Case: Wachter v. James

Wachter et al. v. James et al.

Wachter et al. v. James et al.

Wachter et al. v. James et al.

Wachter et al. v. James et al.

COMPLAINT against Roger Catania, Christine Cea, Judith Chin, Adrian Hale, Letitia James, Brian Krist, Patrick Mannion, Susan Mittler, Wade Norwood, Hasoni Pratts, Seema Rivera, Betty Rosa, Shino Tanikawa, Felicia Thomas-Williams, Roger Tilles, Aramina Vega Ferrer, Keith Wiley, Frances Wills and Lester W. Young, Jr (Filing fee $405 receipt number ANYNDC-7395129) filed by Issac Kuo, Kerry Wachter, Danielle Ciampino and Sarah Rouse. (Attachments: # 1 Exhbit A (Letter from Letitia James and Betty Rosa to Boards of Education), # 2 Exhibit B (E-mail from Board of Education Presidents on behalf of NYSED P20), # 3 Civil Cover Sheet) (dpk) (Entered: 12/11/2025)

1 Exhbit A (Letter from Letitia James and Betty Rosa to Boards of Education)

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2 Exhibit B (E-mail from Board of Education Presidents on behalf of NYSED P20)

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3 Civil Cover Sheet

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G.O. 25 FILING ORDER ISSUED: Initial Conference set for 3/9/2026 at 10:00 AM by telephone before Magistrate Judge Therese Wiley Dancks. Civil Case Management Plan must be filed and Mandatory Disclosures are to be exchanged by the parties on or before 3/2/2026. (Pursuant to Local Rule 26.2, mandatory disclosures are to be exchanged among the parties but are NOT to be filed with the Court.) (dpk) (Entered: 12/11/2025)

Summons Issued as to Roger Catania, Christine Cea, Judith Chin, Adrian Hale, Letitia James, Brian Krist, Patrick Mannion, Susan Mittler, Wade Norwood, Hasoni Pratts, Seema Rivera, Betty Rosa, Shino Tanikawa, Felicia Thomas-Williams, Aramina Vega Ferrer, Keith Wiley, Frances Wills and Lester W. Young, Jr. (Attachments: # 1 Summons Issued as to Susan Mittler, # 2 Summons Issued as to Shino Tanikawa, # 3 Summons Issued as to Seema Rivera, # 4 Summons Issued as to Roger Catania, # 5 Summons Issued as to Patrick Mannion, # 6 Summons Issued as to Letitia James, # 7 Summons Issued as to Lester Young, Jr., # 8 Summons Issued as to Keith Wiley, # 9 Summons Issued as to Judith Chin, # 10 Summons Issued as to Hasoni Pratts, # 11 Summons Issued as to Frances Wills, # 12 Summons Issued as to Felicia Thomas-Williams, # 13 Summons Issued as to Christine Cea, # 14 Summons Issued as to Brian Krist, # 15 Summons Issued as to Betty Rosa, # 16 Summons Issued as to Aramina Vega Ferrer, # 17 Summons Issued as to Adrian Hale) (dpk) Modified on 12/11/2025 (ham, ). (Entered: 12/11/2025)

NOTICE OF ADMISSION REQUIREMENT as to Party Kerry Wachter, Danielle Ciampino, Sarah Rouse and Issac Kuo. Attorney Jordan R. Miller admissions due by 12/23/2025. (dpk) (Entered: 12/11/2025)

Summons Issued as to Roger Tilles. (ham) (Entered: 12/11/2025)

TEXT NOTICE OF FILING DEFICIENCY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the following Filing Deficiency: Proposed Summons were not included with the Complaint as to defendant ROGER TILLES. Counsel is directed to file proposed summons(es) on the docket using the REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF SUMMONS(ES) event within 3 days of this notice. Notice of Filing Deficiency Deadline 12/16/2025 (dpk)

CLERK'S CORRECTION OF DOCKET ENTRY: Clerk retrieved the Proposed Summons for Roger Tille from the shell case, and erroneously issued it for 12/9/2025 and added the document to 3 . Clerk has since deleted it from 3, re-issued it for 12/11/2025, and docketed it on it's own for 12/11/2025. (ham)

Letter Motion from Jordan Miller for Danielle Ciampino, Issac Kuo, Sarah Rouse, Kerry Wachter requesting an extension of time to file a motion for limited admission pro hac vice submitted to Magistrate Judge Therese Wiley-Dancks submitted via MFT. (dpk) (Entered: 12/29/2025)

SUMMONS Returned Executed by Issac Kuo, Kerry Wachter, Danielle Ciampino, Sarah Rouse. All Defendants. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit(s) Exhibits 1-19 Certified Mail Proofs, # 2 Exhibit(s) Exhibit 20 Personal Service Proofs)(Dickey, James) (Entered: 12/24/2025)

