Rittmann et al v. Amazon.com Inc et al

Filing 82

MINUTE ORDER dismissing as moot plaintiffs' 78 Motion for Reconsideration ; denying plaintiffs' 80 Motion for Reconsideration by U.S. District Judge John C Coughenour.(RS)

THE HONORABLE JOHN C. COUGHENOUR

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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BERNADEAN RITTMANN, et al.,

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Plaintiffs,

CASE NO. C16-1554-JCC
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v.

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AMAZON.COM, INC., 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:
This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiffs’ motion for reconsideration and for

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permission to file second amended complaint (Dkt. No. 80). Plaintiffs move the Court to

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(1) reconsider its previous order staying the case (Dkt. No. 77), (2) permit Plaintiffs to file a

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second amended complaint, and (3) rule that Plaintiffs’ newly filed Private Attorney General Act

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(PAGA) claim is not subject to the stay and permit Plaintiffs to transfer the claim to this Court

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and pursue it as part of this case. (Dkt. No. 80.)

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Under the Local Civil Rules, “[m]otions for reconsideration are disfavored.” LCR

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7(h)(1). “The court will ordinarily deny such motions in the absence of a showing of manifest

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error in the prior ruling or a showing of new facts or legal authority which could not have been

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brought to its attention earlier with reasonable diligence.” Id. Plaintiffs have not met this

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standard. The motion for reconsideration (Dkt. No. 80) is therefore DENIED. The previous

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motion for reconsideration, which was filed in excess of the page limits imposed by the Local

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Civil Rules (Dkt. No. 78) is DISMISSED AS MOOT.

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Plaintiffs are hereby given permission to file their second amended complaint. Plaintiffs

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may add their PAGA claim to the second amended complaint. However, the case will remain

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stayed per the Court’s previous order. (Dkt. No. 77.)

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DATED this 19th day of April 2017.

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William M. McCool
Clerk of Court

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/s/Paula McNabb
Deputy Clerk

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