Case: Egana v. Blair's Bail Bonds, Inc.

2:17-cv-05899 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: June 16, 2017

Closed Date: Jan. 22, 2020

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Case Summary

On June 16, 2017, three named individuals who had entered into agreements for the provision of bail bond services filed suit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana against two New Orleans bail bond companies and insurers of bail bonds and an ankle monitor provider ("ankle monitor defendant"). The plaintiffs brought the suit under provisions of the Racketeer Influence and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c)–(d); the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), 15 U.S.C. § 1601; the Louisiana Racketeering Act; Louisiana contract law; and Louisiana state laws prohibiting false imprisonment and conversion. Represented by the Southern Poverty Law Center, the plaintiffs sought certification of their class, treble damages under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), compensatory damages, attorneys’ fees, and injunctive and declaratory relief. They claimed that the defendants had charged them fees for bail bonds services that were in excess of what the law allowed, in addition to falsely imprisoning individuals for non-payment. The case was initially assigned to Judge Lance M. Africk and Magistrate Judge Janis van Meerveld. On July 18, 2017 the case was transferred to Judge Jane Triche Milazzo and Magistrate Judge Daniel E. Knowles, III.

The ankle monitor defendant filed a motion to dismiss on September 1, 2017, arguing that they were merely a third-party vendor and had not forced the plaintiff to wear an ankle monitor. They also asserted that they did not provide bail bonds and that the fees charged for ankle monitoring services were not subject to the same restrictions as bail bonds fees.

On September 12, 2017, the plaintiffs filed an amended complaint including additional details about the relationship between the bond companies and the ankle monitor defendant, as well as allegations that both parties had employed bounty hunters in order to coerce payments associated with the ankle monitor. The amended complaint explained how the bond companies entered into agreements and the ankle monitor defendants provided the monitoring services and sometimes employed bounty hunters to track down people who had not paid the requisite fees. The plaintiffs also added a claim of usury under Louisiana's consumer credit law against all the defendants. The plaintiffs alleged that by extending credit to the plaintiffs in return for bond services, the defendants were subject to consumer credit laws. They further asserted that the fees charged for ankle monitoring and the interest for bond services were in excess of those allowed under state law for consumer credit sales.

All the defendants moved to dismiss the first amended complaint on October 3, 2017, causing the court to deny as moot the earlier motions to dismiss. The bond insurers argued that they were not creditors and therefore the TILA claim against them couldn’t stand because of the requirement that a defendant be a creditor to be in violation of TILA. They also argued that the RICO claims must fail because the plaintiffs had not alleged that they were a RICO enterprise or conspiracy. They further asserted that the false imprisonment and conversion claims against them must fail because there were no allegations that they had engaged in any false imprisonment or conversion, instead these alleged acts had been conducted by bounty hunters working for the other defendants. They finally argued that the breach of contract and usury claims against them should be dismissed, as there were no allegations that they had been parties to the contract that the plaintiffs had signed, and they had not extended credit of any kind to the plaintiffs.

On February 23, 2018, after the plaintiffs' lawyers allegedly visited a potential class member at their house and left them with a letter that the defendants argued damaged their reputation, the defendants moved to prohibit improper communication between plaintiffs’ counsel and potential class members. On March 22, 2018, the court ordered the plaintiffs not to send written materials to potential class members without first seeking court approval, but dismissed the rest of the defendants’ requested prohibitions as overbroad. The defendants had asked the court to enter an order prohibiting the plaintiffs from visiting potential class members in person or contacting them by telephone without being invited to do so by the potential class member and coercing potential class members to join as named plaintiffs in the existing lawsuit.

The court dismissed the plaintiffs' RICO claims against all defendants, finding that although the plaintiffs sufficiently alleged an association-in-fact enterprise among the defendants, they had not made the required showing of a pattern of racketeering activity or threat of future conduct on June 1, 2018. The court found that all of the acts the plaintiffs alleged violated RICO occurred in relation to a single bail bond for a single individual over a period of only six months, and therefore the plaintiff failed to establish continuity or a threat of continuity. The court dismissed the plaintiffs’ TILA claim against all of the bonding defendants except for the bond company that directly collected the fees. Only the bond company that initially collected the payment could be held liable because according to the court the other defendants could not be considered creditors, a requirement in order to bring a TILA claim.

