Wall et al v. Country Mutual Insurance Company

Filing 34

ORDER denying the 32 Amended Stipulated Motion to Continue Trial Date. Signed by Judge Marsha J. Pechman. (PM)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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DANIEL WALL and CARI WALL,
Plaintiffs,

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CASE NO. C17-446 MJP
ORDER ON REQUEST TO
CONTINUE TRIAL DATE

v.
COUNTRY MUTUAL INSURANCE
COMPANY,

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Defendant.
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The Court has received and reviewed the parties’ Amended Stipulation to Continue Trial
Date. (Dkt. No. 32.) For the reasons cited below, the Court does not find good cause show for
the requested continuance and DENIES the request.
In the first place, the planned 30(b)(6) deposition can be conducted in advance of the
current trial date and the fact that this final piece of discovery would take place after the
discovery cutoff is not good cause to continue the trial date.
In the second place, the current trial date was requested by parties nearly a year ago. (See
Dkt. No. 7, Joint Status Report.) The Court can only assume that the speaking engagement

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ORDER ON REQUEST TO CONTINUE TRIAL DATE - 1

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which is creating a conflict for defense counsel was scheduled after the setting of this trial date;

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as such, it does not qualify as the kind of unavoidable life event which creates grounds for a

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continuance.

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Accordingly, the request to amend the current case schedule is DENIED.

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The clerk is ordered to provide copies of this order to all counsel.

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Dated: April 19, 2018.

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The Honorable Marsha J. Pechman
United States Senior District Court Judge

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ORDER ON REQUEST TO CONTINUE TRIAL DATE - 2