Bank of New York Mellon v. Stafne et al

Filing 167

MINUTE ORDER staying this case until further order. Authorized by Judge Thomas S. Zilly. (SWT) (cc: Court of Appeals)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,

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Plaintiff,
v.

C16-77 TSZ

SCOTT STAFNE; and MAYUMI
OHATA STAFNE, as Administrator of
the Estate of Todd Stafne,

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Defendants.

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The following Minute Order is made by direction of the Court, the Honorable
Thomas S. Zilly, United States District Judge:
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(1)
By Order filed on April 20, 2017, docket no. 124, the United States Court
of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit remanded this matter for the limited purpose of enabling
this Court to consider plaintiff’s motion to amend judgment. Shortly thereafter, Todd
Stafne died, see Notice (docket no. 130), and a few months later, upon plaintiff’s motion,
Mayumi Ohata Stafne, as Administrator of the Estate of Todd Stafne, was substituted as a
defendant. Minute Order (docket no. 152). In the meanwhile, defendant Scott Stafne
unsuccessfully sought to disqualify the district judge presiding over this matter. See
Order (docket no. 137). Pursuant to the parties’ subsequent stipulation, the Court
postponed ruling on plaintiff’s motion to amend judgment for 60 days to allow the parties
to confer and propose an amended judgment on which they all agreed. Minute Order
(docket no. 163). On October 23, 2017, the parties filed a Joint Status Report, docket
no. 165, indicating that they need additional time to pursue settlement. The Court has
now been advised that defendant Scott Stafne has filed a lawsuit captioned Stafne v. Zilly,
et al., Case No. C17-1692-RSL, naming as defendants both the district judge presiding
over this matter and one of the two Circuit Judges who ordered the limited remand in

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1 COA No. 16-36032. In light of these developments, the Court hereby STAYS this case
until further order.
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The Clerk is directed to send a copy of this Minute Order to all counsel of
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Dated this 15th day of November, 2017.

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William M. McCool
Clerk

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s/Karen Dews
Deputy Clerk

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