Castro v. Tri Marine Fish Company, LLC et al

Filing 61

MINUTE ORDER re Parties' 60 Joint Status Report. If a party is seeking a Court order for specific relief, the party is DIRECTED to file a motion in accordance with the Local Rules of Civil Procedure. The parties are reminded that the Court will generally not entertain a request for a judicial settlement conference until the parties have engaged in mediation. See W.D. Wash. Local Civ. R. 39.1(e). Authorized by U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour. (PM)

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THE HONORABLE JOHN C. COUGHENOUR

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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MICHAEL D. CASTRO,

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Plaintiff,

CASE NO. C17-0008-JCC
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v.
TRI MARINE FISH COMPANY, LLC, 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:

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This matter comes before the Court on the parties’ Joint Status Report (JSR) (Dkt. No.

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60). Beginning in July 2019, the Court granted multiple stipulated requests to stay the case for

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the parties to explore settlement and conduct mediation. (Dkt. Nos. 49, 51, 53, 55, 57.) On July

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30, 2020, the parties submitted a JSR stating they intended to mediate by October 30, 2020 and

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proposing a stipulated case management schedule. (Dkt. No. 58.) The Court lifted the stay,

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imposed a deadline of November 16, 2020 for mediation, and set a case schedule. (Dkt. No. 59.)

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Trial is scheduled for July 12, 2021. (Id.)

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On November 16, 2020, the parties filed this JSR (Dkt. No. 60). They have not mediated

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but “are both interested in continuing settlement discussions and pursuing mediation.” (Dkt. No.

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60 at 3.) The parties apparently disagree about the parameters for mediation, and “Plaintiff
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requests that this Court order the Parties to a mandatory settlement conference.” (Id.) It appears

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the parties may be at an impasse and seeking Court intervention, but it is not clear what, if

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anything, the parties specifically want the Court to do. If a party is seeking a Court order for

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specific relief, the party is DIRECTED to file a motion in accordance with the Local Rules of

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Civil Procedure. The parties are reminded that the Court will generally not entertain a request for

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a judicial settlement conference until the parties have engaged in mediation. See W.D. Wash.

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Local Civ. R. 39.1(e).

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DATED this 18th day of November 2020.

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William M. McCool
Clerk of Court

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s/Paula McNabb
Deputy Clerk

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