UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY
In Re: CASE REASSIGNMENTS GENERAL ORDER
N0. 22-12
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Senior Judge Thomas B. Russell having notified the United States District Court for the
Western District of Kentucky of his intent to transition to inactive senior status effective October
7, 2022, and in an effort to equalize the Court’s docket among its judges, the Court has determined
that it is in the interests of justice to reassign cases as described herein.
NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
(1) The list of cases annexed hereto as Exhibit A shall be reassigned from Senior Judge
Thomas B. Russell to Chief Judge Greg N. Stivers.
(2) The list of cases annexed hereto as Exhibit B shall be reassigned from Judge
Benjamin J. Beaton to Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings.
(3) The list of cases annexed hereto as Exhibit C shall be reassigned from Senior Judge
Thomas B. Russell to Judge Claria Horn Boom.
(4) The list of cases annexed hereto as Exhibit D shall be reassigned from Senior Judge
Russell to Judge Benjamin J. Beaton
(5) The list of cases annexed hereto as Exhibit E shall be reassigned from Judge
Benjamin J. Beaton to Judge David J. Hale.
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED that all magistrate judge assignments on any of
the listed cases will remain as previously ordered. All cases so reassigned shall henceforth carry
the suffix initials of the judges to whom they have been reassigned.
DATED: October 11, 2022
ENTERED
J J. JR., CLERK
10/11/2022
U.S. DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY
EXHIBIT A
CASES REASSIGNED FROM JUDGE RUSSELL TO JUDGE STIVERS
5:21‐cv‐00134‐TBR‐LLK Kennedy v. Acree et al.
5:21‐cv‐00142‐TBR Wooley v. Jordan et al.
5:21‐cv‐00147‐TBR‐LLK Lopez v. ABS Lincs KY, LLC
5:21‐cv‐00149‐TBR‐LLK Whitaker Marine Group LLC v. Dauphin Marine Mgmt., LLC
5:21‐cv‐00156‐TBR‐LLK Hollowell v. Dematic Corp.
5:21‐cv‐00161‐TBR‐LLK Hall v. General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.
5:21‐cv‐00163‐TBR‐LLK United States of America v. Graestone Logistics, LLC
5:21‐cv‐00164‐TBR‐LLK McKenzie v. Three Rivers Boat & Barge, Inc
5:21‐cv‐00165‐TBR‐LLK Leiser v. MSR & Associates, LLC et al.
5:21‐cv‐00166‐TBR‐LLK Smith v. River Marine Enterprises, LLC
5:21‐cv‐00167‐TBR Gregory v. Goard et al.
5:21‐cv‐00168‐TBR‐LLK United States of America v. An Easement and Right‐of‐Way Over
5.49 Acres of Land, More or Less, in Calloway County, Kentucky
et al.
5:21‐cv‐00170‐TBR‐LLK Veritiv Operating Company v. Phoenix Paper Wickliffe, LLC
5:21‐cv‐00171‐TBR‐LLK Carter v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company
5:21‐cv‐00174‐TBR‐LLK Nicole Deanne Evans o/b/o T.E., a minor v. Commissioner of
Social Security
5:21‐cv‐00182‐TBR‐LLK Guseynov v. Shawnee Express, Inc. et al.
5:21‐cv‐00183‐TBR‐LLK Purdiman et al v. Albrecht et al
5:21‐cv‐00184‐TBR Murphy v. Ford et al.
5:21‐cv‐00187‐TBR‐LLK Johnson v. Smith et al.
5:22‐cv‐00005‐TBR Hill v. Faye et al.
5:22‐cv‐00006‐TBR Odom v. Bruce et al.
5:22‐cv‐00007‐TBR Curry v. Herrin et al.
5:22‐cv‐00010‐TBR‐LLK LaFarge Aggregates Illinois, Inc. et al v. WRBM, LLC et al
5:22‐cv‐00012‐TBR‐LLK Taylor v. Smith et al.
5:22‐cv‐00015‐TBR‐LLK Govea v. Mezo et al.
5:22‐cv‐00017‐TBR‐LLK Farley v. United States of America
5:22‐cv‐00018‐TBR Damron v. Gourd et al.
5:22‐cv‐00021‐TBR Phytonyx, LLC v. Amhemp Kentucky LLC
5:22‐cv‐00026‐TBR‐LLK Brown v. Toyoda Gosei North America Corporation
5:22‐cv‐00033‐TBR‐LLK Yandal v. DENSO Air Systems Kentucky
5:22‐cv‐00034‐TBR Kimmons v. Fulton County Detention Center et al.
5:22‐cv‐00037‐TBR‐LLK Brummett v. United Propane Gas, Inc. et al.
5:22‐cv‐00038‐TBR‐LLK Green v. Oak Grove Police Dept. et al.
5:22‐cv‐00040‐TBR‐LLK Sims et al v. Inland Marine Service, Inc.
