See Docket Entry No. 80 for jury verdict
U.S. District
Court for the
Southern
District of Ohio (Cincinnati)
CIVIL DOCKET
FOR CASE #: 00-CV-780
Barnes, et al
v. Cincinnati City of
Filed: 09/18/00
Assigned to: Judge Susan J Dlott
Jury demand: Defendant
Demand: $0,000
Nature of Suit: 442
Lead Docket: None
Jurisdiction: Federal
Question
Dkt# in other court: None
Cause: 42:2000 Job
Discrimination (Sex)
PHILLIP W BARNES Jennifer Lynn Branch
plaintiff
[term 02/24/03] Alphonse Adam Gerhardstein
[COR LD NTC]
Laufman & Gerhardstein
1409 Enquirer Building
617 Vine Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
513-621-9100
FTS 345-5543
PHILECIA BARNES Jennifer Lynn Branch
fka (See above)
Phillip W Barnes [COR LD NTC]
plaintiff
Alphonse Adam Gerhardstein
(See above)
[COR LD NTC]
v.
CINCINNATI CITY OF Geri H Geiler
defendant [COR
LD NTC]
801 Plum Street
Room 214 City Hall
Cincinnati, OH 45202
513-352-3338
Augustine Giglio
[COR LD NTC]
801 Plum Street
Room 214
Cincinnati, OH 45202
513/352-3339
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RONALD TWITTY, Lt Colonel Sharon Janine Zealey
movant [COR
LD NTC]
Blank, Rome, Comisky &
McCauley
LLP
1700 PNC Center
201 East Fifth Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
513-362-8701
DOCKET PROCEEDINGS
DOCKET
ENTRY
DATE #
9/18/00 1
COMPLAINT (no. pgs: 8) (km)
[Entry date 09/18/00]
10/16/00 2 WAIVER OF SERVICE mailed to defendant Cincinnati City of on
9/18/00 Answer due on 11/17/00 for Cincinnati City
of (no
pgs: 1) (km) [Entry date 10/17/00]
11/9/00 3 MOTION by
defendant to dismiss (no pgs: 19+) (km)
[Entry date 11/13/00]
11/30/00 4 JOINT MOTION/STIPULATION to extend time to 12/22/00 for
pltf to file memopp to motion to dismiss and to
1/12/01 for
deft to file reply memo to response to motion to
dismiss (
no pgs: 1) (km) [Entry date 11/30/00]
12/4/00 5 NOTICE of hearing;
Prelim pretrial conf set for 3:00
2/2/01 Rm 829 before J Dlott, FRCP 26(f) ddls:
Discovery
conf to be held NLT 1/12/01; JDPlan ddl set for
1/26/01
(cc: all counsel) (km) [Entry date 12/04/00]
12/22/00 6 NOTICE OF FILING Addendum/Supplement (Exhibit A) by
plaintiff to the complaint [1-1] (no pgs: 1+) (km)
[Entry date 12/26/00]
12/26/00 7 MOTION by plaintiff to file memorandum in opposition to
defts motion to dismiss in excess of 20 pages;
memopp
attached (no pgs: 1) (km) [Entry date 12/26/00]
12/27/00 -- NOTATION ORDER by
Judge Susan J. Dlott granting motion
to file memorandum in opposition to defts motion
to dismiss
in excess of 20 pages [7-1] (cc: all counsel) (km)
[Entry date 12/27/00]
12/27/00 8 MEMORANDUM by plaintiff in opposition to defendants motion
to dismiss [3-1]; declaration of Alphonse A
Gerhardstein
attached; ORAL ARGUMENT REQUESTED (no pgs: 24+)
(km)
[Entry date 12/27/00]
1/12/01 9 REPLY by defendant
Cincinnati City of to response to
motion to dismiss [3-1] (no pgs: 9) (vp)
[Entry date 01/16/01]
1/17/01 10 RESPONSE/JOINT
DISCOVERY PLAN filed pursuant to FRCP 26(f)
deadlines contained in notice of PPTC [5-3] (no
pgs: 2) (km)
[Entry date 01/17/01]
2/6/01 11 NOTICE of hearing
setting hearing on motion to dismiss
[3-1] at 1:30 2/14/01 Rm 829 before J Dlott (cc:
all
counsel) (km) [Entry date 02/06/01]
