Case: WILFONG v. RENT A CENTER

Wilfong v. Rent A Center Inc

Wilfong v. Rent-A-Center

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Wilfong v. Rent-A-Center, Inc.

Wilfong v. Rent-A-Center

Wilfong v. Rent-A-Center Inc.

Wilfong v. Rent-A-Center Inc.

Wilfong v. Rent-A-Center Inc.

Bunch v. Rent-a-Center

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Wilfong v. Rent-A-Center

Wilfong v. Rent-A-Center; EEOC v. Rent-A-Center

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Carly Knight, Frank Dobbin, Alexandra Kalev

CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT (Summons(es) issued) Filing fee pd $ 150.00 receipt # 300 69509 (fe) (Entered: 08/31/2000)

Magistrate identification: Mag/Judge Gerald B. Cohn (fe) (Entered: 08/31/2000)

RETURN OF SERVICE executed upon defendant Rent A Center Inc on 8/31/00 (myz) (Entered: 09/06/2000)

ORIGINAL ANSWER by defendant Rent A Center Inc to [1−1] (acm) (Entered: 09/25/2000)

MOTION by defendant Rent A Center Inc to transfer venue (case) under 28 USC 1440(a) (acm) (Entered: 09/25/2000)

MEMORANDUM by defendant Rent A Center Inc in support of motion to transfer venue (case) under 28 USC 1440(a) [3−1] (acm) (Entered: 09/25/2000)

MOTION by defendant Rent A Center Inc for attorney Larry M. Bauer to appear pro hac vice (tjh) (Entered: 10/06/2000)

ORDER (NGJ/dkb) granting motion for attorney Larry M. Bauer to appear pro hac vice [5−1] on behalf of Rent A Center Inc; $55.00 filing fee paid receipt #300 70220 (cc: all counsel) (tjh) (Entered: 10/06/2000)

MOTION by defendant Rent A Center Inc to defer Local Rule 16.2(b) conference (dlr) (Entered: 10/13/2000)

CJRA Track C assigned by Judge David R. Herndon ; presumptive jury trial set for month of 2/02 before Judge David R. Herndon in the USDC/East St. Louis, IL (cc: all counsel) (dlr) (Entered: 10/13/2000)

NOTICE of Sched/Disc Conf set for 8:30 AM on 11/14/00 before Mag Judge Gerald B. Cohn in the USDC/East St. Louis, IL (cc: all counsel) (dlr) (Entered: 10/13/2000)

RESPONSE by plaintiffs to motion to transfer venue (case) under 28 USC 1440(a) [3−1] (dlr) (Entered: 10/16/2000)

REQUEST (MOTION) by plaintiff for leave to file their amended class action complaint (dlr) (Entered: 10/16/2000)

REPLY by defendant Rent A Center Inc to response to motion to transfer venue (case) under 28 USC 1440(a) [3−1] (jmf) (Entered: 10/23/2000)

ORDER by Mag Judge Gerald B. Cohn denying motion to defer Local Rule 16.2(b) conference [7−1] (cc: all counsel) (tjh) (Entered: 10/24/2000)

AMENDED CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT [1−1] by plaintiffs' Claudine Wilfong, Lisa Adams, Terry Blackburn, Lisa Chenelle, Toni Cohen, Marsha Cromwell, DeEllen Dickerson, Veronica Dropthmore, Kim Hammer, Mary Johnson, Karen Dueker Meyer, Dawn Pemberton, Hermanette Portis, Amy Pratt, Linda Sheattler, Michele Smith, Melanie Watson, Linda Wigger, Robin Yeubanks; adding Kathleen Liphart, Teia Malone (tjh) (Entered: 10/24/2000)

Proposed scheduling and discovery order by plaintiffs received and submitted to Mag Judge Gerald B. Cohn (car) (Entered: 10/18/2000)

Proposed scheduling and discovery order by defendant Rent A Center Inc received and submitted to Mag Judge Gerald B. Cohn (car) Modified on 10/18/2000 (Entered: 10/18/2000)

SCHEDULING AND DISCOVERY ORDER by Mag Judge Gerald B. Cohn ; the presumptive trial month of February, 2002, is hereby vacated; the Court will establish a new presumptive trial month at the case management conference to be held after the Court's ruling on the plaintiffs' motion for class certification; see order for specifics (cc: all counsel) (dlr) (Entered: 11/14/2000)

ORDER by Mag Judge Gerald B. Cohn setting settlement conf at 9:00 AM on 11/19/01 before Mag Judge Gerald B. Cohn in the USDC/East St. Louis, IL (cc: all counsel) (dlr) (Entered: 11/14/2000)

MEMORANDUM (BRIEF) by plaintiffs regarding proposed scheduling &discovery order [0−0] (myz) (Entered: 11/13/2000)

