Case: Puffer v. Allstate Insurance Company

Puffer v. Allstate

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

RECEIPT regarding payment of filing fee paid; on 9/2/04 in the amount of $150.00, receipt #10216326. (rbf) (Pursuant to the March 2011 Judicial Conference Policy requiring that remote access restrictions be implemented when placing scanned versions of previously filed paper documents on the record, this document is restricted to allow public access only at the Clerk's Office public access terminals.) (bg, ). Modified on 6/22/2018 (bg, ). (Entered: 09/02/2004)

SCHEDULE set on 9/17/04 by Hon. George W. Lindberg : Status hearing set for November 3, 2004 at 11:00a.m. Mailed notice (slb)

SCHEDULE set on 10/25/04 by Hon. George W. Lindberg : By agreement of the parties, the status hearing date of November 10, 2004 is stricken. Status hearing set for December 1, 2004 at 11:00a.m. Mailed notice (slb)

SCHEDULE set on 11/15/04 by Hon. George W. Lindberg : Status hearing reset to December 1, 2004 at 9:00a.m. Mailed notice (slb)

SCHEDULE set on 12/17/04 by Hon. George W. Lindberg : Status hearing reset to January 12, 2005 at 9:00a.m. Mailed notice (slb)

SCHEDULE set on 1/11/05 by Hon. George W. Lindberg : Status hearing date stricken No notice (slb)

SCHEDULE set on 1/14/05 by Honorable Michael T. Mason: This matter having been reassigned to Magistrate Judge Mason, an initial status hearing is set for 2/10/05 at 9:00 a.m. in courtroom 2214. The parties shall deliver a file-stamped courtesy copy of an initial status report providing the information required by the enclosed Order Setting Initial Status Report to the courtroom deputy, room 2220, by 2/7/05. Mailed notice (kef)

ANSWER to Puffer's first amended complaint by Allstate Insurance Company(eav, ) (Entered: 01/19/2005)

INITIAL status report by parties upon consent to magistrate (las, ) (Entered: 02/09/2005)

MINUTE entry before Judge Michael T. Mason : Status hearing held on 2/10/2005. No notice (kef, ) (Entered: 02/10/2005)

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ORDER: Case reassigned to Magistrate Judge Sidney I. Schenkier from Magistrate Judge Michael T. Mason for all further proceedings pursuant to IOP 13(F2(a) and IOP 13(F)2(b). Signed by Judge Executive Committee on 2/11/05. (eav, ) (Entered: 02/14/2005)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : Status hearing set for 3/31/2005 at 09:00 AM. Telephone and mail notice (mmm, ) (Entered: 03/22/2005)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : Status hearing reset for 4/21/2005 at 09:00 AM. Telephone and mail notice (mmm, ) (Entered: 03/30/2005)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : Magistrate Judge Status hearing held and continued to 7/12/2005 at 09:00 AM. Mailed notice (mmm, ) (Entered: 04/21/2005)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : Status hearing reset for 7/21/2005 at 09:00 AM. Pursuant to the parties' request, the status hearing set for 7/12/05 is stricken. Telephone and mail notice (mmm, ) (Entered: 07/08/2005)

AGREED MOTION by Defendant Allstate Insurance Company for entry of agreed protective order (gma, ) (Entered: 07/14/2005)

NOTICE of Motion by Anneliese Wermuth for presentment of AGREED MOTION by Defendant Allstate Insurance Company for entry of agreed protective order r 28 before Honorable Sidney I. Schenkier on 7/21/2005 at 08:30 AM. (gma, ) (Entered: 07/14/2005)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : Defendant's agreed motion for protective order doc. # 28 is granted. Enter the agreed protective order as revised by the Court. Mailed notice (eav, ) (Entered: 07/19/2005)

