U.S. District Court
Middle District of Louisiana (Baton Rouge)
CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 3:13-cv-00579-BAJ-RLB
Taylor v. The City of Baton Rouge et al
Assigned to: Chief Judge Brian A. Jackson
Referred to: Magistrate Judge Richard L. Bourgeois, Jr
Cause: 28:1983 Civil Rights
Date Filed: 09/03/2013
Jury Demand: Both
Nature of Suit: 440 Civil Rights: Other
Jurisdiction: Federal Question
Summary/Issues: 2A: Challenge to local ordinance banning possession of firearms on property where alcohol served/sold.
Filing Date | Filing Party | Document Description |
12/14/2015 | Court | Order Granting Motion to Withdraw Plaintiff’s Motion to Amend Complaint |
10/30/2015 | Plaintiff | Proposed Order re Motion to Withdraw Plaintiff’s Motion to Amend Complaint |
10/30/2015 | Plaintiff | Memorandum In Support of Plaintiff’s Motion to Withdraw Plaintiff’s Motion to Amend Complaint |
10/30/2015 | Plaintiff | Motion to Withdraw Plaintiff’s Motion to Amend Complaint |
10/23/2015 | Court | Order Granting Motion to Substitute Counsel for Plaintiff |
10/23/2015 | Court | MOTION(S) REFERRED: #22 MOTION to Substitute Terrence J. Donahue, Jr. in place of Christopher D. Glisson, Elliott C. Cassidy, and Karl J. Koch as Attorney . This motion is now pending before the USMJ. |
10/22/2015 | Plaintiff | Motion to Substitute Counsel for Plaintiff |
10/22/2015 | Court | Notice to Counsel: Scheduling Conference set for 10/29/2015 at 10:15 AM is RESET for 12/14/2015 at 01:30 PM in chambers before Magistrate Judge Richard L. Bourgeois Jr. (This is a TEXT ENTRY ONLY. There is no hyperlink or PDF document associated with this entry.) |
10/22/2015 | Plaintiff | Status Report |
10/6/2015 | Court | Order Resetting Scheduling Conference for 10.29.2015 |
9/30/2015 | Defendant | Memorandum In Support of Defendants’ Opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion to Submit Information Regarding Damages |
9/30/2015 | Defendant | Defendants’ Opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion Relative to Damages |
9/21/2015 | Plaintiff | Sworn Declaration of Plaintiff Ernest Taylor |
9/21/2015 | Plaintiff | Memorandum In Support of Plaintiff’s Motion to Submit Information Regarding Damages |
9/21/2015 | Plaintiff | Plaintiff’s Motion to Submit Information Regarding Damages |
9/21/2015 | Plaintiff | Declaration of Terrence J. Donahue, Jr. |
9/15/2015 | Court | Order Requesting Plaintiff to Submit Any Information Necessary to Allow Court To Make Good The Wrong Done |
9/1/2015 | Court | Order |
4/23/2015 | Court | (#98) Minute Entry for proceedings held before Chief Judge Brian A. Jackson: Status Conference held on 4/23/2015. The Court GRANTS Plaintiff’s Motion to Substitute Counsel of Record (Doc. 97). Defendants orally WITHDRAW their Rule 55(c) Motion to Set Aside Default (Doc. 77). All parties agree to permit all remaining claims in Case No. 13-cv-579-BAJ-RLB that do not arise under the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution will proceed as pled in the related case of 15-cv-153-BAJ-RLB. Accordingly, the only issue remaining in the instant suit is the issue of damages on the Second Amendment Claims. A schedule for discovery shall be set in accordance with Case No. 15-cv-153-BAJ-RLB. The cases shall remain separate, however, discovery shall occur simultaneously. (This is a TEXT ENTRY ONLY. There is no hyperlink or PDF document associated with this entry.) (PJH) |
4/22/2015 | Plaintiff | Motion to Substitute Counsel of Record |
10/9/2014 | Plaintiff | Plaintiff’s Response to Defendants’ Motion to Set Aside Default |