MOTION by defendant Rent A Center Inc for attorney Michael V. Abcarian to appear pro hac vice (dlr) (Entered: 11/22/2000)

ORDER (NGJ/car) granting motion for attorney Michael V. Abcarian to appear pro hac vice [19−1] for defendant; $55.00 fee paid by receipt #71154 (cc: all counsel) (dlr) (Entered: 11/22/2000)

MEMORANDUM TO CLERK (ATTORNEY APPEARANCE) for defendant Rent A Center Inc by Larry M. Bauer and Michael V. Abcarian (dlr) (Entered: 11/28/2000)

ANSWER by defendant Rent A Center Inc to amended class action complaint [15−1] (tjh) (Entered: 11/28/2000)

RESPONSE by intervenor EEOC to Order of 1/3/02 [187−1] (dlr) (Entered: 01/10/2002)

JOINT REQUEST (MOTION) by plaintiffs, defendant to amend scheduling order (dlr) (Entered: 02/08/2001)

ORDER by Judge David R. Herndon denying motion to transfer venue (case) under 28 USC 1440(a) [3−1] (cc: all counsel) (fe) (Entered: 02/09/2001)

ORDER by Mag Judge Gerald B. Cohn granting motion to amend scheduling order [23−1] (see order for specifics) (cc: all counsel) (myz) (Entered: 02/14/2001)

MOTION by plaintiffs' to compel defendant to respond to plaintiffs' first interrogatories and first request for production (fe) (Entered: 02/16/2001)

MOTION by plaintiffs' for leave to file memorandum in excess of 10 pages (fe) (Entered: 02/16/2001)

CERTIFICATE (SUPPLEMENT) by plaintiff re motion to compel defendant to respond to plaintiffs' first interrogatories and first request for production [26−1] (tjh) (Entered: 02/20/2001)

VOLUME NUMBER 2 created, beginning with document number 29. (dlr) (Entered: 02/23/2001)

ORDER by Mag Judge Gerald B. Cohn granting motion for leave to file memorandum in excess of 10 pages [27−1] (cc: all counsel) (dlr) (Entered: 02/23/2001)

MEMORANDUM by plaintiffs in support of motion to compel defendant to respond to plaintiffs' first interrogatories and first request for production [26−1] (dlr) (Entered: 02/23/2001)

REQUEST (MOTION) by defendant Rent A Center Inc to extend the deadline for filing expert reports (dlr) (Entered: 03/07/2001)

REQUEST (MOTION) by defendant Rent A Center Inc for leave to file it's response in opposition to plaintiffs' motion to compel in excess of 10 pages (dlr) (Entered: 03/07/2001)

MOTION by defendant for attorney Michael E. Coles to appear pro hac vice (dmw) (Entered: 03/12/2001)

ORDER (NGJ/rb) granting motion for attorney Michael E. Coles to appear pro hac vice [34−1] for defendant (cc: all counsel) $55.00 fee paid receipt #300 73292 (dmw) (Entered: 03/12/2001)

MOTION by defendant Rent A Center Inc for attorney Franklin Eastwood Wright to appear pro hac vice (dmw) (Entered: 03/12/2001)

ORDER (NGJ/rb) granting motion for attorney Franklin Eastwood Wright to appear pro hac vice [36−1] for defendant (cc: all counsel) $55.00 fee paid receipt #300 73290 (dmw) (Entered: 03/12/2001)

MOTION by defendant for attorney Lisa Winston Sorrell to appear pro hac vice (dmw) (Entered: 03/12/2001)

ORDER (NGJ/rb) granting motion for attorney Lisa Winston Sorrell to appear pro hac vice [38−1] for defendant (cc: all counsel) $55.00 fee paid receipt #300 73291 (dmw) (Entered: 03/12/2001)

MOTION by defendant for attorney Dan C. Dargene to appear pro hac vice (dmw) (Entered: 03/12/2001)

ORDER (NGJ/rb) granting motion for attorney Dan C. Dargene to appear pro hac vice [40−1] for defendant (cc: all counsel) $55.00 fee paid receipt #300 73289 (dmw) (Entered: 03/12/2001)

MOTION by defendant for attorney John D. Smart to appear pro hac vice (dmw) (Entered: 03/12/2001)

ORDER (NGJ/rb) granting motion for attorney John D. Smart to appear pro hac vice [42−1] for defendant (cc: all counsel) $55.00 fee paid receipt #300 73288 (dmw) (Entered: 03/12/2001)

MOTION by EEOC for leave to intervene (fe) (Entered: 03/16/2001)

MEMORANDUM by unknown EEOC in support of motion for leave to intervene [44−1] (fe) (Entered: 03/16/2001)

