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Court

Waterbury County

Connecticut

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Case Information

Filed 2023-07-13
Type M 90 Misc All Other
Docket 101 entries
Disposition withdrawal of action

Parties

Plaintiff State Of Connecticut
Defendant Career Training Specialists, Llc D/b/a Stone Academy|Joseph Bierbaum|Paier College Of Art, Inc.
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Judge

Hon. W Pierson

Connecticut

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Docket Entries

  1. APPEARANCE Appearance
  2. APPEARANCE Appearance
  3. APPEARANCE Appearance
  4. APPEARANCE Appearance
  5. APPEARANCE Appearance
  6. SUMMONS
  7. COMPLAINT
  8. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR PREJUDGMENT REMEDY / HEARING (JD-CV-53) RESULT: Order 3/2/2024 HON BARBARA BELLIS
  9. ORDER PJR $5,000,000 - see order RESULT: Order 3/2/2024 HON BARBARA BELLIS
  10. MOTION FOR DISCLOSURE OF ASSETS
  11. PRESIDING JUDGE REFERRAL TO COMPLEX LITIGATION DOCKET
  12. ORDER RESULT: Order 7/31/2023 HON BARBARA BELLIS
  13. ORDER RESULT: Order 7/13/2023 HON SUSAN COBB
  14. RETURN OF SERVICE
  15. TRANSFERRED FROM SUPERIOR COURT JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF HARTFORD
  16. TRANSFERRED TO SUPERIOR COURT JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF WATERBURY
  17. ORDER General Case Management Order RESULT: Order 8/1/2023 HON BARBARA BELLIS
  18. RETURN OF SERVICE PJR Application
  19. MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME Defendants' Consent Motion for Extension of Time to File Answer RESULT: Granted 9/11/2023 HON BARBARA BELLIS
  20. ORDER RESULT: Granted 9/11/2023 HON BARBARA BELLIS
  21. REQUEST FOR ADJUDICATION COMPLEX LITIGATION (JD-CL-77) re: [Dkt. 110.00] Consent Motion for Extension of Time to File Answer
  22. SCHEDULING ORDER Parties' Proposed Scheduling Order RESULT: Order 9/12/2023 HON BARBARA BELLIS
  23. ORDER court's approval of scheduling order RESULT: Order 9/12/2023 HON BARBARA BELLIS
  24. ANSWER AND SPECIAL DEFENSE
  25. ANSWER AND SPECIAL DEFENSE Answer and Special Defense of Defendant Joseph Bierbaum
  26. ANSWER AND SPECIAL DEFENSE Stone Academy's Answer and Special Defense
  27. ORDER PJR exhibit order RESULT: Order 10/10/2023 HON BARBARA BELLIS
  28. REQUEST TO AMEND COMPLAINT/AMENDMENT
  29. MOTION IN LIMINE MOTION IN LIMINE TO ADMIT EVIDENCE
  30. REQUEST FOR ADJUDICATION COMPLEX LITIGATION (JD-CL-77) REQUEST FOR ADJUDICATION COMPLEX LITIGATION (JD-CL-77) - MOTION IN LIMINE TO ADMIT EVIDENCE (118)
  31. ORDER by agreement exchange written discovery by 11/22 RESULT: Order 11/1/2023 HON BARBARA BELLIS
  32. MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF TEMPORARY RECEIVER for Defendant Career Training Specialists, LLC
  33. ORDER hearing on 12/21/23 at 2:00 pm RESULT: Order 12/8/2023 HON BARBARA BELLIS
  34. MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF TEMPORARY RECEIVER Memorandum of Law in Support
  35. ORDER report to court by 1/3/24 with hearing date RESULT: Order 12/21/2023 HON BARBARA BELLIS
  36. AMENDED ANSWER AND SPECIAL DEFENSE Defendant Joseph Bierbaum's Amended Answer and Special Defenses to Amended Complaint
  37. ANSWER AND SPECIAL DEFENSE TO AMENDED COMPLAINT
  38. ANSWER AND SPECIAL DEFENSE Paier College of Art's Answer to Amended Complaint and Special Defense
  39. NOTICE OF SERVICE OF REQUEST FOR ADMISSION PB 13-22 Defendants' Joint Notice of Service of Interrogatories, RFPs and RFAs
  40. MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION TO MOTION Opposition to State of Connecticut's Motion for Appointment of Temporary Receiver [Dkt. No. 121.00]
  41. CASEFLOW REQUEST (JD-CV-116) re Dkt Entry 169 in Ridenhour lawsuit
  42. REPLY MEMORANDUM in Further Support of State's Motion for a Temp. Receiver
  43. ORDER brief re: temporary receiver due 12/15 RESULT: Order 12/8/2023 HON BARBARA BELLIS Last Updated: Additional Description - 12/08/2023
  44. MOTION TO STRIKE Defendants' Special Defenses [Nos. 123.00-125.00], With Mem. of Law
  45. PROPOSED ORDER for Appointment of a Temporary Receiver
  46. ANSWER AND/OR OBJECTIONS TO REQUEST FOR ADMISSIONS PB 13-23(a) to Defendants' Joint RTA
  47. ORDER PJR brief due 1/16/24, obj 2/16/24, reply 2/23/24 RESULT: Order 12/21/2023 HON BARBARA BELLIS
  48. ORDER pre-trial consolidation response by 1/3/24 RESULT: Order 1/4/2024 HON BARBARA BELLIS
  49. ORDER consolidated for pretrial purposes only RESULT: Order 1/4/2024 HON BARBARA BELLIS
  50. ORDER Re: FERPA records report back by 1/3/24 RESULT: Order 12/21/2023 HON BARBARA BELLIS