10/7/2014 | Defendant | Defendants’ Pre-Hearing Memorandum Regarding Determination of Monetary Damages |
9/23/2014 | Plaintiff | Plaintiff’s Pre-Hearing Memorandum Regarding Determination of Monetary Damages |
9/23/2014 | Court | Order Denying Joint Motion to Continue Fed. R. Civ. P. 55(b)(2) Hearing and to Extend Time for Submission of Pre-Hearing Memoranda |
9/22/2014 | Plaintiff | Joint Motion to Continue Fed. R. Civ. P. 55 (b)(2) Hearing and To Extend Time for Submission of Pre-Hearing Memoranda |
9/18/2014 | Defendant | Defendants’ Motion to Join Plaintiff’s Request for Status Conference |
9/15/2014 | Court | Set/Reset Deadlines as to 77 MOTION to Set Aside Default. (SMG) |
9/15/2014 | Defendant | FRCP Rule 55(c) Motion to Set Aside Default |
9/15/2014 | Court | Order Granting Defendants’ Motion for Leave to File Motion to Set Aside Default Under Rule 55(c)(Doc. 74) |
9/12/2014 | Plaintiff | Plaintiff’s Motion for Status Conference |
9/11/2014 | Defendant | Motion for Leave to File Motion to Set Aside Default Under Rule 55(c) |
9/3/2014 | Court | ORDER granting 71 Motion to Enroll Additional Attorney. Added attorney Gwendolyn K. Brown for Carl Dabadie, Jr, Jane Doe, Lisa Freeman, Mary E. Roper, The City of Baton Rouge, James Thomas and Patrick Wennemann. Signed by Magistrate Judge Richard L. Bourgeois, Jr on 9/3/2014. (This is a TEXT ENTRY ONLY. There is no hyperlink or PDF document associated with this entry.) (JSL) |
9/3/2014 | Court | ORDER granting 70 Motion to Strike previously filed motion to enroll additional counsel (R. Doc. 68), and doc. 68 shall be Struck from the record of this matter. Signed by Magistrate Judge Richard L. Bourgeois, Jr on 9/3/2014. (This is a TEXT ENTRY ONLY. There is no hyperlink or PDF document associated with this entry.) (JSL) |
8/27/2014 | Court | MOTION(S) REFERRED: 71 MOTION to Enroll Gwendolyn K. Brown as Additional Attorney. This motion is now pending before the USMJ. (CGP) |
8/27/2014 | Court | MOTION(S) REFERRED: 70 MOTION to Strike 68 MOTION to Enroll Gwendolyn K. Brown as Additional Attorney. This motion is now pending before the USMJ. (CGP) |
8/26/2014 | Defendant | Motion and Order to Enroll as Additional Counsel of Record |
8/26/2014 | Defendant | Motion to Strike Previously Filed Motion to Enroll Additional Counsel |
8/26/2014 | Court | MOTION(S) REFERRED: 68 MOTION to Enroll Gwendolyn K. Brown as Additional Attorney . This motion is now pending before the USMJ. (JDL) |
8/25/2014 | Court | Set/Reset Deadlines/Hearings: (This is a TEXT ENTRY ONLY. There is no hyperlink or PDF document associated with this entry) Brief due by 9/23/2014. Brief due by 10/7/2014. Evidentiary Hearing set for 10/23/2014 at 10:00 AM in Courtroom 2 before Chief Judge Brian A. Jackson. (NLT) |
8/25/2014 | Court | Ruling and Order re Motion for Default Judgment (Doc. 26) |
8/22/2014 | Court | STRICKEN FROM THE RECORD MOTION to Enroll Gwendolyn K. Brown as Additional Attorney by Carl Dabadie, Jr, Jane Doe, Lisa Freeman, Mary E. Roper, The City of Baton Rouge, James Thomas, Patrick Wennemann, D. Dewayne White. (Attachments: # 1 Attachment Order)(Knightshead, Tedrick) Modified on 9/4/2014 to remove the document as it has been stricken (NLT). |
8/13/2014 | Court | NOTICE of Exhibits Filed Conventionally by The City of Baton Rouge re 67 Order.(TMR) |
8/13/2014 | Court | Order Striking Document Number 58 and Granting Motion and Order to Withdraw as Counsel of Record (Doc.38) |
