A.J., et al v. City of Bellingham et al

Filing 128

MINUTE ORDER. Within twenty-one (21) days of the reopening of the Seattle Courthouse, the parties are ORDERED to meet-and-confer1 and to provide the Court with a Joint Status Report. If the parties are unable to agree on any part of the Report, they may answer in separate paragraphs; no separate reports are to be filed. Authorized by U.S. District Judge John C Coughenour. (TH)

THE HONORABLE JOHN C. COUGHENOUR

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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ALFREDO JUAREZ, et al.,

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Plaintiffs,

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v.

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CASE NO. C16-0620 JCC-MLP

CITY OF BELLINGHAM, et al.,

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Defendants.

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The following Minute Order is made by direction of the Court, the Honorable John C.
Coughenour, United States District Judge:

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This matter comes before the Court sua sponte. The Court understands the parties are

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ready and available for trial at the Court’s convenience. (Dkt. No. 127.) However, the United

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States Courthouse in Seattle remains closed in light of the novel coronavirus pandemic, with a

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substantial trial backlog once it reopens. See W.D. Wash. Gen. Orders Nos. 02-20, 11-20, 13-20.

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Given these circumstances, the Court will not currently set the trial. Instead, within twenty-one

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(21) days of the reopening of the Seattle Courthouse, the parties are ORDERED to meet-and-

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confer 1 and to provide the Court with a Joint Status Report. The report should provide the Court

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with three proposed alternative trial dates, the number of days the parties currently anticipate are

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This meet-and-confer must be a face-to-face meeting or a telephonic conference.

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needed for trial, and any potentially conflicting trial dates for counsel, i.e., counsel’s other

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scheduled trials. If the parties are unable to agree on any part of the Report, they may answer in

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separate paragraphs; no separate reports are to be filed.

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DATED this 23rd day of September 2020.

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William M. McCool
Clerk of Court

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s/Tomas Hernandez
Deputy Clerk

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