Speelmon v Tucker et al

Filing 22

MINUTE ORDER granting Defendants' 20 Motion to stay litigation. The Court STRIKES the trial date of October 2, 2017 and all associated dates. The parties shall schedule a status conference within 30 days of Plaintiff acquiring new counsel. A new trial date will be set at the status conference. Authorized by U.S. District Judge John C Coughenour. (PM) cc: plaintiff via the U.S. Mail @ 10499 Farm to Market Rd, Mount Vernon, WA 98273-6924

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THE HONORABLE JOHN C. COUGHENOUR 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 8 9 STEPHEN D SPEELMON, 10 11 Plaintiff, CASE NO. C16-1526-JCC MINUTE ORDER v. 12 MITCHELL TUCKER, et al., 13 Defendants. 14 15 16 17 The following Minute Order is made by direction of the Court, the Honorable John C. Coughenour, United States District Judge: This matter comes before the Court on Defendants’ motion to stay litigation (Dkt. No. 18 20). Trial is currently scheduled for October 2, 2017. However, Plaintiff’s counsel recently 19 passed away and Plaintiff is not currently represented. (Id. at 2) Defendants therefore move to 20 stay the litigation and strike the trial date and other related deadlines. (Id. at 2–3.) Plaintiff did 21 not file a response. 22 Given that Plaintiff is currently without counsel, the Court finds a stay of the litigation 23 appropriate. Defendants’ motion to stay litigation (Dkt. No. 20) is GRANTED. The Court 24 STRIKES the trial date of October 2, 2017 and all associated dates. The parties shall schedule a 25 status conference within 30 days of Plaintiff acquiring new counsel. A new trial date will be set 26 at the status conference. MINUTE ORDER C16-1526-JCC PAGE - 1 1 The Clerk is DIRECTED to send a copy of this order to Plaintiff at his address on file. 2 3 DATED this 7th day of August 2017. 4 William M. McCool Clerk of Court 5 /s/Paula McNabb Deputy Clerk 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 MINUTE ORDER C16-1526-JCC PAGE - 2

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