5:22‐cv‐00041‐TBR Damron v. Hewell et al.
5:22‐cv‐00042‐TBR Johnson v. Pennyrile Allied Community Services et al
5:22‐cv‐00048‐TBR‐LLK Dome et al v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company
5:22‐cv‐00049‐TBR‐LLK Boey et al v. Hayden et al.
5:22‐cr‐00023‐TBR USA v. Ibold et al
5:22‐cr‐00025‐TBR USA v. Jones
5:22‐cr‐00026‐TBR USA v. Powers
5:22‐cr‐00027‐TBR‐LLK USA v. West, et al.
5:22‐cr‐00028‐TBR USA v. Tutt
5:22‐cr‐00029‐TBR USA v. SEALED
5:22‐cr‐00030‐TBR USA v. Nedd
5:22‐cr‐00031‐TBR USA v. SEALED
EXHIBIT B
CASES REASSIGNED FROM JUDGE BEATON TO JUDGE JENNINGS
3:17-cv-671-BJB-CHL Thomas v. USA
EXHIBIT C
CASES REASSIGNED FROM JUDGE RUSSELL TO JUDGE BOOM
5:22‐cv‐00050‐TBR‐LLK Jenkins v. Johnson Bros. Corporation
5:22‐cv‐00051‐TBR Avient Corporation v. Westlake Vinyls, Inc.
5:22‐cv‐00054‐TBR‐LLK Kennedy v. Marten Transport, Ltd.
5:22‐cv‐00055‐TBR CC Metals & Alloys, LLC v. American International Specialty
Lines Insurance Company et al.
5:22‐cv‐00056‐TBR‐LLK Serpico v. Robinson et al.
5:22‐cv‐00057‐TBR‐LLK Freeman v. Marshall County et al.
5:22‐cv‐00058‐TBR‐LLK Waxman v. WRBM, LLC
5:22‐cv‐00059‐TBR‐LLK Holland v. Marquette Transportation Company, LLC
5:22‐cv‐00061‐TBR Boone v. Austin
5:22‐cv‐00067‐TBR Mix v. West et al.
5:22‐cv‐00070‐TBR‐LLK Morris v. Green
5:22‐cv‐00072‐TBR‐LLK Ford v. Moody et al.
5:22‐cv‐00113‐TBR Carter v. USA (and 5:16-CR-020-TBR, USA v. Carter)
EXHIBIT D
CASES REASSIGNED FROM JUDGE RUSSELL TO JUDGE BEATON
5:17‐cv‐00017‐TBR‐LLK Pilkinton v. Ingram Barge Company
5:18‐cv‐00113‐TBR Smithland Towing & Construction, LLC et al.
5:18‐cv‐00165‐TBR‐LLK Myers et al v. Norman et al
5:19‐cv‐00022‐TBR Hubbard et al v. Papa John's International, Inc.
5:19‐cv‐00023‐TBR‐LLK Sanders, et al v. City of Pembroke, et al.
5:19‐cv‐00045‐TBR‐LLK Shaw v. McCracken County Fiscal Court et al.
5:19‐cv‐00083‐TBR‐LLK Westfield National Insurance Co. v. Quest Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
5:19‐cv‐00125‐TBR‐LLK Jackson Purchase Energy Corp. et al v. Marshall County, KY et al.
5:19‐cv‐00145‐TBR United States of America v. Thompson, et al.
5:19‐cv‐00174‐TBR SRB Servicing, LLC v. Sitton et al.
5:20‐cv‐00012‐TBR‐LLK Global Hemp, Inc. v. Industrial Hemp Solutions, LLC et al.
5:20‐cv‐00027‐TBR‐LLK Seemann v. Copeland et al.
5:20‐cv‐00067‐TBR Massey v. Birdsong et al.
5:20‐cv‐00077‐TBR‐LLK Walker v. Martin et al.
5:20‐cv‐00084‐TBR‐LLK Patti's Holding Co., LLC et al v. Zurich American Insurance Co.
5:20‐cv‐00117‐TBR Daugherty v. Kentucky State Penitentiary
5:20‐cv‐00153‐TBR‐LLK Welch v. Hale
5:20‐cv‐00162‐TBR‐LLK Flanery v. Marquette Transportation Company, LLC
5:20‐cv‐00165‐TBR Chapman v. O'Dell
5:20‐cv‐00168‐TBR Von Schoech et al v. Lowe's Home Improvement, LLC
5:20‐cv‐00174‐TBR‐LLK Gatlin et al v. DynCorp International LLC
5:20‐cv‐00183‐TBR‐LLK Padgett v. Butler et al.
5:20‐cv‐00185‐TBR‐LLK Maguffey v. Marquette Transportation Company, LLC
5:20‐cv‐00201‐TBR Nation v. Roberts et al.
5:21‐cv‐00001‐TBR‐LLK Diamond v. Marquette Transportation Company, LLC
5:21‐cv‐00006‐TBR Tinsley v. Caldwell County, Kentucky et al.