The court also dismissed the claim of false imprisonment against all defendants except for the bond company that directly employed bounty hunters to detain the plaintiffs. The court held that the claim that the other defendants had acted through a principal/agent relationship could not survive dismissal because the plaintiffs had not alleged any facts that the other defendants had exerted control over the bond company that had employed the bounty hunters to falsely imprison the plaintiff. The court also found that the conversion claim could only stand against the one bond company that had directly taken fees from the plaintiffs. The theory that the rest of the defendants had acted as agents and thus were also liable for conversion could not survive dismissal. Plaintiffs' based their conversion claim on the allegation that the defendants had charged them fees that were above the legal limit that Louisiana state law allowed for fees charged for bond services. The court only allowed the claim against the one bond company that had directly charged the plaintiffs to survive because any fees that the ankle monitoring defendant had charged were separate and the rest of the defendants exerted no control over the one bond company that had charged the allegedly illegal fees. The court held that the violation of contract law claim survived dismissal because the plaintiffs provided evidence of fees charged that were in excess of the legal limit. The court dismissed the claim of usury under Louisiana's consumer credit law against all defendants except for the bond company that had directly charged them the interest rate because only they had charged the plaintiffs fees directly.

On June 21, 2018, the plaintiffs filed a second amended complaint. The defendants filed a motion to dismiss the amended complaint for failure to state a claim on July 12, 2018. The second amended complaint dropped all allegations against one of the bond insurers companies. The plaintiffs' third amended complaint rendered the defendants' motions to dismiss as moot.

On December 5, 2018, the insurer defendants filed a motion for sanctions. They amended the motion and submitted a memorandum in support on January 8, 2019, alleging that the plaintiffs' lawyers had pursued RICO claims without fulfilling their duty to ensure that the allegations were legally and factually supported before they brought the complaint. The defendants argued the RICO allegations lacked basis and that the plaintiffs’ attorneys had not met the elevated burden required to bring a RICO claim.

On December 12, 2018, the plaintiffs filed a third amended complaint. The third amended complaint dropped the RICO claims, as well as the state law racketeering, false imprisonment, and conversion claims against all of the defendants, except for the ankle monitor defendant and one of the bond companies. On May 13, 2019 the court denied the motion for sanctions, finding that the plaintiffs had not acted in bad faith because they had shown that they had reasonably investigated their claims and dismissed those claims when discovery proved them no longer viable.

The ankle monitor defendant moved to dismiss the third amended complaint on December 18, 2018, and the bond companies filed a motion to dismiss on December 21, 2018. The bond companies argued that plaintiffs had not shown a continuous pattern of racketeering activity or a conspiracy. They also argued that the plaintiffs should not be allowed to continue amending their complaint in order to defeat the defendants’ motions to dismiss.

On January 7, 2019 the case was transferred to Magistrate Judge Dana Douglas.

On March 11, 2019, the court denied the motions to dismiss and held that plaintiffs’ RICO and conversion claims survived dismissal. The plaintiffs had now properly alleged a pattern of racketeering activity conducted by the defendants. The amended complaint also supported the allegation that all defendants knew of and agreed to the overall objective of the RICO conspiracy. The conversion claim also survived dismissal because the plaintiffs’ allegation that both defendants had worked together to collect fees in excess of the legal limit sufficiently stated a claim for conversion.

The plaintiffs moved to certify the following proposed classes on May 9, 2019:

