Ramirez et al v. City of Chicago et al

Filing 438

MEMORANDUM Opinion Order Signed by the Honorable Milton I. Shadur on 10/31/2011:Mailed notice(srn, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION
LAURA RAMIREZ, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
CITY OF CHICAGO, et al.,
Defendants.

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No.

05 C 317

MEMORANDUM ORDER
At regular intervals (normally in the ten day to two week
range) this Court obtains an updated computer-generated Motions
Report, reflecting all motions that--at least in computerese--are
still pending in cases assigned to this Court’s calendar.1

Four

motions in this case appear on the current (October 28) printout
and are addressed here.
Dkt. 414 is defendants’ renewed motion to bifurcate the
impending trial of this action.

That motion is denied,

particularly in light of the parties’ recent entry into a
stipulation that eliminates Monell considerations from the case.
Dkt. 423 is plaintiffs’ omnibus motion in limine filed in

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Those printouts are useful in many respects, including
the identification of (1) any motions that this Court has in fact
ruled on but as to which the rulings have not found their way to
the electronic records, (2) any motions that this Court has not
seen because moving counsel have failed to comply with this
District Court’s LR 5.2(f) requirement that a paper copy be
delivered to this Court’s chambers, (3) any motions that have
inexplicably disappeared from this Court’s internally maintained
checklist and are therefore off the radar screen--and the list
could go on.

mid-October.

Defense counsel are ordered to respond to that

motion promptly (ten days or so should be time enough) to enable
this Court to rule.
Dkt. 425 is plaintiffs’ motion for the dismissal of various
individually named defendants.

Again the stipulation referred to

earlier obviates the need for retention of those individuals as
formal parties defendant, and the motion is granted.
Dkt. 429 is a pending motion, filed under seal, whose
disposition is dependent on other unresolved matters of trial
procedure and trial substance.

It will remain pending for the

present.

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Milton I. Shadur
Senior United States District Judge
Date:

October 31, 2011

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