City of Buckley v. Toman et al

Filing 133

ORDER denying 131 Stipulated Motion to Amend Case Schedule; signed by Judge Marsha J. Pechman.(SC)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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CITY OF BUCKLEY,
Plaintiff,

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CASE NO. C10-5209 MJP
ORDER ON MOTION TO AMEND
THE CASE SCHEDULE

v.
ANGELA TOMAN,
Defendant.

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The Court, having received and reviewed the parties’ Stipulated Motion to Amend the

17 Case Schedule (Dkt. No. 131), enters the following ruling:
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IT IS ORDERED that the motion is DENIED.

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Mediation schedules do not trump trial schedules; rather, the opposite is true. The

20 parties are certainly free to engage in ongoing negotiations and/or mediation and to settle at any
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ORDER ON MOTION TO AMEND THE CASE
SCHEDULE- 1

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The clerk is ordered to provide copies of this order to all counsel.

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Dated this _17th_ day of October, 2011.

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Marsha J. Pechman
United States District Judge

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ORDER ON MOTION TO AMEND THE CASE
SCHEDULE- 2