Overcharged Class: all individuals who enter or entered into an agreement with one or more of the defendants as a “principal” or “indemnitor” for the provision of bail bonds services and are or were charged fees in excess of $25 plus 12.5% of the premium in Jefferson Parish or $25 plus 12% of the premium elsewhere in Louisiana
Deferred Payment Class: all individuals who entered into an agreement with any or all of the defendants as a “principal” or “indemnitor” for the provision of bail bonds services and signed an agreement to defer payment of any balance owed on the bail bonding fee and pay over time.
- TILA Subclass: all members of the deferred payment class who agreed to pay said balance in more than four installments or as to whom the bail bonding fee included finance charges.
- Kidnapped Subclass: all member of the deferred payment class, where the principal was seized and held against his or her will by Blair’s or A2i, or at Blair’s or A2i’s direction for alleged non-payment of the balance owed on the bonding fee
  - Kidnapped Principal Subclass: all principals in the deferred payment class who were seized and held against their will by Blair’s or A2i, or at Blair’s or A2i’s direction for alleged non-payment of the balance owed on the bail bonding fee.
    - Kidnapped Principal with Ankle Monitor Subclass: all principals in the deferred payment class who were seized and held against their will by Blair’s or A2i, or at Blair’s or A2i’s direction for alleged non-payment of the balance owed on the bail bonding fee and were required to wear an ankle monitor.
  - Unlawful Debt Subclass: all members of the deferred payment class, where the principal and indemnitors are or were required to pay a fee for an ankle monitor or to pay a previous balance with Blair’s.
    - Ankle Monitor Subclass: all members of the deferred payment class, where the principal and indemnitors are or were required to pay a fee for an ankle monitor.
  - Surrendered Subclass: all members of the deferred payment class where the principal was surrendered to jail, where payments made toward the premium were not refunded, and where no statement of surrender was filed indicating that they were surrendered because of one of the following reasons: change of address, concealment, leaving the jurisdiction without permission, failure to appear in court, withdrawal of an indemnitor from his obligation on the bond, or conviction of a felony.

On June 3, 2019 the case was transferred to Judge Wendy B. Vitter.

The defendants filed a motion for summary judgment on December 10, 2019. The plaintiffs also asked the court to grant summary judgment on three of their claims.

The parties reached a settlement agreement on January 22, 2020 and the Magistrate advised the district court to close the case as the parties had reached a settlement. The terms of the settlement included an undisclosed amount paid by the defendants over a period of three years. Although the court recorded the settlement conference, the amount the defendants agreed to pay was redacted. The defendant bond company also agreed to draft new contracts with the help of the Southern Poverty Law Center in order to ensure that they protected consumers’ rights, complied with state and federal law, and did not charge above the lawful level of fees designated by the state.

The bail bond insurer defendants filed a motion for sanctions against plaintiffs’ counsel on May 26, 2020, alleging that plaintiffs’ attorneys had misled the court in order to evade sanctions. They alleged that the plaintiffs’ attorneys had fabricated discovery in order to sustain its claims against the defendants. On October 27, 2020, the court denied this motion and found that sanctions were not appropriate because plaintiffs’ attorneys had not drawn inferences from discovery that were unreasonable and any mistakes were not made in bad faith.

The court granted the bail companies and insurers' motion to dismiss and all claims against them were dismissed with prejudice because of the finalizing of the settlement agreement on October 19, 2020. On November 24, 2020 the court did the same for the ankle monitor defendant. As of November 8, 2022, this case is closed.

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1 2:17-cv-05899	Complaint Egana v. Blair's Bail Bonds	June 16, 2017	June 16, 2017 Complaint
188 2:17-cv-05899	Third Amended Complaint Egana v. Blair's Bail Bonds	Dec. 12, 2018	Dec. 12, 2018 Complaint
245 2:17-cv-05899	Order Egana v. Blair's Bail Bonds Inc.	May 13, 2019	May 13, 2019 Order/Opinion 2019 WL 2019
398 2:17-cv-05899	Transcript of Settlement Agreement Proceedings Heard Before the Honorable Dana Douglas United States Magistrate Judge	Feb. 3, 2020	Feb. 3, 2020 Transcript
427 2:17-cv-05899	Order Egana v. Blair's Bail Bonds	Oct. 19, 2020	Oct. 19, 2020 Order/Opinion
428 2:17-cv-05899	Order	Oct. 27, 2020	Oct. 27, 2020 Order/Opinion 2020 WL 2020
430 2:17-cv-05899	Order Egana v. Blair's Bail Bonds	Nov. 24, 2020	Nov. 24, 2020 Order/Opinion

