Ray v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company

Filing 6

MINUTE ORDER SETTING TRIAL DATE AND RELATED DATES: Bench Trial (1/2 day) is set for 5/30/2018 before Judge Thomas S. Zilly. Deadline for filing administrative record is 9/6/2017, Dispositive motions due by 1/5/2018, Pretrial Order due by 5/11/2018, Pretrial Conference set for 5/18/2018 at 11:00 AM before Judge Thomas S. Zilly. Trial briefs to be submitted by 5/11/2018, Proposed voir dire/jury instructions due by 5/11/2018. Authorized by Judge Thomas S. Zilly. (SWT)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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SUE RAY,

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Plaintiff,
v.
RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY,

C17-907-TSZ
MINUTE ORDER SETTING
TRIAL DATE AND RELATED
DATES

Defendant.
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The following Minute Order is made by direction of the Court, the Honorable
Thomas S. Zilly, United States District Judge:

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(1)
Having reviewed the parties’ Joint Status Report, docket no. 5, indicating
that the dispute in this matter is governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security
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Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), the Court sets the following dates and deadlines:
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BENCH TRIAL DATE (1/2 day)

May 30, 2018

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Deadline for filing administrative record

September 6, 2017

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Deadline for filing dispositive motions
Responses to dispositive motions due
Any Replies due

January 5, 2018
February 2, 2018
March 2, 2018

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Agreed pretrial order due

May 11, 2018

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Trial briefs and proposed findings of fact
and conclusions of law due

May 11, 2018

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Pretrial conference scheduled for

May 18, 2018, at 11:00 a.m.

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The dates and deadlines set forth herein are firm and can be changed only by order
of the Court. The Court will alter this case schedule only upon good cause shown.
2 Counsel must be prepared to begin trial on the date scheduled, but should understand that
the trial might have to await the completion of other cases.
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The administrative record shall be filed under seal via the Case Management and
4 Electronic Case Files (“CM/ECF”) system. A working copy of the administrative record
must be provided to the Court at the time any dispositive motion is filed or at the time
5 trial briefs are submitted, whichever occurs first. The working copy shall be three-hole
punched, appropriately tabbed, and bound by rubbers bands or clips.
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If this case settles, counsel shall immediately notify Karen Dews at
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Rule 11(b).
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record.

The Clerk is directed to send a copy of this Minute Order to all counsel of

Dated this 14th day of August, 2017.
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William M. McCool
Clerk

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s/Karen Dews
Deputy Clerk

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MINUTE ORDER Setting trial date and related dates - 2