Bereket v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC et al

Filing 22

STIPULATION AND ORDER by parties re 19 MOTION for Extension of Time regarding Class Certification Deadlines. Deadline to complete discovery on class certification (not to be construed as a bifurcation of discovery) is extended from 10/20/2017 to 12/22/2017. Deadline for Plaintiffs to file motion for class certification is extended from 11/17/2017 to 1/19/2018. Signed by Judge Ricardo S Martinez. (TH)

The Honorable Ricardo S. Martinez

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE

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ABBY BEREKET, individually and on behalf
of all others similarly situated,

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2:17-cv-00812-RSM

STIPULATION REGARDING
EXTENSION OF CLASS
CERTIFICATION DEADLINES

Plaintiff(s),

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NO.

v.
PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES,
LLC and JOHN DOES 1-25,
Defendant(s).

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STIPULATION
On September 21, 2017, Defendant Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC (“Portfolio”)

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filed a Motion to Extend Class Certification Deadlines (the “Motion,” Dkt. 19). Portfolio noted

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the Motion for consideration on September 29, 2017.

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The parties have since conferred, and agree that for the reasons stated in the Motion,

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good cause exists for the Court to extend by two months the deadlines set forth in the Court’s

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September 6, 2017 Rule 16(b) and Rule 23(d)(2) Scheduling Order Regarding Class

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Certification Motion (the “Order,” Dkt. 16). More specifically, the parties stipulate that the

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deadlines set forth in the Order should be modified as follows:

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STIPULATION REGARDING EXTENSION OF CLASS
CERTIFICATION DEADLINES - 1
No. 2:17-cv-00812-RSM

SAVITT BRUCE & WILLEY LLP
1425 Fourth Avenue Suite 800
Seattle, Washington 98101-2272
[phone]

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Event

Current Deadline

New Deadline

Deadline to complete discovery on class
certification (not to be construed as a
bifurcation of discovery)

October 20, 2017

December 22, 2017

Deadline for Plaintiffs to file motion for
class certification (noted on the fourth
Friday after filing and service of the motion
pursuant to Local Rules W.D. Wash. LCR
7(d)(3) unless the parties agree to different
times for filing the response and reply
memoranda)

November 17, 2017

January 19, 2018

Since Mr. Bereket does not oppose the Motion, Portfolio is filing, concurrently with this
submission and pursuant to LCR 7(d)(1) and LCR 10(g), a Notice of Motion Renoted resetting
the Motion for hearing today.

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DATED: September 25, 2017.

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SAVITT BRUCE & WILLEY LLP
By:
/s/ Duncan E. Manville
Stephen C. Willey, WSBA #24499
Duncan E. Manville, WSBA #30304
1425 Fourth Avenue, Suite 800
Seattle, WA 98101-2272
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Attorneys for Defendant Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC

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CONCORD LAW, P.C.
By:
/s/ Ryan Pesicka
Ryan Pesicka, WSBA #48182
Waterfront Park Building
144 Railroad Avenue, Suite 236
Edmonds, WA 98020
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

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STIPULATION REGARDING EXTENSION OF CLASS
CERTIFICATION DEADLINES - 2
No. 2:17-cv-00812-RSM

SAVITT BRUCE & WILLEY LLP
1425 Fourth Avenue Suite 800
Seattle, Washington 98101-2272
[phone]

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ORDER

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Pursuant to the above stipulation and good cause having been shown, the Court hereby
GRANTS Defendant Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC’s Motion to Extend Class
Certification Deadlines (Dkt. 19), as follows:
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The deadline to complete discovery on class certification (not to be
construed as a bifurcation of discovery) is extended from October 20, 2017
to December 22, 2017.

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The deadline for Plaintiffs to file a motion for class certification (noted on
the fourth Friday after filing and service of the motion pursuant to Local
Rules W.D. Wash. LCR 7(d)(3) unless the parties agree to different times
for filing the response and reply memoranda) is extended from November
17, 2017 to January 19, 2018.

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Dated this 26 day of September, 2017.

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RICARDO S. MARTINEZ
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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STIPULATION REGARDING EXTENSION OF CLASS
CERTIFICATION DEADLINES - 3
No. 2:17-cv-00812-RSM

SAVITT BRUCE & WILLEY LLP
1425 Fourth Avenue Suite 800
Seattle, Washington 98101-2272
[phone]