ECF Number	Description	Date	Link Date / Link
1	COMPLAINT with jury demand against A2I, L.L.C., Alternative to Incarceration NOLA, Inc., Alternative to Incarceration, Inc., Bankers Insurance Company, Inc., Bankers Surety Services, Inc., Bankers Underwriters, Inc., Blair's Bail Bonds, Inc., New Orleans Bail Bonds, L.L.C. (Filing fee $ 400 receipt number 053L-6212816) filed by Tiffany Brown, Samantha Egana, Ronald Egana. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Summons - Blair's Bail Bonds, # 3 Summons - New Orleans Bail Bonds, # 4 Summons - Bankers Insurance Company, # 5 Summons - Bankers Surety Services, # 6 Summons - Bankers Underwriters, # 7 Summons - A2i, # 8 Summons - Alternative to Incarceration, # 9 Summons - Alternative to Incarceration NOLA)Attorney Ivy Wang added to party Tiffany Brown(pty:pla), Attorney Ivy Wang added to party Ronald Egana(pty:pla), Attorney Ivy Wang added to party Samantha Egana(pty:pla).(Wang, Ivy) (Attachment 2 replaced on 6/20/2017) (aj). (Attachment 3 replaced on 6/20/2017) (aj). (Attachment 4 replaced on 6/20/2017) (aj). (Attachment 5 replaced on 6/20/2017) (aj). (Attachment 6 replaced on 6/20/2017) (aj). (Attachment 7 replaced on 6/20/2017) (aj). (Attachment 8 replaced on 6/20/2017) (aj). (Attachment 9 replaced on 6/20/2017) (aj). (Entered: 06/16/2017) 1 Civil Cover Sheet View on PACER 2 Summons - Blair's Bail Bonds View on PACER 3 Summons - New Orleans Bail Bonds View on PACER 4 Summons - Bankers Insurance Company View on PACER 5 Summons - Bankers Surety Services View on PACER 6 Summons - Bankers Underwriters View on PACER 7 Summons - A2i View on PACER 8 Summons - Alternative to Incarceration View on PACER 9 Summons - Alternative to Incarceration NOLA View on PACER	June 16, 2017	June 16, 2017 Clearinghouse
2	EXPARTE/CONSENT First MOTION to Appear Pro Hac Vice (Filing fee $ 100 receipt number 053L-6213496) by Tiffany Brown, Ronald Egana, Samantha Egana. (Attachments: # 1 Declaration of Samuel Brooke, # 2 Proposed Order)(Wang, Ivy). (Additional attachment(s) added on 6/20/2017: # 3 Certificate of Good Standing) (ajn). (Attachment 1 replaced on 6/20/2017) (ajn). Modified on 6/20/2017 to separate Certificate from Declaration and file as an attachment (ajn). (Entered: 06/19/2017)	June 19, 2017	June 19, 2017 PACER
3	EXPARTE/CONSENT MOTION to Appear Pro Hac Vice (Filing fee $ 100 receipt number 053L-6213563) by Tiffany Brown, Ronald Egana, Samantha Egana. (Attachments: # 1 Declaration of Sara Zampierin, # 2 Proposed Order)(Wang, Ivy) (Attachment 1 replaced on 6/20/2017) (ajn). (Additional attachment(s) added on 6/20/2017: # 3 Certificate of Good Standing) (ajn). Modified on 6/20/2017 to separate Certificate from Declaration and file as attachment (ajn). (Entered: 06/19/2017)	June 19, 2017	June 19, 2017 PACER
4	EXPARTE/CONSENT MOTION to Appear Pro Hac Vice (Filing fee $ 100 receipt number 053L-6213577) by Tiffany Brown, Ronald Egana, Samantha Egana. (Attachments: # 1 Declaration of Caren E. Short, # 2 Proposed Order, # 3 ECF Registration)(Wang, Ivy) (Attachment 3 replaced on 6/20/2017) (ajn). (Attachment 1 replaced on 6/20/2017) (ajn). (Additional attachment(s) added on 6/20/2017: # 4 Certificate of Good Standing) (ajn). Modified on 6/20/2017 to separate Certificate from Declaration and file as attachment(ajn). (Entered: 06/19/2017)	June 19, 2017	June 19, 2017 PACER
5	Initial Case Assignment to Judge Lance M Africk and Magistrate Judge Janis van Meerveld. (jeg) (Entered: 06/19/2017)	June 19, 2017	June 19, 2017 PACER
