Lemmon v. Equifax Information Services LLC

Filing 48

ORDER directing parties to submit a revised Joint Status Report and discovery plan no later than fourteen (14) days from the filing date of this order. Signed by Judge James L. Robart. (PM)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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LEONARD A. LEMMON,

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Plaintiff,

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v.

CASE NO. C17-1464JLR
ORDER REGARDING JOINT
STATUS REPORT

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EQUIFAX INFORMATION
SERVICES, LLC,

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Defendant.

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On December 8, 2017, the court ordered the parties to submit a joint status report
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and discovery plan as required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f) and Local Civil
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Rule 26(f). (12/8/17 Order (Dkt. # 5) at 1); see also Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f); Local Civil
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Rules W.D. Wash. LCR 26(f). The parties filed their joint status report and discovery
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plan on January 12, 2018. (See 1st JSR (Dkt. # 23).) The court subsequently stayed this
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case several times at the parties’ request. (See Stip. Mots. (Dkt. ## 30-37, 41).)
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On September 30, 2019, the parties represented to the court that “they will notify

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the Court by no later than October 18, 2019 as to whether they have reached a resolution

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of [the remaining claims], or alternatively will propose a scheduling order to govern the

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remaining deadlines in this case.” (See 9/30/19 Stip. Order (Dkt. # 42).) On October 18,

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2019, the parties requested, and the court granted, an extension to propose a scheduling

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order until November 1, 2019. (See 10/18/19 Stip. Order (Dkt. # 46).) The parties filed

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their joint status report on November 1, 2019, notifying the court that the parties “have

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been unable to reach a resolution” of the remaining claims in this case. (See 2d JSR (Dkt.

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# 47).) The joint status report proposes deadlines for discovery and dispositive motions,

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but proposes “deferring the scheduling of deadlines relating to trial until after this Court’s

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ruling on any summary judgment motion.” (See id. at 1-2.) The court’s practice is to

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enter a scheduling order that accounts for all remaining case deadlines, including the trial

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date.

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Accordingly, the court ORDERS the parties to submit a revised joint status report

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and discovery plan that includes the same information required by the court’s December

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5, 2017 order (Dkt. # 5) at pages 2-5, including the date the case will be ready for trial,

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the number of trial days required, and the dates on which trial counsel may have

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complications to be considered in setting a trial date. (See 12/5/17 Order at 2-5.) The

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parties should be aware that the court is presently setting trials in approximately March

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2021. If any of the information called for is mooted by the case’s progress so far, the

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parties shall so state. The parties shall file the revised joint status report no later than

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fourteen (14) days from the filing date of this order.

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Dated this 22nd day of November, 2019.

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JAMES L. ROBART
United States District Judge

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