Barron v. American Family Mutual Insurance Company

Filing 65

ORDER granting 64 Motion to Stay by Judge Benjamin H. Settle.(TG)

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The Honorable Benjamin H. Settle 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 8 9 10 11 12 STEVEN E. BARRON, an individual; MARC W. HILLESTAD and CHRISTINE L. HILLESTAD, husband and wife; FRANK E. SCHOEN, an individual; and RAYMOND OWENS and TAMMY OWENS, husband and wife, 13 14 15 16 Plaintiffs, v. No. 3:16-cv-05576-BHS JOINT MOTION TO STAY OR CONTINUE DISCOVERY DEADLINES NOTED ON MOTION CALENDAR: JUNE 1, 2017 AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant. 17 18 19 20 Pursuant to LCR 7(d)(2)(A), the parties jointly seek an order staying or continuing the existing deadline for completion of class discovery. I. 21 22 23 24 25 PROCEDURAL HISTORY The Court has established July 31, 2017, as the deadline for completing class discovery. Dkt. 58. Pending Discovery. Plaintiffs have noted a Rule 30(b)(6) deposition and sought documents from defendant American Family. The parties did not agree on the scope of document 26 production, which controls the nature and extent of the Rule 30(b)(6) deposition. The parties’ JOINT MOTION TO STAY OR CONTINUE DISCOVERY DEADLINES (3:16-cv-05576-BHS) - 1 KELLER ROHRBACK L.L.P. 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3200 Seattle, W A 98101-3052 TELEPHONE: (206) 623-1900 FACSIMILE: (206) 623-3384 1 disagreements are subject to American Family’s pending motion protective order filed January 5, 2 2017. Dkt. 32. 3 4 Summary Judgment Motions. Separately, the parties filed cross-motions for summary judgment. On April 27, 2017, the Court entered its Order on the summary judgment motions, 5 6 7 granting in part and denying in part the parties’ cross-motions. Plaintiffs have filed a motion for permission to appeal this ruling, arguing that an early appeal would be the more efficient 8 procedure in this case. Dkt. 62. Defendant filed its response May 30, 2017, arguing that an early 9 appeal will delay resolution of the case. Dkt. 63. 10 11 Impact on Discovery. In the interests of efficiency, it makes sense that no discovery occur until both Plaintiff’s motion for interlocutory appeal and Defendant’s motion for protective 12 order are decided by the Court. 13 14 15 II. REQUESTED RELIEF The parties do not believe it is practical to complete discovery by July 31, 2017, in light 16 of the pending motions and therefore jointly move for an order that either stays discovery or 17 extends the discovery completion deadline. 18 19 The parties seek to extend the deadline to complete class certification fact discovery until 120 days following entry of the Court’s orders on both American Family’s motion for protective 20 order, Dkt. 32, and Plaintiffs motion for interlocutory appeal, Dkt. 62. Once the deadline for 21 22 class certification fact discovery is known, the parties will submit for the Court’s approval an 23 amended scheduling order that sets forth the remaining discovery dates, consistent with the 24 extension provided under this Motion. 25 26 JOINT MOTION TO STAY OR CONTINUE DISCOVERY DEADLINES (3:16-cv-05576-BHS) - 2 KELLER ROHRBACK L.L.P. 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3200 Seattle, W A 98101-3052 TELEPHONE: (206) 623-1900 FACSIMILE: (206) 623-3384 1 2 RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, 3 4 DATED: June 1, 2017 5 6 7 s/ Jeffrey I. Tilden s/ Mark A. Wilner Jeffrey I. Tilden, WSBA #12219 Mark A. Wilner, WSBA #31550 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 8 9 10 11 s/William C. Smart s/Isaac Ruiz s/ Kathryn M. Knudsen William C. Smart, WSBA #8192 Isaac Ruiz, WSBA #35237 Kathryn M. Knudsen, WSBA #41075 DATED: June 1, 2017 12 s/Rory W. Leid, III s/Timothy T. Parker Rory W. Leid, III, WSBA #25075 Timothy T. Parker, WSBA #43674 Michael S. McCarthy, pro hac vice Todd P. Walker, pro hac vice Matthew B. Harris, pro hac vice Attorneys for Defendant 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 JOINT MOTION TO STAY OR CONTINUE DISCOVERY DEADLINES (3:16-cv-05576-BHS) - 3 KELLER ROHRBACK L.L.P. 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3200 Seattle, W A 98101-3052 TELEPHONE: (206) 623-1900 FACSIMILE: (206) 623-3384 1 2 3 ORDER For the reasons stated above, the Court grants the parties’ stipulated motion to stay or 4 continue deadlines. The deadline to complete fact discovery is extended until 120 days following 5 entry of the Court’s orders on both American Family’s motion for protective order, Dkt. 32, and 6 Plaintiffs motion for interlocutory appeal, Dkt. 62. Once the new date for class certification fact 7 discovery is known, the parties will submit for the Court’s approval an amended scheduling 8 order that sets forth the remaining discovery dates, consistent with the extension granted herein. 9 10 IT IS SO ORDERED this 1st day of June, 2017. A 11 12 13 BENJAMIN H. SETTLE United States District Judge 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 JOINT MOTION TO STAY OR CONTINUE DISCOVERY DEADLINES (3:16-cv-05576-BHS) - 4 KELLER ROHRBACK L.L.P. 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3200 Seattle, W A 98101-3052 TELEPHONE: (206) 623-1900 FACSIMILE: (206) 623-3384

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