Case: Thomas v. Georgia Department of Community Health

Legal Defense Fund

COMPLAINT filed by Delshone Thomas, Gwendolyn Cheney (Filing fee $402, receipt number AGANDC-11063763) (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet)(ceo) Please visit our website at http://www.gand.uscourts.gov/commonly-used-forms to obtain Pretrial Instructions and Pretrial Associated Forms which includes the Consent To Proceed Before U.S. Magistrate form. (Entered: 06/24/2021)

Electronic Summons Issued as to Georgia Department of Community Health, Frank W. Berry. (Attachments: # 1 Summons Berry)(ceo) (Entered: 06/24/2021)

Certificate of Interested Persons by Gwendolyn Cheney, Delshone Thomas. (Reinke, Adam) (Entered: 06/24/2021)

Return of Service Executed by Gwendolyn Cheney, Delshone Thomas. Frank W. Berry served on 6/25/2021, answer due 7/16/2021. (Reinke, Adam) (Entered: 06/25/2021)

Return of Service Executed by Gwendolyn Cheney, Delshone Thomas. Georgia Department of Community Health served on 6/25/2021, answer due 7/16/2021. (Reinke, Adam) (Entered: 06/25/2021)

APPLICATION for Admission of Meredith Taylor Brown Pro Hac Vice (Application fee $ 150, receipt number AGANDC-11077496).by Gwendolyn Cheney, Delshone Thomas. (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Reinke, Adam) Documents for this entry are not available for viewing outside the courthouse. (Entered: 06/30/2021)

ORDER REASSIGNING CASE. Case reassigned to Judge Mark H. Cohen for all further proceedings. Judge Charles A. Pannell, Jr. no longer assigned to case. NOTICE TO ALL COUNSEL OF RECORD: The Judge designation in the civil action number assigned to this case has been changed to 1:21-cv-2558-MHC. Please make note of this change in order to facilitate the docketing of pleadings in this case. Signed by Judge Charles A. Pannell, Jr. on 7/7/2021. (ah) (Entered: 07/08/2021)

APPROVAL by Clerks Office re: 6 APPLICATION for Admission of Meredith Taylor Brown Pro Hac Vice (Application fee $ 150, receipt number AGANDC-11077496).. Attorney Meredith Taylor Brown added appearing on behalf of Gwendolyn Cheney, Delshone Thomas (nmb)

STANDING ORDER REGARDING CIVIL LITIGATION Signed by Judge Mark H. Cohen on 7/12/2021. (tmf) (Entered: 07/12/2021)

Letter from Clerk re: LR 83.1 Pro Hac Vice requirements sent to Brent Ray. Clerk to follow-up by 7/23/2021. (cdg) (Entered: 07/13/2021)

Letter from Clerk re: LR 83.1 Pro Hac Vice requirements sent to Leslie Cooper. Clerk to follow-up by 7/23/2021. (cdg) (Entered: 07/13/2021)

Letter from Clerk re: LR 83.1 Pro Hac Vice requirements sent to Joshua C. Toll. Clerk to follow-up by 7/23/2021. (cdg) (Entered: 07/13/2021)

NOTICE of Appearance by Michelle LeGrande on behalf of Frank W. Berry, Georgia Department of Community Health (LeGrande, Michelle) (Entered: 07/14/2021)

ANSWER to 1 COMPLAINT by Frank W. Berry, Georgia Department of Community Health. Discovery ends on 12/13/2021.(Webb, Bryan) Please visit our website at http://www.gand.uscourts.gov to obtain Pretrial Instructions. (Entered: 07/14/2021)

ORDER OF RECUSAL. Judge Mark H. Cohen recused. Case reassigned to Judge Leigh Martin May for all further proceedings NOTICE TO ALL COUNSEL OF RECORD: The Judge designation in the civil action number assigned to this case has been changed to 1:21-cv-2558-LMM. Please make note of this change in order to facilitate the docketing of pleadings in this case. Signed by Judge Mark H. Cohen on 7/14/21. (jpa) (Entered: 07/14/2021)

ORAL ORDER granting 6 Application for Admission of Meredith Taylor Brown Pro Hac Vice. Ruled on by Judge Leigh Martin May on 7/14/2021. If the applicant does not have CM/ECF access in the Northern District of Georgia already, they must request access at http://pacer.gov. If they have electronically filed in this district in a previous case, please omit this step.(bnp)

STANDING ORDER REGARDING CIVIL LITIGATION. Signed by Judge Leigh Martin May on 7/14/2021. (rjc) (Entered: 07/14/2021)

