Victoria Law v. BOP

Case Filings

• • ECF No. 01 Complaint & Exhibits  09/20/24
    • ECF No. 01-1
    • ECF No. 01-2
    • ECF No. 01-3
    • ECF No. 01-4
    • ECF No. 01-5
    • ECF No. 01-6
    • ECF No. 01-7
    • ECF No. 01-8
    • ECF No. 01-9
    • ECF No. 01-10
    • ECF No. 01-11
  • ECF No. 3 Certificate of Interested Parties
  • ECF No. 4 Case Assigned to Judge Trina Thompson
  • ECF No. 5 Order Setting Initial Case Management Conference
  • ECF No. 6 Proposed Summons
  • ECF No 7. Filing Fee Received (No Document)
  • ECF No. 8 Summons As Issued
  • ECF No 9. CLERK’S NOTICE RESETTING INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE. (No Document)
  • ECF No. 10 Return of Service & NDCA Waiver Of Service Complete
  • ECF No. 11 Consent to Magistrate Judge by Victoria Law.. (Henry, Caitlin) (Filed on 10/7/2024) (Entered: 10/07/2024)
  • ECF No. 12 Notice of Appearance Keough
  • ECF No. 13 Stipulation For More Time To Answer Extending Defendant’s Time to Respond to November 22, 2024 filed by Federal Bureau of Prisons. (Keough, Michael) (Filed on 10/30/2024)
  • ECF No. 14 Stipulation For More Time For Answer STIPULATION Joint Stipulation Modifying Defendant’s Answer Date to November 27, 2024 filed by Federal Bureau of Prisons. (Keough, Michael) (Filed on 11/22/2024)
  • ECF No. 15 Notice of Appearance/Substitution/Change/Withdrawal of Attorney (Nov 25, 2024)- NOTICE of Substitution of Counsel: Attorney Michael Thomas Pyle substituted for Michael A. Keough on behalf of Federal Bureau of Prisons (No Document)
  • ECF No 16. Defendant Answer
  • ECF No. 17 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING DATE FOR INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
    • ECF No. 17-1
  • ECF No. 18 ORDER by Judge Trina L. Thompson granting [17] Stipulation- Second Request. Notice is hereby given to all parties that the Case Management Conference previously set on has been CONTINUED to January 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM  (No Document)
  • ECF No. 19 Plaintiff’s ADR Statement
  • ECF No. 20 Defendant’s ADR Statement
  • ECF No. 21 Case Management Statement
  • ECF No. 22 Referral For Purpose of Determining Relationship
  • ECF No. 23 Finding Case Related Reassigning to YGR
  • ECF No. 24 Clerk’s Notice Vacating CMC (no document)
  • ECF No. 25 Order Reassigning Case
  • ECF No. 26 Joint Request For Case Management Conference
  • ECF No. 28 Joint Case Management Statement
  • ECF No. 29 Order Vacating Case Management Conference And Referring Parties To Magistrate Judge Tse
  • ECF No. 30  The parties are directed to the Court’s Civil Standing Order, which requires that all discovery disputes be brought to the Court’s attention through a joint statement after a meet and confer process.  After review of such a joint statement, the Court will advise the parties of how it intends to proceed. Id.(No document)
  • ECF No. 31 First Joint Discovery Letter Brief
    • ECF No. 31-1 Production Status Index
    • ECF No. 31-2 Declaration of Kara Christenson
  • ECF No. 32 Order Denying Discovery
  • ECF No. 33 Discovery Letter Brief 2 Production Schedule
    • ECF No. 33-1 Production Status Index
    • ECF No. 33-2 BOP FOIA Annual Report Data
    • ECF No. 33-3 Sample Production Orders
    • ECF No. 33-4 Christenson Decl
  • ECF No. 34 Discovery Letter Brief 3 – Native Format
  • 35(No document attached) The parties are hereby notified that a Discovery Hearing regarding [33] & [33] discovery letter briefs is set for 5/12/2025 at 1:00 PM before Magistrate Judge Alex G. Tse.
  • ECF No. 38 Transcript Order
  • ECF No. 39 Joint Status Report
    • ECF No. 39-1 DOJ Emails
    • ECF No. 39-2 Henry Decl
    • ECF No. 39-3 Joint Status of Production
  • ECF No. 42 Discovery Order

Timeline Summary

September 20, 2024

• Complaint Filed by Victoria Law against the Federal Bureau of Prisons (with 11 exhibits).

• Proposed Summons filed.

• Certificate of Interested Entities submitted.

September 23, 2024

• Case Assigned to Judge Trina L. Thompson.

• Initial Case Management Order Issued, setting deadlines and a conference for January 2, 2025.

• Electronic Filing Error Notice and Corrected Proposed Summons Filed.

September 24, 2024

• Summons Issued to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Attorney, and U.S. Attorney General.

October 2, 2024

• Case Management Conference Reset to January 9, 2025.

October 7, 2024

• Summons Returned Executed (service completed on October 4, answer due October 25).

• Waiver of Service Filed.

• Consent/Declination to proceed before a magistrate judge filed.

October 30, 2024

• Notice of Appearance by attorney Michael A. Keough.

• Stipulation to Extend Time to Respond to November 22, 2024.

November 22, 2024

• Stipulation to Modify Answer Date to November 27, 2024.

November 25, 2024

• Attorney Substitution: Michael Thomas Pyle replaces Michael Keough.

November 27, 2024

• Answer to Complaint Filed by the defendant.

December 3, 2024

• Stipulation and Proposed Order Filed, supported by a declaration.

December 6 & 9, 2024

• ADR Certifications Filed.

January 9, 2025

• Joint Case Management Statement Filed.

January 13, 2025

• Judicial Referral for Case Relationship to 4:23-cv-04155-YGR.

January 14, 2025

• Case Reassigned to Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers and related to MR Dublin civil rights cases.

January 17–27, 2025

• Stipulation Filed, Teleconference Scheduled, and New Joint Case Management Statement Submitted.

January 30–31, 2025

• Order Referring Case to Magistrate Judge Tse for Discovery.

February 24, 2025

• Discovery Letter Brief Filed with exhibits and a declaration.

March 11, 2025

• Court Order on Discovery Letter Brief issued.

April 11, 2025

• Two Additional Discovery Letter Briefs Filed.

April 30, 2025

• Judge TSE sets Discovery Hearing for May 12, 2025.

FOIA Correspondence With BOP

• 2024.08.23 OIP Denial A-2024-02406_Appeal_Response
• 2024.08.19 OIP Letter Assigning Appeal Number a-24-02406
• 2024.08.18 FOIA Appeal to OIP With Exhibits
• 2024.08.13 Letter From BOP With January Timeline 2024-04492
• 2024.08.13 BOP FOIA Portal Status Check
• 2024.08.12 Request to BOP For Response, Determination, and Timeline Expedited Request Number 2024-04492 to HQ
• 2024.08.12Request to BOP For Response, Determination, and Timeline Expedited Request Number 2024-04492 Western Regional
• 2024.08.04 Request to BOP For Response, Determination, and Timeline Expedited Request Number 2024-04492
• 2024.07.10 Letter From BOP Assigning to Expedited Track
• 2024.07.05 Victoria Law Initial FOIA Request to BOP DOJ