Bana et al v. City of Tacoma

Filing 17

STIPULATION AND ORDER 16 that the plaintiffs be granted leave pursuant to Fed.R. Civ.P. 15(a) to file a Fist Amended Complaint in this matter to add additional defendant The Robert Larson Automotive Group, Inc., d/b/a Robert Larson's Toyota of Tacoma, and to clarify and add claims against defendant City of Tacoma. Signed by Magistrate Judge Karen L Strombom.(CMG)

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THE HONORABLE KAREN L. STROMBOM

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA NORMAND JEFFREY BANA, a single man, KATE DELOSA, a single woman, LAARNI MENDOZA, a No. C08-5493 KLS single woman, and MICHELLE MENDOZA, a single woman, STIPULATION AND ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO AMEND Plaintiffs, COMPLAINT TO ADD ADDITIONAL PARTY AND TO CLARIFY AND ADD v. CLAIMS AGAINST CITY OF TACOMA CITY OF TACOMA, a Municipal Corporation, Defendant. STIPULATION IT IS STIPULATED by and between the parties through their undersigned attorneys of record that the plaintiffs be granted leaved pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a) to file a First Amended Complaint in this matter to add an additional defendant, The Robert Larson Automotive Group, Inc., d/b/a Robert Larson's Toyota of Tacoma, and to clarify and add claims against defendant City of Tacoma. The proposed amended complaint is attached as Exhibit 1. This stipulation is in recognition that the civil rules provide that leave to amend shall be freely given, and this stipulation shall not be construed as implicit acknowledgment as to the viability of any of the amended claims.
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LADENBURG LAW, PLLC
Attorneys At law

1019 Pacific Ave. Suite 1116 Tacoma, Washington 98402 Phone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone]

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DATED this 21st day of July 2009. LADENBURG LAW, PLLC ELIZABETH A. PAULI, City Attorney

/s/________________________________ ___/s/___________________________ JOHN W. LADENBURG, JR., WSBA #26249 JEAN P. HOMAN, WSBA #27084 ORDER IT IS ORDERED that the plaintiffs be granted leaved pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a) to file a First Amended Complaint in this matter to add additional defendant The Robert Larson Automotive Group, Inc., d/b/a Robert Larson's Toyota of Tacoma, and to clarify and add claims against defendant City of Tacoma. DATED this 22nd day of July, 2009.

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Karen L. Strombom United States Magistrate Judge

Presented By LADENBURG LAW, PLLC ________________________________ JOHN W. LADENBURG, JR., WSBA #26349

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LADENBURG LAW, PLLC
Attorneys At law

1019 Pacific Ave. Suite 1116 Tacoma, Washington 98402 Phone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone]

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on the date stated below I caused this document to be: electronically filed with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the following: Jean P. Homan Tacoma City Attorney's Office 747 Market St, Ste 1120 Tacoma, WA 98402 253-591-5885 ph. 253-591-5755 fax [e-mail] mailed by first class United States mail, postage prepaid, to the following non-CM/ECF participants: hand delivered to the following non-CM/ECF participants: Dated July 10, 2009, at Tacoma, Washington. ____________________________________ John W. Ladenburg, Jr. Ladenburg Law, PLLC 1019 Pacific Ave Ste 1116 Tacoma WA 98402 253-272-5226 ph. 253-295-2326 fx. [e-mail]

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LADENBURG LAW, PLLC
Attorneys At law

1019 Pacific Ave. Suite 1116 Tacoma, Washington 98402 Phone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone]