Chandler v. Long Falls Paperboard, LLC

Opinion

lie cor UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FILED DISTRICT OF VERMONT 2024 JAN 1S AM 9 □□ CHARLES CHANDLER, ) ay CLERK

Plaintiff, att Vv. Case No. 2:23-cv-206 LONG FALLS PAPERBOARD LLC,

_ Defendant. )

ORDER ON FILING INJUNCTION (Docs. 6, 12, 19, 21) Plaintiff Charles Chandler (“Mr. Chandler”) filed a complaint against Defendant Long Falls Paperboard, LLC (“Long Falls Paperboard’’) in this Court on July 17, 2023 alleging retaliatory discharge. (Doc. 1). Defendant filed a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim. (Doc. 6). In that motion, Long Falls Paperboard argued that Mr. Chandler’s claim is not justiciable because “[Mr. Chandler] has previously been enjoined from filing complaints in this Court without first receiving prior leave from the Court.” (Doc. 6 at 6, referencing Chandler v. Suntag, No. 1:11-CV-02, 2011 WL 2559878, at *9 (D. Vt. June 28, 2011).) Defendant repeated this argument in its motion to dismiss Mr. Chandler’s amended complaint. (Doc. 12 at 6.) Mr. Chandler did not address this argument in his response brief (Doc. 18), which Long Falls Paperboard pointed out in its reply brief (Doc. 19 at 3-4). Mr. Chandler filed a motion for leave to file a sur-reply. (Doc. 21.) In that motion, Mr. Chandler’s attorney argued that he interpreted the filing injunction as applying specifically to pro se lawsuits brought by Mr. Chandler in the District of Vermont. (/d. at 1.) In a text-only order, the court granted Mr. Chandler’s motion for leave to file a sur-reply. (Doc. 22.)

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