Mason v. Mason

Filing 71

ORDER granting Parties' 70 Stipulated Motion to Continue Trial Date. The Clerk is authorized to issue a minute order setting a new trial date for August 29, 2022, along with other relevant deadlines. As this trial date shall result in a new discovery cutoff deadline, the court DIRECTS the Clerk to strike the pending motion to compel (Dkt. # 63 ). Signed by Judge James L. Robart. (LH)

Case 3:17-cv-05289-JLR Document 71 Filed 01/08/21 Page 1 of 2

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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TATYANA MASON, et al.
Plaintiffs,

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v.
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ORDER GRANTING
STIPULATED MOTION TO
CONTINUE TRIAL DATE

JOHN MASON,
Defendant.

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CASE NO. C17-5289JLR

Before the court is the parties’ joint stipulated motion for a continuance of their

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trial date. (Stip. Mot. (Dkt. # 70).) The parties contend that there is good cause for a

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continuance due to (1) Plaintiff Tatyana Mason’s ongoing treatment for cancer, (2) the

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continuance of an agreed-to mediation due to Ms. Mason’s ongoing treatment, and (3)

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Ms. Mason’s counsel’s pending motion to withdraw as her counsel (Mot. to Withdraw

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(Dkt. # 67)). (Stip. Mot. at 1-2.) The parties request the court to “assign a new trial date

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as soon as the [c]ourt’s calendar allows, but no sooner than September 1, 2021” because

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that is Ms. Mason’s earliest “back to work date” according to her treating physician. (Id.

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at 1.)

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Due to continuances resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the court has a full

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docket that would quickly fall into disarray if the court granted extensions to every party

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who faced scheduling difficulties. The court will not imperil the trial dates of other

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parties on the court’s calendar by granting the parties an extension that disrupts a

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previously scheduled trial. Under these circumstances, the earliest date the court’s

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calendar allows a new trial date to be scheduled is August 29, 2022.

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Thus, the court GRANTS the parties’ stipulated motion to continue (Dkt. # 70).

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The Clerk is authorized to issue a minute order setting a new trial date for August 29,

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2022, along with other relevant deadlines. As this trial date shall result in a new

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discovery cutoff deadline, the court DIRECTS the Clerk to strike the pending motion to

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compel (Dkt. # 63).

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Dated this 8th day of January, 2021.

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JAMES L. ROBART
United States District Judge

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