Mortenson Manson, A Joint Venture v. ACE American Insurance Company

Filing 18

STIPULATION AND ORDER granting second extension of time to file JSR; Joint Status Report due by 7/31/2017, by Judge Ricardo S Martinez. (RS)

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1 The Honorable Ricardo S. Martinez 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 8 9 10 11 MORTENSON MANSON, A JOINT VENTURE, a Washington joint venture, Plaintiff, 12 13 14 v. ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, a foreign insurance company, 15 No. 2:17-cv-00778-RSM STIPULATION AND ORDER GRANTING SECOND EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE INITIAL DISCLOSURES AND COMBINED JOINT STATUS REPORT AND DISCOVERY PLAN Defendant. 16 17 18 Plaintiff, Mortenson Manson, a Joint Venture, (“MMJV”), and Defendant, ACE 19 American Insurance Company, (“ACE”), by and through their respective counsel thereto, 20 stipulate and agree that the time in which the parties shall have to submit their FRCP 26(a)(1) 21 Initial Disclosures shall be extended for good cause shown to July 24, 2017, and the FRCP 22 26(f) Combined Joint Status Report and Discovery Plan shall be extended for good cause 23 shown to July 31, 2017. STIPULATION AND ORDER GRANTING SECOND EXTENSION OF TIME - 1 CASE NO. 2:17-cv-00778-RSM OLES MORRISON RINKER & BAKER LLP 701 PIKE STREET, SUITE 1700 SEATTLE, WA 98101-3930 PHONE: (206) 623-3427 FAX: (206) 682-6234 1 MEMORANDUM OF LAW 2 Rule 6(b)(1)(A) states, in pertinent part: “When an act may or must be done within a 3 specified time, the court may, for good cause, extend the time: (A) with or without motion or 4 notice if the court acts, or if a request is made, before the original time or its extension expires 5 …” Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b)(1)(A). 6 Accordingly, the Court has the discretion and authority to grant an extension of time 7 for the filing of pleadings for good cause. See PLU Investments, LLC v. Intraspect Group, 8 Inc., C10-626RSL, 2011 WL 1376192, at *1 (W.D. Wash. Apr. 12, 2011) (citing In re Veritas 9 Software Corp. Sec. Litig.,496 F.3d 962, 974 (9th Cir. 2007)). A motion for extension of time 10 filed before a deadline has passed should “normally … be granted in the absence of bad faith 11 on the part of the party seeking relief or prejudice to the adverse party.” Id. (citing Ahanchian 12 x. Xenon Pictures, Inc., 624 F.3d 1253, 1259 (9th Cir. 2010). 13 Here, because the parties are engaged in discussions to efficiently gather extensive 14 construction project and insurance documents for production, there is good cause to grant this 15 extension of time and allow the parties until July 24, 2017 to submit their FRCP 26(a)(1) Initial 16 Disclosures and until July 31, 2017 to submit their FRCP 26(f) Combined Joint Status Report 17 and Discovery Plan. This is the parties’ second request for a short extension for good cause, 18 and the parties believe further extensions will not be necessary. 19 DATED this 14th day of July, 2017. 20 OLES MORRISON RINKER & BAKER LLP 21 BY: /S/ Angelia D. Wesch Angelia D. Wesch, WSBA No. 23377 701 Pike Street, Suite 1700 Seattle, WA 98101-3930 Phone: (206) 623-3427 Fax: (206) 682-6234 22 23 STIPULATION AND ORDER GRANTING SECOND EXTENSION OF TIME - 2 CASE NO. 2:17-cv-00778-RSM OLES MORRISON RINKER & BAKER LLP 701 PIKE STREET, SUITE 1700 SEATTLE, WA 98101-3930 PHONE: (206) 623-3427 FAX: (206) 682-6234 2 Email: wesch@oles.com Attorneys for Plaintiff, Mortenson Manson, A Joint Venture 3 WILSON SMITH COCHRAN DICKERSON 4 BY: /S/ Scott M. Stickney BY: /S/ Maria E. Sotirhos BY: /S/ Jeff M. Sbaih Scott M. Stickney, WSBA # 14540 Maria E. Sotirhos, WSBA # 21726 Jeff M. Sbaih, WSBA # 51551 901 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1700 Seattle, WA 98164-2050 Phone: (206) 623-4100 Fax: (206) 623-9273 Email: stickney@wscd.com sotirhos@wscd.com sbaih@wscd.com Attorneys for ACE American Insurance Co. 1 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ORDER 12 13 IT IS SO ORDERED. 14 DATED this 17 day of July 2017. 15 16 17 18 A RICARDO S. MARTINEZ CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 19 20 21 22 23 STIPULATION AND ORDER GRANTING SECOND EXTENSION OF TIME - 3 CASE NO. 2:17-cv-00778-RSM OLES MORRISON RINKER & BAKER LLP 701 PIKE STREET, SUITE 1700 SEATTLE, WA 98101-3930 PHONE: (206) 623-3427 FAX: (206) 682-6234 1 Presented by: 2 OLES MORRISON RINKER & BAKER LLP 3 4 5 6 7 BY: /S/ Angelia D. Wesch Angelia D. Wesch, WSBA No. 23377 701 Pike Street, Suite 1700 Seattle, WA 98101-3930 Phone: (206) 623-3427 Fax: (206) 682-6234 Email: wesch@oles.com Attorneys for Plaintiff, Mortenson Manson, A Joint Venture 8 9 10 Approved as to Form; Notice of Presentation Waived; Copy Received: 11 WILSON SMITH COCHRAN DICKERSON 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 BY: /S/ Scott M. Stickney BY: /S/ Maria E. Sotirhos BY: /S/ Jeff M. Sbaih Scott M. Stickney, WSBA # 14540 Maria E. Sotirhos, WSBA # 21726 Jeff M. Sbaih, WSBA # 51551 901 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1700 Seattle, WA 98164-2050 Phone: (206) 623-4100 Fax: (206) 623-9273 Email: stickney@wscd.com sotirhos@wscd.com sbaih@wscd.com Attorneys for ACE American Insurance Co. 20 21 22 23 STIPULATION AND ORDER GRANTING SECOND EXTENSION OF TIME - 4 CASE NO. 2:17-cv-00778-RSM OLES MORRISON RINKER & BAKER LLP 701 PIKE STREET, SUITE 1700 SEATTLE, WA 98101-3930 PHONE: (206) 623-3427 FAX: (206) 682-6234

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