2/12/01 12 ORDER by Judge
Susan J. Dlott ; Prelim pretrial conf held
3:00 2/2/01; Discovery ddl set for 10/1/01; Mtn
filing set
for 11/1/01; memopp ddl set for 11/26/01; rply
memo ddl set
for 12/10/01; Joint Proposed FPTO ddl set for
2/28/02;
Final pretrial conf set for 3/8/02 (Time TBA);
Five-day
Bench Trial set for 9:30 4/1/02 on a two week
trailing
docket, ; Pltf to exchange expert Witness
lists/reports
ddl set for 8/1/01; Deft to exchange expert
Witness
lists/reports ddl set for 8/15/01 (cc: all
counsel) (no
pgs: 3) (km) [Entry date 02/12/01]
2/26/01 13 NOTICE by
defendant of taking deposition of Philip W
Barnes, n/k/a Philicia W Barnes on 3/7/01 at 9:00
am (no
pgs: 2) (km) [Entry date 02/27/01]
2/26/01 14 Witness list/FRCP
26(a) Initial Disclosures submitted by
defendant (no pgs: 2) (km) [Entry date 02/27/01]
3/21/01 15 ORDER by Judge
Susan J. Dlott denying motion to dismiss
[3-1] (cc: all counsel) (no pgs: 5) (km)
[Entry date 03/21/01]
3/22/01 16 AGREED PROTECTIVE
ORDER by Judge Susan J. Dlott: re
disclosure and handling of confidential documents
obtained
during discovery and used in proceedings before
the court
(cc: all counsel) (no pgs: 2) (km) [Entry date
03/22/01]
3/30/01 17 ANSWER by
defendant; jury demand (no pgs: 8) (km)
[Entry date 03/30/01]
7/25/01 18 STIPULATION by
parties extending date in the Preliminary
Pretrial Order [12-3] as follows: discovery ddl
extended to
10/8/01; pltfs expert report ddl extended to
9/7/01; deft
expert report ddl extended to 10/8/01 (no pgs: 1)
(km)
[Entry date 07/26/01]
8/1/01 19 NOTICE of hearing
; Bench Trial reset to 9:30 4/22/01 Ctrm
836 before J Dlott (cc: all counsel) (km)
[Entry date 08/01/01]
9/6/01 20 JOINT MOTION to
extend expert report, discovery and motion
filing deadlines (no pgs: 2) (km) [Entry date
09/06/01]
9/10/01 -- NOTATION
ORDER by Judge Susan J. Dlott granting
joint
motion to extend expert report, discovery and
motion filing
deadlines [20-1] ; Discovery ddl extended to
10/9/01; Mtn
filing ddl extended to 12/1/01, ; Pltfs Expert
Witness
Reports ddl extended
to 10/9/01; Defts Expert Witness
reports ddl extended to 10/22/01 (cc: all counsel)
(km)
[Entry date 09/10/01]
10/22/01 21 STATEMENT/REPORT by expert Gerald L Quatman PhD at the
reqeust of defendant
(no pgs: 6+) (vp)
[Entry date 10/23/01]
12/3/01 -- Deposition of
Philecia Barnes taken 3/22/01 by defendants
(km) [Entry date 12/03/01]
12/3/01 22 AGREED MOTION to
extend time until 12/10/01 in which to
file motion for summary judgment (no pgs: 1) (km)
[Entry date 12/03/01]
12/5/01 -- NOTATION
ORDER by Judge Susan J. Dlott granting
agreed
motion to extend time until 12/10/01 in which to
file
motion for summary judgment [22-1] ; Mtn filing
ddl
extended to 12/10/01 (cc: all counsel) (km)
[Entry date 12/05/01]
12/10/01 23 MOTION by defendant for summary judgment; afdts of Rodney
Prince and Thomas Streicher attached (no pgs: 40+)
(km)
[Entry date 12/11/01]
12/12/01 24 NOTICE by plaintiff of filing depositions of Thomas
Streicher, Bruce Hoffbauer and Vincent Demasi (no
pgs: 1)
(km) [Entry date 12/13/01]
12/12/01 -- Deposition of Thomas H Streicher Jr taken 8/30/01 by
plaintiff (km) [Entry date 12/13/01]
