10/23/2026
10/22/26 ORDER: Warren County Case
👉 SSR President Kaitlin Vazquez Seeks to Nonsuit Shenandoah Shepherd Rescue’s Dissolution Lawsuit as Sanctions Motion and Venue Challenge Remain Pending
🕰️ Next court date: 12/29/26 at 10am (one hour)
CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
COUNTY OF WARREN
SHENANDOAH SHEPHERD RESCUE, INC.,
KAITLIN VAZQUEZ, derivatively, and
KAITLIN VAZQUEZ, individually,
Plaintiffs,
v.
JENNIFER AUFDENBERG,
Defendant.
Case No.: CL 25-744
👨⚖️ SCHEDULING ORDER
ON THIS 21ST DAY OF OCTOBER, Plaintiff Kaitlin Vazquez, appeared in-person, without her counsel of record, Glen F. Koontz, Esq., and Defendant Jennifer Aufdenberg, appeared in-person and with her counsel, Timothy R. Johnson, Esq., upon the Defendant’s praecipe to schedule her previously filed plea in bar with contemporaneous motion for sanctions, and objection to this Court for venue;
FURTHER, on October 20, 2026, this Court received a draft Order without signatures from Plaintiff’s counsel seeking his withdrawal in this matter, to which no motion was filed therewith, and thus the Court took no action upon the proposed Order at the hearing;
FURTHER, on October 20, 2026, this Court received a motion from the Plaintiff herself, and not by her counsel of record, seeking to nonsuit her petition, to which the Defendant’s counsel averred at the hearing on October 21, 2026 that he was not provided a copy of said motion as per what was stated on the certificate of service on the motion, and objected to the nonsuit until his motion for sanctions is heard;
ACCORDINGLY, this Court hereby ORDERS that this matter is scheduled for ONE (1) HOUR on December 29, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. to hear the Defendant’s plea in bar, the motion for sanctions associated therewith, and the objection to venue, and any other matter that is properly brought before the Court for such date.
Signatures are dispensed with pursuant to Rule 1:13. Counsel of record shall receive a copy of this Order from the Clerk.
ENTERED THIS 22ND DAY OF OCTOBER, 2026
HON. DARYLL L. FUNK
