Case: EEOC v. DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES CENTER

2:99-cv-02043 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois

Filed Date: March 5, 1999

Closed Date: July 5, 2000

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Case Summary

In March 1999, the EEOC district office in Chicago, Illinois brought this suit against the Developmental Services Center in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois. The complaint is currently unavailable. Three months after the defendant's motion for summary judgment was denied, the parties settled and stipulated to dismissal in June 2000. A consent decree was entered two weeks later. The consent decree is currently unavailable.

Summary Authors

Joel Pettit (7/5/2007)

People


Judge(s)

Bernthal, David G. (Illinois)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Behar, Jose Jorge (Illinois)

Caiola, Michelle Anne (Illinois)

Carson, June Wallace (Illinois)

Attorney for Defendant
Expert/Monitor/Master/Other

Auler, Robert I (Illinois)

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2:99-cv-02043

Docket (PACER)

EEOC v. Develop Serv Center

May 6, 2002

May 6, 2002

Docket

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Docket

Last updated March 6, 2024, 3 a.m.

ECF Number Description Date Link Date / Link
1

COMPLAINT (no summons(es) issued) case referred to Mag. Judge David G. Bernthal (SLJ, ilcd) (Entered: 03/05/1999)

March 5, 1999

March 5, 1999

2

ATTORNEY APPEARANCE of Michelle Caiola, June Wallace Carson, Jose Bebar & John C. Hendrickson for plaintiff EEOC (SLJ, ilcd) (Entered: 03/05/1999)

March 5, 1999

March 5, 1999

NOTICE OF LAWSUIT; Waiver(s) of Service due on 5/4/99 for Develop Serv Center (SLJ, ilcd) (Entered: 03/05/1999)

March 5, 1999

March 5, 1999

3

WAIVER OF SERVICE returned as to defendant Develop Serv Center. Date waiver sent: 03/03/99; Answer due on 5/3/99 (MT, ilcd) (Entered: 03/19/1999)

March 19, 1999

March 19, 1999

4

MOTION by intervenor Carla Almgren to intervene (MT, ilcd) (Entered: 04/21/1999)

April 21, 1999

April 21, 1999

5

ANSWER by defendant Develop Serv Center; jury demand (MT, ilcd) (Entered: 05/04/1999)

May 3, 1999

May 3, 1999

5

AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES filed by defendant Develop Serv Center (MT, ilcd) (Entered: 05/04/1999)

May 3, 1999

May 3, 1999

6

ORDER re Rule 16 and FRCP 26 by Mag. Judge David G. Bernthal. Rule 16 conference is scheduled 10:00 7/27/99 by personal appearance before USDJ Michael P. McCuskey and USMJ David G. Bernthal, US Courthouse, 201 S Vine St, Urbana, IL. See written order. (cc: all counsel) (MT, ilcd) (Entered: 05/13/1999)

May 12, 1999

May 12, 1999

ENDORSED ORDER on its face by Mag. Judge David G. Bernthal granting motion to intervene [4-1] (cc: all counsel). (MT, ilcd) (Entered: 06/07/1999)

June 4, 1999

June 4, 1999

MINUTE-ENTRY: by Mag. Judge David G. Bernthal. Per Atty. Auler's request and plaintiff having no objection the Rule 16 conference is vacated at 10:00 for 7/27/99 and reset at 11:00 on 8/26/99 by personal appearance in Urbana, IL., before the Honorable David G. Bernthal. Atty. Auler's Office to notify all parties. (cc: all counsel) (KW, ilcd) (Entered: 07/08/1999)

July 8, 1999

July 8, 1999

7

Notice of hearing filed by atty Robert Auler. (KW, ilcd) (Entered: 07/09/1999)

July 8, 1999

July 8, 1999

8

SUBPOENA filed by defendant Develop Serv Center as to Denise Kennedy Bell (Jennifer Holhubner) (KM, ilcd) (Entered: 08/18/1999)

Aug. 18, 1999

Aug. 18, 1999

9

MOTION by defendant Develop Serv Center for summary judgment (KM, ilcd) (Entered: 08/19/1999)