ORDER by Mag Judge Gerald B. Cohn granting motion to compel defendant to respond to plaintiffs' first interrogatories and first request for production within 20 days of the date of this order [26−1] denying motion to extend the deadline for filing expert reports as moot [32−1], granting motion for leave to file it's response in opposition to plaintiffs' motion to compel in excess of 10 pages [33−1] (cc: all counsel) (fe) (Entered: 03/21/2001)

RESPONSE by defendant Rent A Center Inc in opposition to plaintiff's motion to compel [26−1] (fe) (Entered: 03/21/2001)

VOLUME NUMBER 3 created, beginning with document number 47. (scj) (Entered: 04/03/2001)

ATTORNEY APPEARANCE for defendant Rent A Center Inc by Kevin J. Lorenz (dlr) (Entered: 03/27/2001)

ATTORNEY APPEARANCE for defendant Rent A Center Inc by Thomas E. Berry Jr. (dlr) (Entered: 03/27/2001)

MOTION by defendant Rent A Center Inc for attorney Kevin J. Lorenz to appear pro hac vice (dlr) (Entered: 03/27/2001)

ORDER (NGJ/car) granting motion for attorney Kevin J. Lorenz to appear pro hac vice [51−1] for defendant Rent A Center Inc, granting motion for attorney Thomas E. Berry Jr to appear pro hac vice [50−1] for defendant Rent A Center Inc; $110.00 fee paid by receipt #73650 (cc: all counsel) (dlr) (Entered: 03/27/2001)

MOTION by defendant Rent A Center Inc for extension of time to respond to the equal employment opportunity commission's motion for leave to intervene (dlr) (Entered: 03/27/2001)

MOTION by defendant Rent A Center Inc for extension of time to file a Motion for Reconsideration of Court's Order dated 3/14/01 (scj) Modified on 04/03/2001 (Entered: 04/02/2001)

ATTORNEY APPEARANCE for defendant Rent A Center Inc by John L. Gilbert (scj) (Entered: 04/03/2001)

RESPONSE by plaintiff Claudine Wilfong to Defendant's Motion for Extension of Time to file a Motion for Reconsideration of Court's 3/14/01 Order [54−1] and to Defendant's Motion for Extension of Time to respond to the EEOC's Motion for Leave to Intervene [53−1] (scj) (Entered: 04/02/2001)

ORDER by Judge David R. Herndon granting motion for extension of time to respond to the equal employment opportunity commission's motion for leave to intervene [53−1] until 4/27/01 (cc: all counsel) (scj) (Entered: 04/02/2001)

MOTION by defendant Rent A Center Inc to stay Plaintiff Marsha Cromwell's claims and to compel Arbitration (scj) (Entered: 04/02/2001)

MEMORANDUM by defendant Rent A Center Inc in support of motion to stay Plaintiff Marsha Cromwell's claims [57−1] and of motion to compel Arbitration [57−2] (scj) (Entered: 04/02/2001)

REPLY by defendant Rent A Center Inc re Defendant's Motion for Extension of Time to File Its Motion for Reconsideration [54−1] (scj) (Entered: 04/02/2001)

MEMORANDUM by unknown EEOC in opposition to Defendant's motion for extension of time to respond to the equal employment opportunity commission's motion for leave to intervene [53−1] (scj) Modified on 04/03/2001 (Entered: 04/02/2001)

MOTION by plaintiffs' for leave to conduct communications pursuant to local rule 83.4(d)(2) and Illinois Rule of Professional Conduct 4/2 (fe) (Entered: 04/03/2001)

MEMORANDUM by plaintiff in support of motion for leave to conduct communications pursuant to local rule 83.4(d)(2) and Illinois Rule of Professional Conduct 4/2 [62−1] (fe) (Entered: 04/03/2001)

ORDER by Mag Judge Gerald B. Cohn granting motion for extension of time to file a Motion for Reconsideration of Court's Order dated 3/14/01 [54−1] up to and including 4/13/01; the Court also extends the time for filing for reconsideration of the Magistrate Judge's Order disposing of the motion for reconsideration until ten days following issuance of that Order (cc: all counsel) (dlr) (Entered: 04/04/2001)

REQUEST (MOTION) by defendant Rent A Center Inc for leave to file its motion to reconsider order dated 3/14/01 (fe) (Entered: 04/18/2001)

RESPONSE by defendant Rent A Center Inc to motion for leave to conduct communications pursuant to local rule 83.4(d)(2) and Illinois Rule of Professional Conduct 4/2 [62−1] (fe) (Entered: 04/18/2001)

ORDER by Mag Judge Gerald B. Cohn granting motion for leave to conduct communications [62−1] ... see order for details (cc: all counsel) (dmw) (Entered: 04/23/2001)

ORDER by Mag Judge Gerald B. Cohn granting motion for leave to file its motion to reconsider order dated 3/14/01 [65−1] (cc: all counsel) (tjh) (Entered: 04/24/2001)

