Case details

Court: dcd
Docket #: 1:13-cv-01020
Case Name: TAITZ v. DONAHUE et al
PACER case #: 160871
Date filed: 2013-07-05
Date terminated: 2014-09-05
Assigned to: Chief Judge Royce C. Lamberth
Case Cause: 05:552 Freedom of Information Act
Nature of Suit: 895 Freedom of Information Act
Jury Demand: None
Jurisdiction: U.S. Government Defendant

Parties

Represented Party Attorney & Contact Info
ORLY TAITZ
Plaintiff
ORLY TAITZ
29839 Santa Margarita Parkway Suite 100 Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688 (949) 683 - 5411 Fax: (949) 766 - 7603 Email: orly.taitz@gmail.com PRO SE

PATRICK DONAHUE
Defendant
Postmaster General
Eric J. Soskin
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 20 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Room 5134 Washington, DC 20530 (202) 353-0533 Email: eric.soskin@usdoj.gov
LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Daniel Franklin Van Horn
U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE Judiciary Center Building 555 Fourth Street NW Room E4226 Washington, DC 20530 (202) 252-2506 Fax: (202) 514-8780 Email: daniel.vanhorn@usdoj.gov
TERMINATED: 10/28/2013

DAVID C. WILLIAMS
Defendant
Inspector General for the United States Postal Service
Eric J. Soskin
(See above for address)
LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Daniel Franklin Van Horn
(See above for address)
TERMINATED: 10/28/2013

