Gladstone v. Amazon Web Services Inc

Opinion

1 THE HONORABLE TANA LIN

9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

10 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON

11 ANDREA GLADSTONE, individually and on Case No.: 2:23-cv-00491-TL 12 behalf of all others similarly situated, STIPULATED MOTION AND 13 Plaintiff, [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND 14 v. CASE DEADLINES

15 AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC, Hon. Tana Lin

16 Defendant. NOTE ON MOTION CALENDAR: AUGUST 15, 2023 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 1 Pursuant to Judge Lin’s Standing Order for All Civil Cases and Local Civil Rules 7(d)(1) 2 and 10(g), Plaintiff Andrea Gladstone (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant Amazon.com Services LLC 3 (“Amazon”) (collectively “the Parties”), by and through their respective attorneys, hereby move the 4 Court to set a deadline for Plaintiff to file a Second Amended Complaint and for Amazon to file a 5 response thereto, to set a briefing schedule for Amazon’s anticipated motion to dismiss, and to 6 extend discovery-related deadlines. In support of the foregoing request for relief, the Parties state 7 as follows: 8 1. Plaintiff filed the original Complaint on March 31, 2023 (Dkt. 1). 9 2. On April 24, 2023, the Court granted the Parties’ Stipulated Notice to Extend 10 Defendants’ Deadline to Respond to Complaint by 30 days, to May 25, 2023 (Dkt. 5). 11 3. Following the Parties’ discussions regarding the factual allegations in the original 12 Complaint, and in light of Plaintiff’s expressed intent to amend the original Complaint, the Parties 13 filed a Stipulated Notice agreeing that Plaintiff would file any First Amended Complaint by June 14 15, 2023, and that Amazon’s deadline to respond to the operative complaint would be set for 15 August 4, 2023 (Dkt. 8). The Court reset the deadlines pursuant to the Parties’ Stipulated Notice on 16 May 19, 2023. 17 4. On June 9, 2023, the Court entered an Order setting the deadline for the Parties to 18 serve Initial Disclosures and file a Joint Status Report (Dkt. No. 10). 19 5. On June 15, 2023, Plaintiff filed the First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) (Dkt. No. 20 11). 21 6. On July 10, 2023, the Court entered an Order continuing the deadline for the Parties 22 to serve Initial Disclosures until September 19, 2023, and file a Joint Status Report until October 3, 23 2023. 24 7. On August 1, 2023, The Parties met and conferred to discuss, among other things, 25 the factual allegations in the FAC. The Parties agreed to further extend Amazon’s deadline to 26 respond to the FAC by two weeks, until August 18, 2023, to allow the Parties time to continue 27 those discussions before Amazon is required to respond to the FAC. On August 2, 2023, the Court 1 8. On August 15, 2023, the Parties had a second meet and confer to discuss the factual 2 allegations in the FAC and to evaluate subsequent information provided by Amazon. As a result of 3 this meet and confer, and pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2), Plaintiff plans to file a Second 4 Amended Complaint (“SAC”) on September 8, 2023. 5 9. The Parties also agree that, subject to the Court’s approval, Amazon’s deadline to 6 respond to the operative complaint shall be 30 days later, or October 9, 2023; that Plaintiff will 7 respond to any Motion to Dismiss filed by Amazon by October 30, 2023, and that Amazon will file 8 a Reply in support of said Motion to Dismiss by November 10, 2023. 9 10. The Parties further agree that, subject to the Court’s approval, the case management 10 deadlines from the Court’s July 10, 2023 Order should be continued as follows: 11 • Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f) Conference Deadline: October 13, 2023 12 • Initial Disclosures: October 27, 2023 13 • Joint Status Report: November 10, 2023 14 Good cause exists for this extension because it serves the interest of judicial efficiency and 15 preserves the Parties’ resources. The Parties are continuing to discuss the factual and legal basis 16 for Plaintiff’s claims, and the additional time for Plaintiff to amend the operative complaint, and 17 for Amazon to respond thereto, will allow the Parties to continue those discussions. See, e.g., New 18 World Med. Inc. v. Microsurgical Tech. Inc., 2021 WL 366106, at *1 (W.D. Wash. Feb. 3, 2021) 19 (“[C]ourts will seek to limit the burden on parties and on itself when there is potential for an action 20 to be dismissed in its entirety.”); see also Section III.G of Judge Lin’s Standing Order. Neither 21 Party will be prejudiced by this brief extension of case deadlines and the proposed extension will 22 not cause any undue delay. 23 WHEREFORE, the Parties stipulate and respectfully respect the Court enter an Order 24 setting the following deadlines: 25 • Plaintiff’s SAC: September 8, 2023 26 • Amazon’s Response to the SAC: October 9, 2023 27 1 • Plaintiff’s Response to Amazon’s anticipated Motion to Dismiss: October 2 30, 2023 3 • Amazon’s Reply in support of any Motion to Dismiss: November 10, 2023. 4 • Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f) Conference Deadline: October 13, 2023 5 • Initial Disclosures: October 27, 2023 6 • Joint Status Report: November 10, 2023

