Block v. Washington State Bar Association et al

Filing 221

MINUTE ORDER granting Plaintiff's 220 Notice of Unavailability and Motion to Extend Time. Plaintiff shall respond to the Court's Order to Show Cause (Dkt. # 219 ) nolater than 8/31/2019. Authorized by Judge Ricardo S. Martinez. (TH)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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ANNE BLOCK, an individual,

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Plaintiff,
v.

CASE NO. C15-2018 RSM
MINUTE ORDER GRANTING
EXTENSION OF TIME

WASHINGTON STATE BAR
ASSOCIATION, et al.,
Defendants.

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The following MINUTE ORDER is made by direction of the Court, the Honorable
Ricardo S. Martinez, Chief United States District Judge:
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals previously vacated a vexatious litigant pre-filing
order entered by the Court in this matter and issued a mandate on May 29, 2019. Dkt. #218. On
June 10, 2019, this Court ordered Plaintiff to show cause, within 30 days, “why the Court should
not reimpose the vexatious litigant pre-filing order.” Dkt. #219.

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On June 13, 2019, Plaintiff filed a Notice of Unavailability and Motion to Extend Time.

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Dkt. #220. Plaintiff represents that she is notifying the Court of her unavailability for the second

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time and that she will be unavailable from June 6, 2019, to August 12, 2019. Plaintiff requests
until August 31, 2019, to respond to the Court’s show cause order.

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ORDER – 1

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Plaintiff does not provide evidence that she filed a first notice of unavailability in this

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matter. Review of the docket in this matter does not reveal a notice of unavailability other than

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Plaintiff’s current filing. Plaintiff did, however, file a notice of unavailability in another matter

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pending before Judge Martinez. See Block v. Washington State Bar Ass’n, No. C18-907RSM,

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Dkt. #70 (W.D. Wash. April 25, 2019). Plaintiff may not rely on filings she makes in other
matters before this Court. Nevertheless, the Court finds good cause for granting Plaintiff an

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extension of time to respond to the Court’s show cause order.
Accordingly, the Court finds good cause for an extension and GRANTS Plaintiff’s

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request (Dkt. #220). Plaintiff shall respond to the Court’s Order to Show Cause (Dkt. #219) no

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later than August 31, 2019.

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Dated this 14th day of June 2019.

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WILLIAM McCOOL, Clerk

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By: /s/ Paula McNabb
Deputy Clerk

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ORDER – 2