Aug. 19, 1999

Aug. 19, 1999

10

MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT of motion for summary judgment [9-1] by defendant Develop Serv Center (KM, ilcd) (Entered: 08/19/1999)

Aug. 19, 1999

Aug. 19, 1999

11

STATEMENT OF FACTS (undisputed) by defendant Develop Serv Center in support of motion for summary judgment [9-1] (KM, ilcd) (Entered: 08/19/1999)

Aug. 19, 1999

Aug. 19, 1999

12

JOINT REPORT OF PARTIES' RULE 26(f) PLANNING MEETING AND PROPOSED DISCOVERY PLAN filed by plaintiff EEOC, defendant Develop Serv Center, intervenor Carla Almgren (VB, ilcd) (Entered: 08/20/1999)

Aug. 19, 1999

Aug. 19, 1999

MINUTE-ENTRY: by Judge Michael P. McCuskey. Rule 16 conference held 11:00 8/26/99--appearance of plaintiff by June Wallace Carson; appearance of defendant by Traci Nally; appearance of intervenor by Robert Auler. Discovery plan has been filed; the court will not allow reservations of rights to change scheduling; parties must seek court approval for any changes to discovery schedule. Consent options and settlement conference options given to the parties; final pretrial conference set 1:30 10/5/00 by personal appearance before Honorable David G. Bernthal; jury selection and jury trial set 9:30 10/16/00 before Honorable Michael P. McCuskey. Estimated length of trial is 4 days. Telephone status hearing set 9:00 2/24/00 before Honorable David G. Bernthal. Written order will be entered. (cc: all counsel) (MT, ilcd) (Entered: 08/26/1999)

Aug. 26, 1999

Aug. 26, 1999

13

DISCOVERY ORDER by Mag. Judge David G. Bernthal. Following a discovery conference held 8/26/99, the Court has approved the following deadlines: deadline for amendment of pleadings is 11/1/99; deadline for joining additional parties is 11/1/99; plaintiff shall disclose experts and provide expert reports by 3/1/00; defendant shall disclose experts and provide expert reports by 4/3/00; discovery shall be modified as follows: (a) Each party may serve a maximum of 25 interrogatories, including subparts, on each of the other parties. Plaintiff's first set of interrogatories was served on defendant 7/15/99. Defendant's and Interventor's first set of interrogatories shall be served on plaintiff on or before 9/30/99; responses shall be due 60 days after service unless an extension is sought and received by the responding party; (b) EEOC's first set of document requests was served on defendant on 7/15/99. Defendant's and Intervenor's first set of document requests shall be served on plaintiff on or before 9/30/99. Responses shall be due 60 days after service unless an extension is sought and received by the responding party; (c) depositions will not be noticed by any party prior to 11/1/99; (d) There shall be no limit on requests for admissions; discovery to close 6/16/00 , including depositions of experts; case-dispositive motion filing ddl set 7/14/00 ; telephone status hearing set 9:00 2/24/00 before Honorable David G. Bernthal; final pretrial conference set 1:30 10/5/00 by personal appearance before Honorable David G. Bernthal and Honorable Michael P. McCuskey; jury selection and jury trial set 9:30 10/16/00 by personal appearance before Honorable Michael P. McCuskey. (cc: all counsel) (MT, ilcd) (Entered: 08/30/1999)

Aug. 30, 1999

Aug. 30, 1999

14

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE of dft's initial disclosures by defendant Develop Serv Center (MT, ilcd) (Entered: 08/31/1999)

Aug. 31, 1999

Aug. 31, 1999

15

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE by defendant Develop Serv Center re 26(a)(1) disclosures (MT, ilcd) (Entered: 08/31/1999)

Aug. 31, 1999

Aug. 31, 1999

16

MOTION by plaintiff EEOC for leave to file response to motion for summary judgment (MT, ilcd) (Entered: 09/09/1999)

Sept. 9, 1999

Sept. 9, 1999

ENDORSED ORDER on its face by Judge Michael P. McCuskey granting motion for leave to file response to motion for summary judgment [16-1] (cc: all counsel). (MT, ilcd) (Entered: 09/10/1999)

