Case: Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles v. Burke

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COMPLAINT filed Summons(es) Issued referred to Discovery Carolyn Turchin (bg) (Entered: 06/18/1998)

MINUTES: Mtr retn to the clerk's officer for reassignment. The case has been reassigned to Judge George H. King for all further proceedings by Judge Harry L. Hupp. Case will now read CV98-4863 GHK (CTx) (cc all cnsl) (jc) (Entered: 07/07/1998)

NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION by plaintiff Sindicato De Trabaja, defendant Yvonne Brathwaite-Burke, defendant Michael Antonovich, defendant Don Knabe, defendant Gloria Molina, defendant Zev Yaroslavsky to dismiss for failure to state a clm up wh rel can be gr ; motion hearing set for 10:00 8/3/98 (twdb) (Entered: 07/08/1998)

ORDER by Judge George H. King re: Case Mgt (see orig ord for detailed information re special requirements). (dhl) (Entered: 07/15/1998)

OPPOSITION by plaintiff CHIRLA, plaintiff Sindicato De Trabaja to motion to dismiss for failure to state a clm up wh rel can be gr [3-1] (et) (Entered: 07/21/1998)

PROOF OF SERVICE by plaintiff CHIRLA, plaintiff Sindicato De Trabaja of ord re: case management; served upon Richard S Kemalyan on 7/20/98 by mail (jag) (Entered: 07/22/1998)

MINUTES: Dfts' hearing re motion to dismiss for failure to state a clm up wh rel can be gr [3-1] is taken off calendar. Dfts' ntc of mot does not satisfy the requirements of LR 7.4.1. by Judge George H. King CR: n/a (jag) (Entered: 07/27/1998)

ANSWER filed by defendant Yvonne Brathwaite-Burke, defendant Michael Antonovich, defendant Don Knabe, defendant Gloria Molina, defendant Zev Yaroslavsky to complaint [1-1]; jury demand (jag) (Entered: 09/08/1998)

CERTIFICATE re related publicly held entities re Case Mgt order [4-1] (app) (Entered: 10/07/1998)

JOINT REPORT OF EARLY MEETING OF COUNSEL filed. Estimated length of trial 2 days (jag) (Entered: 10/21/1998)

JOINT NOTICE by plaintiffs of MSC (jag) (Entered: 10/21/1998)

NOTICE by plfs CHIRLA & Sindicato De Trabaja of errata re jnt stat rpt (app) (Entered: 10/22/1998)

MINUTES: The crt cont mandatory status conference for 1:30 pm on 11/30/98 by Judge George H. King CR: Noreen Cerge (app) (Entered: 11/30/1998)

MINUTES: ; mandatory status conference held ; Crt sets a status conf set on 9:30 12/21/98 . Crt & cnsl discuss potential accomodations which might result in sttlmnt. Crt directs cnsl to explore possible avenues for sttlmnt. If sttlmnt is not likely, the Crt will set a br sched to determine whether the subject ordinance is content neutral or content discriminatory. by Judge George H. King CR: n/a (jag) (Entered: 12/04/1998)

MINUTES: The crt sched telephone conference for 9:30 am on 1/21/99, plf's cnsl to initiate call by Judge George H. King CR: Walter Ledge (app) (Entered: 12/28/1998)

MINUTES: telephone conf held, the crt cont telephone conference for 10:30 am on 2/22/99 by Judge George H. King CR: N/A (app) (Entered: 02/01/1999)

MINUTES: The crt cont telephone conference for 10:30 am on 3/1/99 by Judge George H. King CR: N/A (cc to all cnsl) (app) (Entered: 02/16/1999)

MINUTES: telephone conference held, cnsl directed to lodge a stip briefing sched w/the crt NLT 7 days hereof by Judge George H. King CR: N/A (app) (Entered: 03/05/1999)

PLACED IN FILE - NOT USED stip re br sched for x-motions re content discrimination (jag)

PLACED IN FILE - NOT USED revised stip re br sched for motion re content discrimination (jag)