AMENDED ANSWER to 1 Complaint, by Frank W. Berry, Georgia Department of Community Health. (Webb, Bryan) (Entered: 07/16/2021)

APPLICATION for Admission of Brent Ray Pro Hac Vice (Application fee $ 150, receipt number AGANDC-11124875).by Gwendolyn Cheney, Delshone Thomas. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order)(Reinke, Adam) Documents for this entry are not available for viewing outside the courthouse. (Entered: 07/21/2021)

APPLICATION for Admission of Leslie Cooper Pro Hac Vice (Application fee $ 150, receipt number AGANDC-11131784).by Gwendolyn Cheney, Delshone Thomas. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order)(Reinke, Adam) Documents for this entry are not available for viewing outside the courthouse. (Entered: 07/23/2021)

APPROVAL by Clerks Office re: 17 APPLICATION for Admission of Brent Ray Pro Hac Vice (Application fee $ 150, receipt number AGANDC-11124875).. Attorney Brent Ray added appearing on behalf of Gwendolyn Cheney, Delshone Thomas (nmb)

ORAL ORDER granting 17 Application for Admission of Brent Ray Pro Hac Vice. Ruled on by Judge Leigh Martin May on 7/27/2021. If the applicant does not have CM/ECF access in the Northern District of Georgia already, they must request access at http://pacer.gov. If they have electronically filed in this district in a previous case, please omit this step.(bnp)

APPROVAL by Clerks Office re: 18 APPLICATION for Admission of Leslie Cooper Pro Hac Vice (Application fee $ 150, receipt number AGANDC-11131784).. Attorney Leslie Cooper added appearing on behalf of Gwendolyn Cheney, Delshone Thomas (nmb)

STATUS REPORT Joint Report Pursuant to Local Rule 23.1(C) by Gwendolyn Cheney, Delshone Thomas. (Reinke, Adam) (Entered: 07/29/2021)

ORAL ORDER granting 18 Application for Admission of Leslie Cooper Pro Hac Vice. Ruled on by Judge Leigh Martin May on 7/30/2021. If the applicant does not have CM/ECF access in the Northern District of Georgia already, they must request access at http://pacer.gov. If they have electronically filed in this district in a previous case, please omit this step.(bnp)

Joint Motion for Extension of Time to Complete Discovery by Frank W. Berry, Georgia Department of Community Health. (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Webb, Bryan) Modified on 8/3/2021 (rjc). (Entered: 08/03/2021)

ORDER granting 20 Motion for Extension of the scheduling deadlines. The Plaintiffs' may amend their Complaint as a matter of course by October 3, 2021. The parties' Initial Disclosures, Joint Certificate of Interested Persons, and Joint Preliminary Report and Discovery Plan shall be filed by October 12, 2021. The commencement of the discovery period will begin on October 12, 2021. The Plaintiffs' Motion for Class Certification shall be filed by November 21,2021. Signed by Judge Leigh Martin May on 8/3/2021. (rjc) (Entered: 08/03/2021)

NOTICE by Frank W. Berry, Georgia Department of Community Health OF SUBSTITUTION OF PARTY (LeGrande, Michelle) (Entered: 08/23/2021)

First AMENDED COMPLAINT against All Defendants filed by Gwendolyn Cheney, Delshone Thomas.(Reinke, Adam) Please visit our website at http://www.gand.uscourts.gov/commonly-used-forms to obtain Pretrial Instructions and Pretrial Associated Forms which includes the Consent To Proceed Before U.S. Magistrate form. (Entered: 10/04/2021)

Consent MOTION for Extension of Time To File Initial Disclosures, Joint Certificate of Interested Parties, and Joint Preliminary Report and Discovery Plan, etc. by Georgia Department of Community Health, Caylee Noggle. (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order Proposed Order on Consent Motion for Extension of Scheduling Deadlines)(Webb, Bryan) (Entered: 10/12/2021)

ORDER GRANTING 24 Consent Motion for Extension of Time of the scheduling deadlines. The parties' Initial Disclosures, Joint Certificate of Interested Persons, and Joint Preliminary Report and Discovery Plan shall be filed by October 19, 2021; and the commencement of the discovery period will begin on October 19, 2021. Signed by Judge Leigh Martin May on 10/12/2021. (tcc) (Entered: 10/13/2021)

ANSWER to 23 Amended Complaint by Georgia Department of Community Health, Caylee Noggle.(Webb, Bryan) Please visit our website at http://www.gand.uscourts.gov to obtain Pretrial Instructions. (Entered: 10/18/2021)

