De Coster v. Amazon.com Inc

Opinion

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4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 ELIZABETH DE COSTER et al., on behalf CASE NO. 2:21-cv-00693-JHC 8 of themselves and all others similarly situated, ORDER 9

Plaintiffs, 10

v. 11

AMAZON.COM, INC., a Delaware 12 corporation,

Defendant. 14

DEBORAH FRAME-WILSON, et al., on 16 behalf of themselves and all others similarly CASE NO. 2:20-cv-00424-JHC situated, 17

Plaintiffs, 18 v. 19 AMAZON.COM, INC., a Delaware corporation, 20

Defendant. 21

23 24 1 This matter comes before the Court on Amazon.com, Inc.’s Motion Requesting an 2 Evidentiary Hearing on Class Certification. Case No. 21-693, Dkt. # 382; Case No. 20-424, Dkt. 3 # 353. The Court has considered the materials filed in support of and in opposition to the

4 motion, the rest of the file, and the governing law. Being fully advised, the Court DENIES the 5 motion. 6 The record before the Court is extensive. The parties have ably and fully briefed the 7 issues. The submissions include more than 100 pages of briefing, more than 100 exhibits, and 8 more than 1,000 pages of expert reports. See generally Case No. 21-693 Dkt. The Court does 9 not believe that the type of hearing Amazon requests is necessary with respect to the class 10 certification issues presented. See Tait v. BSH Home Appliances Corp., 289 F.R.D. 466, 492 11 (C.D. Cal. 2012) (noting that “[a]n evidentiary hearing on class certification is not required” but 12 courts “should assess all relevant evidence” in determining whether each of the Rule 23

13 requirements have been met) (citing Bouman v. Block, 940 F.2d 1211, 1232 (9th Cir. 1990)). 14 Dated this 30th day of July, 2025. 15 16 A John H. Chun 17 United States District Judge 18 19 20 21 22 23 24