PROTECTIVE Order Signed by Judge Sidney I. Schenkier on 7/15/2005:Mailed notice(eav, ) (Entered: 07/19/2005)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : Status hearing held and continued to 11/16/05 at 9:00 a.m. The Court adopts the parties' proposed class discovery schedule. All non-retained expert fact discovery for class certification is to be completed by 1/25/06. The plaintiff shall disclose experts and submit Rule 26(a)(2) reports on class certification by 2/6/06. The defendant shall disclose experts and submit Rule 26(a)(2) reports on class certification by 4/6/06. No expert depositions are to be taken before all expert reports are submitted. The depositions of all experts with regard to class certification are to be completed by 6/5/06. Mailed notice (eav, ) (Entered: 07/22/2005)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : Status hearing set for 12/6/2005 at 09:00 AM. Mail notice (mmm, ) (Entered: 11/16/2005)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : Magistrate Judge Status hearing held and continued 1/17/2006 at 09:00 AM. Mailed notice (mmm, ) (Entered: 12/07/2005)

MOTION by Plaintiff Katherine Puffer, Defendant Allstate Insurance Company for extension of time to conduct class discovery (Wood, James) (Entered: 01/06/2006)

Joint NOTICE of Motion by James Bryan Wood for presentment of motion for extension of time 35 before Honorable Sidney I. Schenkier on 1/11/2006 at 08:30 AM. (Wood, James) (Entered: 01/06/2006)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : Motion hearing held. Joint motion for extension of time for discovery on class certification 35 is granted. All non-retained expert fact discovery with regard to class certification is to be completed by 3/27/06. The plaintiff shall disclose experts and submit Rule 26(a)(2) reports with regard to class certification by 4/28/06. The defendant shall disclose experts and submit Rule 26(a)(2) reports with regard to class certification by 6/2/06. No expert depositions are to be taken before all expert reports are submitted. The depositions of all experts, with regard to class certification, are to be completed by 7/21/06. Status hearing held and continued to 2/21/06 at 9:00 a.m. The status hearing set for 1/17/06 is stricken. Mailed notice (mmm, ) (Entered: 01/11/2006)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendant Allstate Insurance Company by Brian Wegg Bulger (Bulger, Brian) (Entered: 02/15/2006)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : Magistrate Judge Status hearing held and continued to 3/23/2006 at 09:00 a.m. Mailed notices (gcy, ) (Entered: 02/22/2006)

NOTICE by Johanna Josie Raimond of Change of Address (Raimond, Johanna) (Entered: 02/23/2006)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : Telephone status conference held. At the joint request of the parties, the discovery schedule is suspended in order to permit the parties to engage in settlement negotiations with the assistance of a private mediator. The matter is set for a status conference on 03/29/06 at 9:00 a.m. for a report on the settlement negotiations; the status conference previously set for 03/23/06 is stricken. Mailed notice (mmm, ) (Entered: 02/24/2006)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : Telephone status conference held. At the joint request of the parties, the discovery schedule is suspended. The status conference previously set for 03/23/06 is stricken and reset to 3/29/06 at 9:00 a.m. (mmm, ) (Entered: 02/28/2006)

MOTION by Plaintiff Katherine Puffer to withdraw as attorney (Raimond, Johanna) (Entered: 03/03/2006)

NOTICE of Motion by Johanna Josie Raimond for presentment of motion to withdraw as attorney 43 before Honorable Sidney I. Schenkier on 3/8/2006 at 08:30 AM. (Raimond, Johanna) (Entered: 03/03/2006)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : Johanna Raimond's motion to withdraw as counsel for plaintiff 43 is granted. Telephone notice (mmm, ) (Entered: 03/08/2006)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : Status hearing held and continued to 5/2/2006 at 09:00 AM. Mailed notice (mmm, ) (Entered: 03/29/2006)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : Status hearing held and continued to 6/15/06 at 09:00 AM. Mailed notice (mmm, ) (Entered: 05/02/2006)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : Status hearing held and continued to 9/6/2006 at 09:00 AM. Mailed notice (mmm, ) (Entered: 06/16/2006)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : By agreement of the parties, the status conference set for 09/06/06 is reset for 10/4/2006 at 09:00 a.m. Mailed notice (cdy, ) (Entered: 09/07/2006)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendant Allstate Insurance Company by Khara Aisha Ashanti Coleman (Coleman, Khara) (Entered: 09/25/2006)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : The status hearing set for 10/4/2006 at 9:00 a.m. is reset to 10/4/06 at 08:30 AM. Telephone notice (mmm, ) (Entered: 09/28/2006)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendant Allstate Insurance Company by Rachel L Perrier (Perrier, Rachel) (Entered: 10/02/2006)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : The parties' oral motion to reset the 10/4/06 status hearing to 10/17/06 at 9:00 is granted. Mailed notice (mmm, ) (Entered: 10/02/2006)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : Pursuant to the parties' request, the status hearing set for 10/17/06 is stricken and reset for 11/2/2006 at 09:00 AM. Telephone notice (mmm, ) (Entered: 10/17/2006)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : Status hearing held and continued to 11/21/2006 at 09:00 AM. By 11/17/06, the parties are to submit to the Court their proposed discovery schedule. Mailed notice (mmm, ) (Entered: 11/02/2006)