Initial Disclosures by Georgia Department of Community Health, Caylee Noggle. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Attachment A, # 2 Exhibit Attachment C)(LeGrande, Michelle) (Entered: 10/19/2021)

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE re: Plaintiffs' Initial Disclosures by Gwendolyn Cheney, Delshone Thomas.(Reinke, Adam) (Entered: 10/19/2021)

JOINT PRELIMINARY REPORT AND DISCOVERY PLAN filed by Gwendolyn Cheney, Delshone Thomas. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - ESI Protocol)(Reinke, Adam) (Entered: 10/19/2021)

Certificate of Interested Persons by Gwendolyn Cheney, Delshone Thomas. (Reinke, Adam) (Entered: 10/19/2021)

SCHEDULING ORDER: re: 29 Joint Preliminary Report and Discovery Plan. Discovery ends on 2/14/2022. Motions due by 4/4/2022. Signed by Judge Leigh Martin May on 10/20/2021. (rjc) (Entered: 10/20/2021)

Clerks Notation re 30 Certificate of Interested Persons. Read and approved by LMM. (bnp)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Of Discovery by Georgia Department of Community Health, Caylee Noggle.(LeGrande, Michelle) (Entered: 10/28/2021)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE of Plaintiffs' First Set of Interrogatories by Gwendolyn Cheney, Delshone Thomas.(Reinke, Adam) (Entered: 10/29/2021)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE of Plaintiffs' First Set of Requests for Production by Gwendolyn Cheney, Delshone Thomas.(Reinke, Adam) (Entered: 10/29/2021)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE of Discovery (Defendants' First Interrogatories and First Requests for Production of Documents to Plaintiffs) by Georgia Department of Community Health, Caylee Noggle.(LeGrande, Michelle) (Entered: 11/12/2021)

Unopposed MOTION for Extension of Time File Motion for Class Certification by Gwendolyn Cheney, Delshone Thomas. (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Reinke, Adam) (Entered: 11/17/2021)

ORDER granting 36 Motion for Extension of Time. Plaintiffs' deadline to file their motion for class certification is extended through and including March 28, 2022. Signed by Judge Leigh Martin May on 11/18/2021. (rjc) (Entered: 11/29/2021)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE of Plaintiffs' Responses to Defendants' First Set of Requests for Admission by Gwendolyn Cheney, Delshone Thomas.(Reinke, Adam) (Entered: 11/29/2021)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE of Plaintiffs' Second Set of Interrogatories to Defendants by Gwendolyn Cheney, Delshone Thomas.(Reinke, Adam) (Entered: 11/29/2021)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE of Plaintiffs' Second Set of Requests for Production of Documents and Things to Defendants by Gwendolyn Cheney, Delshone Thomas.(Reinke, Adam) (Entered: 11/29/2021)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE of Discovery of Defendants' Objections and Responses to Plaintiffs' First Set of Interrogatories to Defendants by Georgia Department of Community Health, Caylee Noggle.(LeGrande, Michelle) (Entered: 11/30/2021)

NOTICE of Appearance by Nneka Ewulonu on behalf of Gwendolyn Cheney, Delshone Thomas (Ewulonu, Nneka) (Entered: 12/07/2021)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE of Discovery of Defendant's Amended Initial Disclosures by Georgia Department of Community Health, Caylee Noggle.(LeGrande, Michelle) (Entered: 12/07/2021)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE of Discovery by Georgia Department of Community Health, Caylee Noggle.(LeGrande, Michelle) (Entered: 12/13/2021)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE of Plaintiffs' Responses to Defendants' First Set of Interrogatories by Gwendolyn Cheney, Delshone Thomas.(Reinke, Adam) (Entered: 12/22/2021)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE of Plaintiffs' Responses to Defendants' First Set of Requests for Production of Documents and Things by Gwendolyn Cheney, Delshone Thomas.(Reinke, Adam) (Entered: 12/27/2021)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE of Discovery by Georgia Department of Community Health.(LeGrande, Michelle) (Entered: 01/10/2022)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE of Plaintiffs' First Set of Requests for Admission to Defendants by Gwendolyn Cheney, Delshone Thomas.(Reinke, Adam) (Entered: 01/12/2022)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE of Plaintiffs' Notice of Deposition of Defendant Georgia Department of Community Health Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(b)(6) by Gwendolyn Cheney, Delshone Thomas.(Reinke, Adam) (Entered: 01/20/2022)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE of Plaintiffs' Notice of Deposition of Brian Dowd by Gwendolyn Cheney, Delshone Thomas.(Reinke, Adam) (Entered: 01/26/2022)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE of Plaintiffs' Notice of Deposition of Catherine Ivy by Gwendolyn Cheney, Delshone Thomas.(Reinke, Adam) (Entered: 01/26/2022)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE of Plaintiffs' Notice of Deposition of Danita Wesson by Gwendolyn Cheney, Delshone Thomas.(Reinke, Adam) (Entered: 01/26/2022)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE of Plaintiffs' Notice of Deposition of Juanita Hines by Gwendolyn Cheney, Delshone Thomas.(Reinke, Adam) (Entered: 01/26/2022)

