Rainier Beach Development Company, LLC et al v. King County

Filing 13

MINUTE ORDER granting Defendant King County's 11 Motion to amend answer. King County is directed to re-file the amended answer, submitted as an attachment to the motion, as a standalone document. Authorized by U.S. District Judge John C Coughenour. (PM)

THE HONORABLE JOHN C. COUGHENOUR

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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RAINIER BEACH DEVELOPMENT
COMPANY, LLC , a Washington limited
liability company, et al.,

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v.
KING COUNTY, a political subdivision
of the State of Washington,
Defendant.

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MINUTE ORDER

Plaintiffs,

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CASE NO. C16-0822-JCC

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

17 Coughenour, United States District Judge:
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This matter comes before the Court on Defendant King County’s motion to amend its

19 answer (Dkt. No. 11). King County seeks to add two affirmative defenses: fault of a non-party
20 and failure to file a claim for damages. (Id. at 1.) King County brought this request on the last
21 day for pleading amendments. (See Dkt. No. 10.) This is its first request to amend a pleading.
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Plaintiffs’ response to King County’s motion was due on Tuesday, January 17, 2016. See

23 W.D. Wash. Local Civ. R. 7(d)(3), (5). Plaintiffs did not file a response by that deadline. The
24 Court considers this lack of response “as an admission that the motion has merit.” W.D. Wash.
25 Local Civ. R. 7(b)(2).
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Accordingly, King County’s motion to amend answer (Dkt. No. 11) is GRANTED. King

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1 County is DIRECTED to re-file the amended answer, submitted as an attachment to the motion,
2 as a standalone document. The amendment shall not go into effect until this filing has been
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DATED this 19th day of January 2017.

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William M. McCool
Clerk of Court

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s/Paula McNabb
Deputy Clerk

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