Illinois Central District Court
Judge:Joe Billy Mcdade
Referred: Jonathan E Hawley
Case #: 1:23-cv-01085
Nature of Suit442 Civil Rights - Employment
Cause42:2000e Job Discrimination (Employment)
Case Filed:Feb 27, 2023
Terminated:Sep 20, 2023
Last checked: Saturday Aug 26, 2023 9:09 AM CDT
Defendant
Rivian Automotive, LLC
Represented By
Sharilee Kempa Smentek
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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Katherine F Mendez
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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Plaintiff
Cornelius Richardson
Represented By
Nathan Charles Volheim
Sulaiman Law Group Ltd
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Alexander James Taylor
Sulaiman Law Group Ltd
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1. Rivian and contractor face federal race discrimination lawsuit (25newsnow.com)
Submitted Thu 03/02/2023
Docket last updated: 3 hours ago
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
10 10 misc Stipulation of Dismissal Wed 09/20 10:01 AM
STIPULATION of Dismissal by Rivian Automotive, LLC. (Smentek, Sharilee)
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misc Remark Wed 09/20 12:20 PM
Remark: Civil Case Terminated pursuant to the filing of10 STIPULATION of Dismissal by Rivian Automotive, LLC. (JS)
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Tuesday, June 27, 2023
order Order ~Util - Set/Reset Deadlines Tue 06/27 9:58 AM
TEXT ORDER: Pursuant to the filing of the9 Joint Status Report, the Court sets a further Status Report deadline for 9/27/2023. Entered by Magistrate Judge Jonathan E. Hawley on 6/27/23. (WG)
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Monday, June 26, 2023
9 9 misc Status Report Mon 06/26 12:46 PM
STATUS REPORT [JOINT] by Rivian Automotive, LLC. (Smentek, Sharilee)
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Wednesday, March 29, 2023
utility Set/Reset Deadlines/Hearings Wed 03/29 9:30 AM
Set Deadline: Status Report due by 6/26/2023. (VH)
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Tuesday, March 28, 2023
order Order Tue 03/28 2:53 PM
TEXT ORDER: The Court construes the parties'8 Joint Stipulation to Submit Claims to Arbitration and Stay Action as a motion to stay proceedings in the instant matter. That motion is GRANTED, and this case is STAYED pending arbitration of Plaintiff's claims. Parties are directed to file a status report with this Court by June 26, 2023, or within 10 days of the resolution of the arbitration proceedings, whichever is earlier. Entered by Judge Joe Billy McDade on 3/28/2023. (KPR)
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Monday, March 27, 2023
8 8 misc Stipulation Mon 03/27 4:32 PM
STIPULATION [JOINT] TO SUBMIT CLAIMS AGAINST DEFENDANT RIVIAN AUTOMOTIVE, LLC TO ARBITRATION AND STAY ACTION by Rivian Automotive, LLC..(Smentek, Sharilee)
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Att: 1 Exhibit A,
Att: 2 Exhibit B
7 7 notice Notice of Appearance of Attorney Mon 03/27 3:48 PM
NOTICE of Appearance of Attorney by Katherine F Mendez on behalf of Rivian Automotive, LLC (Mendez, Katherine)
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6 6 notice Notice of Appearance of Attorney Mon 03/27 2:18 PM
NOTICE of Appearance of Attorney by Sharilee Kempa Smentek on behalf of Rivian Automotive, LLC (Smentek, Sharilee)
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Wednesday, March 08, 2023
5 5 service Summons Returned Executed (21 days to answer) Wed 03/08 12:32 PM
SUMMONS Returned Executed by Cornelius Richardson. Rivian Automotive, LLC served on 3/6/2023, answer due 3/27/2023. (Taylor, Alexander)
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Tuesday, February 28, 2023
4 4 service Summons Issued Tue 02/28 9:57 AM
Summons Issued as to Rivian Automotive, LLC. (JS)
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Monday, February 27, 2023
3 3 notice Notice of Appearance of Attorney Mon 02/27 3:00 PM
NOTICE of Appearance of Attorney by Nathan Charles Volheim on behalf of Cornelius Richardson (Volheim, Nathan)
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2 2 notice Notice of Appearance of Attorney Mon 02/27 2:58 PM
NOTICE of Appearance of Attorney by Alexander James Taylor on behalf of Cornelius Richardson (Taylor, Alexander)
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1 1 cmp Attorney Complaint Mon 02/27 2:57 PM
COMPLAINT against Rivian Automotive, LLC ( Filing fee $ 402 receipt number AILCDC-4144940.), filed by Cornelius Richardson.(Taylor, Alexander)
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Att: 1 Civil Cover Sheet,
Att: 2 Summons,
Att: 3 Exhibit A,
Att: 4 Exhibit B