Pacific Northwest Solar v. Northwestern Corporation, A Delaware Corporation

Filing 46

ORDER granting 43 Motion to Lift Stay and Leave to File First Amended Complaint. Plaintiff shall file the First Amended Complaint forthwith. Signed by Judge Sam E Haddon on 8/11/2017. (HEG)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA
HELENA DIVISION

FILED
AUG I 1 2017
Clerk, U.S. Distnct Court
District Of Montana
Helena

PACIFIC NORTHWEST SOLAR,
LLC,
No. CV-16-114-H-SEH
Plaintiff,
vs.

ORDER

NORTHWESTERN CORPORATION,
A DELAWARE CORPORATION
DBA NORTHWESTERN ENERGY,
Defendant.

On March 28, 2017, the Court stayed "[a]ll proceedings in this case [until]
September 29, 2017, unless ordered otherwise by the Court." 1 On August 11,
2017, the parties filed a Joint Motion to Lift Stay and Grant Plaintiff Leave to File
First Amended Complaint. 2 The brief in support of the joint motion recites, in
part, that "[o]n July 21, 2017, the PSC issued its Final Ruling in the QF-1 Docket,

1

Doc. 37 at 2.

2

Doc. 43.

thereby resolving the issues pending before the PSC that related to the seventeen
unexecuted PP As at issue in this case." 3 The parties "jointly seek leave of the
Court for PNW to file a First Amended Complaint eliminating PNW's claims
pertaining to the seventeen unexecuted PP As while retaining PNW's claims to the
dispute concerning the four executed PPAs." 4
ORDERED:
The Joint Motion to Lift Stay and Grant Plaintiff Leave to File First
Amended Complaint5 is GRANTED. Plaintiff shall file the First Amended
Complaint forthwith.
DATED this

~y of August, 2017.

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United States District Judge

3

Doc. 44 at 3.

4

Doc. 44 at 4.

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Doc. 43.
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