Samson v. UnitedHealthCare Services Inc

Opinion

1 HONORABLE MARSHA J. PECHMAN 2

7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 8 AT SEATTLE 9 FRANTZ SAMSON, individually and on Case No. 2:19-cv-00175-MJP behalf of all others similarly situated, 10 STIPULATED MOTION AND Plaintiffs, PROPOSED ORDER TO EXTEND 11 CERTAIN INTERMEDIATE CASE v. 12 DEADLINES BY ONE WEEK UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES, INC., 13 NOTE ON MOTION CALENDAR: Defendant. June 17, 2024 14

15 The docket text accompanying the court’s Order Setting Trial & Related Dates set certain 16 additional deadlines. Dkt. No. 304. Among these were a deadline of June 17, 2024, for United 17 Healthcare Services, Inc. “to identify call center agent” and a deadline of the same day for United 18 “to complete production of all call recordings relating to class disposition codes.” Id. United 19 respectfully requests that these deadlines be extended one week to June 24, 2024. Plaintiff 20 stipulates to and does not oppose this request. 21 “Rule 16(b)’s ‘good cause’ standard primarily considers the diligence of the party seeking 22 the amendment.” Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 609 (9th Cir. 1992) 23 (quotations omitted). Prejudice to the adverse party bears on good cause, see id., but is not relevant 24 where, as here, Plaintiff does not oppose the requested extension, and there is good cause for 25 extending United’s deadlines by one week. United produced certain call recordings on May 27, 26 2024 and expects to produce further call recordings. Plaintiff notified United that he was unable 27 to listen to some of the produced recording files. United is working to re-produce the files. This 1 has delayed production of the remaining recordings and identification appropriate witnesses. 2 Accordingly, despite diligence, additional time is needed to meet the Court’s deadlines. The brief 3 requested extension will not affect other Court deadlines or the trial date. 4 5 DATED June 17, 2024

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8 By: s/Jennifer Rust Murray By: s/Erin M. Wilson Beth E. Terrell, WSBA No. 26759 Barbara J. Duffy, WSBA No. 18885 9 Jennifer Rust Murray, WSBA No. 36983 Erin M. Wilson, WSBA No. 42454 Devon J. McCurdy, WSBA No. 52663 10 936 North 34th Street, Suite 300 Erika O’Sullivan, WSBA No. 57556 11 Seattle, Washington 98103-8869 Telephone: (206) 816-6603 1420 Fifth Avenue, Suite 4200 12 Email: bterrell@terrellmarshall.com P.O. Box 91302 jmurray@terrellmarshall.com Seattle, WA 98111-9402 13 Telephone: (206) 223-7000 Email: duffyb@lanepowel.com 14 FRANCIS MAILMAN SOUMILAS PC wilsone@lanepowell.com 15 osullivane@lanepowell.com James A. Francis, Admitted Pro Hac Vice mccurdyd@lanepowell.com 16 John Soumilas, Admitted Pro Hac Vice David A. Searles, Admitted Pro Hac Vice BOIES SCHILLER FLEXNER LLP 17 Jordan M. Sartell, Admitted Pro Hac Vice Maxwell V. Pritt, Admitted Pro Hac Vice 18 1600 Market Street, 25th Floor 19 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 44 Montgomery Street, 41st Floor Telephone: (215) 735‐8600 San Francisco, California 94104 20 Email: jfrancis@consumerlawfirm.com Telephone: (415) 293‐6800 jsoumilas@consumerlawfirm.com Email: mpritt@bsfllp.com 21 dsearles@consumerlawfirm.com jsartell@consumerlawfirm.com Samuel C. Kaplan, Admitted Pro Hac Vice 22 Jessica Mugler, Admitted Pro Hac Vice 23 SHUB & JOHNS LLC 1401 New York Avenue NW 24 Jonathan Shub, Admitted Pro Hac Vice Washington, DC 20005 Samantha Holbrook, Admitted Pro Hac Vice Telephone: (202) 237-2727 25 Email: skaplan@bsfllp.com 26 Four Tower Bridge jmugler@bsfllp.com 200 Barr Harbor Drive, Suite 400 27 Conshohocken, PA 19428 Telephone: (610) 477-8380 1 Email: jshub@shublawyers.com GIBSON DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP sholbrook@shublawyers.com 2 Timothy W. Loose, Admitted Pro Hac 3 Attorneys for Plaintiff Vice

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7 Attorneys for Defendant

8 ORDER 9 Based on the foregoing Stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED. 10 DATED this 18th day of June, 2024. 11

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14 The Honorable Marsha J. Pechman United States District Court Judge 15

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