Hearne v. Hub Bellevue Properties, LLC et al

Filing 92

MINUTE ORDER: The United States Courthouse in Seattle remains closed in light of the novel coronavirus pandemic, with a substantial trial backlog once it reopens. Given these circumstances, the Court will not currently set the trial. Instead, withi n twenty-one (21) days of the reopening of the Seattle Courthouse, the parties are ORDERED to meet-and-confer and to provide the Court with a Joint Status Report. The report should provide the Court with three proposed alternative trial dates, the number of days the parties currently anticipate are needed for trial, and any potentially conflicting trial dates for counsel, i.e., counsel's other scheduled trials. Authorized by U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour. (LH)

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THE HONORABLE JOHN C. COUGHENOUR

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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CLIFFORD HEARNE,
Plaintiff,

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MINUTE ORDER

v.

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CASE NO. C16-1010-JCC

HUB BELLEVUE PROPERTIES, LLC ,

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Defendant.

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

16 Coughenour, United States District Judge:
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This matter comes before the Court sua sponte. The deadline for dispositive motions has

18 since passed in this matter with a trial date to be determined. (See Dkt. Nos. 41, 84.) However,
19 the United States Courthouse in Seattle remains closed in light of the novel coronavirus
20 pandemic, with a substantial trial backlog once it reopens. See W.D. Wash. Gen. Orders Nos. 0221 20, 11-20, 13-20. Given these circumstances, the Court will not currently set the trial. Instead,
22 within twenty-one (21) days of the reopening of the Seattle Courthouse, the parties are
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24 should provide the Court with three proposed alternative trial dates, the number of days the
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This meet-and-confer must be a face-to-face meeting or a telephonic conference.

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1 parties currently anticipate are needed for trial, and any potentially conflicting trial dates for
2 counsel, i.e., counsel’s other scheduled trials. If the parties are unable to agree on any part of the
3 Report, they may answer in separate paragraphs; no separate reports are to be filed.
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DATED this 4th day of December 2020.

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William M. McCool
Clerk of Court

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s/Paula McNabb
Deputy Clerk

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