ABORTION INDUSTRY IN MELBOURNE, FLORIDA
LAWSUITS
RANEY V CITY OF MELBOURNE
DOCKET / CHRONOLOGICAL FILE

U.S. District Court
Middle District of Florida (Orlando)

CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 99-CV-416

Raney v. City of Melbourne FL
Filed: 04/07/99
Assigned to: Judge Patricia C. Fawsett
Demand: $0,000
Nature of Suit: 440
Lead Docket: None
Jurisdiction: Federal Question
Dkt# in other court: None

Cause: 28:1343 Violation of Civil Rights

4/7/99 Doc. 1 COMPLAINT filed for damages and other relief under Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (F.A.C.E.) Act. Exhibits A-F attached. (djd) [Entry date 04/08/99]

4/7/99 -- MAGISTRATE JUDGE CASE ASSIGNMENT Magistrate assigned: David A. Baker (djd) [Entry date 04/08/99]

4/7/99 -- FILING FEE PAID. ( Filing Fee $ 150.00 Receipt # 82857) (djd) [Entry date 04/08/99]

4/7/99 Doc. 2 CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE by plaintiff Meredith T. Raney Jr. with Local Rule 1.04(c) - case number 97-1197-CIV-ORL-19B is related. (djd) [Entry date 04/08/99]

4/12/99 -- SUMMONS(ES) issued for City of Melbourne FL. (djd)

4/14/99 Doc. 3 RETURN OF SERVICE executed as to City of Melbourne FL on 4/13/99. Answer due on 5/3/99 for City of Melbourne FL (djd)

4/22/99 Doc. 4 NOTICE of designation under Local Rule 3.05 - TRACK 2. The case management report shall be filed on or before 6/23/99.. (ctc) (djd) [Entry date 04/23/99]

5/3/99 Doc. 5 MOTION TO DISMISS [1] Complaint and MEMORANDUM OF LAW by defendant City of Melbourne.

5/7/99 Doc. 6 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE of [4-1] track 2 notice by plaintiff Meredith T. Raney Jr.

5/20/99 Doc. 7 MOTION by plaintiff Meredith T. Raney Jr. with memorandum in support to strike insufficient defenses and other matter and MEMORANDUM in opposition to motion to dismiss.

5/20/99 Doc. 7 MEMORANDUM by plaintiff Meredith T. Raney Jr. in opposition to [5-1] motion to dismiss.

6/16/99 Doc. 8 CASE MANAGEMENT REPORT. (djd)

8/3/99 Doc. 9 CASE MANAGEMENT AND SCHEDULING ORDER setting Joining of parties, amending of pleadings on 1/31/00 ; Deadline for filing of motions 10/2/00 ; Discovery cutoff 9/5/00 ; Pretrial statement due on or before 12/1/00; Final pretrial conference to be set by the U.S. Magistrate Judge; Jury trial set for 2/1/01 before Judge Patricia C. Fawsett ( signed by Judge Patricia C. Fawsett ) ctc (djd)

8/12/99 Doc. 10 NOTICE of Hearing: Set final pretrial conference at 9:00 a.m. on 1/18/01 before Magistrate Judge David A. Baker ctc (djd)

3/8/00 Doc. 11 ORDER granting [5-1] motion to dismiss; denying [7-1] opposition memorandum and [7-1] motion to strike insufficient defenses and other matter; and dismissing [1-1] complaint. (Signed by Judge Patricia C. Fawsett.) ctc (nrs) [Entry date 03/09/00]

3/8/00 -- CASE CLOSED. (nrs) [Entry date 03/09/00]

3/14/00 Doc. 12 NOTICE OF APPEAL of [11-1] order by Meredith T. Raney Jr. Appeal Information Sheet Sent to Appellant. Fee Status: $105.00 paid - Receipt #398. Certificate of Readiness due on 3/29/00 (nrs) [Entry date 03/15/00]

3/16/00 -- Certified copies of notice of appeal, judgment/order under appeal, and docket transmitted to USCA: [12-1] appeal ctc (nrs)

3/27/00 Doc. 13 TRANSCRIPT INFORMATION FORM filed re: appeal; transcript not requested; Certificate of readiness due 4/10/00 (spr)

3/29/00 -- NOTICE assigning 11th Circuit case number re: [12-1] appeal USCA NUMBER: 00-11403-B (nrs)

3/29/00 USCA: 00-11403-B MOTION by Appellant to restrict record on appeal to those documents listed on the attached copy of the docket of the district court.

