Deep Sea Fishermen's Union of the Pacific v. United States Department of Commerce

Opinion

1 District Judge John C. Coughenour

7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 8 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 9

10 DEEP SEA FISHERMAN’S UNION OF Case No. 2:21-cv-00452-JCC THE PACIFIC, 11 STIPULATED MOTION FOR Plaintiff, EXTENSION OF TIME 12

13 v. NOTED FOR CONSIDERATION: AUGUST 26, 2022 14 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND 15 ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, and NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES 16 SERVICE, 17 Defendants. 18 19 Plaintiff, Deep Sea Fisherman’s Union of the Pacific, and Defendants, United States 20 Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and National 21 Marine Fisheries Service (collectively “Government”), by and through their counsel of record, 22 pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6 and Local Rules 10(g) and 16, jointly stipulate and 23 move for an extension of 30 days of the dispositive motions deadline of September 6, 2022, and 24 termination of the Court’s L.R. 39.1 mediation deadline, as set forth in the Court’s Order at Dkt. 25 37. 26 A court may modify a deadline for good cause. Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b). Continuing pretrial 27 and trial dates is within the discretion of the trial judge. See King v. State of California, 28 1 784 F.2d 910, 912 (9th Cir. 1986). 2 The parties submit there is good cause for an extension of the deadline as they are 3 attempting to resolve the remaining claims short of further litigation. Additionally, the parties 4 have been engaged in informal discussions regarding resolution and do not believe mediation 5 purusaunt to Local Rule 39.1 will be of any additional benefit given the current posture of this 6 case and the status of their negotiations. Continuing the existing deadline for dispositive motions 7 and terminating the mediation deadline will allow the parties to conserve resources. 8 Therefore, the parties stipulate and agree to the following: 9 1. The deadline for dispositive motions will be extended by 30 days until October 6, 2022; 10 and 11 2. The current deadline for mediation pursuant to L.R. 39.1 will be terminated. 12 13 DATED this 26th day of August, 2022. 14 VANGUARD LAW, LLC NICHOLAS W. BROWN 15 United States Attorney 16 s/ Spencer Nathan Thal s/ Nickolas Bohl 17 Spencer Nathan Thal, WSBA No. 20074 Nickolas Bohl, WSBA No. 48978 Assistant United States Attorney 18 s/ Zachariah Nathan William Thal United States Attorney’s Office Zachariah Nathan William Thal, WSBA No. 55462 700 Stewart Street, Suite 5220 19 Vanguard Law, LLC Seattle, Washington 98101-1271 20 P.O. Box 939 Phone: 206-553-7970 Poulsbo, Washington 98370 Fax: 206-553-4067 21 Phone: 206-488-8344 Email: nickolas.bohl@usdoj.gov Email: spencer@vanguardlawfirm.com 22 Email: zach@vanguardlawfirm.com Attorneys for Defendants

23 Attorneys for Plaintiff 24

26 27 28 1 ORDER 2 The parties having stipulated and agreed, it is hereby so ORDERED. 3 4 DATED this 26th day of August 2022. A 5 6 7 John C. Coughenour 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 9

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