City of Everett v. Purdue Pharma LP et al

Filing 7

ORDER granting 6 Stipulated Motion to extend time for defendants to respond to complaint by Judge Ricardo S Martinez.(RS)

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1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 CITY OF EVERETT, a Washington municipal corporation, ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) PURDUE PHARMA L.P., a Delaware limited partnership; PURDUE PHARMA, INC., a New York ) ) corporation; THE PURDUE FREDERICK ) COMPANY, INC., a New York corporation; and ) JOHN AND JANE DOES 1 THROUGH 10, ) individuals who are executives, officers, and/or directors of Purdue, ) ) Defendants. ) ) 16 CASE NO. 2:17-CV-00209-RSM STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER TO EXTEND DEFENDANTS’ TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT STIPULATED MOTION 17 Defendants Purdue Pharma L.P., Purdue Pharma, Inc., and The Purdue Frederick 18 Company, Inc. (“Defendants”) hereby move the Court pursuant to LCR 7(d)(1) and LCR 10(g) 19 for an order extending the time to March 20, 2017 for Defendants to respond to Plaintiff’s 20 Complaint. 21 March 20, 2017. Plaintiff City of Everett (“Plaintiff”) has stipulated to extend this deadline to 22 FACTS and ARGUMENT 23 Defendants timely filed a Notice of Removal in this Court on February 10, 2017 (Dkt. 24 #1). At the time of removal, Defendants had not answered or otherwise responded to the 25 Complaint filed by Plaintiff in Snohomish County Superior Court (“Superior Court”). The 26 Complaint was filed and served on January 19, 2017 on all Defendants (Dkt. #1-1 and #2-1, pp. 27 STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER TO EXTEND TIME - 1 CASE NO. 2:17-CV-00209-RSM #1081669 v3 / 72285-002 KARR TUTTLE CAMPBELL 701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3300 Seattle, Washington 98104 Main: (206) 223 1313 Fax: (206) 682 7100 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 33-56). Under these circumstances, Defendants would be required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 81(c)(2)(C) to respond to the Complaint within seven days of removal (meaning February 24, 2017) in the absence of relief. This Court may extend the time for Defendants to respond to the Complaint for good cause when the request is made before the original deadline expires. Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 6(b)(1)(A). If this action had not been removed from Superior Court, Defendants’ response deadline would have been March 20, 2017. 1 Defendants request the same deadline to apply in this Court. In support of their request, Defendants assert that Plaintiff’s allegations are premised upon events occurring several years ago (2007-2010), including events in California, which are diverse, novel, and raise complex questions requiring further analysis in considering a response, and requiring more time to prepare than the current deadline allows. 2 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 STIPULATION Counsel for Defendants and Plaintiff spoke on Friday, February 10, 2017, and exchanged voice and e-mail again on Monday, February 13, 2017, regarding Defendants’ request to extend the deadline to respond to Plaintiff’s Complaint. Defendants and Plaintiff hereby stipulate to the requested extension to March 20, 2017 for Defendants to respond to the Complaint. 3 SO STIPULATED. DATED: February 14, 2017 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 RCW § 4.28.180 allows parties 60 days to respond to a complaint personally served outside the state of Washington. 60 days from January 19, 2017 is March 20, 2017. 2 25 26 27 This Court’s Local Rules identify as a means of reducing litigation costs: “(a) limiting discovery and phasing discovery and motions to bring on for early resolution potentially dispositive issues;…” See Introduction to Civil Rules, pg. 1. 3 Plaintiff stipulates to the relief requested by Defendants (i.e., an extension to March 20, 2017), however, Plaintiff does not hereby stipulate or otherwise agree with Defendants’ other assertions, including their characterizations regarding Plaintiff’s allegations. STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER TO EXTEND TIME - 2 CASE NO. 2:17-CV-00209-RSM #1081669 v3 / 72285-002 KARR TUTTLE CAMPBELL 701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3300 Seattle, Washington 98104 Main: (206) 223 1313 Fax: (206) 682 7100 1 By: /s/ Thomas D. Adams Thomas D. Adams, WSBA #18470 Ronald J. Friedman, WSBA #41629 Stephanie R. Lakinski, WSBA #46391 Andrew W. Durland, WSBA #49747 KARR TUTTLE CAMPBELL 701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3300 Seattle, WA 98104 Telephone: 206-223-1313 Facsimile: 206-682-7100 Email: tadams@karrtuttle.com Email: rfriedman@karrtuttle.com Email: slakinski@karrtuttle.com Email: adurland@karrtuttle.com Attorneys for Defendants Purdue Pharma L.P., Purdue Pharma Inc., and The Purdue Frederick Company Inc. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 By: /s/ Christopher S. Huck Michael A. Goldfarb, WSBA #13492 Christopher M. Huck, WSBA #34104 Kit W. Roth, WSBA #33059 R. Omar Riojas, WSBA #35400 KELLEY, GOLDFARB, HUCK, ROTH & RIOJAS, PLLC 700 Fifth Avenue, Suite 6100 Seattle, WA 98104 Telephone: 206-452-0260 goldfarb@kelleygoldfarb.com huck@kelleygoldfarb.com roth@kelleygoldfarb.com riojas@kelleygoldfarb.com Attorneys for Plaintiff City of Everett 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER TO EXTEND TIME - 3 CASE NO. 2:17-CV-00209-RSM #1081669 v3 / 72285-002 KARR TUTTLE CAMPBELL 701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3300 Seattle, Washington 98104 Main: (206) 223 1313 Fax: (206) 682 7100 1 2 3 4 ORDER Pursuant to the Stipulation of Defendants and Plaintiff, the deadline for Defendants to respond to the Complaint shall be extended to March 20, 2017. 5 6 7 IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED this 15th day of February, 2017. 8 9 10 A 11 RICARDO S. MARTINEZ CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Presented by: KARR TUTTLE CAMPBELL By: s/ Thomas D. Adams Thomas D. Adams, WSBA #18470 Ronald J. Friedman, WSBA #41629 Stephanie R. Lakinski, WSBA #46391 Andrew W. Durland, WSBA #49747 KARR TUTTLE CAMPBELL 701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3300 Seattle, WA 98104 Telephone: 206-223-1313 Facsimile: 206-682-7100 Email: tadams@karrtuttle.com Email: rfriedman@karrtuttle.com Email: slakinski@karrtuttle.com Email: adurland@karrtuttle.com Attorneys for Defendants Purdue Pharma L.P., Purdue Pharma Inc., and The Purdue Frederick Company Inc. 25 26 27 STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER TO EXTEND TIME - 4 CASE NO. 2:17-CV-00209-RSM #1081669 v3 / 72285-002 KARR TUTTLE CAMPBELL 701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3300 Seattle, Washington 98104 Main: (206) 223 1313 Fax: (206) 682 7100

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