Mansker v. Farmers Insurance Company of Washington

Filing 92

PRELIMINARY SCHEDULING ORDER: Plaintiffs Motion for Class Certification Due: February 18, 2011 (To be noted for considerationon April 15, 2011.) Defendants Response Due: March 18, 2011Plaintiffs Reply Due: April 15, 2011. Discovery completed by 2/4/2011, Expert Witness Disclosure/Reports under FRCP 26(a)(2) due by 11/19/2010, Rebuttal Expert Disclosure/Reports due by 12/10/2010, by Judge James L. Robart. (MD)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 v. FARMERS INSURANCE COMPANY OF WASHINGTON, et al., Defendants. PRELIMINARY SCHEDULING ORDER Having reviewed the joint status report filed by the parties, the court has BRAD N. MANSKER, Plaintiff, CASE NO. C10-0511JLR PRELIMINARY SCHEDULING ORDER UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE

18 determined that bifurcation of class discovery and merits discovery is appropriate in this 19 action and hereby sets forth deadlines to govern the initial proceedings in this action. 20 21 22
ORDER- 1

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(1) Motion for Class Certification: Plaintiff's motion for class certification shall be

2 filed in accordance with the following dates and briefing schedule: 3 4 5 6 7 (2) Discovery: The court orders that discovery be conducted in phases so as to 8 secure a just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of this action. The first phase of 9 discovery, to begin immediately, shall be limited to the production of evidence relating to 10 class certification requirements. This shall include expert discovery so long as the 11 discovery relates to class certification issues. The following deadlines shall apply to the 12 first phase of discovery: 13 14 15 16 17 resolved by agreement if possible. However, if a discovery dispute arises and the parties 18 are unable to resolve it without court intervention, the parties are directed to use the 19 expedited procedures for compelling discovery set forth in Local Rules W.D. Wash. CR 20 37(a)(2)(B). If the parties are unable to cooperate sufficiently to use the expedited 21 procedures of CR 37, the moving party may file a motion to compel but must set forth a 22
ORDER- 2

Plaintiff's Motion for Class Certification Due:

February 18, 2011 (To be noted for consideration on April 15, 2011.)

Defendant's Response Due: Plaintiff's Reply Due:

March 18, 2011 April 15, 2011

Discovery completed by: Expert disclosure: Rebuttal expert disclosure:

February 4, 2011 November 19, 2010 December 10, 2010

As required by Local Rules W.D. Wash. CR 37, all discovery matters are to be

1 good faith basis for the motion and an explanation of why the parties were unable to 2 agree on using the expedited procedures. 3 The second phase of discovery, if necessary, will commence 20 days after the

4 court's ruling on class certification. To facilitate the merits discovery phase, the parties 5 are directed to file an amended joint status report and discovery plan within 20 days after 6 the court's ruling on class certification. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
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The court will alter the dates in this order only upon a showing of good cause. Dated this 13th day of September, 2010.

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JAMES L. ROBART United States District Judge