Case: EEOC v. KROGER TEXAS LP

3:01-cv-00226 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 19, 2001

Closed Date: 2004

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The Houston office of the EEOC brought this suit against the Kroger Company (which was subsequently substituted for Kroger Texas, L.P.) in April 2001 in the U.S. District court for the Southern District of Texas. Several months later, the complainant intervened. The statutory basis for the allegations is unclear, but the EEOC contended that the Kroger Co. constructively discharged the complainant and failed to accommodate him by failing to allow him to confer with a job coach or parent prior to…

The partial consent decree included non-discrimination and non-retaliation clauses and required Kroger Texas to train managers and co-managers assigned to work in its District No. 1 concerning their obligations under the ADA. It also required Kroger Texas to allow a three day grace period before allowing a resignation to become effective when an employee with an intellectual disability resigns in response to a suspension for a terminable offense. The decree had a two year term.


3:01-cv-00226	Docket (PACER) EEOC v. Kroger Texas L.P., et al	Jan. 10, 2002	Jan. 10, 2002 Docket
29 3:01-cv-00226	Partial Consent Decree EEOC v. Kroger Texas LP	Jan. 4, 2002	Jan. 4, 2002 Settlement Agreement

ECF Number	Date	Description	Link
1	April 19, 2001	COMPLAINT by EEOC filed; (mbergara) (Entered: 04/19/2001)	RECAP
2	April 19, 2001	ORDER set scheduling conference for 11:00 9/5/01 before Judge Samuel B. Kent, entered; Parties notified. () (mbergara) (Entered: 04/19/2001)	RECAP
3	April 19, 2001	ORDER re:computer codes printed on proposed orders, entered; Parties notified. ( signed by Judge Samuel B. Kent ) (mbergara) (Entered: 04/19/2001)	RECAP
4	May 17, 2001	U.S. Marshal's RETURN OF SERVICE executed as to The Kroger Company 5/2/01 filed Answer due on 5/22/01 for The Kroger Company (mbergara) (Entered: 05/17/2001)	RECAP
5	May 17, 2001	Dft's ANSWER to Complaint by The Kroger Company (Added attorney Barbara L Johnson), filed.; jury demand (gclark) (Entered: 05/17/2001)	RECAP
6	May 17, 2001	CERTIFICATE OF INTERESTED PARTIES by The Kroger Company, filed. (gclark) (Entered: 05/17/2001)	RECAP
7	June 12, 2001	APPLICATION for leave to file petition for intervention by Adrian Bellman, Motion Docket Date 7/2/01 [7-1] motion, filed. (mbergara) (Entered: 06/12/2001)	RECAP
8	June 12, 2001	Intervenor's PETITION FOR INTERVENTION by Adrian Bellman against defendant The Kroger Company, filed (mbergara) (Entered: 06/12/2001)	RECAP
9	June 14, 2001	ORDER granting [7-1] motion for leave to file petition for intervention, entered; Parties notified. ( signed by Judge Samuel B. Kent ) (mbergara) (Entered: 06/15/2001)	RECAP
10	Aug. 28, 2001	JOINT DISCOVERY/Case Management Plan by EEOC, The Kroger Company, filed. (gclark) (Entered: 08/28/2001)	RECAP
11	Aug. 29, 2001	MOTION to substitute attorney Elizabeth Trevino in place of Bruce V. Griffiths by EEOC, Motion Docket Date 9/18/01 [11-1] motion, filed. (mbergara) (Entered: 08/29/2001)	RECAP
12	Aug. 29, 2001	DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTED PARTIES by EEOC, filed. (mbergara) (Entered: 08/29/2001)	RECAP
13	Aug. 30, 2001	ORDER granting [11-1] motion to substitute attorney Elizabeth Trevino in place of Bruce V. Griffiths, entered; Parties notified. ( signed by Judge Samuel B. Kent ) (mbergara) (Entered: 08/30/2001)	RECAP
14	Sept. 5, 2001	Scheduling conference held before Judge Samuel B. Kent Ct Reporter: Ida Salinas Appearances:Elizabeth Trevino, Ellen Sprovach, Barbara Johnson. Case settled. (mbergara) (Entered: 09/06/2001)	RECAP