STATUS Report of November 17, 2006 by Katherine Puffer, Allstate Insurance Company (Friedman, Linda) (Entered: 11/17/2006)

NOTICE by Katherine Puffer re status report 58 of November 17, 2006 (Friedman, Linda) (Entered: 11/17/2006)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : Status hearing held and continued to 12/20/2006 at 09:00 AM. Mailed notice (mmm, ) (Entered: 11/21/2006)

STATUS Report Parties' Joint December 19, 2006 by Katherine Puffer (Stowell, Mary) (Entered: 12/19/2006)

NOTICE by all plaintiffs re status report 61 Notice of Filing of Parties' Joint December 19 2006 Status Report (Stowell, Mary) (Entered: 12/19/2006)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : Status hearing held and continued to 2/22/2007 at 9:00 am. All non-expert fact class discovery shall be completed by 4/27/2007. Plaintiff shall comply with FRCP 26(a)(2) with respect to class issues by 6/21/2007. Defendant shall comply with FRCP 26(a)(2) with respect to class issues by 7/28/2007. All expert depositions with respect to class issues shall be completed by 9/3/2007.Advised in open court (jms, ) (Entered: 12/20/2006)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : Status hearing held and continued to 3/29/2007 at 09:00 AM.Mailed notice (mmm, ) (Entered: 02/23/2007)

MOTION by Plaintiff Katherine Puffer to compel Regarding Succession Planning Redactions and Data, Harassment Complaints & E-Mail (Wood, James) (Entered: 03/09/2007)

MEMORANDUM by Katherine Puffer in support of motion to compel 65 Regarding Succession Planning Redactions and Data, Harassment Complaints & E-Mail (Attachments: # 1 Appendix Unpublished decisions)(Wood, James) (Entered: 03/09/2007)

NOTICE of Motion by James Bryan Wood for presentment of motion to compel 65 before Honorable Sidney I. Schenkier on 3/14/2007 at 08:30 AM. (Wood, James) (Entered: 03/09/2007)

EXHIBITS by Plaintiff Katherine Puffer in support of her MOTION to compel regarding succession planning redactions and data, harassment complaints & e-mails 65 (RESTRICTED). (cdy, ) (Entered: 03/12/2007)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Katherine Puffer by Shona B. Glink Shona B. Glink Attorney Appearance (Glink, Shona) (Entered: 03/12/2007)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : Motion hearing held. For the reasons stated on the record in open court, plaintiff's motion to compelregarding succession planning redactions and data, harassment complaints, and e-mails (doc. # 65) is grantedin part and denied in part as stated below. The status hearing set for 03/29/07 is reset to 04/18/07 at 9:00 a.m. Mailed notice (cdy, ) (Entered: 03/16/2007)

MOTION by Plaintiff Katherine Puffer for order Under Rule 23(d) (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1. Letters of Counsel)(Mollica, Paul) (Entered: 04/17/2007)

NOTICE of Motion by Paul William Mollica for presentment of motion for order 71 before Honorable Sidney I. Schenkier on 4/19/2007 at 08:30 AM. (Mollica, Paul) (Entered: 04/17/2007)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier :Magistrate Judge Status hearing held on 4/18/2007. Briefing schedule as to motion of Katherine Puffer for order Under Rule 23(d) 71 is set as follows: response due by 5/2/2007; reply due by 5/11/2007.Status hearing set for 5/10/2007 at 9:00 AM.Mailed notice (tlp, ) (Entered: 04/18/2007)

