Ruiz Torres et al v. Mercer Canyons, Inc.

Filing 260

ORDER STRIKING TRIAL DATES, DENYING PRETRIAL MOTIONS, AND DENYING MOTION TO EXPEDITE; DENIED AS MOOT ECF No. 205 Motion in Limine to Bar Evidence of Immigration Status; DENIED AS MOOT ECF No. 224 Motion for Partial Summary Judgment-Joint Emplo yment of M&L Class Members; DENIED AS MOOT ECF No. 227 Motion for Partial Summary Judgment Re: Inaccurate Information Class; DENYING ECF No. 258 Motion to Expedite Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement. Signed by Judge Stanley A Bastian. (TR, Case Administrator)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON

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10 BACILIO RUIZ TORRES and JOSE
AMADOR, as individuals and on behalf of
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all other similarly situated persons,
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Plaintiffs,
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v.
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MERCER CANYONS, INC.,
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Defendant.
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1:14-cv-03032-SAB
ORDER STRIKING TRIAL
DATES, DENYING PRETRIAL
MOTIONS, AND DENYING
MOTION TO EXPEDITE

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Before the Court is Plaintiffs’ Unopposed Motion for Preliminary Approval

20 of Class Action Settlement, ECF No. 252, with a related motion to expedite, ECF
21 No. 258; Plaintiff’s Motion to Award Attorneys’ Fees, ECF No. 254; and a
22 Stipulated Motion to Exclude Perez Plaintiffs, ECF No. 257.
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The Court is pleased the parties have reached a preliminary settlement, and

24 will fully consider the terms of the settlement as directed under Fed. R. Civ. P.
25 23(e). Accordingly, the Court strikes the trial date and pretrial deadlines and
26 denies the opposed pretrial motions as moot. However, the Court is unable to
27 properly consider a settlement of this magnitude in under one week as Plaintiffs
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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

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1. The current trial date of April 17, 2017 and all associated pretrial

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1. Plaintiffs’ Motion in Limine to Bar Evidence of Immigration Status, ECF

5 No. 205, is DENIED AS MOOT.
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2. Plaintiffs’ Motion for Partial Summary Judgment—Joint Employment of

7 M&L Class Members, ECF No. 224, is DENIED AS MOOT.
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3. Plaintiffs’ Motion for Partial Summary Judgment Re: Inaccurate

9 Information Claims, ECF No. 227, is DENIED AS MOOT.
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4. Plaintiff’s Motion to Expedite Preliminary Approval of Class Action

11 Settlement, ECF No. 258, is DENIED. The Court will nonetheless rule on the
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DATED this 24th day of February, 2017.

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Stanley A. Bastian

United States District Judge

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