Diemert v. City of Seattle

Opinion

Hon. Jamal N. Whitehead 1

6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 8 9 AT SEATTLE 10 JOSHUA A. DIEMERT, an individual, ) ) Civil Action No. 2:22-cv-01640-JNW 11 Plaintiff, ) 12 ) v. ) JOINT MOTION TO WITHDRAW 13 ) JURY TRIAL DEMAND 14 THE CITY OF SEATTLE, a municipal ) corporation, ) 15 ) Defendant. ) Note on motion calendar Sept. 27, 2024 16 ) 17 )

18 19 Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 38(d), Plaintiff, Joshua A. Diemert, and 20 Defendant, City of Seattle, stipulate to withdrawing the existing jury demand, agree that the issues 21 in this lawsuit should be tried before the Court and not a jury, and seek for the Court to amend its 22 Order Setting Trial Date and Related Dates (Dkt. No. 49) as referenced herein. 23 In support of this Stipulated Motion, the Parties state the following: 24 1. On April 7, 2023, the parties filed a Joint Status Report and Discovery Plan wherein 25 Plaintiff requested trial by jury. Dkt. No. 23. 26 2. This case is currently scheduled for a jury trial set to begin on January 13, 2025. Dkt. 27 No. 49. 28 Stip. Mot. to Withdraw Jury Trial Demand - 1 Pacific Legal Foundation 2:22-cv-01640-JNW 1425 Broadway, #429 3. Under Fed. R. Civ. P. 38(d), a jury demand may be withdrawn if all the parties consent. 1 See U.S. Sec. & Exch. Comm’n v. Jensen, 835 F.3d 1100, 1107 (9th Cir. 2016) (citing 2 Fed. R. Civ. P. 38(d)). 3 4. On September 18, 2024, counsel for Plaintiff notified Defendant that Plaintiff wished 4 to withdraw his jury demand and requested that Defendant agree to jointly request a 5 bench trial. Defendant has consented to the withdrawal of the jury demand and agreed 6 to a bench trial before Judge Jamal Whitehead. 7 CONCLUSION 8 The Parties hereby jointly request that the Court strike Plaintiff’s jury demand and enter a 9 revised case schedule that designates this matter as a bench trial before Judge Whitehead. Apart 10 from adjusting filing requirements based on the change from a jury trial to a bench trial, the parties 11 request that no other changes be made to the case schedule, including to the trial date in this matter. 12

13 IT IS SO STIPULATED THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 14 Respectfully submitted this 27th day of September, 2024. 15 PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP 16 Attorneys for Plaintiff Joshua A. Diemert Attorneys for Defendant City of Seattle

17 s/ Laura M. D’Agostino s/ Victoria M. Slade 18 LAURA M. D’AGOSTINO [signature added per authority] Virginia Bar No. 91556 * Sheehan Sullivan, WSBA #33189 19 3100 Clarendon Blvd., Suite 1000 Victoria M. Slade, WSBA #44597 Arlington, Virginia 22201 Darrah N. Hinton, WSBA #53542 20 Telephone: (202) 888-6881 920 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3300 21 LDAgostino@pacificlegal.org Seattle, WA 98104-1610 Telephone: (206) 622-3150 22 s/ Andrew R. Quinio Email: sulls@dwt.com ANDREW R. QUINIO Email: vickyslade@dwt.com 23 California Bar # 288101 * Email: darrahhinton@dwt.com 24 s/ Erin E. Wilcox ERIN E. WILCOX 25 California Bar # 337427 * 26 555 Capitol Mall, Suite 1290 Sacramento, California 95814 27 Telephone: (916) 419-7111 AQuinio@pacificlegal.org 28 Stip. Mot. to Withdraw Jury Trial Demand - 2 Pacific Legal Foundation 2:22-cv-01640-JNW 1425 Broadway, #429 EWilcox@pacificlegal.org 1 s/ Wesley P. Hottot 2 WESLEY P. HOTTOT, WSBA # 47539 3 1425 Broadway, #429 Seattle, Washington 98122 4 Telephone: (425) 576-0484 WHottot@pacificlegal.org 5

6 * Pro hac vice

8 ORDER 9 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION IT IS SO ORDERED. 10 11 12 DATED this 30th day of September, 2024. 13 A 14 15 Jamal N. Whitehead United States District Judge 16 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Stip. Mot. to Withdraw Jury Trial Demand - 3 Pacific Legal Foundation 2:22-cv-01640-JNW 1425 Broadway, #429