Diemert v. City of Seattle et al

Filing 49

ORDER Setting Trial Date and Related Dates re Parties' 47 Stipulated MOTION to Continue Certain Pre-Trial Deadlines and Trial Date. The Court sets the following trial and related dates: 9-Day Jury Trial begins 1/13/2025 before Judge Jama l N Whitehead. Discovery Motions due by 5/31/2024, Discovery completed by 6/12/2024, All dispositive motions and motions challenging expert witness testimony must be filed by 7/15/2024, Settlement conference under LCR 39.1(c)(2) must be held no l ater than 11/14/2024, Motions in Limine due by 12/4/2024, Deposition Designations due by 12/23/2024, Agreed Pretrial Order due by 12/23/2024, Voir dire/jury instructions/trial briefs due by 12/30/2024, Pretrial Conference set for 1/6/2025. Signed by Judge Jamal N Whitehead. (KRA)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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JOSHUA A. DIEMERT,
Plaintiff,

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v.

Defendant.

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ORDER SETTING
TRIAL DATE AND
RELATED DATES

THE CITY OF SEATTLE, a municipal
corporation,

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CASE NO. 2:22-CV-1640

SCHEDULING DATES
Having reviewed the parties’ stipulated motion to continue certain pre-trial
deadlines and trial date, the Court and sets the following trial and related dates:
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DATE

JURY TRIAL begins

January 13, 2025

Length of trial

9 days

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All motions related to discovery must be filed by
(see LCR 7(d))

May 31, 2024

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Discovery completed by

June 12, 2024

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All dispositive motions and motions challenging
expert witness testimony must be filed by

July 15, 2024

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EVENT

(see LCR 7(d))

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DATE

Settlement conference under LCR 39.1(c)(2) must
be held no later than

November 14, 2024

All motions in limine must be filed by
(see LCR 7(d))

December 4, 2024

Deposition Designations must be submitted to
the Court by (see LCR 32(e))

December 23, 2024

Agreed pretrial order due

December 23, 2024

Trial briefs, proposed voir dire questions, and
proposed jury instructions must be filed by

December 30, 2024

Pretrial conference

January 6, 2025

The Local Civil Rules set all other dates. The dates listed in this order and
set by the Local Civil Rules are firm and cannot be changed by agreement between
the parties. Only the Court may alter these dates and it will do so only if good cause
is shown. Failure to complete discovery within the time allowed does not establish

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good cause. If any of the dates identified in this Order or the Local Civil Rules fall

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on a weekend or federal holiday, the act or event must be performed on the next

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business day.

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If the scheduled trial date creates an irreconcilable conflict, counsel must

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email Grant Cogswell, Courtroom Deputy, at [e-mail]

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within 10 days of the date of this Order, explaining the exact nature of the conflict.

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Failure to do so will be deemed a waiver. Counsel must be prepared to begin trial on

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the date scheduled but should understand that trial may have to await the

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completion of other cases.
PROCEDURAL MATTERS

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All counsel and pro se parties must be familiar with and follow the District’s

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Local Rules, Electronic Filing Procedures for Civil and Criminal Cases, and General

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Orders, which can be found on the Court’s website at https://www.wawd.uscourts.

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gov/.

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All counsel and pro se parties must also follow Judge Whitehead’s Chambers
Procedures, which are available at https://www.wawd.uscourts.gov/judges/
whitehead-procedures.

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SETTLEMENT
If this case settles, counsel must notify Grant Cogswell, Courtroom Deputy,
as soon as possible at [e-mail]. An attorney who fails to
give the courtroom deputy prompt notice of settlement may be subject to sanctions
or discipline under LCR 11(b).
Dated this 10th day of May, 2024.

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Jamal N. Whitehead
United States District Judge

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