Letter Motion from Aimee Cowan for Roger Catania, Christine Cea, Judith Chin, Adrian Hale, Letitia James, Brian Krist, Patrick Mannion, Susan Mittler, Wade Norwood, Hasoni Pratts, Seema Rivera, Betty Rosa, Shino Tanikawa, Felicia Thomas-Williams, Roger Tilles, Aramina Vega Ferrer, Keith Wiley, Frances Wills, Lester W. Young, Jr requesting 30-day extension to file responsive pleadings until February 6, 2026 submitted to Judge Therese Wiley Dancks . (Cowan, Aimee) (Entered: 12/29/2025)

TEXT ORDER:Court reviewed letter request, Dkt. No. 7, for an extension of time for attorney Jordan Miller to submit a pro hac vice application which is granted for the reasons stated. Said request shall be submitted by 1/13/2026. Court also reviewed letter request, Dkt. No. 8, from counsel for defendants seeking an extension of time to respond to the complaint which is granted for the reasons stated. Defendants shall respond to the complaint by 2/6/2026. The Rule 16 conference and related deadlines as set in Dkt. No. 2 remain as scheduled at this time. SO ORDERED by U.S. Magistrate Judge Therese Wiley Dancks on 12/30/2025. (pcj) (Entered: 12/30/2025)

MOTION for Limited Admission Pro Hac Vice of Jordan Miller. Filing fee $100, receipt number 27UB75DL filed by Danielle Ciampino, Issac Kuo, Sarah Rouse and Kerry Wachter [THIS DOCUMENT IS RESTRICTED AND VIEWABLE BY COURT USERS ONLY] Motions referred to Judge Therese Wiley Dancks. (dpk) (Entered: 12/31/2025)

Order on Letter Request AND Order on Letter Request

TEXT ORDER granting 10 Motion for Limited Admission Pro Hac Vice. Counsel is hereby advised that as of January 16, 2018, the NYND has converted to NextGen. Due to this conversion, you must now register for Pro Hac Vice access through your PACER account. This is the only notice you will receive concerning this requirement. You will not have access to electronically file in this case until your Pro Hac Vice request has been processed through the PACER system. Step-by-step instructions on how to complete this process are available at http://www.nynd.uscourts.gov/attorney-admissions. Counsel is reminded that, once the above is accomplished, a NOTICE OF APPEARANCE MUST BE FILED IN THIS ACTION or you will not receive electronic notifications in the case.. SO ORDERED by U.S. Magistrate Judge Therese Wiley Dancks on 1/6/2026. (pcj) (Entered: 01/06/2026)

Order on Motion for Limited Admission Pro Hac Vice

MOTION for Preliminary Injunction filed by Danielle Ciampino, Issac Kuo, Sarah Rouse, Kerry Wachter. Motion returnable before Judge Glenn T. Suddaby Response to Motion due by 1/30/2026. Reply to Response to Motion due by 2/6/2026 (Attachments: # 1 Memorandum of Law Plaintiffs' Memorandum of Law in Support of Their Motion for a Preliminary Injunction, # 2 Declaration Declaration of Kerry Wachter with Exhibits A-B, # 3 Declaration Declaration of Danielle Ciampino, # 4 Declaration Declaration of Sarah Rouse, # 5 Declaration Declaration of Issac Kuo, # 6 Proposed Order/Judgment Proposed Order Granting Plaintiffs' Motion for a Preliminary Injunction) (Dickey, James) (Entered: 01/09/2026)

1 Memorandum of Law Plaintiffs' Memorandum of Law in Support of Their Motion

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2 Declaration Declaration of Kerry Wachter with Exhibits A-B

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3 Declaration Declaration of Danielle Ciampino

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4 Declaration Declaration of Sarah Rouse

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5 Declaration Declaration of Issac Kuo

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6 Proposed Order/Judgment Proposed Order Granting Plaintiffs' Motion for a Pr

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NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Jordan Miller on behalf of All Plaintiffs (Miller, Jordan) (Entered: 01/09/2026)

Letter Motion from Aimee Cowan for Roger Catania, Christine Cea, Judith Chin, Adrian Hale, Letitia James, Brian Krist, Patrick Mannion, Susan Mittler, Wade Norwood, Hasoni Pratts, Seema Rivera, Betty Rosa, Shino Tanikawa, Felicia Thomas-Williams, Roger Tilles, Aramina Vega Ferrer, Keith Wiley, Frances Wills, Lester W. Young, Jr requesting extension until February 6, 2026 for defendants to respond to plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction, to coincide with the responsive pleadings deadline submitted to Judge Glenn T. Suddaby . (Cowan, Aimee) (Entered: 01/14/2026)