  51. NOTICE Defendant Joseph Bierbaum's Notice Regarding Consolidation
  52. NOTICE State's Notice re: Consolidation and FERPA
  53. MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME Consent Motion to Extend Deadlines in Order No. 122.10 from 1/3/2024 to 1/10/2024 RESULT: Granted 1/4/2024 HON BARBARA BELLIS
  54. ORDER RESULT: Granted 1/4/2024 HON BARBARA BELLIS
  55. REQUEST FOR ADJUDICATION COMPLEX LITIGATION (JD-CL-77) Re: No. 139.00
  56. NOTICE RE: CONSOLIDATION
  57. MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME Consent Motion to Extend Deadlines in Order No. 139.10 from 1/10/2024 to 1/17/2024 RESULT: Granted 1/10/2024 HON BARBARA BELLIS
  58. ORDER RESULT: Granted 1/10/2024 HON BARBARA BELLIS
  59. REQUEST FOR ADJUDICATION COMPLEX LITIGATION (JD-CL-77) Re: No. 142.00
  60. MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME RESULT: Granted 1/12/2024 HON BARBARA BELLIS
  61. ORDER order extending post PJR brief due dates RESULT: Granted 1/12/2024 HON BARBARA BELLIS
  62. REQUEST FOR ADJUDICATION COMPLEX LITIGATION (JD-CL-77)
  63. MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME JOINT MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME ON CONSENT TO FILE OBJECTION TO MOTION TO STRIKE SPECIAL DEFENSES RESULT: Granted 1/24/2024 HON BARBARA BELLIS
  64. ORDER RESULT: Granted 1/24/2024 HON BARBARA BELLIS
  65. REPORT on Motion for Appt. of Receiver (see Dkt. 122.10)
  66. BRIEF Post-PJR Hearing Brief
  67. PROPOSED ORDER Joint Proposed Order re Receivership Motion RESULT: Granted 1/24/2024 HON BARBARA BELLIS
  68. ORDER RESULT: Granted 1/24/2024 HON BARBARA BELLIS
  69. REQUEST FOR ADJUDICATION COMPLEX LITIGATION (JD-CL-77) Re Dkt. No. 149 (Joint Prop. Order re Receivership Motion)
  70. REQUEST FOR ADJUDICATION COMPLEX LITIGATION (JD-CL-77)
  71. ORDER Depo of E. Jay by 3/11/24 RESULT: Order 2/7/2024 HON BARBARA BELLIS
  72. OBJECTION TO MOTION State of CT Position re Sound Education Sale RESULT: Order 2/9/2024 HON BARBARA BELLIS
  73. ORDER see ruling in UWY CV23-6070643 RESULT: Order 2/9/2024 HON BARBARA BELLIS
  74. OBJECTION TO MOTION DEFENDANTS' JOINT OBJECTION TO STATE OF CONNECTICUT'S MOTION TO STRIKE SPECIAL DEFENSES
  75. OBJECTION TO MOTION Objection to Mot. for Injunction in Ridenhour case [No. 205.00]
  76. ORDER Temp injunction granted - hearing 3/8/24 RESULT: Order 2/16/2024 HON BARBARA BELLIS
  77. MOTION TO REARGUE/RECONSIDER Re: Temporary Injunction Order [No. 156.00] RESULT: Order 2/17/2024 HON BARBARA BELLIS
  78. ORDER denied - see order RESULT: Order 2/17/2024 HON BARBARA BELLIS
  79. OBJECTION TO MOTION OR REQUEST FOR DISCOVERY PB CH13 State's Objections to Defendants' Combined Interrogatories & RFPs
  80. OBJECTION TO INTERROGATORIES/PRODUCTION PB 13-8 and 13-10
  81. MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION TO MOTION Memo in Opposition to State's App. for PJR and in Response to State's Hearing Memo [Dkt 148.00]
  82. REPLY PLAINTIFF?S REPLY BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF APPLICATION FOR PREJUDGEMENT REMEDY
  83. REQUEST FOR ADJUDICATION COMPLEX LITIGATION (JD-CL-77) Re: No. 101.00 RESULT: Order 2/26/2024 HON BARBARA BELLIS
  84. ORDER court will issue its decision in the near future RESULT: Order 2/26/2024 HON BARBARA BELLIS
  85. REPLY MEMORANDUM in Further Support of State's Motion to Strike Special Defenses
  86. ORDER Transfer to X10 order RESULT: Order 4/30/2024 HON BARBARA BELLIS
  87. ORDER General Case Management Order
  88. MOTION FOR ORDER JOINT MOTION TO PERMIT ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE BY STONE ACADEMY RESULT: Granted 5/8/2024 HON W PIERSON
  89. ORDER RESULT: Granted 5/8/2024 HON W PIERSON
  90. REQUEST FOR ADJUDICATION COMPLEX LITIGATION (JD-CL-77)
  91. RDER NOTICE OF PRETRIAL CONFERENCE RESULT: Order 7/29/2024 HON W PIERSON
  92. TIPULATION
  93. RDER Notice- revised request for adjudication form RESULT: Order 8/29/2024 HON W PIERSON
  94. RDER scheduling order due 9/23/24 RESULT: Order 9/16/2024 HON W PIERSON
  95. OTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE SCHEDULING ORDER Consent Motion RESULT: Granted 9/23/2024 HON W PIERSON
  96. RDER RESULT: Granted 9/23/2024 HON W PIERSON
  97. OTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE SCHEDULING ORDER Consent Motion RESULT: Granted 10/1/2024 HON W PIERSON
  98. RDER RESULT: Granted 10/1/2024 HON W PIERSON
  99. OTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE SCHEDULING ORDER Consent Motion RESULT: Granted 11/1/2024 HON W PIERSON
  100. RDER RESULT: Granted 11/1/2024 HON W PIERSON
  101. ITHDRAWAL OF ACTION

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