Bolding et al v. Banner Bank

Filing 366

ORDER re Parties' 365 Stipulated Motion to Continue Stay. The stay shall be automatically lifted on January 9, 2023, 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. 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.

No. 2:17-cv-00601RSL
STIPULATED MOTION AND
ORDER CONTINUING STAY OF
PROCEEDINGS PENDING
MEDIATION

BANNER BANK, a Washington Corporation,

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Defendant.

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STIPULATED MOTION

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The parties, through their attorneys, respectfully request that the Court continue the

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existing stay until January 9, 2023, to accommodate the mediator’s need to reschedule the

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parties’ mediation. The Court previously granted the parties’ stipulated motion to stay

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proceedings and vacate the case schedule pending mediation, which was scheduled for

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September 9, 2022. ECF No. 136. Unfortunately, after this Court granted the stay, the mediator

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informed the parties that he needed to undergo surgery in mid-August, requiring him to

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reschedule his September mediations. Consequently, the earliest mutually agreeable mediation

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date the parties were able to reschedule with the mediator is December 13, 2022.

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The parties believe it is in the interests of their respective clients and of judicial
economy and efficiency to continue to stay until January 9, 2023, 1 all further proceedings in
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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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this litigation. Therefore, Plaintiffs and Banner Bank respectfully stipulate to, and jointly

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request that the Court enter, the proposed Order set forth below continuing to stay proceedings.

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If a settlement agreement is not reached between the parties by January 9, 2022, the stay will be

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automatically lifted on that date, unless there is good cause to lift it sooner. In that case, the

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

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January 9, 2023 file a Joint Status Report that includes a new proposed trial date and pretrial

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deadlines.

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It is so stipulated and presented by the following counsel this 29th day of September 2022.
The Blankenship Law Firm, PLLC
Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Attorneys for Defendant Banner Bank

By s/ Holly Brauchli
Scott C. G. Blankenship, WSBA No. 21431
Holly Brauchli, WSBA No. 44814
Tobin S. Klusty, WSBA No. 52567
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

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until January 9, 2023. The trial date and pretrial deadlines shall be reset if the parties’

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settlement efforts do not succeed. The parties shall promptly notify the Court if they reach a

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settlement.

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The stay shall be automatically lifted on January 9, 2023, unless there is good cause to

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lift it sooner. Within ten days after expiration of the stay set forth above, the parties shall

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submit a Joint Status Report that includes new proposed trial date and pretrial deadlines if the

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parties’ settlement efforts do not succeed.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated this 30th day of September, 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