Offutt Evanger v. Georgia-Pacific Company

Filing 123

ORDER DIRECTING PARTIES TO FILE JOINT STATUS REPORT: Joint Status Report due by 9/11/2020. Signed by Judge Barbara J. Rothstein. (LH)

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The Honorable Barbara J. Rothstein

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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NO. 3:17-cv-05521

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SHANNA OFFUTT EVANGER,
Plaintiff,

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v.

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ORDER DIRECTING
PARTIES TO FILE JOINT
STATUS REPORT

GEORGIA-PACIFIC GYPSUM, LLC,
Defendant.

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On August 8, 2020, this matter was transferred to this Court from the Honorable Ronald
B. Leighton. While trial was held in August and September 2019, that trial resulted in a hung jury.
A retrial had been scheduled for May 4, 2020, but that date was stricken and has not been reset.
Therefore, Court hereby directs the parties to meet and confer and, no later than September
11, 2020, submit a Joint Status Report (“JSR”). The parties should note that, as reflected in the
General Orders recently issued by the Western District of Washington, the COVID-19 pandemic
has substantially affected the Court’s ability to conduct in-person jury proceedings, and jury trials
are not likely to resume in the near future.
Under these circumstances, the Court directs the parties to consider the option of
conducting a virtual Bench trial. The JSR should indicate whether all parties consent to a virtual
Bench trial and, if so, should include three alternative proposed trial dates. If, however, one party
does not consent to a virtual Bench trial, the Joint Statement should not indicate which party does

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not consent, merely that there is no agreement as to a virtual Bench trial. In that event, all pre-trial

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and trial deadlines will remain vacated.

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DATED this 25th day of August, 2020.

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Barbara Jacobs Rothstein
U.S. District Court Judge

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