4/28/00 USCA: 00-11403-B APPELLANT'S PRINCIPAL BRIEF

5/15/00 Doc. 14 USCA ORDER: LIMITED REMAND, District Clerk to investigate and correct docket as necessary based on Appellant's 3/29/00 Motion. If docket is correct, District Court is to hold evidentiary hearings and report to USCA.

5/19/00 Doc. 15 ORDER The Court rules that the parties shall have 11 days from the date of this Order to request an evidentiary hearing. If such hearing is requested, the issues to be addressed at such hearing shall be identified. If the parties fail to respond to this order, or indicate that an evidentiary hearing is not necessary, then this order will be provided to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals as this Court's findings regarding Mr. Raney's allegations. (Signed by Judge Patricia C. Fawsett. ctc (nrs) [Entry date 05/22/00]

5/26/00 Doc. 16 RESPONSE by City of Melbourne FL to [15-1] order of May 19, 2000. Accepting the Court's explanation of clerical error and submitting that no evidentiary hearing is necessary or requested.

5/30/00 Doc. 17 MOTION by Meredith T. Raney Jr. requesting evidentiary hearing on [14-1] USCA order. (nrs)

5/30/00 Doc. 18 MOTION by Meredith T. Raney Jr. to recuse. (nrs)

6/1/00 Doc. 19 RESPONSE by Defendant in opposition to plaintiff's MOTION for evidentiary hearing [17-1] and MOTION to recuse [18-1]

6/21/00 Doc. 20 ORDER denying [18-1] motion to recuse and [17-1] motion requesting evidentiary hearing on [14-1] USCA order. This Order and the Court's Order dated 05/19/00 (#15) constitute this Court's report of its findings as requested by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals (#14). The Court hereby seeks leave of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to correct the record on appeal by amending this Court's Order dated 03/08/00 to strike the following from page one, paragraph number two: "; and Defendant's Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion to Strike (Doc No. 18, filed September 7, 1999." (Signed by Judge Patricia C. Fawsett.) ctc (nrs) [Entry date 06/22/00]

6/22/00 -- TRANSMITTAL to USCA of Orders #15 & 20 regarding limited remand. (nrs)

6/29/00 APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS petitioning USCA to direct the Clerk of Middle District of Florida to obey [14-1] USCA ORDER: LIMITED REMAND.

7/12/00 Doc. 21 USCA ORDER: The petition for writ of mandamus is DENIED. (Before Dubina and Carnes, Circuit Judges) ctc MFR Number (nrs)

7/26/00 Doc. 22 USCA ORDER: The District Court's request to correct it's [11] Order of March 8, 2000, is GRANTED and this appeal is REMANDED on a limited basis for this correction. Appellant's "motion to restrict record . . ." is DENIED as MOOT. Appellant's "response to the order of district court . . ." which is construed as a motion to compel the District Court to hold an evidentiary hearing, is DENIED. (Before: Cox and Hull, Circuit Judges.)

11/15/00 USCA ORDER, PER CURIAM AFFIRMED, Raney's appeal denied, USCA NUMBER: 00-11403

02/23/01 Petition for writ of certiorari placed on docket of U.S. Supreme Court as No. 00-1350.

03/30/01 BRIEF OF RESPONDENT MELBOURNE

04/17/01 REPLY TO BRIEF IN OPPOSITION

04/30/01 U. S. SUPREME COURT DENIES CERTIORARI WITHOUT COMMENT

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