Molinari v. Lowe's Home Centers LLC

Filing 28

ORDER granting 27 Stipulated Motion to Extend Discovery Cutoff: Discovery completed by 3/13/2017, Dispositive motions due by 3/28/2017, signed by Judge Ronald B. Leighton.(DN)

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1 THE HONORABLE RONALD B. LEIGHTON 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 7 8 9 ANNE MOLINARI, No. 3:15-cv-05295-RBL Plaintiff, 10 11 12 13 14 STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER TO EXTEND DISCOVERY CUTOFF AND OTHER DEADLINES v. LOWE'S HOME CENTERS, LLC d/b/a LOWE'S HOME IMPROVEMENT, a Washington Corporation, Defendant. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER TO EXTEND DISCOVERY CUTOFF AND OTHER DEADLINES (Cause No. 3:15-cv-05295-RBL) Page i THE BLANKENSHIP LAW FIRM, P.S. 1000 Second Avenue, Suite 3250 Seattle, Washington 98104 (206) 343-2700 1 2 3 4 5 1. Pursuant to FRCP 16, Plaintiff Anne Molinari and Defendant Lowe’s Home Centers, LLC, (collectively, “the Parties”), respectfully request that the Court modify the current case schedule to extend the discovery cutoff by one month and the dispositive motions deadline by two weeks. The parties have conferred and believe they have good cause to extend these deadlines. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 A. 2. STATEMENT OF FACTS Plaintiff filed her Complaint for Damages on May 5, 2015. The current trial date is June 12, 2017 and the current discovery cutoff is February 13, 2017. 3. The parties have exchanged written discovery, and engaged in meet and confer discussions regarding the written discovery. The parties have cooperatively worked together to complete written discovery without the need for discovery motions. After exchanging written discovery, the Parties met and conferred regarding a plan to mediate this case prior to completing depositions, thereby avoiding substantial fees and costs. The Parties plan to mediate this case in February 2017 and thus require additional time to complete depositions beyond the February 13 discovery cutoff, should the mediation fail. 4. On January 26, 2017, the Parties held a phone conference with James Seely, law clerk to the Honorable Judge Leighton, to discuss extension of these deadlines. Mr. Seely informed the Parties that the Court was likely to modify the scheduling deadlines based on the Parties’ agreement, where the Parties are not seeking to move the trial date. He permitted the Parties to note this discussion in this motion. 5. Extending the discovery cutoff by one month for the limited purpose of completing depositions, and the dispositive motions deadline by two weeks will permit the Parties to engage in mediation, while still having sufficient time to complete depositions, should they fail to settle the case. 25 26 STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER TO EXTEND DISCOVERY CUTOFF AND OTHER DEADLINES (Cause No. 3:15-cv-05295-RBL) Page 1 THE BLANKENSHIP LAW FIRM, P.S. 1000 Second Avenue, Suite 3250 Seattle, Washington 98104 (206) 343-2700 1 2 3 4 6. The Parties, through their counsel, thus jointly represent that they have “good cause” to extend these deadlines and request an order from this Court modifying the current case schedule. FRCP 16(b). 7. 5 Extension of these deadlines would modify the case schedule as follows: a. 6 The discovery cutoff would be moved from February 13, 2017 to March 13, 2017 for the limited purpose of completing depositions. The parties 7 anticipate that they should be able to complete all other discovery by the 8 Court’s current cut-off of February 13, 2017. 9 b. 10 The deadline for filing dispositive motions would be moved from March 14, 2017 to March 28, 2017. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 B. EVIDENCE RELIED UPON The Parties rely upon this Motion and the pleadings, files and records in this proceeding. C. AUTHORITY AND ARGUMENT This Motion is based upon the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, corresponding case law, and the Court’s power to control its calendar. Orders entered before the final pretrial conference may be modified upon a showing of “good cause.” Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 608 (9th Cir. 1992) (citing Fed.R.Civ.P. 16(b)). Here, “good cause” exists for modifying the current scheduling deadlines. As discussed in the Statement of Facts, the Parties jointly seek modification of the scheduling order, in order to allow time for settlement negotiations prior to completing depositions. D. CONCLUSION For the above-stated reasons, the Parties respectfully request that the Court grant their Stipulated Motion and request a revised case scheduling order extending the discovery cutoff and dispositive motions deadline as described above. 26 STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER TO EXTEND DISCOVERY CUTOFF AND OTHER DEADLINES (Cause No. 3:15-cv-05295-RBL) Page 2 THE BLANKENSHIP LAW FIRM, P.S. 1000 Second Avenue, Suite 3250 Seattle, Washington 98104 (206) 343-2700 1 2 STIPULATED to this 26th day of January, 2017. 3 4 Attorneys for Lowe's Home Centers, LLC: Attorneys for Anne Molinari: By: s/ Susan S. Joo M. Brett Burns, Admitted Pro Hac Vice Susan S. Joo, Admitted Pro Hac Vice Hunton & Williams LLP 575 Market Street, Suite 3700 San Francisco, California 94105 Telephone: (415) 975-3700 Facsimile: (415) 975-3776 mbrettburns@hunton.com sjoo@hunton.com By: s/ Scott C. G. Blankenship Scott C.G. Blankenship, WSBA #21431 Robin J. Shishido, WSBA #45926 1000 Second Avenue, Suite 3250 Seattle, WA 98104 Tel: 206.343.2700 Fax: 206.343.2704 sblankenship@blankenshiplawfirm.com rshishido@blankenshiplawfirm.com 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 By: s/ Boris Gaviria Boris Gaviria, WSBA #31251 Davis Wright Tremaine LLP 777 - 108th Avenue NE, Suite 2300 Bellevue, WA 98004 Tel: 425.646.6100 Fax: 425.646.6199 borisgaviria@dwt.com 18 19 20 21 22 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED this 27th day of January, 2017. 23 25 A 26 Ronald B. Leighton United States District Judge 24 STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER TO EXTEND DISCOVERY CUTOFF AND OTHER DEADLINES (Cause No. 3:15-cv-05295-RBL) Page 3 THE BLANKENSHIP LAW FIRM, P.S. 1000 Second Avenue, Suite 3250 Seattle, Washington 98104 (206) 343-2700

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