7/30/2014 | Court | Minute Entry for proceedings held before Chief Judge Brian A. Jackson: Show Cause Hearing held on 7/30/2014. Counsel presents oral argument to the Court. Mary Roper, Esq., Tedrick Knightshead, Esq. and James L. Hilburn, Esq. respond in open court to the Order to Show Cause issued herein. The Court advised counsel should they violate the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or the Local Rules of the Middle District of Louisiana again, they may no longer be permitted to practice in this Court. For reaons stated, the Order to Show Cause as to Mary Roper, Esq., Tedrick Knightshed, Esq., and James L. Hilburn, Esq. is vacated. (Court Reporter C. Smith-Neely.) (This is a TEXT ENTRY ONLY. There is no hyperlink or PDF document associated with this entry.) (PJH) Modified on 8/12/2014 to edit text (PJH). |
7/28/2014 | Court | Minute Entry for proceedings held before Chief Judge Brian A. Jackson: Status Conference held on 7/28/2014. Procedural matters discussed. The Show Cause Hearing will be held, as previously scheduled, on 7/30/2014 at 10:30 a.m., in Courtroom 2. (This is a TEXT ENTRY ONLY. There is no hyperlink or PDF document associated with this entry.) (PJH) |
7/26/2014 | Court | NOTICE OF FILING OF OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT of Proceedings Motion Hearing hearing before Judge Chief Brian A. Jackson held on 6-18-14. Court Reporter: Clare Smith-Neely. Phone Number: 225-389-3565.NOTICE RE REDACTION OF TRANSCRIPTS: The parties have five (5) business days to file with the Court a Notice of Intent to Request Redaction of this transcript. If no such Notice is filed, the transcript will be made remotely electronically available to the public without redaction after 90 calendar days. The policy is located on our website at www.lamd.uscourts.gov.Transcript may be viewed at the court public terminal or purchased through the Court Reporter/Transcriber before the deadline for Release of Tran script Restriction. After that date it may be obtained through PACER.. Redaction Request due 8/13/2014. Redacted Transcript Deadline set for 8/25/2014. Release of Transcript Restriction set for 10/21/2014. (Smith-Neely, Clare) |
7/25/2014 | Plaintiff | Transcript Order Form for Plaintiffs |
7/24/2014 | Defendant | Motion to Strike Transcript Request |
7/24/2014 | Plaintiff | Plaintiff’s Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and for Preliminary Injunction |
7/24/2014 | Defendant | TRANSCRIPT REQUEST by Mary E. Roper for proceedings held on June 18, 2014 before Judge Brian A. Jackson.. (LeBlanc, Alfred) |
7/23/2014 | Defendant | TRANSCRIPT REQUEST by James L. Hilburn for proceedings held on 06/18/2014 before Judge Brian A. Jackson.. (Hilburn, James) (Main Document 59 replaced on 7/24/2014) (LLH). |
7/23/2014 | Court | STRICKEN FROM THE RECORD TRANSCRIPT REQUEST by James L. Hilburn for proceedings held on 6/18/14 before Judge Jackson.. (Hilburn, James) Modified on 8/13/2014 to remove the document as it has been stricken (NLT). (Entered: 07/23/2014) |
7/23/2014 | Defendant | Response of Mary Roper to the Court’s Order to Show Cause Regarding Why Sanctions Should Not Be Granted (Doc. No. 31) |
7/23/2014 | Defendant | Response of James Hilburn and Tedrick Knightshead to the Court’s Order to Show Cause Why Sanctions Should Not Be Imposed |
7/23/2014 | Court | Order Granting Motions for Leave to File Response to Order to Show Cause |
7/22/2014 | Plaintiff | Plaintiff’s Response In Support of Defendants’ Motion for Leave to File Exhibit Conventionally |
7/16/2014 | Defendant | Motion for Status Conference |
7/16/2014 | Defendant | Defendant Mary Roper’s Motion for Leave to File Reply to Plaintiff’s Response (Docket Entry No. 44) |