Documents

Date Filed Document # Attachment # Short Description Long Description Upload date SHA1 hash
2013-07-05 1 0 COMPLAINT against PATRICK DONAHUE, DAVID C. WILLIAMS ( Filing fee $ 400, receipt number 4616057627) filed by ORLY TAITZ.(Note: Portions of these exhibits are illegible on ECF.) (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet)(rdj) (Entered: 07/08/2013)
1 1 Civil Cover Sheet
2013-07-05 2 0 NOTICE OF RELATED CASE. Case related to Case No. 11cv402. (rdj) (Entered: 07/08/2013)
2013-07-16 3 0 AFFIDAVIT of mailing by certified mail by ORLY TAITZ. (rdj) (Entered: 07/18/2013) 2013-08-19 15:13:23 312239d99dc659d685f1ad0bd41a1a6fe45f2143
2013-09-18 4 0 MOTION for Summary Judgment, MOTION for Default Judgment by ORLY TAITZ (td, ) (Entered: 09/20/2013) 2013-09-20 18:01:14 6df59fc8865123cae466efe855eac0160dbf870d
2013-10-10 5 0 NOTICE of Appearance by Daniel Franklin Van Horn on behalf of All Defendants (Van Horn, Daniel) (Entered: 10/10/2013)
2013-10-10 6 0 NOTICE REGARDING SERVICE OF COMPLAINT by PATRICK DONAHUE, DAVID C. WILLIAMS (Attachments: # 1 Declaration Declaration of Daniel F. Van Horn, # 2 Text of Proposed Order)(Van Horn, Daniel) (Entered: 10/10/2013)
6 1 Declaration Declaration of Daniel F. Van Horn
6 2 Text of Proposed Order
2013-10-21 7 0 RESPONSE re 6 Notice filed by ORLY TAITZ. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibits (Note: Portions of these exhibits are illegible on ECF.), # 2 Text of Proposed Order)(rdj) (Entered: 10/22/2013)
2013-10-24 8 0 REPLY re 6 Notice filed by PATRICK DONAHUE, DAVID C. WILLIAMS. (Attachments: # 1 Declaration Second Declaration of Daniel F. Van Horn)(Van Horn, Daniel) Modified on 10/25/2013 to correct event and linkage (rdj). (Entered: 10/24/2013)
8 1 Declaration Second Declaration of Daniel F. Van Horn 2013-10-25 17:25:09 915a8d00606b00ff09f1754af7487bd4b9495856
2013-10-24 9 0 NOTICE OF FILING REDACTED DOCUMENT to 7 Response to Document by ORLY TAITZ (The original PDF Document contained privacy information and was restricted pursuant to the E-Government Act.) (Note: Portions of these exhibits are illegible on ECF.)(rdj) (Entered: 10/25/2013)
2013-10-25 10 0 NOTICE of Appearance by Eric J. Soskin on behalf of All Defendants (Soskin, Eric) (Entered: 10/25/2013)
2013-10-28 11 0 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPEARANCE as to PATRICK DONAHUE, DAVID C. WILLIAMS. Attorney Daniel Franklin Van Horn terminated. (Van Horn, Daniel) (Entered: 10/28/2013)
2013-11-14 12 0 ANSWER to 1 Complaint by PATRICK DONAHUE, DAVID C. WILLIAMS.(Soskin, Eric) (Entered: 11/14/2013) 2013-12-02 13:04:16 fe35c28e9694e44eb38023f2405521307f4b17e4
2013-11-14 13 0 MOTION for Briefing Schedule by PATRICK DONAHUE, DAVID C. WILLIAMS (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Soskin, Eric) (Entered: 11/14/2013)
2013-11-27 14 0 ORDER denying 4 Motion for Summary Judgment; denying 4 Motion for Default Judgment. Upon consideration of the defendant's Notice 6 and Reply 8 Regarding Service of Complaint and the entire record herein, it is hereby ORDERED that the plaintiff's Motion 4 for Summary Judgment and Default Judgment is DENIED, without prejudice; and it is further ORDERED that defendants shall answer or otherwise respond to plaintiff's complaint within 30 days after appropriations for the Department of Justice have been restored, so that the Answer filed on November 14, 2013, shall be deemed timely filed. Signed by Judge Royce C. Lamberth on November 27, 2013. (lcrcl2) (Entered: 11/27/2013) 2014-10-15 22:46:10 c847627ba0b5916029d381ad89a7831000982acc
2013-11-27 15 0 ORDER granting 13 Motion for Briefing Schedule. Upon consideration of defendant's Motion 13 to Set Briefing Schedule, it is hereby ORDERED that defendant's motion is GRANTED; and it is further ORDERED that briefing in this matter shall proceed as follows: Defendants shall move for summary judgment no later than December 13, 2013; plaintiff shall file any response thereto no later than January 3, 2014; and defendants shall file a reply, if any, no later than January 24, 2014. Signed by Judge Royce C. Lamberth on November 27, 2013. (lcrcl2) (Entered: 11/27/2013) 2014-10-15 22:48:51 144c51bc9e04cb457a63f076cbba57bbb0a8c2b3
2013-12-12 16 0 MOTION for Summary Judgment by PATRICK DONAHUE, DAVID C. WILLIAMS (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - Poulsen Declaration, # 2 Exhibit B - Eyre Declaration, # 3 Text of Proposed Order)(Soskin, Eric) (Entered: 12/12/2013) 2014-10-15 22:43:32 851c6484cfe7e0deca8e255ef6266f6352031d06
16 1 Exhibit A - Poulsen Declaration 2014-10-15 22:43:51 9c148a4ade38ccdfa83c321559b46a0383532266
16 2 Exhibit B - Eyre Declaration 2014-10-15 22:45:18 86ca7c4c92505efccf1ea7cc3db6c5d9ed7a3125
16 3 Text of Proposed Order 2014-10-15 22:44:10 1a3369f668f73e0080e132c273bddd6cbfe4a23a
2013-12-11 17 0 MOTION to Recuse under 28 USC 455 by ORLY TAITZ (rdj) (Entered: 12/12/2013) 2014-01-09 20:28:15 007e52c6b6b59dbd81d8c0f79c6992f0f732a950
2014-01-03 18 0 Memorandum in opposition to re 16 MOTION for Summary Judgment filed by ORLY TAITZ. (rdj) (Entered: 01/06/2014) 2014-01-09 20:30:14 2c89e3f6e57183e99ff95e9a914c05b55d197ef0
2014-01-24 19 0 REPLY to opposition to motion re 16 MOTION for Summary Judgment filed by PATRICK DONAHUE, DAVID C. WILLIAMS. (Soskin, Eric) (Entered: 01/24/2014) 2014-01-24 19:09:16 a0d4ead1988ba635e7fd67cc09d7071659330c72
2014-01-03 20 0 MOTION for Summary Judgment by ORLY TAITZ. (See Docket Entry 18 to view document) (jf, ) (Entered: 01/26/2014)
2014-01-24 21 0 Memorandum in opposition to re 20 MOTION for Summary Judgment filed by PATRICK DONAHUE, DAVID C. WILLIAMS. (See Docket Entry 19 to view document) (jf, ) (Entered: 01/26/2014)
2014-01-31 22 0 REPLY to opposition to motion re 20 MOTION for Summary Judgment filed by ORLY TAITZ. (rdj) (Entered: 01/31/2014) 2014-10-15 22:44:44 95e61ec98f31ef1ade354fdb17dbd81938a528fc
2014-09-05 23 0 MEMORANDUM Signed by Judge Royce C. Lamberth on 9/4/2014. (zmm, ) (Entered: 09/05/2014) 2014-10-15 22:45:01 6f4890eeee2c7e69629ea20fbfb37947bbb7ceb3
2014-09-05 24 0 ORDER granting 16 Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment; denying Plaintiffi's Motion to Recuse 17 ; denying 20 Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment. Signed by Judge Royce C. Lamberth on 9/4/2014. (zmm, ) (Entered: 09/05/2014) 2014-10-15 22:46:55 5afcf31b2d763d1da81378b559231b81bc594a96