Mendis v. Schneider National Carriers, Inc.

Filing 136

MINUTE ORDER re parties' #135 Stipulation to Modify Case Schedule. 39.1 mediation to be completed by 4/20/2018, Discovery completed by 3/30/2018, Dispositive motions due by 3/2/2018, Expert Witness Disclosure/Reports under FRCP 26(a)(2) due by 10/30/2017, Proposed pretrial order due by 6/11/2018, Defendants' Pretrial Statement due by 5/21/2018, Plaintiffs' Pretrial Statement due by 5/14/2018, Rebuttal Expert Disclosure/Reports due by 11/30/2017, Jury Trial is set for 7/9/2018 at 9:30 AM before U.S. District Judge John C Coughenour. Authorized by U.S. District Judge John C Coughenour. (TH) Modified on 11/7/2017 to edit docket text (TH).

THE HONORABLE JOHN C. COUGHENOUR

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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BALAPUWADUGE MENDIS, et al.,

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Plaintiffs,

CASE NO. C15-0144-JCC
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v.

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SCHNEIDER NATIONAL
CARRIERS, INC.,

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Defendant.

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The following Minute Order is made by direction of the Court, the Honorable John C.

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Coughenour, United States District Judge:
This matter comes before the Court on the parties’ stipulated motion to modify the case

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schedule (Dkt. No. 135). The parties recently discovered that 161 members of the certified class
were inadvertently omitted from the list for purposes of notice under Federal Rule of Civil
Procedure 23(c)(2)(B). (Id. at 1.) Because these members should receive the same notice and
opportunity to request exclusion as other members, and the Court had previously approved a
form of notice and a 75-day opt-out period (Dkt. No. 130), the parties request that the case
schedule be modified as follows:
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DEADLINE

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EVENT

Deadline for expert reports

October 30, 2017

Deadline for rebuttal reports

November 30, 2017

Deadline for Dispositive Motions

February 9, 2018

Dispositive Motion Responses

March 9, 2018

Dispositive Motion Replies

March 16, 2018

Deadline for Expert Discovery

March 9, 2018

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Deadline for Fact Discovery

March 9, 2018

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Deadline to Complete Mediation

March 30, 2018

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Plaintiffs’ Pretrial Statement Due

April 20, 2018

Defendant’s Pretrial Statement Due

April 27, 2018

Deadline to Disclosure Designations

May 4, 2018

Deadline to Meet/Confer regarding Pretrial Order

May 11, 2018

Proposed Pretrial Order Due

May 18, 2018

Deadline to Serve Objections

May 18, 2018

Trial

June 18, 2018 (contingent on Court’s
schedule)

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Finding good cause, the Court GRANTS the parties’ motion (Dkt. No. 135). The Court
DIRECTS that notice be sent to the 161 class members inadvertently omitted from the class list
provided to the notice administrator based on the same terms as other members. But in order to
accommodate the Court’s trial schedule, the Court SETS the following case schedule:
DEADLINE

EVENT

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Deadline for expert reports

October 30, 2017

Deadline for rebuttal reports

November 30, 2017

Deadline for Dispositive Motions

March 2, 2018

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Dispositive Motion Responses

March 30, 2018

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Dispositive Motion Replies

April 6, 2018

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Deadline for Expert Discovery

March 30, 2018

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Deadline for Fact Discovery

March 30, 2018

Deadline to Complete Mediation

April 20, 2018

Plaintiffs’ Pretrial Statement Due

May 14, 2018

Defendant’s Pretrial Statement Due

May 21, 2018

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Deadline to Disclosure Designations

May 29, 2018

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Deadline to Meet/Confer regarding Pretrial Order

June 4, 2018

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Proposed Pretrial Order Due

June 11, 2018

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Deadline to Serve Objections

June 11, 2018

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Trial

July 9, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. (contingent
on the Court’s schedule)

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DATED this 6th day of November 2017.

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William M. McCool
Clerk of Court

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s/Tomas Hernandez
Deputy Clerk

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