TEXT ORDER granting Defendants' 14 letter-motion for an extension of time to file a response to Plaintiffs' 12 Motion for Preliminary Injunction on or before 2/6/2026. Any reply is due to be filed on or before 2/13/2026. SO ORDERED by U.S. District Judge Glenn T Suddaby on 1/16/2026. (sal ) (Entered: 01/16/2026)

Order on Letter Request

Letter Motion from Aimee Cowan for Adrian Hale, Letitia James, Brian Krist, Patrick Mannion, Susan Mittler, Wade Norwood, Hasoni Pratts, Seema Rivera, Betty Rosa, Shino Tanikawa, Felicia Thomas-Williams, Roger Tilles, Aramina Vega Ferrer, Keith Wiley, Frances Wills, Lester W. Young, Jr requesting 2-week extension for responsive pleadings deadline and deadline for defendants' opposition to plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction submitted to Judge Glenn T. Suddaby . (Cowan, Aimee) (Entered: 02/01/2026)

TEXT ORDER granting Defendants' 16 letter-motion for an extension of time to file an opposition to Plaintiff's 12 Motion for Preliminary Injunction and responsive pleadings on or before 2/20/2026 (Defendants intend to file a motion to dismiss in lieu of answering the complaint). Any reply to this motion is due on or before 3/27/2026. The request for an adjournment of the deadline for Rule 26 disclosures and Civil Case Management Plan, and Rule 16 Conference set for March 9, 2026 will be addressed by Magistrate Judge Dancks. SO ORDERED by U.S. District Judge Glenn T Suddaby on 2/4/2026. (sal ) (Entered: 02/04/2026)

TEXT ORDER: Court reviewed Dkt. Nos. 16 and 17. The request to adjourn the Rule 16 conference and related deadlines is granted for the reasons stated. The Rule 16 conference and related deadlines will be reset as necessary after the pending motion for preliminary injunction and the anticipated motion to dismiss are resolved. SO ORDERED by U.S. Magistrate Judge Therese Wiley Dancks on 2/4/2026. (pcj) (Entered: 02/04/2026)

Order on Letter Request

Order

TEXT ORDER REASSIGNING CASE. Case reassigned to Magistrate Judge Carla B. Freedman for all further proceedings. Magistrate Judge Therese Wiley Dancks no longer assigned to case. SO ORDERED by Chief Judge Brenda K. Sannes on 2/13/2026. (pcj) (Entered: 02/13/2026)

Order Reassigning Case

RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF'S 12 MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION AND CROSS-MOTION TO DISMISS for Failure to State a Claim filed by Roger Catania, Christine Cea, Judith Chin, Adrian Hale, Letitia James, Brian Krist, Patrick Mannion, Susan Mittler, Wade Norwood, Hasoni Pratts, Seema Rivera, Betty Rosa, Shino Tanikawa, Felicia Thomas-Williams, Roger Tilles, Aramina Vega Ferrer, Keith Wiley, Frances Wills, Lester W. Young, Jr. Motion returnable before Judge Glenn T. Suddaby Response to Motion due by 3/13/2026. Reply to Response to Motion due by 3/20/2026 (Attachments: # 1 Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction and in support of Defendants' motion to dismiss, # 2 Declaration, # 3 Declaration, # 4 Declaration) (Cowan, Aimee) Modified on 2/25/2026 to include this a cross-motion (sal). (Entered: 02/20/2026)

1 Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary inj

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2 Declaration

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3 Declaration

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4 Declaration

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Letter Motion from James Dickey for Danielle Ciampino, Issac Kuo, Sarah Rouse, Kerry Wachter requesting extension of time to file reply in support of plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction until March 27, 2026 so that the reply will coincide with plaintiffs' opposition to defendants' motion to dismiss and be filed as a single brief submitted to Judge Glenn T. Suddaby (Defendants consent). (Dickey, James) (Entered: 02/23/2026)

TEXT ORDER: Granting Plaintiffs' 21 Letter Request for an extension of time to file a reply brief in support of their 12 Motion for Preliminary Injunction on or before 3/27/2026 at the same time as their opposition to the 20 Motion to Dismiss, and to file a combined brief of 25 pages or less. Defendant's reply brief in support of their motion to dismiss is due by April 3, 2026. SO ORDERED by U.S. District Judge Glenn T Suddaby on February 25, 2026. (rep, ) (Entered: 02/25/2026)