MINUTES: Ptys sh meet & confer in person & discuss the relevant issues to be briefed on the mot to determine whether the ordinance is content neutrial or content discriminatory. Ea side sh be prepared w/ applicable law in advance of the meeting. Ea iss sh be set forth separately, followed by plf's & dft's position. The joint br sh be fld nlt 5/11/99 & sh be ntcd for hrg on 6/7/99 @ 9:30am. Ptys may but are not required to fi independent separate suppl br of no more than 5 pgs per side nlt 5/24/99. by Judge George H. King CR: n/a (jag) (Entered: 04/19/1999)

JOINT BRIEFING RE CONTENT DISCRIMINATION by plfs & dfts (app) (Entered: 05/12/1999)

NOTICE by plfs Sindicato De Trabaja and CHIRLA hrg for IN COURT HEARING RE: Jnt Briefing re Content Discrimination for 9:30 am on 6/7/99 (app) (Entered: 05/21/1999)

SUPPL BRIEF FILED by plfs Sindicato De Trabaja and CHIRLA re content discrimination (app) (Entered: 05/25/1999)

SUPPL REPLY BRIEF RE CONTENT DISCRIMINATION by dfts Yvonne Brathwaite-Burke, Michael Antonovich, Don Knabe, Gloria Molina and Zev Yaroslavsky (app) Modified on 05/28/1999 (Entered: 05/28/1999)

MINUTES: Crt hears oral argument re mot on jnt briefing re content discrimination, crt feels further briefing is nec, as set forth & directed by the crt on the record, crt allows ptys 90 days, til 9/27/99 to conduct further discov, only as to the iss stated by crt, thereafter, ptys shall meet & confer & file their jnt brief NLT 9/27/99 & ntc if for hrg, regularly under LR (see min ord for further details) by Judge George H. King CR: Irene Nakamur (app) (Entered: 06/25/1999)

JOINT BRIEF FILED by defendants re Secondary effects. (lk) (Entered: 09/30/1999)

SUPLL BRIEF by dfts re content discrimination (app) (Entered: 10/12/1999)

SUPPL BRIEF by plfs re secondary effects (app) (Entered: 10/12/1999)

MINUTES: by Judge George H. King; that the brief [25-1] is taken under submission, ; The crt sets a telephone status conference set on 10:30 10/25/99 CR: Irene Nakamura (yc) (Entered: 10/19/1999)

MINUTES TELEPHONE STATUS CONFERENCE: Telephone status conf held re: possible resolution. Crt & cnsl confer. Crt directs cnsl to communicate (to the appropriate party) to the Board of Supervisors, & bring to their attn, tht which the crt & cnsl discussed at the status conf re resolution ; further telephone conference set on 10:30 a.m., on 11/1/99 by Judge George H. King CR: N/A (ca) (Entered: 11/16/1999)

MINUTES: re Joint Brief re: Content Discrimination and Secondary Effects. We conclude that Ordinance No 94-0043 is CONTENT-NEUTRAL (see doc for extensive details) telephone conference held by Judge George H. King CR: none (ENT 10/29/99) (lk) (Entered: 10/29/1999)

MINUTES: ; telephone conference held . Cnsl req stay of matter for 120 days. Crt grants stay, cnsl shall fi jt stat rpt every 30 days from date of this Ord by Judge George H. King CR: none (lk) (Entered: 11/23/1999)

JOINT STATUS REPORT re: sttlmt status by defendant Yvonne Brathwaite-Burke (bp) (Entered: 12/15/1999)

JOINT STATUS REPORT RE STTLMNT STAT by defendants & plaintiffs (rrey) Modified on 01/19/2000 (Entered: 01/19/2000)

MINUTES: Cnsl are hereby notified that telephone conference set on 10:30 3/6/00 . Pla cnsl shall initiate the conf call by Judge George H. King CR: none (lk) (Entered: 02/23/2000)

MINUTES: Telephonic status conf held re: joint status report subm by the ptys on their progress of sttlmnt; After conf w/cnsl, Crt directs ptys to review proposal subm by plf & talk about potential resolution NLT 3/14/00; Further telephone status conference set for 10:30 3/20/00 ; by Judge George H. King CR: None (jp) (Entered: 03/09/2000)