Sept. 10, 1999

Sept. 10, 1999

17

RESPONSE by plaintiff EEOC to motion for summary judgment [9-1] (MT, ilcd) (Entered: 09/10/1999)

Sept. 10, 1999

Sept. 10, 1999

18

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL FACTS (undisputed) by plaintiff EEOC in support of response [17-1] to motion for summary judgment (MT, ilcd) (Entered: 09/10/1999)

Sept. 10, 1999

Sept. 10, 1999

19

MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT of motion response [17-1] by plaintiff EEOC (MT, ilcd) (Entered: 09/10/1999)

Sept. 10, 1999

Sept. 10, 1999

20

RESPONSE TO DEFENDANT'S STATEMENT OF UNDISPUTED FACTS by plaintiff EEOC [11-1] (MT, ilcd) (Entered: 09/10/1999)

Sept. 10, 1999

Sept. 10, 1999

21

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE of pla's response to dft's motion for summary judgment, pla's statement of additional undisputed facts, pla's response to dft's statement of undisputed facts, pla's motion for leave to file response to motion for summary judgment instanter, and pla's memorandum of law in support of pla's response to dft's motion for summary judgment by plaintiff EEOC (MT, ilcd) (Entered: 09/10/1999)

Sept. 10, 1999

Sept. 10, 1999

22

RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFF'S STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL UNDISPUTED FACTS by defendant Develop Serv Center [18-1] (MT, ilcd) (Entered: 09/14/1999)

Sept. 14, 1999

Sept. 14, 1999

23

REPLY by defendant Develop Serv Center to response to motion for summary judgment [9-1] (MT, ilcd) (Entered: 09/14/1999)

Sept. 14, 1999

Sept. 14, 1999

24

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE of response to statement of additional undisputed facts and reply to dft's response to the motion for summary judgment by defendant Develop Serv Center (MT, ilcd) (Entered: 09/14/1999)

Sept. 14, 1999

Sept. 14, 1999

25

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE of answers to first set of interrogatories, response to request for production of documents by defendant Develop Serv Center (MT, ilcd) (Entered: 09/20/1999)

Sept. 20, 1999

Sept. 20, 1999

26

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE of dft's request for production of documents and dft's interrogatories to both pla and pla-intervenor by defendant Develop Serv Center (MT, ilcd) (Entered: 09/30/1999)

Sept. 30, 1999

Sept. 30, 1999

27

ATTORNEY APPEARANCE by Clifford R Perry III for defendant Develop Serv Center (KM, ilcd) (Entered: 10/28/1999)

Oct. 28, 1999

Oct. 28, 1999

28

CERTIFICATE by attorney for defendant Develop Serv Center of good standing (KM, ilcd) (Entered: 11/04/1999)

Nov. 4, 1999

Nov. 4, 1999

29

MOTION by defendant Develop Serv Center for leave to file instanter an additional argument in support of its motion for summary judgment (KM, ilcd) (Entered: 11/04/1999)

Nov. 4, 1999

Nov. 4, 1999

ENDORSED ORDER on its face by Judge Michael P. McCuskey granting motion for leave to file instanter an additional argument in support of its motion for summary judgment [29-1] (cc: all counsel). (SK, ilcd) (Entered: 11/05/1999)

Nov. 5, 1999

Nov. 5, 1999

30

MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION to motion for leave to file instanter an additional argument in support of its motion for summary judgment [29-1] by plaintiff EEOC (SLJ, ilcd) (Entered: 11/10/1999)

Nov. 10, 1999

Nov. 10, 1999

31

MOTION by defendant Develop Serv Center to withdraw attorneys Traci E Nally and Martha S Kersey (KM, ilcd) (Entered: 11/12/1999)

Nov. 10, 1999

Nov. 10, 1999

ENDORSED ORDER on its face by Judge Michael P. McCuskey granting motion to withdraw by consent [31-1] attorney Martha S Kersey and attorney Traci E Nally for Develop Serv Center (cc: all counsel). (KM, ilcd) (Entered: 11/12/1999)