RESPONSE by Allstate Insurance Companyin Opposition to MOTION by Plaintiff Katherine Puffer for order Under Rule 23(d) 71 (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A# 2 Exhibit B# 3 Exhibit C# 4 Exhibit D# 5 Exhibit E)(Welch, Donna) (Entered: 05/02/2007)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : The status conference set for 05/10/07 is RESET to 05/31/07 at 9:00 a.m. The date for filing the joint status report is RESET to 05/30/07. Telephone notice (mmm, ) (Entered: 05/09/2007)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : Settlement conference held. The matter is set for a telephone status conference on 05/11/07 at 2:00 p.m. (mmm, ) (Entered: 05/14/2007)

REPLY by Katherine Puffer to MOTION by Plaintiff Katherine Puffer for order Under Rule 23(d) 71 Reply in Support of Motion (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 - Unpublished Authority# 2 Exhibit 2 - Organizational Chart# 3 Exhibit 3 - Wilson Dep Excerpts (per 26.2(d))# 4 Exhibit 4 - Pufer Dep Excerpts# 5 Exhibit 5 - Rizzo Dep Exceprts# 6 Exhibit 6 - Crockett Dep Excerpts (per LR 26.2(d))# 7 Exhibit 7 - Harty Dep Excerpts# 8 Exhibit 8 - Product Operations Documents (per LR 26.2(d))# 9 Exhibit 9 - HR Manual Excerpts (per LR 26.2(d))# 10 Exhibit 10 - HR Manual Excerpts (per LR 26.2(d))# 11 Exhibit 11 - Salary Administration Life Cycle (per LR 26.2(d))# 12 Exhibit 12 - From Salary Grades to Broadbands (per LR 26.2(d))# 13 Exhibit 13 - Mueller Deposition Excerpts)(Mollica, Paul) (Entered: 05/12/2007)

NOTICE by Katherine Puffer re reply to response to motion,,, 76 for Order Under Rule 23(d) (Mollica, Paul) (Entered: 05/12/2007)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : Docket entry 78 which was entered on 5/9/07 was entered in error and is stricken from the record.Mailed notice (mmm, ) (Entered: 05/15/2007)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : Status hearing set for 5/31/07 at 9:00 AM is reset to 5/31/2007 at 10:00 AM. Mailed notice (mmm, ) (Entered: 05/25/2007)

Attorney Appearance Form by Katherine Puffer for Ethan G. Zelizer (Friedman, Linda) (Entered: 05/29/2007)

STATUS Report for May 31, 2007 Status Hearing by Katherine Puffer, Allstate Insurance Company (Friedman, Linda) (Entered: 05/30/2007)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : Status hearing held and continued to 7/12/2007 at 09:00 AM. The Court strikes the existing class discovery schedule.Mailed notice (mmm, ) (Entered: 06/01/2007)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : The Court set a motion hearing for 6/13/2007 at 09:30 a.m. regarding plaintiff's motion to contact current employees.Telephone notice (mmm, ) (Entered: 06/07/2007)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : MOTION HEARING HELD. For the reasons stated on the record in open court, plaintiff's motion for an order under federal rule of civil procedure 23(d) (doc. # 71) is GRANTED in part and denied in part. Plaintiff shall not initiate contact with current Allstate employees in Bands 77 or higher. Plaintiff may initiate contact with current Allstate employees in Bands 63 and 64 who are determined not to be represented parties within the meaning of Local Rule 83.54.2. It will be the burden of Allstate to show, in the first instance, which employees within Bands 63 and 64, based on job titles, are represented parties. At the next status conference, Allstate shall inform the Court as to the amount of time necessary to make that determination. This order does not govern the right of plaintiff to contact former Allstate employees. Allstate shall promptly produce to plaintiff (a) updated address information in its possession for former employees who are putative class members, and (b) a list, to the extent available, of those former employees who are putative class members who have signed releases that would restrict their ability to voluntarily communicate with plaintiff's counsel. The matter is set for a status conference on 06/21/07 at 9:00 a.m.Mailed notice (mmm, ) (Entered: 06/13/2007)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : Status hearing held and continued to 8/16/2007 at 09:00 AM. The plaintiff shall disclose experts and submit Rule 26(a)(2) reports on class certification by 9/7/07. The defendant shall disclose experts and submit Rule 26(a)(2) reports on class certification by 10/26/07. No expert depositions are to be taken before all expert reports are submitted. The depositions of all experts on class certification are to be completed by 12/21/07. By 6/29/07, the defendant is to provide to plaintiff a list of all 63s and 64s, and identify which ones they believe are in the class. Mailed notice (mmm, ) (Entered: 06/22/2007)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : In light of the 6/21/07 status hearing being continued to 8/16/07, the 7/12/07 status hearing is stricken.Mailed notice (mmm, ) (Entered: 07/05/2007)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : Status hearing set for 7/17/2007 at 09:00 AM. Telephone notice (mmm, ) (Entered: 07/12/2007)