6	Correction of Docket Entry by Clerk re 1 Complaint, the filing attorney did not properly format the pdf of Summons requested in this case. The pdf should not have the green header nor the 3 red buttons at the bottom. Whenusing a FORM, fill in the applicable fields then click the red PRINT button at the bottom to print the document to pdf format. Clerk has taken corrective action. (aj) (Entered: 06/20/2017)	June 20, 2017	June 20, 2017 PACER
7	Summons Issued as to A2I, L.L.C., Alternative to Incarceration NOLA, Inc., Alternative to Incarceration, Inc., Bankers Insurance Company, Inc., Bankers Surety Services, Inc., Bankers Underwriters, Inc., Blair's Bail Bonds, Inc., New Orleans Bail Bonds, L.L.C.. (Attachments: # 1 Summons, # 2 Summons, # 3 Summons, # 4 Summons, # 5 Summons, # 6 Summons, # 7 Summons)(aj) (Entered: 06/20/2017)	June 20, 2017	June 20, 2017 PACER
8	ORDER granting 2, 3 and 4 Motions to Appear Pro Hac Vice as to Samuel J. Brooke, Sara Zampierin and Caren Elaine Short. Signed by Judge Lance M Africk on 6/20/2017. (ajn) (Additional attachment(s) added on 6/20/2017: # 1 Notice Pro Hac Vice Counsel) (ajn). (Entered: 06/20/2017)	June 20, 2017	June 20, 2017 PACER
9	RICO Standing Order by Clerk.(blg) (Entered: 06/26/2017)	June 26, 2017	June 26, 2017 PACER
10	RICO Case Statement by All Plaintiffs (Wang, Ivy) (Entered: 07/17/2017)	July 17, 2017	July 17, 2017 RECAP
11	ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE. Case transferred to Judge Jane Triche Milazzo and Magistrate Judge Daniel E. Knowles, III. Judge Lance M Africk, Magistrate Judge Janis van Meerveld no longer assigned to case. Signed by Judge Lance M Africk on 7/18/2017.(blg) (Entered: 07/19/2017)	July 18, 2017	July 18, 2017 PACER
12	EXPARTE/CONSENT MOTION to Enroll as Counsel of Record for Stephen D. Marx and Preston L. Hayes by Bankers Insurance Company, Inc., Bankers Surety Services, Inc., Bankers Underwriters, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order)Attorney Stephen D. Marx added to party Bankers Insurance Company, Inc.(pty:dft), Attorney Stephen D. Marx added to party Bankers Surety Services, Inc.(pty:dft), Attorney Stephen D. Marx added to party Bankers Underwriters, Inc.(pty:dft).(Marx, Stephen) (Entered: 07/24/2017)	July 24, 2017	July 24, 2017 PACER
13	ORDER granting 12 Motion to Enroll Stephen D. Marx and Preston L. Hayes as Counsel of Record. Signed by Judge Jane Triche Milazzo. (ecm) (Entered: 07/25/2017)	July 25, 2017	July 25, 2017 PACER
14	EXPARTE/CONSENT MOTION to Enroll as Counsel of Record, Allison C. Doucette, by Bankers Insurance Company, Inc., Bankers Surety Services, Inc., Bankers Underwriters, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B, # 3 ECF Registration Form, # 4 Proposed Order)(Marx, Stephen) (Entered: 07/31/2017)	July 31, 2017	July 31, 2017 PACER
15	EXPARTE/CONSENT MOTION to Enroll as Counsel of Record, Ethan J. Loeb, by Bankers Insurance Company, Inc., Bankers Surety Services, Inc., Bankers Underwriters, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B, # 3 ECF Registration Form, # 4 Proposed Order)(Marx, Stephen) (Entered: 07/31/2017)	July 31, 2017	July 31, 2017 PACER
16	EXPARTE/CONSENT MOTION to Enroll as Counsel of Record, E. Colin Thompson, by Bankers Insurance Company, Inc., Bankers Surety Services, Inc., Bankers Underwriters, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B, # 3 ECF Registration Form, # 4 Proposed Order)(Marx, Stephen) (Entered: 07/31/2017)	July 31, 2017	July 31, 2017 PACER
17	ORDER granting 14 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice for Attorney Allison C Doucette for Bankers Insurance Company, Inc., Bankers Surety Services, Inc., Bankers Underwriters, Inc. Signed by Judge Jane Triche Milazzo. (Attachments: # 1 Notice) (ecm) (Entered: 08/01/2017)	Aug. 1, 2017	Aug. 1, 2017 PACER
