LIT COMMENTARY & UPDATE
MAY 17, JUN 18 26, 2024
From and including: Wednesday, August 23, 2023
To and including: Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Result: 309 days
It is 309 days from the start date to today, Jun 26, 2024, end date included.
Or 10 months, 4 days this case has been percolatin’ instead of being dismissed for want of prosecution.
This case is still percolatin’ just shy of 2 3 months after our last update – with no movement…
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Kelley v. Sorrels
(4:23-cv-00807)
District Court, S.D. Texas, Judge David Hittner, Judge Keith Ellison (Age, 73)
MAR 6, 2023 | REPUBLISHED BY LIT: AUG. 22, 2023
SEP 6 15, 28 OCT 19, NOV. 13, 2023
MAR 11, 28 2024
STILL Percolatin’ since Aug. 22, 2023
From and including: Tuesday, August 22, 2023
To, but not including Monday, March 11, 2024
Result: 202 days
It is 202 days from the start date to the end date, but not including the end date.
Or 6 months, 18 days excluding the end date.
Last visit and/or update by LIT
C R I B S
River Oaks
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Reply
SEALED EXHIBITS re: 12 Response in Opposition to Motion, by Lloyd E Kelley, filed. (Kelley, Lloyd) (Entered: 08/17/2023)
NOTICE of Reassignment to Judge Keith P Ellison.
All court settings are vacated. Judge David Hittner no longer assigned to the case.
Parties notified, filed. (JosephWells, 4) (Entered: 07/10/2023)
U.S. District Court
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS (Houston)
CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 4:23-cv-00807
| Kelley v. Sorrels et al Assigned to: Judge Keith P Ellison Cause: 28:1331 Fed. Question |
Date Filed: 03/06/2023 Jury Demand: Plaintiff Nature of Suit: 320 Assault Libel & Slander Jurisdiction: Federal Question |
| Date Filed | # | Docket Text |
|---|---|---|
| 03/06/2023 | 1 |
COMPLAINT against Randall O. Sorrels, Sorrels Law (Filing fee $ 402 receipt number ATXSDC-29552437) filed by Lloyd E Kelley.(Kelley, Lloyd) (Entered: 03/06/2023) |
| 03/07/2023 | 2 | ORDER for Initial Pretrial and Scheduling Conference and Order to Disclose Interested Persons. Initial Conference set for 5/18/2023 at 10:00 AM by video before Magistrate Judge Peter Bray. (Signed by Judge David Hittner) Parties notified.(HeatherCarr, 4) (Entered: 03/07/2023) |
| 03/27/2023 | 3 | Request for Issuance of Summons as to Randall O. Sorrels, Sorrels Law, filed. (Attachments: # 1 Continuation)(Kelley, Lloyd) (Entered: 03/27/2023) |
| 03/28/2023 | 4 | Summons Issued as to Randall O. Sorrels, Sorrels Law. Issued summons delivered to plaintiff by NEF, filed.(hlerma, 4) (Entered: 03/28/2023) |
| 06/23/2023 | 5 | MOTION Alternative Service of Lawsuit by Lloyd E Kelley, filed. Motion Docket Date 7/14/2023. (Attachments: # 1 Affidavit, # 2 Exhibit A, # 3 Exhibit B, # 4 Proposed Order)(Kelley, Lloyd) (Entered: 06/23/2023) |
| 06/27/2023 | 6 | ORDER granting 5 Motion for Alternate Service. Plaintiff may serve Randall Sorrels and Sorrels Law by a process server leaving a copy of the summons with anyone over 18 years of age at Randall Sorrels’ law office located at 5300 Memorial Dr Suite 270, Houston, TX 77007. (Signed by Judge David Hittner) Parties notified.(JosephWells, 4) (Entered: 06/28/2023) |
| 07/05/2023 | 7 | Request for Issuance of Summons as to All Defendants, filed. (Attachments: # 1 Continuation)(Kelley, Lloyd) (Entered: 07/05/2023) |
| 07/06/2023 | 8 | Summons Issued as to Randall O. Sorrels, Sorrels Law. Issued summons delivered to plaintiff by NEF, filed.(HortenciaLerma, 4) (Entered: 07/06/2023) |
| 07/10/2023 | 9 | NOTICE of Reassignment to Judge Keith P Ellison. All court settings are vacated. Judge David Hittner no longer assigned to the case. Parties notified, filed. (JosephWells, 4) (Entered: 07/10/2023) |
| 07/26/2023 | 10 | MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction, MOTION for Summary Judgment ( Motion Docket Date 8/16/2023.) by Randall O. Sorrels, Sorrels Law, filed. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit, # 2 Exhibit, # 3 Exhibit)(Sorrels, Randy) (Entered: 07/26/2023) |
| 07/26/2023 | 11 | Amended MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction, MOTION for Summary Judgment ( Motion Docket Date 8/16/2023.) by Randall O. Sorrels, Sorrels Law, filed. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit, # 2 Exhibit, # 3 Exhibit)(Sorrels, Randy) (Entered: 07/26/2023) |
| 08/17/2023 | 12 | RESPONSE in Opposition to 11 Amended MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction MOTION for Summary Judgment , filed by Lloyd E Kelley. (Attachments: # 1 Errata, # 2 Exhibit, # 3 Exhibit, # 4 Exhibit, # 5 Exhibit, # 6 Exhibit, # 7 Exhibit, # 8 Exhibit, # 9 Exhibit, # 10 Exhibit, # 11 Exhibit)(Kelley, Lloyd) (Entered: 08/17/2023) |