MINUTES: telephone conference held . Jt stat rpt due NLT 3 wks hereof by Judge George H. King CR: Irene Nakamura (lk) (Entered: 03/23/2000)

STIPULATION and ORDER by Judge George H. King RE: Discovery and brief sched: Ptys shall fi a jt stip rpt NLT 4/10/00 discovery deadline set at 6/9/00 (lk) (Entered: 03/29/2000)

JOINT STATUS REPORT purs to 3/20/00 Crts Civil Mins (rrey) (Entered: 04/21/2000)

ORDER upon stip revising breifing sched: ptys shl file jt br & jt appendix exhs bf 7/17/00p nether pty's portion of jt br shl exceed 15 pgs; other prev estab dates sh not chg; ea pty may file & srv suppl memo not excd 5 pgs on or bf 7/24/00 & oral argmt on argmt on jt br shl be hrd on 8/7/00 9:30 or as soon theaft as crt may hr mater by Judge George H. King (lc) (Entered: 07/10/2000)

JOINT BRIEF FILED by defendants re Constitutionality of Ordinance regarding [39-1] (lk) (Entered: 07/19/2000)

NOTICE OF ERRATA by plaintiff correcting joint brief [40-1] (rrey) (Entered: 07/24/2000)

SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF FILED by plaintiffs re Constitutionality of Ordinance (rrey) (Entered: 07/24/2000)

SUPPLEMENTAL REPLY by defendants re validity of Ordinance [40-1] (rrey) (Entered: 07/28/2000)

MINUTES: Joint Brief re: COnstitutionally of Ordinance. The matter set for hrg on 8/7/00 is continued on the Crt own motion, ; IN COURT HEARING RE: Constitutionally of Ordinance set on 9:30 8/21/00 by Judge George H. King CR: none (lk) (Entered: 08/09/2000)

MINUTES: in court hearing held re Joint Brief re Constitutionality of Ordinance ; Crt takes matter under submission IT IS SO ORD by Judge George H. King CR: Irene Nakamura (cc cnsl) (rrey) (Entered: 08/22/2000)

ORDER by Judge George H. King, The Los Angeles Cnty code are DECLARED to violate the first and fourteenth amendmnts to the U.S. Constitutio. The cnty, its employees, officers, agents, servants, etc are PERMANENTLY ENJOINED from enforcing these sections. (ENTER 9/13/00) (yc) (Entered: 09/13/2000)

MINUTES: Crt conducts telephonice stat conf w/ cnsl; cnsl are Ord to meet and confer w/ the view toward reaching agreement on the amt of fees to be awarded to plfs; w/in two weeks hereof, cnsl shall file a joint status rpt w/ the Crt setting forth the following: (1) whether plfs desire to proceed fur on the issue of damages; (2) whether the ptys have agreed to the amt of fees to be awarded to plfs; if there is not agreement, the ptys shall propose a brief sched for plfs mot for fees IT IS SO ORD by Judge George H. King CR: None (rrey) (Entered: 09/18/2000)

JOINT REPORT re damages and fees (rrey) (Entered: 10/03/2000)

JOINT REPORT re attys fees (rrey) (Entered: 10/13/2000)

MINUTES: Telephonic Stat Conf held re atty fees & costs. Cnsl dir to file joint mot/br in the format dir by the Crt NLT 10/25/00. No ntc for hrg necessary by Judge George H. King (yl) (Entered: 11/03/2000)

Joint BRIEFING re plas' application for award of fees & costs (bg) (Entered: 10/27/2000)

MINUTES: The crt concludes that plaintiffs' successful challenge of the County ordinance entitles them to prevailing party status in this action. Accordingly, thei application of fees and costs is granted. Plaintiffs' application for award of fees and costs agianst dfts is granted in the sum of $24,202.61 terminating case (MD JS-6) by Judge George H. King CR: N/A (ENT 11/1/00) (sent) (bp) (Entered: 11/01/2000)