Court retains jurisdiction as set forth in this entry. (D,MA) (Entered: 10/12/2016)