NOTICE to Take Deposition of Delshone Thomas filed by Georgia Department of Community Health, Caylee Noggle (LeGrande, Michelle) (Entered: 01/27/2022)

NOTICE to Take Deposition of Gwendolyn Cheney filed by Georgia Department of Community Health, Caylee Noggle (LeGrande, Michelle) (Entered: 01/27/2022)

Consent MOTION for Extension of Time to Complete Discovery and Modify the Current Schedule by Gwendolyn Cheney, Delshone Thomas. (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Reinke, Adam) (Entered: 02/02/2022)

ORDER granting 56 Motion to Extend the Fact Discovery Deadline and Modify the Current Schedule. The parties shall complete all fact discovery no later than April 15, 2022. All dispositive motions, including summary judgment, shall be filed no later than June 3, 2022. Signed by Judge Leigh Martin May on 2/3/22. (ceo) (Entered: 02/03/2022)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE of Discovery by Georgia Department of Community Health.(LeGrande, Michelle) (Entered: 02/14/2022)

Consent MOTION to Stay Proceedings and Discovery and for Mediation with Brief In Support by Georgia Department of Community Health, Caylee Noggle. (Attachments: # 1 Brief Memorandum of Law in Support of Consent Motion for Mediation and to Stay Proceedings and Discovery, # 2 Text of Proposed Order Proposed Order Granting Consent Motion for Mediation and Stay of Proceedings and Discovery)(LeGrande, Michelle) (Entered: 03/08/2022)

1 Brief Memorandum of Law in Support of Consent Motion for Mediation and to Stay P

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2 Text of Proposed Order Proposed Order Granting Consent Motion for Mediation and

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CASE REFERRED to Settlement Judge Magistrate Judge Walter E. Johnson. (anc)

ORDER granting 59 Motion to Stay Proceedings and Discovery. This case is hereby REFERRED to United States Magistrate Judge Walter E Johnson for mediation. The deadlines in this civil action shall be STAYED pending the outcome of mediation. Within two days of the completion of the mediation, the parties shall report the outcome of the mediation to the Court. Signed by Judge Leigh Martin May on 3/9/2022. (anc) (Entered: 03/09/2022)

Submission of 60 Order on Motion to Stay and Mediation by Settlement Judge, to Magistrate Judge Walter E. Johnson. (anc)

ORDER scheduling Mediation. Mediation Hearing set for 4/26/2022 at 10:00 AM in ROME Courtroom 201 before Magistrate Judge Walter E. Johnson. Signed by Magistrate Judge Walter E. Johnson on 3/15/22. (klb) (Entered: 03/15/2022)

ORDER ALLOWING ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT IN THE COURTROOM on April 26, 2022 at 10:00 am. Signed by Magistrate Judge Walter E. Johnson on 4/11/22. (klb) (Entered: 04/11/2022)

Minute Entry for proceedings held before Magistrate Judge Walter E. Johnson: Mediation held on 4/26/2022. Case settled. (klb) (Entered: 04/27/2022)

ORDER that this case is ADMINISTRATIVELY CLOSED pending the parties' filing the dismissal. The parties are DIRECTED to file within sixty (60) days of the date of this Order either (1) the necessary documents to dismiss this case or (2) a joint status update notifying the Court why they are unable to file such documents. Signed by Judge Leigh Martin May on 4/27/2022. (anc) (Entered: 04/27/2022)

Civil Case Terminated. (anc)

STATUS REPORT by Gwendolyn Cheney, Delshone Thomas. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - Settlement Agreement)(Reinke, Adam) (Entered: 06/27/2022)

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STIPULATION of Dismissal by Gwendolyn Cheney, Delshone Thomas. (Reinke, Adam) (Entered: 07/18/2022)