Sinclair v. City of Seattle

Opinion

THE HONORABLE JOHN C. COUGHENOUR 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 8 AT SEATTLE 9 DONITTA SINCLAIR, CASE NO. C21-0571-JCC 10 Plaintiff, MINUTE ORDER 11 v. 12 CITY OF SEATTLE, 13 Defendant. 14

15 The following Minute Order is made by direction of the Court, the Honorable John C. 16 Coughenour, United States District Judge: 17 This matter comes before the Court on the National Police Association’s (“proposed 18 amici”) motion for leave to file an amicus curiae brief (Dkt. No. 16). District courts have “broad 19 discretion” regarding the appointment of amici. Hoptowit v. Ray, 682 F.2d 1237, 1260 (9th Cir. 20 1982), abrogated on other grounds by Sandin v. Conner, 515 U.S. 472 (1995). “The privilege of 21 being heard amicus rests in the discretion of the court which may grant or refuse leave according 22 as it deems the proffered information timely, useful, or otherwise.” Community Ass’n for 23 Restoration of Env. (CARE) v. DeRuyter Bros. Dairy, 54 F. Supp. 2d 974, 975 (E.D. Wash. 24 1999). The Court finds that the information proffered does not meet this standard. Accordingly, 25 the Court DENIES the motion (Dkt. No. 16). The Clerk is DIRECTED to send a copy of this 26 order to proposed amici. 1 DATED this 6th day of October 2021. Ravi Subramanian 2 Clerk of Court 3 s/Sandra Rawski 4 Deputy Clerk 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26