Amended Docket-Control Order

What This Document Is

The court's amended docket-control order, signed by Judge Jeffrey Vincent Brown on March 1, 2024, setting a revised discovery and dispositive-motion schedule. The case caption on this order names only Mary Talley Bowden as plaintiff, in contrast to the three-plaintiff caption (Apter, Bowden, and Marik) on every prior docket entry in this set.

Factual Summary

The order sets three deadlines: discovery starts March 14, 2024; discovery completes June 14, 2024; and dispositive motions are due July 12, 2024. It is a short, one-page scheduling order with no accompanying explanation of the caption change. The single-plaintiff caption is consistent with the government's renewed motion to dismiss (Doc. 62.0) and reply (Doc. 67.0) arguing Apter's and Marik's standing theories were meritless -- Apter's disciplinary referral and Marik's expired license and voluntary resignation -- while treating Bowden's claims as requiring the most substantive factual analysis.

Key Facts

• The caption lists only "Mary Talley Bowden, Plaintiff," dropping Robert L. Apter and Paul E. Marik from the case style used in every other document in this set.
• Sets a revised schedule: discovery March 14-June 14, 2024; dispositive motions due July 12, 2024.
• Follows the renewed motion to dismiss (Doc. 62.0) and reply (Doc. 67.0) briefing on standing, filed January-February 2024.
• Signed by Judge Jeffrey Vincent Brown on Galveston Island.

Source Caveats

• The order itself does not state why Apter and Marik no longer appear in the caption; the underlying ruling that produced this change (presumably an order on the renewed motion to dismiss, docket entries 68-70) is not part of the files reviewed in this pass. This summary reports the caption change as an observed fact, not a confirmed holding, and the reason should be verified against the intervening order before being treated as adjudicated.