7 Respectfully submitted this 15th day of August, 2023

9 CARSON NOEL PLLC

10 By: /s/ Wright A. Noel Wright A. Noel 11 Wright A. Noel (WSBA #25264) 12 20 Sixth Avenue NE Issaquah, WA 98027 13 Telephone: (425) 837.4717 Email: wright@carsonnoel.com 14 BURSOR & FISHER, P.A. 15 Joseph I. Marchese* 16 Max S. Roberts* 1330 Avenue of the Americas, 32nd Floor 17 New York, NY 10019 Telephone: (646) 837-7150 18 Facsimile: (212) 989-9163 19 E-mail: jmarchese@bursor.com mroberts@bursor.com 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 1

2 BURSOR & FISHER, P.A. Neal J. Deckant* 3 1990 North California Blvd., Suite 940 4 Walnut Creek, CA 94596 Telephone: (925) 300-4455 5 Facsimile: (925) 407-2700 E-mail: ndeckant@bursor.com 6

7 *Pro Hac Vice application forthcoming

8 Attorneys for Plaintiff

9 PERKINS COIE LLP

10 By: /s/ Erin K. Earl 11 Erin K. Earl, Bar No. 49341 12 Ryan Spear, Bar No. 39974 Nicola C. Menaldo, Bar No. 44459 13 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 Seattle, Washington 98101 14 Telephone: +1.206.359.8000 Facsimile: +1.206.359.9000 15 EEarl@perkinscoie.com RyanSpear@perkinscoie.com 16 NMenaldo@perkinscoie.com

17 Attorneys for Defendant

19 20 [PROPOSED] ORDER IT IS SO ORDERED. 21 Dated this 16th day of August, 2023. 22 A 23 Tana Lin 24 United States District Judge 25

27 1 Presented by:

2 CARSON NOEL PLLC

3 By: /s/ Wright A. Noel Wright A. Noel 4 Wright A. Noel (WSBA #25264) 5 20 Sixth Avenue NE Issaquah, WA 98027 6 Telephone: (425) 837.4717 Email: wright@carsonnoel.com 7 BURSOR & FISHER, P.A. 8 Joseph I. Marchese* 9 Max S. Roberts* 1330 Avenue of the Americas, 32nd Floor 10 New York, NY 10019 Telephone: (646) 837-7150 11 Facsimile: (212) 989-9163 E-mail: jmarchese@bursor.com 12 mroberts@bursor.com 13 BURSOR & FISHER, P.A. 14 Neal J. Deckant* 1990 North California Blvd., Suite 940 15 Walnut Creek, CA 94596 16 Telephone: (925) 300-4455 Facsimile: (925) 407-2700 17 E-mail: ndeckant@bursor.com *Pro Hac Vice application forthcoming 18 Attorneys for Plaintiff

19 PERKINS COIE LLP

20 By: /s/ Erin K. Earl Erin K. Earl, Bar No. 49341 21 Ryan Spear, Bar No. 39974 Nicola C. Menaldo, Bar No. 44459 22 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 Seattle, Washington 98101 23 Telephone: +1.206.359.8000 Facsimile: +1.206.359.9000 24 EEarl@perkinscoie.com RyanSpear@perkinscoie.com 25 NMenaldo@perkinscoie.com Attorneys for Defendant 26 27