18	ORDER granting 15 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice for Attorney Ethan J Loeb for Bankers Insurance Company, Inc., Bankers Surety Services, Inc., Bankers Underwriters, Inc. Signed by Judge Jane Triche Milazzo. (Attachments: # 1 Notice) (ecm) (Entered: 08/01/2017)	Aug. 1, 2017	Aug. 1, 2017 PACER
19	ORDER granting 16 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice for Attorney E Colin Thompson for Bankers Insurance Company, Inc., Bankers Surety Services, Inc., Bankers Underwriters, Inc. Signed by Judge Jane Triche Milazzo. (Attachments: # 1 Notice) (ecm) (Entered: 08/01/2017)	Aug. 1, 2017	Aug. 1, 2017 PACER
20	MOTION to Dismiss Case by Blair's Bail Bonds, Inc., New Orleans Bail Bonds, L.L.C.. Motion(s) will be submitted on 9/6/2017. (Attachments: # 1 Memorandum in Support, # 2 Notice of Submission)Attorney Walter Francis Becker, Jr added to party Blair's Bail Bonds, Inc.(pty:dft), Attorney Walter Francis Becker, Jr added to party New Orleans Bail Bonds, L.L.C.(pty:dft).(Becker, Walter) (Entered: 08/22/2017) 1 Memorandum in Support View on PACER 2 Notice of Submission (Civil Only) View on PACER	Aug. 22, 2017	Aug. 22, 2017 RECAP
21	ANSWER to 1 Complaint,,,,, with Jury Demand by Blair's Bail Bonds, Inc., New Orleans Bail Bonds, L.L.C..(Becker, Walter) (Entered: 08/22/2017)	Aug. 22, 2017	Aug. 22, 2017 PACER
22	MOTION to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Complaint by Bankers Insurance Company, Inc., Bankers Surety Services, Inc., Bankers Underwriters, Inc.. Motion(s) will be submitted on 9/20/2017. (Attachments: # 1 Memorandum in Support, # 2 Notice of Submission, # 3 Exhibit A)(Marx, Stephen) (Entered: 08/23/2017)	Aug. 23, 2017	Aug. 23, 2017 RECAP
23	EXPARTE/CONSENT MOTION for Extension of Deadlines and Submission Date for Defendants Blair's Bail Bonds, Inc. and New Orleans Bail Bonds, LLC's Motion to Dismiss by Tiffany Brown, Ronald Egana, Samantha Egana. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order)(Zampierin, Sara) (Entered: 08/24/2017)	Aug. 24, 2017	Aug. 24, 2017 PACER
24	ORDER granting 23 MOTION for Extension of Deadlines re Blair's Bail Bonds, Inc. and New Orleans Bail Bonds, LLC's 20 MOTION to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Complaint: Submission date is extended to 10/4/2017. Signed by Judge Jane Triche Milazzo.(ecm) Modified docket entry relationships on 8/25/2017 (ecm). (Entered: 08/25/2017)	Aug. 25, 2017	Aug. 25, 2017 PACER
25	MOTION to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim by A2I, L.L.C., Alternative to Incarceration NOLA, Inc., Alternative to Incarceration, Inc.. Motion(s) will be submitted on 10/4/2017. (Attachments: # 1 Memorandum in Support, # 2 Notice of Submission)Attorney Stephen J. Haedicke added to party A2I, L.L.C.(pty:dft), Attorney Stephen J. Haedicke added to party Alternative to Incarceration NOLA, Inc.(pty:dft), Attorney Stephen J. Haedicke added to party Alternative to Incarceration, Inc.(pty:dft).(Haedicke, Stephen) (Entered: 09/01/2017) 1 Memorandum in Support View on RECAP 2 Notice of Submission (Civil Only) View on PACER	Sept. 1, 2017	Sept. 1, 2017 PACER
26	First AMENDED COMPLAINT with Jury Demand against All Defendants filed by Tiffany Brown, Samantha Egana, Ronald Egana.(Wang, Ivy) (Entered: 09/12/2017)	Sept. 12, 2017	Sept. 12, 2017 RECAP
27	AMENDED RICO Case Statement by All Plaintiffs (Wang, Ivy) Modified text on 9/13/2017 (ecm). (Entered: 09/12/2017)	Sept. 12, 2017	Sept. 12, 2017 PACER
28	MOTION for Extension of Deadlines by Tiffany Brown, Ronald Egana, Samantha Egana. Motion(s) will be submitted on 10/4/2017. (Attachments: # 1 Memorandum in Support, # 2 Notice of Submission)(Wang, Ivy) (Entered: 09/14/2017)	Sept. 14, 2017	Sept. 14, 2017 PACER
