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1. Filed: July 28, 2026 | Entered: July 28, 2026 Bowman v. Chicago Teachers Union

   440 Civil Rights: Other | Illinois Northern

   Minute

   MINUTE entry before the Honorable Albert Berry III: Motion hearing held 7/28/26. Pro se Plaintiff appeared 20 minutes after the hearing was scheduled to begin, but participated in the hearing. Plaintiff's Motion to Extend Fact Discovery 84 is granted; fact discovery is extended to 9/30/26. This extension is only to complete outstanding written discovery, complete fact witness depositions, and to enforce compliance with preexisting subpoenas. No new written discovery requests or subpoenas may be served without leave of Court. For the reasons discussed on the record, Plaintiff's Motion to Compel 86 is granted in part and denied in part, as follows: 1) GRANTED as to Request for Production ("RFP") 4, and Defendant must produce documents with its proposed modifications (see Dkt. 86 at 74-75), if it has not done so already; 2) DENIED as to RFP 5; 3) GRANTED as to RFP 6 with the same production parameters as RFP 4; 4) GRANTED as to RFP 8; 5) DENIED as to RFP 9; 6) GRANTED as to Interrogatory 2, and the parties are to meet and confer to get a better understanding of what Plaintiff seeks when using the term "process;" 7) DENIED as to Interrogatory 7; 8) GRANTED in part as to Interrogatory 10, but limited to the four CTU officers as modified by Plaintiff (see Dkt. 86 at 80) and Defendant need not detail "topics of conversation;" 9) GRANTED as to Interrogatory 11 as narrowed by Plaintiff (see Dkt. 86 at 80). Additionally, to the extent Defendant is withholding any otherwise relevant documents on the basis of privilege (which may not be the case), it must produce a privilege log consistent with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26. Plaintiff's Motion to Compel CPS to Answer Subpoena 88 is denied and the subpoena is quashed. The Court finds that the documents sought in the subpoena are of limited relevance to the instant suit, and any relevance they may have is substantially outweighed by the burden of producing those documents. Plaintiff's Motion to Compel Investigator Karen Handy to Answer Subpoena 94 is denied as moot. In open court, Ms. Handy's counsel agreed that she would appear for her deposition on 8/12/26 at 9:30 a.m. via Zoom (or other videoconferencing platform), and stated that she does not have possession, custody, or control over the documents sought in the subpoena. Plaintiff's Motion to Compel Jones Lang LaSalle ("JLL") to Answer Subpoena 95 is also denied as moot. Counsel for JLL stated on the record that it will produce both relevant engineers for their deposition on a mutually agreeable date (the parties preferred to have them both appear on the same date); counsel for JLL is ordered to meet and confer with Plaintiff to find a date for the deposition. The Court notes that it is Plaintiff's responsibility to secure court reporters for all depositions pursuant to a subpoena he has served or a deposition he has noticed; failure to secure a court reporter for a date that works for witnesses and counsel may result in Plaintiff waiving the right to take the scheduled deposition. A video status hearing is set for 10/7/26 at 10:00 a.m. Instructions will be emailed to counsel. Members of the public and media will be able to call in to listen to this hearing. Call (855)-244-8681, access code 2316 863 7794#. Persons granted remote access to proceedings are reminded of the general prohibition against photographing, recording, and rebroadcasting of court proceedings. Violation of these prohibitions may result in sanctions, including removal of court issued media credentials, restricted entry to future hearings, denial of entry to future hearings, or any other sanctions deemed necessary by the Court. Emailed notice (yt) (Entered: 07/28/2026)

2. Filed: May 28, 2026 | Entered: May 28, 2026 Bowman v. Chicago Teachers Union

   440 Civil Rights: Other | Illinois Northern

   Minute

   MINUTE entry before the Honorable Albert Berry III: Status hearing held 5/28/26. Plaintiff's deposition has been completed. Plaintiff is attempting to depose two witnesses (one CTU union rep and a CTU lawyer) but is having trouble finding court reporters who will work pro bono (Plaintiff believes he may have two prospects). Plaintiff states that he has sent Requests to Admit to Defendant, but defense counsel indicates those have not been received; the parties agreed to meet and confer on this issue. The fact discovery deadline of 6/30/26 remains set. A video status conference is set for 7/2/26 at 10:15 a.m. Instructions will be emailed to counsel. Members of the public and media will be able to call in to listen to this hearing. Call (855)-244-8681, access code 2316 863 7794#. Persons granted remote access to proceedings are reminded of the general prohibition against photographing, recording, and rebroadcasting of court proceedings. Violation of these prohibitions may result in sanctions, including removal of court issued media credentials, restricted entry to future hearings, denial of entry to future hearings, or any other sanctions deemed necessary by the Court. Emailed notice (yt) (Entered: 05/28/2026)

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