Pallies v. The Boeing Company

Filing 55

ORDER denying plaintiff's 52 Motion for Reconsideration; granting plaintiff leave to file additional motion limited to deposition dispute on or before Thursday, October 5, 2017, signed by Judge Robert S. Lasnik. (SWT) ( 54 Motion to Amend terminated)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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DAVID PALLIES,

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Case No. C16-1437RSL
Plaintiff,

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v.

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ORDER DENYING MOTION
FOR RECONSIDERATION

THE BOEING COMPANY, a Delaware
corporation

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Defendant.

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This matter comes before the Court on plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration. Dkt. # 52.

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18 The motion underlying the Court’s order was plaintiff’s motion to compel, Dkt. # 20, which
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20 defendant over the availability of depositions, Dkt. # 20 at 10; Dkt. # 34 at 6. On September 6,
21 2017, the Court denied plaintiff’s motion, concluding the attorney-client privilege covered the
22 conversations at issue. Dkt. # 49. Plaintiff does not move for reconsideration of that ruling, but
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23 instead reasserts his argument regarding the disputed depositions noted above.

Motions for reconsideration are disfavored and will be granted only upon a “showing of

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25 manifest error in the prior ruling” or “new facts or legal authority which could not have been
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Plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration raises a second issue from his original motion, but a recent filing

28 by plaintiff indicates that issue has since been resolved. See Dkt. # 54.

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR
RECONSIDERATION - 1

1 brought to [the Court’s] attention earlier with reasonable diligence.” LCR 7(h)(1). Plaintiff has
2 failed to meet that standard, but because he preserved the aforementioned argument before the
3 discovery cutoff, the Court will allow him to reassert it in a subsequent motion.
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The Court will DENY plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration, but grant plaintiff leave to

5 file one additional motion limited to the deposition dispute referenced in his motion for
6 reconsideration. Plaintiff is directed to file that motion on or before Thursday, October 5, 2017.
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DATED this 2nd day of October, 2017.

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Robert S. Lasnik

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United States District Judge

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ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR
RECONSIDERATION - 2