Chen et al v. The City of Redmond, et al

Filing 343

ORDER granting Parties' 342 Stipulated MOTION for Continuance of Trial Date and Pretrial Deadlines. Jury Trial is reset for 2/18/2025 before Judge James L. Robart. The court DIRECTS the Clerk to issue a revised case schedule that resets these pretrial deadlines based on the new trial date. Signed by Judge James L. Robart. (SS) (cc: All Plaintiffs via USPS)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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SUSAN CHEN, et al.,

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v.

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Plaintiffs,

CASE NO. C16-1877JLR
ORDER

NATALIE D’AMICO, et al.,
Defendants.

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Before the court is the parties’ stipulated motion to continue the trial date and all

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unexpired pretrial deadlines in this matter. (Mot. (Dkt. # 66).) The parties ask the court

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to continue the trial from its current scheduled date of May 20, 2024 to either “August 23,

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2024, or the earliest date thereafter available to the Court.” 1 (Id. at 1.) The parties seek a

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continuance because: (1) this case involves voluminous discovery; (2) despite good faith

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Later in their motion, the parties ask for a different trial date of August 26, 2024. (Mot.
at 2.) Regardless of this inconsistency, the court cannot accommodate an August trial. (See
infra.)
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efforts, pro bono counsel for minor Plaintiff J.L. only recently received complete records

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for this case after transitioning to a new law firm and losing access to his files; (3) the

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parties only recently received authorization to move forward with a pro bono mediator;

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and (4) the parties are now preparing for mediation to take place in March or April of

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2024. (Id. at 1-2.)

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The court issues scheduling orders setting trial and related dates to provide a

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reasonable schedule for the resolution of disputes. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil

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Procedure 16(b)(4), “[a] schedule may be modified only for good cause and with the

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judge’s consent.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4). Finding good cause, the court GRANTS the

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parties’ stipulated motion to continue the trial date (Dkt. # 66), resets the parties’ jury

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trial to February 18, 2025 (the court’s next available trial date), and resets all pretrial

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deadlines after and including the dispositive motions deadline. The court DIRECTS the

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Clerk to issue a revised case schedule that resets these pretrial deadlines based on the new

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trial date.

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Dated this 12th day of February, 2024.

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A

JAMES L. ROBART
United States District Judge

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