15	Sept. 5, 2001	30-DAY ADMINISTRATIVE CLOSING ORDER pending consummation of settlement, entered; Parties notified. (signed by Judge Samuel B. Kent) (mbergara) (Entered: 09/06/2001)	RECAP
16	Oct. 9, 2001	AGREED MOTION to extend administrative dismissal docket status in connection with settlement negotiations by EEOC, The Kroger Company, Adrian Bellman, filed. (mbergara) (Entered: 10/09/2001)	RECAP
17	Oct. 10, 2001	ORDER granting [16-1] agreed motion to extend administrative dismissal docket status in connection with settlement negotiations until November 5, 2001, entered; Parties notified. ( signed by Judge Samuel B. Kent ) (mbergara) (Entered: 10/11/2001)	RECAP
18	Nov. 21, 2001	MOTION to reopen, and extend administrative dismissal docket status in connection with settlement negotiations by EEOC, Motion Docket Date 12/11/01 [18-1] motion, 12/11/01 [18-2] motion, filed. (mbergara) (Entered: 11/21/2001)	RECAP
19	Nov. 26, 2001	ORDER mooting [18-1] motion to reopen granting [18-2] motion extend administrative dismissal docket status in connection with settlement negotiations until 12/3/01, entered; Parties notified. ( signed by Judge Samuel B. Kent ) (mbergara) (Entered: 11/27/2001)	RECAP
20	Nov. 30, 2001	MOTION to reinstate case on trial docket by EEOC, The Kroger Company, Motion Docket Date 12/20/01 [20-1] motion, filed. (mbergara) (Entered: 12/03/2001)	RECAP
21	Dec. 10, 2001	RESPONSE by The Kroger Company to [20-1] motion to reinstate case on trial docket, filed. (mbergara) (Entered: 12/11/2001)	RECAP
22	Dec. 18, 2001	ORDER Motion hearing set for 2:00 1/3/02 for [20-1] motion to reinstate case on trial docket, entered; Parties notified. (signed by Judge Samuel B. Kent) (mbergara) (Entered: 12/19/2001)	RECAP
23	Dec. 21, 2001	Pltf's REPLY by EEOC to response to [20-1] motion to reinstate case on trial docket, filed (gclark) (Entered: 12/21/2001)	RECAP
24	Dec. 26, 2001	Unopposed MOTION to substitute attorney Jim Sacher in place of Elizabeth Trevino by EEOC, Motion Docket Date 1/15/02 [24-1] motion, filed. (mbergara) (Entered: 12/27/2001)	RECAP
25	Jan. 3, 2002	NOTICE of substitution of counsel for The Kroger Company by A Martin Wickliff Jr, filed (mbergara) (Entered: 01/03/2002)	RECAP
26	Jan. 3, 2002	MOTION for substitution of parties by The Kroger Company, Motion Docket Date 1/23/02 [26-1] motion, filed. (mbergara) (Entered: 01/03/2002)	RECAP
27	Jan. 3, 2002	Unopposed MOTION for entry of consent decree by The Kroger Company, Motion Docket Date 1/23/02 [27-1] motion, filed. (mbergara) (Entered: 01/03/2002)	RECAP
28	Jan. 3, 2002	JOINT MOTION for dismissal of claims of intervenor Adrian Bellman by The Kroger Company, Adrian Bellman, filed (mbergara) (Entered: 01/03/2002)	RECAP
29	Jan. 3, 2002	PARTIAL CONSENT DECREE, entered; Parties notified. ( signed by Judge Samuel B. Kent ) (mbergara) (Entered: 01/04/2002)	RECAP
30	Jan. 3, 2002	ORDER granting [26-1] motion for substitution of parties, accordingly, Kroger Texas, L.P. is substituted as the deft for The Kroger Co., entered; Parties notified. ( signed by Judge Samuel B. Kent ) (mbergara) (Entered: 01/04/2002)	RECAP
31	Jan. 4, 2002	ORDER granting [28-1] joint motion for dismissal of claims of intervenor Adrian Bellman, entered; Parties notified. ( signed by Judge Samuel B. Kent ) (mbergara) (Entered: 01/07/2002)	RECAP
32	Jan. 10, 2002	ORDER granting [24-1] motion to substitute attorney Jim Sacher in place of Elizabeth Trevino, entered; Parties notified. ( signed by Judge Samuel B. Kent ) (mbergara) (Entered: 01/11/2002)	RECAP

Case: EEOC v. KROGER TEXAS LP

3:01-cv-00226 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

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