Case: Bumgardner v. City of Gastonia

COMPLAINT against All Defendants with Jury Demand ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number BNCWDC-6960823), filed by Brad Bumgardner. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Medical Questionnaire)(Hilker, Elizabeth) Modified to add Receipt number on 5/6/2025 (cjs). (Entered: 05/05/2025)

Summons Issued Electronically as to City of Gastonia. NOTICE: Counsel shall print the summons and serve with other case opening documents in accordance with Fed.R.Civ.P.4 . (cjs) (Entered: 05/06/2025)

Summons Issued Electronically as to City of Gastonia. NOTICE: Counsel shall print the summons and serve with other case opening documents in accordance with Fed.R.Civ.P.4 . (cjs) (Entered: 05/06/2025)

Standing Order Regarding Use of Artificial Intelligence

Case Assigned/Reassigned

Case assigned to District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr and US Magistrate Judge Susan C. Rodriguez. Notice: You must click this link to retrieve the Case Assignment Packet. This is your only notice - you will not receive a separate document.(cjs)

Standing Order Regarding Use of Artificial Intelligence (3:24-mc-104). Click on this link to retrieve the Standing Order (cjs)

REQUEST FOR WAIVER of Service sent to City of Gastonia on 05/12/2025 by Brad Bumgardner. (Hilker, Elizabeth) (Entered: 05/12/2025)

WAIVER OF SERVICE Returned Executed by Brad Bumgardner. City of Gastonia waiver sent on 5/8/2025, answer due 7/7/2025. (Hilker, Elizabeth) (Entered: 05/12/2025)

NOTICE of Appearance by Patrick Houghton Flanagan on behalf of City of Gastonia (Flanagan, Patrick) (Entered: 05/23/2025)

NOTICE of Appearance by Kayla Nicole McDaniel on behalf of City of Gastonia (McDaniel, Kayla) (Entered: 05/23/2025)

ANSWER to 1 Complaint, with Jury Demand by City of Gastonia.(McDaniel, Kayla) (Entered: 07/07/2025)

Notice to Conduct Initial Attorneys Conference

NOTICE pursuant to Local Rule 16.1 you are required to conduct an Initial Attorney's Conference within 14 days. At the conference, the parties are required to discuss the issue of consent to jurisdiction of a magistrate judge in accordance with Local Rules 16.1(A) and 73.1(C). The Certificate of Initial Attorneys Conference, and if applicable, the Joint Stipulation of Consent to Exercise jurisdiction by a US Magistrate Judge, should be filed within 7 days of the conference. If appropriate, a party may file a Motion to Stay the Initial Attorney's Conference. CIAC Report due by 7/29/2025. (ams)

Joint CERTIFICATION of initial attorney conference and discovery plan (McDaniel, Kayla) (Entered: 07/28/2025)

Pretrial Order and Case Management Plan: Estimated Trial Time: (5) Five to (7) Seven Days. Discovery due by 4/20/2026. Motions due by 5/20/2026. Mediator Designation deadline set for 4/20/2026. Mediation deadline set for 4/20/2026. Signed by US Magistrate Judge Susan C. Rodriguez on 8/3/2025. (llp) (Entered: 08/04/2025)

Consent MOTION for Protective Order by City of Gastonia. Responses due by 10/9/2025 (McDaniel, Kayla). Motions referred to Susan C. Rodriguez. (Entered: 09/25/2025)

Attachment by City of Gastonia. Attachment to 11 Motion for Protective Order "Consent Protective Order" (McDaniel, Kayla) (Entered: 09/25/2025)

CONSENT PROTECTIVE ORDER. Signed by US Magistrate Judge Susan C. Rodriguez on 10/7/2025. (brl) (Entered: 10/08/2025)

Case Assigned/Reassigned

Case reassigned to District Judge Susan C Rodriguez and Unassigned Magistrate Judge. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr, Magistrate Judge Susan Rodriguez no longer assigned to the case. This is your only notice - you will not receive a separate document.(ams)