Turner v. Life Insurance Company of North America

Filing 11

MINUTE ORDER setting the following dates: Bench Trial (1 day) is set for 1/16/2018 before Judge Thomas S. Zilly, Deadline for filing administrative record is 3/31/2017, Motions to conduct limited discovery due by 5/11/2017, Dispositive motions due by 9/14/2017, Agreed pretrial order due by 12/29/2017, Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law to be submitted by 12/29/2017, Trial briefs to be submitted by 12/29/2017, Pretrial Conference set for 1/5/2018 at 02:00 PM before Judge Thomas S. Zilly. Authorized by Judge Thomas S. Zilly. (PM)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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ADASHA TURNER,
Plaintiff,

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C17-001 TSZ

v.
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF
NORTH AMERICA,

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MINUTE ORDER

Defendant.

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The following Minute Order is made by direction of the Court, the Honorable
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Having reviewed the parties’ Joint Status Report, docket no. 10, indicating
that the dispute in this matter is governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security
14 Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), the Court sets the following dates and deadlines:
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1/16/2018

Deadline for filing administrative record

3/31/2017

Deadline for filing any motion to conduct
limited discovery (such motion to be noted
for the third Friday after filing)

5/11/2017
9/14/2017

Agreed pretrial order due

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BENCH TRIAL DATE (1 day)

Deadline for filing dispositive motions

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12/29/2017

Trial briefs and proposed findings of fact
and conclusions of law due

12/29/2017

Pretrial conference scheduled for

1/5/2018 at 2:00 PM

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The dates and deadlines set forth herein are firm and can be changed only by order
of the Court. The Court will alter this case schedule only upon good cause shown.
2 Counsel must be prepared to begin trial on the date scheduled, but should understand that
the trial might have to await the completion of other cases.
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The administrative record shall be filed under seal via the Case Management and
4 Electronic Case Files (“CM/ECF”) system. A working copy of the administrative record
must be provided to the Court at the time any dispositive motion is filed or at the time
5 trial briefs are submitted, whichever occurs first. The working copy shall be three-hole
punched, appropriately tabbed, and bound by rubbers bands or clips.
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If this case settles, counsel shall immediately notify Karen Dews at
7 [phone]; failure to do so constitutes grounds for sanctions. See Local Civil
Rule 11(b).
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A copy of this Minute Order shall be sent to all counsel of record.

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Dated this 7th day of March, 2017.

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William M. McCool
Clerk

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s/Karen Dews
Deputy Clerk

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