Nov. 12, 1999

Nov. 12, 1999

32

CERTIFICATE of service re discovery by intervenor Carla Almgren (SLJ, ilcd) (Entered: 01/28/2000)

Jan. 28, 2000

Jan. 28, 2000

33

ATTORNEY APPEARANCE by David Krchak for defendant Develop Serv Center (KM, ilcd) (Entered: 02/22/2000)

Feb. 22, 2000

Feb. 22, 2000

MINUTE-ENTRY: by Mag. Judge David G. Bernthal; telephone status hearing held at 9:00 on 2/24/00 . No appearance for pla EEOC; appearance for pla Almgren by atty Robert Auler; appearance for dft Develop Serv Center by atty Clifford Perry and atty David Krchak. Status of case discussed. Dft's atty states they have depositions scheduled pending decision on Motion for Summary Judgment (cc: all counsel). (KM, ilcd) (Entered: 02/24/2000)

Feb. 24, 2000

Feb. 24, 2000

34

CERTIFICATION by defendant Develop Serv Center (SLJ, ilcd) (Entered: 02/25/2000)

Feb. 25, 2000

Feb. 25, 2000

35

ORDER by Judge Michael P. McCuskey denying dft's motion for summary judgment [9-1]. Case referred to Mag. Judge David G. Bernthal (cc: all counsel) (SLJ, ilcd) (Entered: 03/21/2000)

March 21, 2000

March 21, 2000

36

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE by intervenor Carla Almgren of interrogatories (KM, ilcd) (Entered: 03/22/2000)

March 21, 2000

March 21, 2000

MINUTE-ENTRY: by Judge Michael P. McCuskey. Due to a conflict in the Court's calendar, the final pretrial conference set on 10/5/00 at 1:30 is RESET to 3:00 p.m. on 9/27/00 before the Honorable Michael P. McCuskey, Courtroom A, 201 S. Vine Street, Urbana, Illinois. (cc: all counsel) (SLJ, ilcd) (Entered: 04/26/2000)

April 26, 2000

April 26, 2000

37

STIPULATION OF SETTLEMENT AND DISMISSAL (MT, ilcd) (Entered: 06/28/2000)

June 27, 2000

June 27, 2000

ENDORSED ORDER on its face by Judge Michael P. McCuskey granting stipulation of settlement and dismissal [37-1] with prejudice. Parties to bear their own costs. Case terminated. (cc: all counsel). (MT, ilcd) (Entered: 06/28/2000)

June 28, 2000

June 28, 2000

38

JUDGMENT in a civil case entered (cc: all counsel) (KM, ilcd) (Entered: 07/05/2000)

June 28, 2000

June 28, 2000

39

CONSENT DECREE signed by all parties and entered by Judge Michael P. McCuskey on 7/05/00 (cc: all counsel) (KM, ilcd) Modified on 07/05/2000 (Entered: 07/05/2000)

July 5, 2000

July 5, 2000

ARCHIVES FILE sent to FRC, Chicago on 3/602, Accession No. 021 02 0032 Box No. 37 of 53 Location 875935 875987 (KW, ilcd) (Entered: 05/06/2002)

May 6, 2002

May 6, 2002

Case Details

State / Territory: Illinois

Case Type(s):

Equal Employment

Special Collection(s):

EEOC Study — in sample

Key Dates

Filing Date: March 5, 1999

Closing Date: July 5, 2000

Case Ongoing: No

Plaintiffs

Plaintiff Description:

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, on behalf of one or more workers.

Plaintiff Type(s):

Private Plaintiff

EEOC Plaintiff

Attorney Organizations:

EEOC

Public Interest Lawyer: Yes

Filed Pro Se: No

Class Action Sought: Unknown

Class Action Outcome: Unknown

Defendants

Developmental Services Center, Private Entity/Person

Case Details

Available Documents:

Trial Court Docket

Outcome

Prevailing Party: Plaintiff

Nature of Relief:

Unknown

Source of Relief:

Settlement

Form of Settlement:

Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree

Issues

Discrimination-area:

Disparate Treatment

EEOC-centric:

Direct Suit on Merits

Private Party intervened in EEOC suit