5:21‐cv‐00036‐TBR Eakes v. Caudill
5:21‐cv‐00039‐TBR‐LLK Creason v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc.
5:21‐cv‐00052‐TBR‐LLK Rushing v. Excell Marine Corporation
5:21‐cv‐00055‐TBR‐LLK Little v. Smithland Towing & Construction, LLC et al.
5:21‐cv‐00057‐TBR Keeling v. Hartman et al.
5:21‐cv‐00063‐TBR Sadler v. Wellpath et al.
5:21‐cv‐00067‐TBR‐LLK McIntosh et al v. DeJoy
5:21‐cv‐00068‐TBR‐LLK McNally v. The Kingdom Trust Company
5:21‐cv‐00074‐TBR‐LLK Cox v. O'Charley's LLC et al.
5:21‐cv‐00075‐TBR Blair v. Kentucky State Penitentiary
5:21‐cv‐00080‐TBR‐LLK Eddins v. Becker et al.
5:21‐cv‐00087‐TBR‐LLK Fritz v. Hines Furlong Line, Inc.
5:21‐cv‐00088‐TBR Barber v. Thompson et al.
5:21‐cv‐00095‐TBR‐LLK Saldana et al v. Seneca Insurance Company, Inc.
5:21‐cv‐00096‐TBR‐LLK Payne et al v. Seneca Insurance Company, Inc
5:21‐cv‐00098‐TBR‐LLK Vogle v. Goard et al.
5:21‐cv‐00104‐TBR Riggins v. Christian County, Kentucky et al.
5:21‐cv‐00110‐TBR‐LLK Couey v. Hines Furlong Line, Inc.
5:21‐cv‐00121‐TBR‐LLK Brown v. Witty
5:21‐cv‐00125‐TBR‐LLK Scott v. Marquette Transportation Company, LLC et al.
5:15‐cr‐00031‐TBR USA v. Seal 1 et al
5:18‐cr‐00025‐TBR USA v. Pastor‐Hernandez
5:19‐cr‐00044‐TBR USA v. Smith
5:20‐cr‐00014‐TBR USA v. McCampbell, et al.
5:20‐cr‐00020‐TBR USA v. Hayes et al.
5:21‐cr‐00001‐TBR USA v. Allen et al.
5:21‐cr‐00012‐TBR USA v. Jones
5:21‐cr‐00018‐TBR‐LLK USA v. Clark
5:21‐cr‐00021‐TBR USA v. Leach, et al.
5:21‐cr‐00035‐TBR USA v. Clary
5:21‐cr‐00036‐TBR USA v. Johnson
5:21‐cr‐00037‐TBR USA v. Powell
5:22‐cr‐00001‐TBR USA v. Outing
5:22‐cr‐00004‐TBR USA v. Bowman
5:22‐cr‐00008‐TBR USA v. Moore, et al.
5:22‐cr‐00009‐TBR USA v. Brodie
5:22‐cr‐00010‐TBR USA v. Adams
5:22‐cr‐00011‐TBR USA v. Merrick
5:22‐cr‐00016‐TBR USA v. Noonan
5:22‐cr‐00020‐TBR USA v. Duncan
EXHIBIT E
CASES REASSIGNED FROM JUDGE BEATON TO JUDGE HALE
3:17-cv-110-BJB-CHL Hull-Emig v. The Meade County Messenger, Inc.
3:18-cv-398-BJB-CHL Sweeten v. USA
3:20-cv-523-BJB-RSE Brooks v. Rocky Mountain Holdings LLC
3:20-cv-714-BJB-CHL Garvin et al. v. Ethicon, Inc. et al.
3:20-cv-715-BJB-CHL Brown v. Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government et al.
3:21-cv-561-BJB-CHL Kozlowski v. University of Louisville,
3:21-cv-563-BJB-CHL Wright v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.
3:21-cv-703-BJB-CHL Grant v. Korol et al.
3:21-cv-761-BJB-RSE Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 502 et al. v. Fackler Plumbing,
LLC et al.
3:22-cv-10-BJB-RSE Hogue v. Academy Sports + Outdoors, LTD
3:22-cv-181-BJB-LLK Dowell v. Ferguson
3:22-cv-202-BJB-LLK T.E. v. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield et al.
3:22-cv-211-BJB-RSE Lattimore v. Dunnaway
3:22-cv-225-BJB Watkins v. Whas 11
3:22-cv-241-BJB Ge v. USCIS
3:22-cv-292-BJB-CHL Mediscribes, Inc. v. Skyscription, LLC,
3:22-mc-4-BJB Sneed v. Commonwealth of Kentucky
3:19-cr-19-BJB-RSE USA v. Conley
3:22-cr-45-BJB USA v. Bell et al.
3:22-cr-51-BJB USA v. Beamus et al.
