Bolding et al v. Banner Bank

Filing 361

ORDER re Parties' 360 Stipulated MOTION and [Proposed] Order Temporarily Staying Proceedings and Vacating Case Schedule Pending Mediation. This action is stayed until September 30, 2022. Within ten days after expiration of the stay, the parties shall submit a Joint Status Report. Signed by Judge Robert S. Lasnik. (LH)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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KELLY BOLDING, MICHAEL MANFREDI,
and SARAH WARD, individually and on behalf
of all others similarly situated,

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Plaintiffs,

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v.
BANNER BANK, a Washington Corporation,

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No. C17-0601RSL
STIPULATED MOTION AND
ORDER TEMPORARILY
STAYING PROCEEDINGS AND
VACATING CASE SCHEDULE
PENDING MEDIATION

Defendant.

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STIPULATED MOTION

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The parties, through their attorneys, respectfully advise the Court they have agreed to

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seek resolution of this case through mediation. The parties have selected David A. Rotman to

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serve as mediator. Mr. Rotman is one of the most experienced and sought-after mediators for

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employment class actions. In consequence, the earliest mediation date the parties were able to

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schedule with Mr. Rotman is September 9, 2022, which is three days before the current trial

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date of September 12, 2022.

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The parties believe it is in the interests of their respective clients and of judicial

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economy and efficiency to (i) stay until September 30, 2022, 1 all further proceedings in this

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litigation, and (ii) vacate the trial date and pretrial deadlines, to be reset if the parties’

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This is to allow time for the parties to document any settlement-in-principle they may reach at the mediation.

STIPULATION AND ORDER
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Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
L AW O FFICE S
920 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3300
Seattle, WA 98104-1610
206.622.3150 main · 206.757.7700 fax

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settlement efforts do not succeed. Therefore, Plaintiffs and Banner Bank respectfully stipulate

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to, and jointly request that the Court enter, the proposed Order set forth below staying

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proceedings and vacating the trial date and pretrial deadlines set forth in the Amended Order

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Setting Trial Date & Related Deadlines (Dkt. 359).

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If a settlement agreement is not reached between the parties by September 30, 2022, the

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stay will be automatically lifted on that date, unless there is good cause to lift it sooner. In that

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case, the parties will advise the Court that settlement efforts have failed, and will within ten

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days of September 30 file a Joint Status Report that includes a new proposed trial date and

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pretrial deadlines.

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It is so stipulated and presented by the following counsel this 8th day of June 2022.
The Blankenship Law Firm, PLLC
Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Attorneys for Defendant Banner Bank

By s/Scott C. G. Blankenship
Scott C. G. Blankenship, WSBA No. 21431
Richard E. Goldsworthy, WSBA No. 40684
1000 Second Avenue, Suite 3250
Seattle, WA 98104
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

By s/Kenneth E. Payson
Kenneth E. Payson, WSBA #26369
Sheehan Sullivan Weiss, WSBA #33189
Melissa Mordy, WSBA #41879
Margaret Burnham, WSBA# 47860
920 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3300
Seattle, WA 98104-1610
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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STIPULATION AND ORDER
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Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
L AW O FFICE S
920 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3300
Seattle, WA 98104-1610
206.622.3150 main · 206.757.7700 fax

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ORDER
The Court has considered and approves the parties’ stipulation. This action is stayed
until September 30, 2022. The Amended Order Setting Trial Date & Related Dates [Dkt.
# 359] is VACATED. The trial date and pretrial deadlines shall be reset if the parties’
settlement efforts do not succeed. The parties shall promptly notify the Court if they reach a
settlement.
The stay shall be automatically lifted on September 30, 2022, unless there is good cause
to lift it sooner. Within ten days after expiration of the stay set forth above, the parties shall
submit a Joint Status Report that includes new proposed trial date and pretrial deadlines if the
parties’ settlement efforts do not succeed.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated this 9th day of June, 2022.

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Robert S. Lasnik
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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STIPULATION AND ORDER
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Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
L AW O FFICE S
920 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3300
Seattle, WA 98104-1610
206.622.3150 main · 206.757.7700 fax