SUPPLEMENT by Katherine Puffer to set/reset hearings 88 (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A# 2 Exhibit B)(Zelizer, Ethan) (Entered: 07/12/2007)

STATUS Report for the Court's Consideration in Connection with the Status Conference Set for July 17, 2007 by Allstate Insurance Company (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - B# 2 Exhibit Exhibit C# 3 Exhibit Exhibit D# 4 Exhibit Exhibits E - G# 5 Exhibit Exhibits H - J# 6 Exhibit Exhibits K - M# 7 Exhibit Exhibits N - P# 8 Exhibit Exhibits Q - T# 9 Exhibit Exhibits U - W)(Smylie, Sallie) (Entered: 07/16/2007)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : Status hearing held and continued to 7/20/2007 at 01:00 PM. Mailed notice (mmm, ) (Entered: 07/17/2007)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : Status hearing held. Plaintiff's emergency motion to set a status hearing is granted. The Court approves the parties' agreed protocol as set forth on the record. Contact by plaintiff's counsel with current and former Allstate employees shall be in accordance with the agreed protocol. Any issues concerning Rule 4.2 raised by the parties' respective status reports are held in abeyance. For the reasons stated on the record, the Court also holds in abeyance any further obligation of the defendant to review and produce some 75,000 documents retrieved pursuant to the Court's earlier discovery order. The Court sets the following class certification briefing schedule: (1) by 10/15/07, plaintiff is to file her motion for class certification motion with supporting memorandum, submit expert reports on class certification, and declarations used in support of class certification; (2) by 01/31/08, defendant shall file its responsive memorandum, expert reports, and declarations; and (3) by 03/14/08, plaintiff shall file her is to file her reply. The Court will rule by mail on class certification.Mailed notice (mmm, ) (Entered: 07/23/2007)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : the status hearing set for 8/16/07 is stricken.Telephone notice (mmm, ) (Entered: 08/13/2007)

NOTICE by James Bryan Wood of Change of Address (cdy, ) (Entered: 08/28/2007)

MOTION by counsel for Plaintiff Katherine Puffer to withdraw as attorney nunc pro tunc - Unopposed (Wood, James) (Entered: 09/13/2007)

NOTICE of Motion by James Bryan Wood for presentment of motion to withdraw as attorney 95 before Honorable Sidney I. Schenkier on 9/18/2007 at 08:30 AM. (Wood, James) (Entered: 09/13/2007)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : Plaintiff's unopposed motion for leave to withdraw the appearance of J. Bryan Wood (doc. # 95) is GRANTED; no appearance on the motion is required. The Clerk shall terminate the appearance of Mr. Wood as counsel for plaintiff. Telephone notice (mmm, ) (Entered: 09/14/2007)

MOTION by Plaintiff Katherine Puffer to compel Identification of Job Codes and Job Groups (Friedman, Linda) (Entered: 09/21/2007)

NOTICE of Motion by Linda Debra Friedman for presentment of motion to compel 98 before Honorable Sidney I. Schenkier on 9/27/2007 at 11:00 AM. (Friedman, Linda) (Entered: 09/21/2007)

