Rittmann et al v. Amazon.com Inc et al

Filing 87

ORDER CONSOLIDATING CASES re parties' 86 STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER Consolidating. The Clerk is DIRECTED to consolidate case number C17-1438-JCC into case number C16-1554-JCC. All future pleadings shall bear the case number C16-1554-JC C. Pursuant to the Court's order dated March 22, 2017 (Dkt. No. 77 ), the case will remain stayed until such time as the parties inform the Court that the Supreme Court has rendered its decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis (U.S. Jan. 13, 2017) (No. 16-285) or, following a Ninth Circuit decision in Van Dusen v. Swift Transp. Co., No. 17-15102 (9th Cir. Jan. 20, 2017). Defendants' deadline to respond to the complaint for the case previously assigned case number C17-1438-JCC (Iain Mack v. Amazon.com Inc.) will be fourteen (14) days after the stay is lifted. Signed by U.S. District Judge John C Coughenour. (TH)

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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 BERNADEAN RITTMAN, et al., 10 11 12 Plaintiffs, CASE NO. C16-1554-JCC ORDER CONSOLIDATING CASES v. AMAZON.COM INC., et al., 13 14 15 Defendants. This matter comes before the Court on the parties’ stipulated motion for consolidation 16 pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(b) and Local Civil Rule 42 (Dkt. No. 86). The 17 motion is GRANTED. The Clerk is DIRECTED to consolidate case number C17-1438-JCC into 18 case number C16-1554-JCC. All future pleadings shall bear the case number C16-1554-JCC. 19 Pursuant to the Court’s order dated March 22, 2017 (Dkt. No. 77), the case will remain 20 stayed until such time as the parties inform the Court that the Supreme Court has rendered its 21 decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis (U.S. Jan. 13, 2017) (No. 16-285) or, following a Ninth 22 Circuit decision in Van Dusen v. Swift Transp. Co., No. 17-15102 (9th Cir. Jan. 20, 2017), 23 Plaintiffs renew their argument that they are exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act and, 24 therefore, would not be affected by Epic. The stay applies to all claims in this matter, including 25 those brought under the California Private Attorney General Act, Cal. Lab Code § 2699. 26 Defendants’ deadline to respond to the complaint for the case previously assigned case number ORDER CONSOLIDATING CASES C16-1554-JCC PAGE - 1 1 C17-1438-JCC (Iain Mack v. Amazon.com Inc.) will be fourteen (14) days after the stay is lifted. 2 DATED this 14th day of November 2017. 3 4 5 A 6 7 8 John C. Coughenour UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 ORDER CONSOLIDATING CASES C16-1554-JCC PAGE - 2

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