King County v. City of Sammamish

Filing 41

MINUTE ORDER RE-NOTING Defendant City of Sammamish's 40 MOTION for Reconsideration re 36 Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction ; Noting Date 9/8/2017, Authorized by U.S. District Judge John C Coughenour. (SWT)

THE HONORABLE JOHN C. COUGHENOUR

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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KING COUNTY,

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CASE NO. C17-0921-JCC
Plaintiff,

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v.
CITY OF SAMMAMISH,

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Defendant.

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The following Minute Order is made by direction of the Court, the Honorable John C.
Coughenour, United States District Judge:
This matter comes before the Court on Defendant City of Sammamish’s motion for

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clarification (Dkt. No. 40) The City asks the Court to clarify the intent of the following language

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from its order granting Plaintiff King County’s motion for preliminary injunction:

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“The City shall not take any additional actions to impede or delay King County’s

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construction of the ELST, including attempts to require stop signs oriented towards trail

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users at the intersections with 206th Avenue SE and SE 33rd Street.”

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(Dkt. No. 36 at 8.)
This language was adopted from the County’s proposed order, (see Dkt. No. 7-1 at 2), in

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an attempt to fully and precisely address the relief the County sought. The Court did not intend

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this language to expand its ruling beyond the relief sought by the County and the issues

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discussed and resolved in the order. To the extent this remains unclear, the Court recommends

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that the parties consult among themselves to reach a reasonable and cooperative resolution.

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If the parties cannot come to a common understanding, the County may file a

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response to the City’s current motion (Dkt. No. 40) by Friday, September 1, 2017. The

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response shall be limited to 6 pages. The City may then file a reply brief by Friday,

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September 8, 2017. The reply shall be limited to three pages.

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The Clerk is directed to RENOTE the motion for clarification (Dkt. No. 40) for Friday,

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September 8, 2017. If the parties do not submit briefing in accordance with the schedule

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established above, the motion for clarification (Dkt. No. 40) shall be deemed MOOT and will be

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terminated.
DATED this 21st day of August 2017.

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William M. McCool
Clerk of Court

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s/Paula McNabb
Deputy Clerk

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