MOTION by Defendant Allstate Insurance Company for leave to filemotion to show cause or in the alternative to compel and Exhibit C under seal instanter (cdy, ) Attachment(#1) Exhibits (Entered: 09/27/2007)

NOTICE of Motion by Richard Cartier Godfrey for presentment of motion for leave to file motion to show cause or in the alternative motion to compel and Exhibit C under seal instanter 102 before Honorable Sidney I. Schenkier on 9/27/2007 at 11:00 a.m.(cdy, ) (Entered: 09/27/2007)

NOTICE by Allstate Insurance Company to show cause or in the alternative motion to compel 102 (cdy, ) (Entered: 09/27/2007)

RESPONSE by Allstate Insurance Companyin Opposition to MOTION by Plaintiff Katherine Puffer to compel Identification of Job Codes and Job Groups 98 (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit # 2 Exhibit # 3 Exhibit)(Smylie, Sallie) (Entered: 09/26/2007)

DOCUMENT ENTERED IN ERROR. (cdy, ). (Entered: 09/27/2007)

MOTION by Defendant Allstate Insurance Company for leave to file CORRECTED motion to show cause or in the alternative motion to compel and Exhibits C & D under seal instanter (cdy, ) Attachment(s) #1 to motion for leave to show cause or in the alternative motion to compel (cdy, ). (Entered: 10/01/2007)

CORRECTED NOTICE of motion by Allstate Insurance Company MOTION for leave to file motion to show cause or in the alternative motion to compel and Exhibits C & D under seal instanter 108 (cdy, ) (Entered: 10/01/2007)

NOTICE by Allstate Insurance Company corrected motion to show cause or in the alternative motion to compel 108 (cdy, ) (Entered: 10/01/2007)

MOTION by Defendant Allstate Insurance Company for order to show cause or in the Alternative Motion to Compel (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A# 2 Exhibit B# 3 Exhibit C# 4 Exhibit D# 5 Exhibit E# 6 Exhibit F# 7 Exhibit G)(Smylie, Sallie) (Entered: 09/27/2007)

NOTICE of Motion by Sallie Gamble Smylie for presentment of motion for order to show cause, 105 before Honorable Sidney I. Schenkier on 10/10/2007 at 10:00 AM. (Smylie, Sallie) (Entered: 09/27/2007)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : Motion hearing held and continued to 10/10/07 at 10:00 a.m. Plaintiffs motion to compel identification of job codes and job groups (doc. # 98) is denied without prejudice. Defendants motion for leave to file a motion to show cause, or in the alternative a motion to compel and exhibits C and D under seal (doc. # 102) is granted: defendant may file the motion to compel and exhibits C and D under seal, but must file a redacted copy of the motion and exhibits in the public file. Hearing on the motion to show cause or to compel is continued to 10/10/07. Mailed notice (mmm, ) (Entered: 09/28/2007)

MOTION by Plaintiff Katherine Puffer for extension of time to file petition for class certification and experts reports (Glink, Shona) (Entered: 10/01/2007)

NOTICE of Motion by Shona B. Glink for presentment of motion for extension of time to file 111 before Honorable Sidney I. Schenkier on 10/4/2007 at 08:30 AM. (Glink, Shona) (Entered: 10/01/2007)

MINUTE entry before Judge Sidney I. Schenkier : Plaintiff's agreed motion for an extension of time to file petition for class certification and expert reports 111 is granted; no appearance on the motion is required. Plaintiff's class certification motion, supporting memorandum and supporting expert reports are due by 11/05/07. Defendant's responding memorandum and expert reports are due by 02/21/08. Plaintiff's reply is due by 03/28/08. No further extensions to the class certification briefing and expert discovery schedule will be granted. Telephone notice (mmm, ) (Entered: 10/02/2007)

MOTION by Plaintiff Katherine Puffer to compel and response to motion for rule to show cause (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A: 7-20-07 Hearing Transcript# 2 Exhibit B: 7-17-07 Hearing Tr# 3 Exhibit C-1: Pls 3d Doc Req# 4 Exhibit C-2: Pls 2d Interrog# 5 Exhibit D: Allstate Response to Discovery)(Mollica, Paul) (Entered: 10/05/2007)