Paulus, James v. Isola USA Corp. Retirement Plan

Filing 34

Transmission of Notice of Appeal, Appeal Information Sheet, Docketing Statement,Order, Judgment and Docket Sheet to Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals re 32 Notice of Appeal (Attachments: # 1 Information Sheet, # 2 Docketing Statement, # 3 Order, # 4 Judgment, # 5 Docket Sheet) (voc)

Case: 3:13-cv-00212-bbc Document #: 32-1 Filed: 02/20/14 Page 1 of 3

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT
______________________________________________________________________
JAMES R. PAULUS,
Plaintiff,

SEVENTH CIRCUIT RULE
DOCKETING STATEMENT

3(c)

vs.
Case No. 13-CV-212
ISOLA USA CORP. RETIREMENT PLAN,
Judge Barbara Crabb
Defendant.
______________________________________________________________________
Plaintiff, James R. Paulus, by his attorneys, Hale, Skemp, Hanson, Skemp, and
Sleik, submits his Circuit Rule 3(c) Docketing Statement in support of his appeal filed on
February 20, 2014.
JURISDICTION OF THE DISTRICT COURT
The United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin has
jurisdiction over the subject matter of this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1331 (federal
question) and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1132.
JURISDICTION OF THE COURT OF APPEALS
This appeal is taken from the final judgment of the U.S. District Court for the
Western District of Wisconsin entered on February 5, 2014, by the Honorable Barbara
Crabb. Specifically, the plaintiff appeals the final judgment in favor of the defendant and
dismissing the plaintiff’s case pursuant to the plaintiff’s Motion for Trial on the
Administrative Record.
This is an appeal of right, and the Unites States Court of Appeals for the Seventh
Circuit has jurisdiction to decide this case pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. The plaintiff’s
Notice of Appeal was timely filed on February 20, 2014.

Case: 3:13-cv-00212-bbc Document #: 32-1 Filed: 02/20/14 Page 2 of 3

STATEMENT AS TO PRIOR PROCEEDINGS
Pursuant to Circuit Rule 3(c)(1), plaintiff states as follows: There have been no prior
appellate proceedings in this action and no earlier appellate proceedings related to this
appeal.
COUNSEL OF RECORD
Pursuant to Circuit Rule 3(d), the plaintiff identifies Attorney Garett T. Pankratz as
his counsel of record. Attorney Pankratz’s contact information is as follows:
505 King Street, Suite 300
P.O. Box 1927
La Crosse, WI 54602-1927
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Dated this 20th day of February, 2014.
HALE, SKEMP, HANSON, SKEMP & SLEIK
Attorneys for Plaintiff
By:

s/ Garett T. Pankratz
Garett T. Pankratz
Wisconsin State Bar No. 1065831
Email: [e-mail]
Roger L. Imes
Wisconsin State Bar No. 1012437
Email: [e-mail]
505 King Street, Suite 300
P.O. Box 1927
La Crosse, WI 54602-1927
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Case: 3:13-cv-00212-bbc Document #: 32-1 Filed: 02/20/14 Page 3 of 3

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that I caused a copy a copy of the foregoing document to be filed
electronically via the Court’s electronic filing system. Those attorneys who are registered
with the Court’s electronic filing system may access these filings through the Court’s
system, and notice of these filings will be sent to these parties by operation of the Court’s
electronic filing system. Those attorneys not registered with the Court’s electronic filing
system will be served by U.S. mail this 20th day of February, 2014.
By:

s/ Garett T. Pankratz
Garett T. Pankratz