Lawson et al v. Amazon.com, Inc. et al

Filing 41

ORDER to Consolidate re 39 NOTICE OF STIPULATION [AND PROPOSED ORDER] CONSOLIDATING. The motion is GRANTED. The Clerk is DIRECTED to consolidate case number C17-1438-JCC into case number C16-1554-JCC. All future pleadings shall bear the case number C16-1554-JCC. Signed by U.S. District Judge John C Coughenour. (TH)

THE HONORABLE JOHN C. COUGHENOUR

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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BERNADEAN RITTMAN, et al.,

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Plaintiffs,

CASE NO. C16-1554-JCC
ORDER CONSOLIDATING
CASES

v.
AMAZON.COM INC., et al.,
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Defendants.
This matter comes before the Court on the parties’ stipulated motion for consolidation

16 pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(b) and Local Civil Rule 42 (Dkt. No. 86). The
17 motion is GRANTED. The Clerk is DIRECTED to consolidate case number C17-1438-JCC into
18 case number C16-1554-JCC. All future pleadings shall bear the case number C16-1554-JCC.
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Pursuant to the Court’s order dated March 22, 2017 (Dkt. No. 77), the case will remain

20 stayed until such time as the parties inform the Court that the Supreme Court has rendered its
21 decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis (U.S. Jan. 13, 2017) (No. 16-285) or, following a Ninth
22 Circuit decision in Van Dusen v. Swift Transp. Co., No. 17-15102 (9th Cir. Jan. 20, 2017),
23 Plaintiffs renew their argument that they are exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act and,
24 therefore, would not be affected by Epic. The stay applies to all claims in this matter, including
25 those brought under the California Private Attorney General Act, Cal. Lab Code § 2699.
26 Defendants’ deadline to respond to the complaint for the case previously assigned case number
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1 C17-1438-JCC (Iain Mack v. Amazon.com Inc.) will be fourteen (14) days after the stay is lifted.
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DATED this 14th day of November 2017.

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John C. Coughenour
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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