7/14/2014 | Court | Motions No Longer Referred: 38 MOTION for James L. Hilburn to Withdraw as Attorney . This motion is now pending before the USDJ per chambers. (NLT) |
7/10/2014 | Defendant | ExParte Motion of Mary Roper to Clarify Enrollment of Additional Counsel |
7/10/2014 | Plaintiff | Plaintiff’s Response to Defendants’ Post Hearing Memorandum |
7/10/2014 | Defendant | Motion for Leave to File Response of Mary Roper to the Court’s Order to Show Cause Regarding Why Sanctions Should Not Be Granted (Doc. No. 31) |
7/9/2014 | Defendant | Ex Parte Motion to Withdraw-Strike Previously Filed Pleadings, and Substitute Attached Pleadings for Same |
7/7/2014 | Court | Order Granting Defendants’ ExParte Motion to Enroll Additional Counsel and ExParte Motion for Permission to Enroll Counsel |
7/7/2014 | Court | Set/Reset Deadlines/Hearings: (This is a TEXT ENTRY ONLY. There is no hyperlink or PDF document associated with this entry) Show Cause Hearing set for 7/30/2014 at 10:30 AM in Courtroom 2 before Chief Judge Brian A. Jackson. |
7/7/2014 | Court | Order Continuing Order to Show Cause Hearing |
7/7/2014 | Defendant | Motion for Permission to File Response of James Hilburn and Tedrick Knightshead to the Court’s Order to Show Cause Why Sanctions Should Not Be Imposed |
7/7/2014 | Plaintiff | Plaintiff’s Response to Docket Entry No. 43 Response of Mary Roper to the Court’s Order to Show Cause Regarding Why Sanctions Should Not Be Granted |
7/4/2014 | Court | STRICKEN FROM THE RECORD RESPONSE to the Court’s Rule to Show Cause Why Sanctions Should not be Granted filed by Mary E. Roper. (Knightshead, Tedrick) Modified on 7/23/2014 to remove the document as it has been stricken (NLT). |
7/4/2014 | Court | STRICKEN FROM THE RECORD First MOTION for Leave to File a Response to the Rule to Show Cause by Mary E. Roper. (Knightshead, Tedrick) Modified on 7/23/2014 to remove the document as it has been stricken (NLT). |
7/4/2014 | Defendant | Defendant Mary Roper’s Ex Parte Motion to Enroll Additional Counsel |
7/3/2014 | Defendant | Defense Response to Notice of Facts Related to Current Proceeding |
7/3/2014 | Court | MOTION(S) REFERRED: 39 Ex-parte MOTION to Enroll Frank J. Gremillion as Attorney . This motion is now pending before the USMJ. (CGP) |
7/3/2014 | Court | MOTION(S) REFERRED: 38 MOTION for James L. Hilburn to Withdraw as Attorney . This motion is now pending before the USMJ. (CGP) |
7/3/2014 | Defendant | Ex Parte Motion for Permission to Enroll as Counsel |
7/3/2014 | Defendant | Motion and Order to Withdraw as Counsel of Record |
7/3/2014 | Defendant | Defendants’ Motion for Leave to File Exhibits Conventionally |
7/2/2014 | Defendant | Defendants’ Post-Hearing Memorandum |
7/1/2014 | Court | Order Striking Defendants Post Hearing Memorandum |
7/1/2014 | Court | Order re Notice of Facts Related to Current Proceeding (Doc. 32) |
6/30/2014 | Court | STRICKEN FROM THE RECORD POST HEARING MEMORANDUM by The City of Baton Rouge (Attachments: # 1 Attachment, # 2 Attachment, # 3 Attachment, # 4 Attachment)(Knightshead, Tedrick) Modified on 7/1/2014 to edit text (CGP). Modified on 7/1/2014 to remove the documents as they have been stricken(NLT). |
6/27/2014 | Plaintiff | Notice of Facts Related to Current Proceeding |
6/20/2014 | Court | Order to Show Cause for Defendants Waiver of the Service of Summons |
6/19/2014 | Court | Exhibit(s) filed conventially as to 26 MOTION for Default Judgment as to City of Baton Rouge, Mary Roper, Carl Dabadie, Jr., Lisa Freeman, Patrick Wennemann, James Thomas by Ernest Taylor. (TMR) |
