Alaska Airlines Inc v. Endurance American Insurance Co

Opinion

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3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 4 AT SEATTLE 5 ALASKA AIRLINES, INC., 6 Plaintiff, 7 v. C20-1444 TSZ 8 ENDURANCE AMERICAN MINUTE ORDER Defendant. 10

11 The following Minute Order is made by direction of the Court, the Honorable Thomas S. Zilly, United States District Judge: 12 (1) The Motion to Continue Trial, docket no. 109, filed by Defendant 13 Endurance American Insurance Company (“Endurance”) is DENIED. A scheduling order “may be modified only for good cause and with the judge’s consent.” Fed. R. Civ. 14 P. 16(b)(4). Courts have broad discretion when deciding whether to modify a scheduling order. Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 607 (9th Cir. 1992). The 15 Court concludes that Endurance has not shown good cause for continuing the trial. This case has been pending for almost two years and the Court’s Orders, docket nos. 44 & 16 101, have narrowed the issues for trial, which will now only concern damages. Any new counsel hired by Endurance must be prepared to proceed to trial on September 26, 2022. 17 (2) The Clerk is directed to send a copy of this Minute Order to all counsel of 18 record. Dated this 29th day of August, 2022. 19 20 Ravi Subramanian Clerk 21 s/Gail Glass 22 Deputy Clerk