MOTION by defendant Rent A Center Inc for reconsideration of 3/14/01 order (tjh) (Entered: 04/24/2001)

REPLY by plaintiffs to response to motion for leave to conduct communications [62−1] (dlr) (Entered: 04/25/2001)

REQUEST (MOTION) by plaintiffs for additional time to respond to defendant's motion to stay and compel arbitration (dlr) (Entered: 04/25/2001)

MEMORANDUM by plaintiffs in opposition to motion for reconsideration of 3/14/01 order [70−1] (dlr) (Entered: 04/25/2001)

MOTION by defendant Rent A Center Inc for reconsideration of Order of 4/18/01 (dlr) (Entered: 04/26/2001)

RESPONSE in Opposition by defendant Rent A Center Inc to motion for leave to intervene [44−1] (scj) (Entered: 05/03/2001)

REPLY by intervenor EEOC in support of motion for leave to intervene [44−1] (myz) (Entered: 05/15/2001)

BRIEF (MEMORANDUM) by plaintiff in support of motion for leave to intervene [44−1] (scj) (Entered: 05/18/2001)

VOLUME NUMBER 4 created, beginning with document number 81. (dlr) (Entered: 07/03/2001)

ORDER by Judge David R. Herndon granting motion for additional time to respond to defendant's motion to stay and compel arbitration [72−1], motion to stay Plaintiff Marsha Cromwell's claims [57−1] resp due 5/18/01, motion to compel Arbitration [57−2] resp due 5/18/01 (cc: all counsel) (dlr) (Entered: 05/14/2001)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER by Judge David R. Herndon granting motion for leave to intervene [44−1] (cc: all counsel) (dlr) (Entered: 05/14/2001)

INTERVENOR'S COMPLAINT by intervenor EEOC (dlr) (Entered: 05/14/2001)

RESPONSE by plaintiff in opposition to defendant's motion to stay and compel arbritration [57−1], to [57−2] (amv) (Entered: 05/21/2001)

REPLY by defendant Rent A Center Inc to response to motion to stay Plaintiff Marsha Cromwell's claims [57−1], motion to compel Arbitration [57−2] (scj) (Entered: 05/30/2001)

ORDER by Mag Judge Gerald B. Cohn granting motion for reconsideration of Order of 4/18/01 [74−1], vacating Order of 4/18/01 [67−1], granting in part and denying in part motion for leave to conduct communications pursuant to local rule 83.4(d)(2) and Illinois Rule of Professional Conduct 4/2 [62−1] (cc: all counsel) (dlr) Modified on 06/11/2001 (Entered: 05/22/2001)

ORDER by Mag Judge Gerald B. Cohn denying motion for reconsideration of 3/14/01 order [70−1] (cc: all counsel) (dlr) (Entered: 06/05/2001)

ANSWER by defendant Rent A Center Inc to intervenor complaint [78−1] (dlr) (Entered: 06/08/2001)

REQUEST (MOTION) by plaintiffs for clarification of Order dated 5/22/01 (myz) (Entered: 06/08/2001)

MEMORANDUM by defendant Rent A Center Inc in opposition to motion for clarification of Order dated 5/22/01 [86−1] (dlr) (Entered: 06/25/2001)

MOTION by defendant Rent A Center Inc for reconsideration of Order dated 3/14/01 (dlr) Modified on 06/25/2001 (Entered: 06/25/2001)

MEMORANDUM by plaintiffs, intervenor in opposition to motion for reconsideration of Order dated 3/14/01 [88−1] (myz) (Entered: 06/29/2001)

REPLY by plaintiffs, intervenor to response to motion for clarification of Order dated 5/22/01 [86−1] (myz) (Entered: 06/29/2001)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER by Judge David R. Herndon denying without prejudice motion to stay Plaintiff Marsha Cromwell's claims [57−1], denying motion to compel Arbitration [57−2] (cc: all counsel) (dlr) (Entered: 07/03/2001)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER by Judge David R. Herndon denying motion for oral argument [89−1], denying motion for reconsideration of Order dated 3/14/01 [88−1] (cc: all counsel) (dlr) (Entered: 07/03/2001)

MOTION by plaintiffs to shorten time for responding (order) (dlr) (Entered: 07/12/2001)

MOTION by plaintiffs for sanctions (dlr) (Entered: 07/12/2001)

ORDER by Judge David R. Herndon granting motion to shorten time for responding (order) [94−1] motion for sanctions [95−1] resp due 7/17/01 (cc: all counsel) (dlr) (Entered: 07/13/2001)

MOTION by defendant Rent A Center Inc for leave to exceed page limitation re response in opposition to plaintiff's motion for sanctions (scj) Modified on 07/20/2001 (Entered: 07/19/2001)