Old Republic National Title Insurance Company v. James Wong, and his marital community

• Court: District Court, W.D. Washington
• Decided: October 27, 2025
• Docket: 2:24-cv-01577
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 7 AT SEATTLE 8 OLD REPUBLIC NATIONAL TITLE The Honorable James L. Robart g|| INSURANCE COMPANY, a Florida corporation, NO. 2:24-cv-01577 10 Plaintiff, STIPULATED MOTION TO 11 v. EXTEND CERTAIN PRETRIAL DEADLINES 12|| JAMES WONG, and his marital community, NOTE ON MOTION CALENDAR: 13 Defendant. October 23, 2025 14 The parties, by and through their respective counsel, jointly move the Court for an Order 15 to Extend Certain Pretrial Deadlines. No prior request for an extension of the pretrial deadlines 16 has been made. The request does not include a request to extend the dispositive motion deadline 17 or the trial date. 18 Under Fed. R. Civ .P. 16, the case schedule may be extended where good cause exists 19 and the delay is not caused by carelessness or less than reasonably diligent action. Johnson v. 20 Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604 (9th Cir. 1992). “A party demonstrates good cause 21 for modifying a scheduling order by showing that, despite the exercise of due diligence, the 22 scheduled deadlines cannot be met.” Henderson v. ABW Techs., Inc., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23 9299, at *2 (W.D. Wash. Jan. 29, 2009) (citing Zivkovic v. Southern Calif. Edison Co., 302 F.3d 24 1080, 1087-88 (9th Cir. 2002)). 25 Good cause exists here to modify certain pretrial deadlines. To date, the parties have 26

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1} worked diligently and cooperatively in moving this case forward. The claims in this action involve underlying facts in the related action Walsh Construction Company II, LLC v. Pine 3| Esker, LLC, et al., U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Washington, Case No. 24-10088-CMA, Adv. Proc. No. 24-01010-CMA (the “Adversary Proceeding”). The parties 5|| have agreed to mediate the Adversary Proceeding and this lawsuit, which mediation is scheduled for October 29, 2025. If not settled at mediation, additional claims may need to be 7|| added in this action and additional discovery undertaken. 8 The parties seek to extend certain pretrial deadlines in the Court’s Minute Order Setting 9| Trial Dates and Related Dates (DKT 10) as follows: 10 Current Deadline Proposed Deadline ll Deadline for motion to amend September 29, 2025 November 7, 2025 pleadings 12 Deadline to amend pleadings October 28, 2025 December 5, 2025 13 14 Disclosure of expert testimony October 28, 2025 January 9, 2026 under FRCP 26(a)(2) 15 All motions related to discovery | November 28, 2025 December 19, 2025 16 must be filed by (see LCR 7(d)) 17 Discovery completed by December 29, 2025 January 23, 2026 18 19 The parties believe the above requested changes should permit them to potentially add 20 claims and to address the issues that they anticipate will arise if the parties do not resolve their claims at the mediation. 22 Dated: October 23, 2025 RYAN, SWANSON & CLEVELAND, PLLC 23 24 s/Britenae Pierce Britenae Pierce, WSBA No. 34032 25 401 Union Street, Suite 1500 Seattle, WA 98101

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1 (206) 464-4224 pierce@ryanlaw.com 2 Attorneys for Plaintiff 3 Dated: October 23, 2025 HOLMQUIST + GARDINER, PLLC 5 6 s/Michelle F. So Hamilton H. Gardiner, WSBA No. 37827 7 Michelle F. So, WSBA No. 46817 1000 Second Avenue, Suite 1770 8 Seattle, WA 98104 (206) 438-9083 9 hamilton@lawhg.net 10 michelle@lawhg.net Attorneys for Defendant 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 2 I HEREBY CERTIFY, that on the 23rd day of October, 2025, I electronically filed the ; foregoing with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system, which in turn automatically generated a Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF) to all parties in the case who are registered users

6 of the CM/ECF system. The NEF for the foregoing specifically identifies recipients of 7|| electronic notice. 8 s/Kimberly Paul 9 Kimberly Paul, Legal Assistant 10 paul@ryanlaw.com 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

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1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 7 AT SEATTLE 8 OLD REPUBLIC NATIONAL TITLE The Honorable James L. Robart g|| INSURANCE COMPANY, a Florida corporation, NO. 2:24-cv-01577 10 Plaintiff, [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING 11 v. STIPULATED MOTION TO EXTEND CERTAIN PRETRIAL 12|| JAMES WONG, and his marital community, DEADLINES 13 Defendant. NOTE ON MOTION CALENDAR: October 23, 2025 THIS MATTER having come for consideration on the parties’ Stipulated Motion to Extend Certain Pretrial Deadlines, and this Court having reviewed the Stipulated Motion and 16 based on the files and records herein, and the Court being fully advised, M IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Stipulated Motion to Extend Certain Pretrial 18 Deadlines is GRANTED. The new deadlines are as follows: 19 New Deadline 20 Deadline for motion to amend November 7, 2025 pleadings 21 2 Deadline to amend pleadings December 5, 2025 23 Disclosure of expert testimony January 9, 2026 under FRCP 26(a)(2) 24 5 All motions related to discovery | December 19, 2025 must be filed by (see LCR 7(d)) 26

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1 New Deadline Discovery completed by January 23, 2026 3 4 The dispositive motions deadline, and all other deadlines, are firm, shall remain as 5 set forth in the Minute Order Setting Trial Dates and Related Dates, Dkt. 10, and will not be 6 extended to accommodate an extended discovery period, unless otherwise modified by this Court. DATED this 27th day of October 2025.

2 VOX 9 ¢ The Honofable James L. Robart 10 United States District Judge Presented by: 12 13 | sBritenae Pierce Britenae Pierce, WSBA No. 34032 14] Ryan, Swanson & Cleveland, PLLC 401 Union Street, Suite 1500 15 | Seattle, WA 98101 16 (206) 464-4224 pierce@ryanlaw.com 17 | Attorneys for Plaintiff 18 s/Michelle F. So 19] Hamilton H. Gardiner, WSBA No. 37827 0 Michelle F. So, WSBA No. 46817 Holmquist + Gardiner, PLLC 21 || 1000 Second Avenue, Suite 1770 Seattle, WA 98104 22 || (206) 438-9083 hamilton@lawhg.net 23 michelle@lawhg.net Attorneys for Defendant 25 26

[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING STIPULATED DIO 572% Svanson & Cleveland, PLLC MOTION TO EXTEND CERTAIN PRETRIAL S wea Sen Sen meee ab DEADLINES - 2 eon

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 2 I HEREBY CERTIFY, that on the 23rd day of October, 2025, I electronically filed the ; foregoing with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system, which in turn automatically generated a Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF) to all parties in the case who are registered users

6 of the CM/ECF system. The NEF for the foregoing specifically identifies recipients of 7|| electronic notice. 8 s/Kimberly Paul 9 Kimberly Paul, Legal Assistant 10 paul@ryanlaw.com 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

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