12/12/01 -- Deposition of Thomas H Streicher Jr (Vol II) taken 9/5/01
by plaintiff (km) [Entry date 12/13/01]
12/12/01 -- Deposition of Bruce Hoffbauer taken 6/12/01 by plaintiff (km)
[Entry date 12/13/01]
12/12/01 -- Deposition of Vince Demasi taken 6/11/01 by plaintiff (km)
[Entry date 12/13/01]
12/13/01 25 ORDER by Judge Susan J. Dlott striking motion for summary
judgment [23-1]; the Clerk of this Court shall
strike the
motion for summary judgment from the docket of
this case
and return the pleading to the deft; the deft
shall file a
motion for summary judgment that complies with
this Court's
rules by 12/21/01 (cc: all counsel) (no pgs: 2)
(km)
[Entry date 12/13/01]
12/13/01 -- Remark - motion for summary judgment [23-1] returned to
deft pursuant to order [25-1] (km) [Entry date
12/13/01]
12/14/01 26 MOTION by defendant for leave to file motion for summary
judgment in excess of 20 pages (no pgs: 2) (km)
[Entry date 12/14/01]
12/14/01 27 NOTICE by defendant of filing deposition of Philecia Barnes
taken 3/22/01 on 12/3/01 (no pgs: 2) (km)
[Entry date 12/14/01]
12/19/01 -- NOTATION ORDER by
Judge Susan J. Dlott granting motion
for leave to file motion for summary judgment in
excess of
20 pages [26-1] (cc: all counsel) (km)
[Entry date 12/19/01]
12/20/01 28 MOTION by defendant for summary judgment; afdts of Thomas
Streicher and Rodney Prince attached (no pgs: 40+)
(km)
[Entry date 12/20/01]
12/20/01 -- Deposition of Charles Joseph Cranny Ph D taken 11/6/01 by
defendant (km) [Entry date 12/20/01]
1/14/02 29 MOTION by
plaintiff for leave to file memopp to defts
motion for summary judgment in excess of 20 pages;
memopp
attached (no pgs: 2+) (km) [Entry date 01/15/02]
1/14/02 30 NOTICE by
plaintiff of filing depositions of Ron Twitty Ted
Schoch Tom Ammann Dr Charles J Cranny and Lt
Steven J
Sarver (no
pgs: 1) (km) [Entry date 01/15/02]
1/14/02 -- Deposition of
Ronald Twitty (Vol I) taken 8/27/01 by
plaintiff (km) [Entry date 01/15/02]
1/14/02 -- Deposition of
Ronald Twitty (Vol II) taken 8/28/01 by
plaintiff
(km) [Entry date 01/15/02]
[Edit date 01/15/02]
1/14/02 -- Deposition of Ted
Schoch taken 8/8/01 by plaintiff (km)
[Entry date 01/15/02]
1/14/02 -- Deposition of
Thomas Ammann taken 8/8/01 by plaintiff (km)
[Entry date 01/15/02]
1/14/02 -- Deposition of
Charles J Cranny Ph D taken 11/6/01 by
defendant (km) [Entry date 01/15/02]
1/14/02 -- Deposition of
Steven J Sarver taken 9/26/01 by plaintiff (km)
[Entry date 01/15/02]
1/16/02 -- NOTATION
ORDER by Judge Susan J. Dlott granting
motion
for leave to file memopp to defts motion for
summary
judgment in excess of 20 pages [29-1] (cc: all
counsel) (km)
[Entry date 01/16/02]
1/16/02 31 MEMORANDUM by
plaintiff in opposition to motion for summary
judgment [28-1]; ORAL ARGUMENT REQUESTED (no pgs:
49+exh
1-10) (km) [Entry date 01/16/02]
1/28/02 32 REPLY by defendant
to response to motion for summary
judgment [28-1] (no pgs: 20) (km) [Entry date
01/29/02]
1/28/02 33 NOTICE by
defendant of filing deposition of Murray E Tieger
PhD (Vol I & II) (no pgs: 2) (km) [Entry date
01/29/02]
1/28/02 -- Deposition of
Murray E Tieger Ph D (Vol I) taken 11/9/01 by