| 08/17/2023 | 13 | SEALED EXHIBITS re: 12 Response in Opposition to Motion, by Lloyd E Kelley, filed. (Kelley, Lloyd) (Entered: 08/17/2023) |
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| Transaction Receipt | |||
| 08/22/2023 10:50:09 |
Michelle Fraga for Judge: 281st Harris County District Court
MAR 6, 2023 | REPUBLISHED BY LIT: AUG. 22, 2023
IN RE JOHNNIE PATTERSON AND MICHELLE FRAGA
TEXAS SUPREME COURT (DENIED, DEC 2022)
A native Houstonian, Michelle Martinez Fraga comes from humble beginnings. Her parents, who had a grade-school education, brought up seven children. Each of them earned college diplomas and some hold graduate degrees.
Fraga, the youngest, worked her way through high school, college, and law school.
She credits her parents for modeling a strong work ethic that enabled their children to overcome challenges and achieve goals.
“Growing up, we all knew the importance of education and hard work,” Fraga said. “We learned these and other core values from an early age. Our parents instilled in all of us a love of God, country, and family.”
Fraga exemplifies the American Dream. “I’ve experienced it firsthand,” she says.
Fraga, whose father died when she was young, grew up surrounded by strong role models.
Her sister—former Texas Supreme Court Justice Eva M. Guzman — was one of them.
As a teenager, Fraga worked in Guzman’s law office after school and during semester breaks.
“I was in the courtroom before I was even old enough to vote,” Fraga said.
The early experience sparked Fraga’s passion for the law and the administration of justice.
“I saw how lawyers helped people and, even then, I knew I had found my calling,” she said, “I knew I wanted a life in the law.”
Experience Matters
Fraga began her legal career in public service as an Assistant Harris County Attorney, where she handled a variety of civil litigation and government law cases. She defended Harris County’s interests and those of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. Today, she is the principal of her own civil litigation firm, in her sixteenth year of practice. Fraga handles a range of cases, including complex litigation and has built a track record of devoting time and energy to causes that enrich the legal profession and the legal community.
Fraga has served on the State Bar of Texas Grievance Panel 4-B and volunteers for various bar associations.
She helped present “A Special Day at the Courthouse,” a community-education program for special-needs high school students, fielding questions from parents, students, and teachers about Texas’s guardianship laws.
She also helps educate fellow lawyers, recently presenting at the State Bar of Texas Women in the Law Conference, a statewide continuing legal education program.
Though Fraga has enjoyed her private law practice, she longs to return to public service, where she can put her professional skills and broad-based experience to work for the greater good.
Commitment Matters
For years Fraga has been bringing leadership, fresh ideas, and high energy to good causes in our community.
She sits on the boards of the TEACH, Harriet and Joe Foster YMCA and Catholic Charities.
She has volunteered at M.D. Anderson Cancer Hospital, Sheltering Arms, Houston Independent School District, Young Leaders in Medicine, and the Junior League of Houston.
And, she has put her creativity and organizational gifts to work in chairing special programs and events, such as TEW, Steps for Students, the S.E.R. Gala, and Cardinal’s Christmas. Fraga credits the support of her large extended family for making it possible for this “working mom” to serve in these ways.
Michelle and her husband Stephen Fraga know firsthand the rewards of building strong families and strong communities.
Married for 14 years with three sons Gregory (13), Stephen (13) and Andrew (8), they are committed to showing the next generation the importance of civic responsibility and the value of personal freedoms.
Stephen, a proud Texas Aggie and graduate of Strake Jesuit Preparatory, runs a family-owned business his father Lupe Fraga founded in 1962, a legacy of hard work and enduring faith that reflects their past and inspires their future.
The family enjoys taking an active role in their church, schools, and neighborhood, bringing their spirit of teamwork to community causes, and sowing the seeds of patriotism.
With her heart for public service and her strong commitment to our community, Michelle Fraga stands ready to step into the arena. A lifelong Conservative, she believes it is an exciting time to be a Republican in Harris County.
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