Order on Letter Request

Letter Motion from Aimee Cowan for Roger Catania, Christine Cea, Judith Chin, Adrian Hale, Letitia James, Brian Krist, Patrick Mannion, Susan Mittler, Wade Norwood, Hasoni Pratts, Seema Rivera, Betty Rosa, Shino Tanikawa, Felicia Thomas-Williams, Roger Tilles, Aramina Vega Ferrer, Keith Wiley, Frances Wills, Lester W. Young, Jr requesting 1-week extension for defendants' motion to dismiss reply submitted to Judge Glenn T. Suddaby . (Cowan, Aimee) (Entered: 03/26/2026)

RESPONSE to Motion re 20 Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim,,, 12 Motion for Preliminary Injunction,, Plaintiffs' Combined Memorandum of Law in Reply Supporting Their Motion for a Preliminary Injunction and in Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss filed by Danielle Ciampino, Issac Kuo, Sarah Rouse, Kerry Wachter. (Attachments: # 1 Declaration Ex. A Supp. Decl. of Danielle Ciampino, # 2 Declaration Ex. B. Supp. Decl. of Kerry Wachter)(Miller, Jordan) (Entered: 03/27/2026)

1 Declaration Ex. A Supp. Decl. of Danielle Ciampino

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2 Declaration Ex. B. Supp. Decl. of Kerry Wachter

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TEXT ORDER: Granting the 23 Letter Motion requesting an extension of time for defendants' to file a reply to the 12 and 20 Motions. The reply is now due by 4/10/2026. SO ORDERED by U.S. District Judge Glenn T Suddaby on March 31, 2026. (rep) (Entered: 03/31/2026)

Order on Letter Request

TEXT ORDER REASSIGNING CASE. Case reassigned to U.S. District Judge Anne M. Nardacci for all further proceedings. U.S. District Judge Glenn T Suddaby no longer assigned to case. SO ORDERED by Chief Judge Brenda K. Sannes on 4/3/26. (lmw) (Entered: 04/03/2026)

Order Reassigning Case

Letter Request/Motion

Order on Letter Request

Limited Admission Pro Hac Vice

Limited Admission Pro Hac Vice

Order on Motion for Limited Admission Pro Hac Vice

MEMORANDUM-DECISION and ORDER. The Court hereby ORDERS that Plaintiffs' Motion for a Preliminary Injunction, Dkt. No. 12, is DENIED. The Court further ORDERS that Defendants' Cross-Motion to Dismiss, Dkt. No. 20, is GRANTED. The Court further ORDERS that the Complaint, Dkt. No. 1, is DISMISSED without prejudice. The Court further ORDERS that the Clerk serve a copy of this Memorandum-Decision and Order on the parties in accordance with the Local Rules. Signed by U.S. District Judge Anne M. Nardacci on 6/8/2026. (mab) (Entered: 06/08/2026)

JUDGMENT. IT IS ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Plaintiffs' Motion for a Preliminary Injunction, Dkt. No. 12, is DENIED. Defendants' Cross-Motion to Dismiss, Dkt. No. 20, is GRANTED. Plaintiffs' Complaint, Dkt. No. 1, is DISMISSED without prejudice. All of the above in accordance with Memorandum-Decision and Order issued on June 8, 2026 by the Honorable Anne M. Nardacci, U.S. District Judge. (mab) (Entered: 06/08/2026)

TRANSCRIPT of Proceedings: Motion Hearing held on May 27, 2026, before Judge Anne M. Nardacci, Court Reporter: Lisa L. Tennyson, Telephone number: 518.257.1823. IMPORTANT NOTICE - REDACTION OF TRANSCRIPTS: In order to remove personal identifier data from the transcript, a party must electronically file a Notice of Intent to Request Redaction with the Clerk's Office within 5 business days of this date. The policy governing the redaction of personal information is located on the court website at www.nynd.uscourts.gov. Read this policy carefully. If no Notice of Intent to Redact is filed within 5 business days of this date, the court will assume redaction of personal identifiers is not necessary and the transcript will be made available on the web 90 days from today's date. Transcript may be viewed at the court public terminal or purchased through the Court Reporter before the deadline for Release of Transcript Restriction. After that date it may be obtained through PACER. Redaction Request due 7/16/2026. Redacted Transcript Deadline set for 7/27/2026. Release of Transcript Restriction set for 9/23/2026. Notice of Intent to Redact due by 6/30/2026 (lt, ) (Entered: 06/25/2026)

NOTICE OF APPEAL as to 37 Order on Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim,,, Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction,, 38 Judgment, by Danielle Ciampino, Kerry Wachter. Filing fee $ 605, receipt number ANYNDC-7669706. (Dickey, James) (Entered: 07/07/2026)

ELECTRONIC NOTICE AND CERTIFICATION sent to US Court of Appeals re # 40 Notice of Appeal. (mmg) (Entered: 07/08/2026)