defendant (FILED UNDER SEAL PURSUANT TO PROTECTIVE
ORDER)
(km) [Entry date 01/29/02]
1/28/02 -- Deposition of
Murray E Tieger Ph D (Vol II) taken 11/16/01
by defendant (FILED UNDER SEAL PURSUANT TO
PROTECTIVE
ORDER) (km) [Entry date 01/29/02]
2/8/02 34 NOTICE of hearing
on motion for summary judgment [28-1] at
10:00
2/22/02 before J Dlott (cc: all
counsel) (vp)
[Entry date 02/08/02]
2/19/02 35 NOTICE of hearing
; Final pretrial conf set for 10:00
3/6/02 Rm 829 before J Dlott (cc: all counsel) (km)
[Entry date 02/19/02]
2/25/02 36 NOTICE of hearing
; Final pretrial conf reset to 10:00
3/8/02 Rm 829 before J Dlott (cc: all counsel) (km)
[Entry date 02/25/02]
3/8/02 37 ORDER by Judge Susan J. Dlott denying motion for summary
judgment [28-1] by defendant Cincinnati City of
(cc: all
counsel) (no pgs: 19) (km) [Entry date 03/08/02]
3/8/02 38 MOTION by
defendant for leave to amend witness list to add
additional witnesses (no pgs: 3) (km) [Entry date
03/08/02]
3/12/02 -- NOTATION
ORDER by Judge Susan J. Dlott granting
motion
for leave to amend witness list to add additional
witnesses
[38-1] (cc:
all counsel) (km) [Entry date 03/12/02]
3/12/02 39 NOTICE by
plaintiff of filing deposition of Gerald L
Quatman Ph D (no pgs: 1) (km) [Entry date
03/12/02]
3/12/02 -- Deposition of
Gerald L Quatman PhD taken 11/8/01 by
plaintiff (km) [Entry date 03/12/02]
3/13/02 40 TRANSCRIPT of
Proceedings filed by Betty Schwab Official
Court Reporter on conference/hrg on motion for
summary jgm
held before J Dlott on 2/22/02; 38 pages (vp)
[Entry date 03/13/02]
3/13/02 41 NOTICE of hearing
; In-court hearing for voir dire/jury
selection set for 9:30 4/19/02 Ctrm 836 before J
Dlott
(cc: all counsel) (km) [Entry date 03/13/02]
3/26/02 42 NOTICE of hearing
; Jury trial set for 9:00 10/21/02 Ctrm
836 before J Dlott; In-court hearing for jury
selection set
for 9:30 10/18/02 Ctrm 836 before J Dlott (cc: all
counsel) (km) [Entry date 03/26/02]
4/25/02 43 FINAL PRE-TRIAL
ORDER approved by Judge Susan J. Dlott:
FPTC held 10:00 3/8/02 (no pgs: 9) (km)
[Entry date 04/25/02]
6/24/02 44 NOTICE of hearing
; Jury trial set for 9:00 11/12/02
before J Dlott voir dire to be coducted by USMJ on
11/8/02
and a backup trial date is set for 2/18/03 at 9:00
with
voir dire back up date set for 2/14/03 (cc: all
counsel) (vp)
[Entry date 06/24/02]
10/25/02 45 MOTION by plaintiff in limine re the use of evidence
regarding the conviction of Lt Col Ronald Twitty
(no pgs:
4+) (km) [Entry date 10/28/02]
10/28/02 46 MOTION by defendant to vacate trial date set for 11/8/02
and continue trial to the back-up date of 2/18/03
(no
pgs: 3+) (km) [Entry date 10/28/02]
10/29/02 47 MOTION by defendant for expedited hearing on motion to
vacate
trial date set for 11/8/02 and continue trial to the
back-up date of 2/18/03 [46-1] (no pgs: 2+) (km)
[Entry date 10/29/02]
11/1/02 48 MOTION by
defendant to quash subpoena issued to Lt Col Ron
Twitty (no
pgs: 8+exh A-B) (km) [Entry date 11/04/02]
11/1/02 48 MEMORANDUM by
defendant in opposition to motion in limine re
the use of evidence regarding the conviction of Lt
Col
Ronald Twitty [45-1] (no pgs: 8) (km) [Entry date
11/04/02]
[Edit date 11/04/02]