29	EXPARTE/CONSENT MOTION to Expedite Motion to Extend the Deadline for Class Certification by Tiffany Brown, Ronald Egana, Samantha Egana. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order)(Wang, Ivy) (Entered: 09/14/2017)	Sept. 14, 2017	Sept. 14, 2017 PACER
30	ORDER granting 29 MOTION to Expedite. Defendants shall file any briefs in opposition to the 28 Motion To Extend Deadline For Class Certification by September 18, 2017 at noon to allow the Court to rule on the Motion on an expedited basis. Signed by Judge Jane Triche Milazzo.(ecm) (Entered: 09/14/2017)	Sept. 14, 2017	Sept. 14, 2017 PACER
31	RESPONSE to Motion filed by Bankers Insurance Company, Inc., Bankers Surety Services, Inc., Bankers Underwriters, Inc. re 28 MOTION for Extension of Deadlines for Class Certification. (Marx, Stephen) (Entered: 09/18/2017)	Sept. 18, 2017	Sept. 18, 2017 PACER
32	RESPONSE/MEMORANDUM in Opposition to Motion filed by Blair's Bail Bonds, Inc., New Orleans Bail Bonds, L.L.C. re 28 MOTION for Extension of Deadlines for Moving for Class Certification. (Becker, Walter) Modified on 9/19/2017 (caa). (Entered: 09/18/2017)	Sept. 18, 2017	Sept. 18, 2017 PACER
33	EXPARTE/CONSENT MOTION for Leave to File by All Plaintiffs re 28 MOTION for Extension of Deadlines. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Pleading, # 2 Proposed Order)(Wang, Ivy) Modified on 9/19/2017 (caa). (Entered: 09/19/2017)	Sept. 19, 2017	Sept. 19, 2017 PACER
34	Correction of Docket Entry by Clerk re 32 Response to Motion. Filing attorney selected incorrect event. Correct event is Response/Memorandum in Opposition to Motion. Clerk took corrective action by changing the event. No further action necessary at this time. (caa) (Entered: 09/19/2017)	Sept. 19, 2017	Sept. 19, 2017 PACER
35	Correction of Docket Entry by Clerk re 33 Reply to Response to Motion. Filing attorney selected incorrect event and did not select category 'Proposed Pleading' when attaching document for which leave to file is being requested. Correct event is MOTION for Leave to File. Clerk took corrective action by changing the event. No further action necessary at this time. (caa) (Entered: 09/19/2017)	Sept. 19, 2017	Sept. 19, 2017 PACER
36	ORDER granting 33 Motion for Leave to File Reply Memorandum. Signed by Judge Jane Triche Milazzo. (ecm) (Entered: 09/20/2017)	Sept. 20, 2017	Sept. 20, 2017 PACER
37	REPLY to Response to Motion filed by Tiffany Brown, Ronald Egana, Samantha Egana re 28 MOTION for Extension of Deadlines . (ecm) (Entered: 09/20/2017)	Sept. 20, 2017	Sept. 20, 2017 PACER
38	ORDER granting 28 Motion for Extension of Deadlines. The deadline to move for class certification shall be extended until 45 days following the close of pleadings. All oppositions thereto shall be filed in accordance with local rules. Signed by Judge Jane Triche Milazzo. (ecm) (Entered: 09/21/2017)	Sept. 21, 2017	Sept. 21, 2017 PACER
39	EXPARTE/CONSENT Joint MOTION for Extension of Deadlines to Respond to First Amended Complaint, by Blair's, New Orleans, and Bankers Entities by Bankers Insurance Company, Inc., Bankers Surety Services, Inc., Bankers Underwriters, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order)(Loeb, Ethan) (Entered: 09/26/2017)	Sept. 26, 2017	Sept. 26, 2017 PACER
40	EXPARTE/CONSENT MOTION for Extension of Time to Answer First Amended Complaint by A2I, L.L.C., Alternative to Incarceration NOLA, Inc., Alternative to Incarceration, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order)(Haedicke, Stephen) (Entered: 09/26/2017)	Sept. 26, 2017	Sept. 26, 2017 PACER

Case: Egana v. Blair's Bail Bonds, Inc.

2:17-cv-05899 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

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