Dobson et al v. Vail et al

Filing 96

ORDER denying 95 Plaintiff's Motion for Reconsideration, signed by Judge Ronald B. Leighton.(DN) Modified on 10/7/2011 (DN). (Copies mailed to plaintiffs Whiteman and Stratton.)

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HONORABLE RONALD B. LEIGHTON

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT TACOMA

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JUSTIN DOBSON, et al,

CASE NO. C10-5233RBL

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Plaintiff,

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v.
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ELDON VAIL, et al,
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Defendant.
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THIS MATTER comes on before the above-entitled court upon Plaintiff’s Objection

15 [Dkt. #95] to Magistrate Judge Karen L. Strombom’s Order Granting Defendants’ Motion to
16 Quash and Denying Plaintiff’s Rule 19 Joinder Motion [Dkt. #94]. Having considered the
17 entirety of the records and file herein, the Court finds and rules as follows:
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This matter has been referred to Magistrate Judge Strombom pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636.

19 Under Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(a), the non-dispositive order of the magistrate judge to whom the
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Magistrate Judge Strombom correctly concluded that the notice of deposition directed at

22 Eldon Vail should be quashed and correctly concluded that plaintiff’s reliance on Fed. R. Civ. P.
23 19 was erroneous. Plaintiff’s Objection [Dkt. #95] is DENIED
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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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The Clerk shall send uncertified copies of this order to all counsel of record, and to any

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Dated this 6th day of October, 2011.

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RONALD B. LEIGHTON
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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