6/18/2014 | Court | Order Denying Defendants FRCP Rule 44 Motion to Set Aside Clerk’s Entry of Default and Granting Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to File Exhibit Conventionally |
6/3/2014 | Court | Order Setting Hearing for Motions |
6/2/2014 | Court | Motions No Longer Referred: 27 MOTION for Leave to File Exhibit Conventionally . This motion is now pending before the USDJ. |
5/30/2014 | Defendant | Response in Opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion for Entry of Default Judgment |
5/30/2014 | Court | MOTION(S) REFERRED: 27 MOTION for Leave to File Exhibit Conventionally . This motion is now pending before the USMJ. |
5/30/2014 | Plaintiff | Motion for Leave to File Exhibit Conventionally |
5/30/2014 | Plaintiff | Motion for Entry of Default Judgment |
5/8/2014 | Defendant | Response in Opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion to Strike Defendant’s Answer |
5/3/2014 | Plaintiff | Motion to Strike Defendants’ Answer |
5/3/2014 | Plaintiff | Response in Opposition to Defendants’ Motion to Set Aside Clerk’s Entry of Default |
4/22/2014 | Defendant | FRCP Rule 55 Motion to Set Aside Clerk’s Entry of Default |
4/22/2014 | Defendant | Memo in Support of FRCP 55(C) Motion to Set Aside Clerk’s Entry of Default |
4/21/2014 | Court | ORDER granting 18 Motion to Enroll as Attorney. Added attorney Tedrick Knightshead for Carl Dabadie, Jr, Jane Doe, Lisa Freeman, Mary E. Roper, The City of Baton Rouge, James Thomas, and for Patrick Wennemann. Signed by Magistrate Judge Richard L. Bourgeois, Jr on 4/21/2014. (This is a TEXT ENTRY ONLY. There is no hyperlink or PDF document associated with this entry.) |
4/17/2014 | Court | STRICKEN FROM THE RECORD ANSWER to 1 Complaint, with Jury Demand by Carl Dabadie, Jr, Jane Doe, Lisa Freeman, Mary E. Roper, The City of Baton Rouge, James Thomas, Patrick Wennemann.(Knightshead, Tedrick) Modified on 6/23/2014 to remove the document as it has been stricken (NLT). |
4/17/2014 | Court | MOTION(S) REFERRED: 18 MOTION to Enroll Tedrick K. Knightshead as Counsel of Record. This motion is now pending before the USMJ. ( |
4/17/2014 | Defendant | Motion and Order to Enroll as Counsel of Record |
4/16/2014 | Court | Order Granting Request for Entry of Default Against Ernest Taylor |
4/16/2014 | Court | Order Granting Plaintiffs Notice of Voluntary Dismissal of Defendant D. DeWayne White |
4/16/2014 | Plaintiff | Motion for Preliminary Default |
4/10/2014 | Court | Order Cancelling Order to Show Cause Hearing |
4/9/2014 | Plaintiff | Plaintiff’s Notice of Voluntary Dismissal of Defendant D. DeWayne White |
3/27/2014 | Court | Follow-up Order re Order to Show Cause |
3/6/2014 | Court | Order to Show Cause |
3/6/2014 | Court | Scheduling Order |
3/5/2014 | Defendant | Supplemental Status Report |
2/5/2014 | Court | Notice to Counsel: (This is a TEXT ENTRY ONLY. There is no hyperlink or PDF document associated with this entry.Scheduling Conference set for 2/6/2014 is reset to 3/6/2014 at 11:30 AM in chambers before Magistrate Judge Richard L. Bourgeois Jr. (JSL) |
1/23/2014 | Plaintiff | Status Report |
12/12/2013 | Court | Order Granting Motion to Continue Scheduling Conference |
12/5/2013 | Court | MOTION(S) REFERRED: 5 MOTION to Continue Scheduling Conference . This motion is now pending before the USMJ. (CGP) |
12/5/2013 | Plaintiff | Motion to Continue Scheduling Conference |
10/31/2013 | Court | Order Setting Scheduling Conference |
10/27/2013 | Plaintiff | Waiver of the Service of Summons |
9/5/2013 | Plaintiff | Summons Returned as to The City of Baton Rouge |
9/3/2013 | Plaintiff | Complaint |