Slack et al v. Swift Transportation Co. of Arizona, LLC

Filing 139

ORDER GRANTING 134 Plaintiffs' Motion to Appoint Class Counsel: Appointment of Steve W. Berman and Jeniphr A.E. Breckenridge for Richard Erickson, Sean P Forney, Jacob Grismer, Timothy Helmick, Henry M Ledesma, Scott Praye, Gary H Roberts, Troy Slack, Dennis Stuber and Robert P Ulrich. 137 Motion to Stay is STRICKEN. Deadline for the parties to submit a new proposed pretrial and trial schedule is 9/18/2015. Signed by Judge Benjamin H. Settle. (MGC)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT TACOMA

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8 TROY SLACK, et al.,
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Plaintiffs,

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v.

11 SWIFT TRANSPORTATION CO. OF
ARIZONA, LLC,
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Defendant.
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CASE NO. C11-5843 BHS
ORDER GRANTING
PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO
APPOINT CLASS COUNSEL

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This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiffs Eric Dublinski, Richard Erickson,
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Sean P. Forney, Jacob Grismer, Timothy Helmick, Henry M. Ledesma, Scott Praye, Gary
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H. Roberts, Troy Slack, Dennis Stuber, and Robert P. Ulrich’s (“Plaintiffs”) motion to
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appoint class counsel (Dkt. 134).
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On August 17, 2015, the Court granted Hagens Berman Sobol & Shapiro, LLP
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(“Hagens Berman”) leave to file a motion to appoint class counsel. Dkt. 133. On August
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21, 2015, Plaintiffs filed the motion. Dkt. 134. Although Defendant Swift
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1 Transportation Co. of Arizona, LLC did not respond to the instant motion, it did oppose
2 the previous request for leave to appoint new counsel. Dkt. 129.
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Upon review of the motion, the arguments in opposition, and the remaining

4 record, the Court finds that Hagens Berman has shown that is adequate counsel under
5 Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(g)(1) and (4). Therefore, the Court GRANTS the motion to appoint
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The current scheduling order (Dkt. 102) and Plaintiffs’ motion to stay expert

8 discovery deadline (Dkt. 137) are hereby STRICKEN. The parties shall meet and confer
9 and submit a new proposed pretrial and trial schedule to the Court as soon as possible,
10 but no later than September 18, 2015.
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Dated this 2nd day of September, 2015.

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BENJAMIN H. SETTLE
United States District Judge

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