State of Washington v. United States Department of Education

• Court: District Court, W.D. Washington
• Decided: September 29, 2025
• Docket: 2:25-cv-01228
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

Hon. Kymberly K. Evanson 2

7 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 9

10 STATE OF WASHINGTON, et al., CASE NO. C25-1228-KKE 11 Plaintiffs, STIPULATED MOTION TO AMEND 12 INITIAL DISCLOSURES AND OTHER v. CASE DEADLINES AND ORDER 13 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF 14 EDUCATION, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 JOINT STIPULATION 18 Pursuant to the Court’s Order of August 1, 2025 (Dkt. 145), the parties currently have three 19 deadlines in the month of October set to (1) conduct a Rule 26(f) conference, (2) exchange initial 20 disclosures, and (3) file a combined joint status report and discovery plan. As previously explained to 21 the Court, defense counsel is currently out of the office and will return on Monday, October 6, 2025. 22 Oral argument on Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss is 23 scheduled for October 9, 2025. Because the parties believe AUSA Kipnis should take part in the Rule 24 26(f) conference and it would make sense for the conference to occur after the Court has issued an 25 order on the motion to dismiss, they hereby jointly STIPULATE, AGREE, and JOINTLY REQUEST 26 the Court to modify the scheduling order as set forth below. 27

28 Deadline Current Deadline Proposed New Deadline 2 Three weeks 3 following the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f) Conference October 3, 2025 Court’s Motion to 4 Dismiss Decision Five weeks 5 following the Initial Disclosures Pursuant to Rule 26(a)(1) October 17, 2025 6 Court’s Motion to Dismiss Decision 7 Six weeks following Combined Joint Status Report and Discovery Plan 8 as Required by Rule 26(f) and Local Civil Rule October 24, 2025 the Court’s Motion to Dismiss Decision 26(f) 9 10 A court may modify a schedule for good cause. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4). Continuing pretrial 11 and trial dates is within the discretion of the trial judge. King v. State of California, 784 F.2d 910, 912 12 (9th Cir. 1986). For the reasons set forth above, the parties believe that there is good cause to modify 13 the scheduling order and respectfully request that the Court grant their motion. 14 SO STIPULATED. 15 DATED this 29th day of September, 2025.

16 NICHOLAS W. BROWN Attorney General of Washington 17 /s/ Ellen Range 18 ELLEN RANGE, WSBA #51334 JENNIFER K. CHUNG, WSBA #51583 19 LUCY WOLF, WSBA #59028 Assistant Attorneys General 20 CYNTHIA ALEXANDER, WSBA #46019 Deputy Solicitor General 21 Complex Litigation Division Washington State Office of the Attorney 22 General 800 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2000 23 Seattle, WA 98104-3188 206-464-7744 24 Ellen.Range@atg.wa.gov Jennifer.Chung@atg.wa.gov 25 Lucy.Wolf@atg.wa.gov Cynthia.Alexander@atg.wa.gov 26 Attorneys for State of Washington 27

28 Attorney General of California Attorney General of Delaware 2 /s/ Crystal Adams /s/ Ian R. Liston 3 CRYSTAL ADAMS* IAN R. LISTON* Deputy Attorney General Director of Impact Litigation 4 NELI PALMA* JENNIFER-KATE AARONSON* Senior Assistant Attorney General VANESSA L. KASSAB* 5 KATHLEEN BOERGERS* Deputy Attorneys General Supervising Deputy Attorney General Delaware Department of Justice 6 KATHERINE MILTON 820 N. French Street Deputy Attorney General Wilmington, DE 19801 7 1300 I Street 302-683-8899 Sacramento, CA 95814 Vanessa.Kassab@delaware.gov 8 916-210-7522 Jennifer.Aaronson@delaware.gov Crystal.Adams@doj.ca.gov Ian.Liston@delaware.gov 9 Neli.Palma@doj.ca.gov Kathleen.Boergers@doj.ca.gov Attorneys for State of Delaware 10 Katherine.Milton@doj.ca.gov

11 Attorneys for State of California

13 WILLIAM TONG ANTHONY G. BROWN Attorney General of Connecticut Attorney General of Maryland 14 /s/ Andrew Ammirati /s/ Michael Drezner 15 ANDREW AMMIRATI* MICHAEL DREZNER* Assistant Attorney General Senior Assistant Attorney General 16 165 Capitol Ave Office of the Attorney General Hartford, CT 06106 200 Saint Paul Place, 20th Floor 17 860-808-5090 Baltimore, Maryland 21202 Andrew.Ammirati@ct.gov 410-576-6959 18 Mdrezner@oag.state.md.us Attorney for State of Connecticut 19 Attorney for State of Maryland

20 KWAME RAOUL AARON M. FREY 21 Attorney General of Illinois Attorney General of Maine

22 /s/ Emily Hirsch /s/ Sarah A. Forster EMILY HIRSCH* SARAH A. FORSTER* 23 Assistant Attorney General Assistant Attorney General Office of the Illinois Attorney General Office of the Attorney General 24 115 S. LaSalle St 6 State House Station Chicago, IL 60603 Augusta, ME 04333-0006 25 773-835-0148 207-626-8800 Emily.Hirsch@ilag.gov Sarah.Forster@maine.gov 26 Attorney for State of Illinois Attorney for State of Maine 27

28 Attorney General of Colorado Attorney General of Massachusetts 2 /s/ Sarah H. Weiss /s/ Katherine Dirks 3 SARAH H. WEISS* KATHERINE DIRKS* Senior Assistant Attorney General Chief State Trial Counsel 4 Colorado Department of Law YAEL SHAVIT* Ralph L. Carr Judicial Center Chief, Consumer Protection Division 5 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General Denver, CO 80203 1 Ashburton Place Boston, MA 02108 6 720-508-6000 617-963-2277 Sarah.Weiss@coag.gov Katherine.Dirks@mass.gov 7 Yael.Shavit@mass.gov Attorney for State of Colorado 8 Counsel for Commonwealth of Massachusetts

10 LETITIA JAMES RAÚL TORREZ Attorney General of New York Attorney General of New Mexico 11 /s/ Rabia Muqaddam /s/ Aletheia V.P. Allen 12 RABIA MUQADDAM* ALETHEIA V.P. ALLEN* Special Counsel for Federal Initiatives Solicitor General 13 MARK LADOV* LAWRENCE M. MARCUS* Special Counsel Assistant Solicitor General 14 28 Liberty Street New Mexico Department of Justice New York, NY 10005 201 Third St. NW, Suite 300 15 212-416-8240 Albuquerque, NM 87102 Rabia.Muqaddam@ag.ny.gov 505-527-2776 16 Mark.Ladov@ag.ny.gov Aallen@nmdoj.gov Imarcus@nmdoj.gov 17 Attorneys for State of New York Attorneys for State of New Mexico 18

19 DANA NESSEL AARON FORD 20 Attorney General of Michigan Attorney General of Nevada

21 /s/ Neil Giovanatti /s/ Heidi Parry Stern NEIL GIOVANATTI* HEIDI PARRY STERN* 22 Assistant Attorney General Solicitor General Michigan Department of Attorney General Office of the Nevada Attorney General 23 525 W. Ottawa 1 State of Nevada Way, Suite 100 Lansing, MI 48909 Las Vegas, NV 89119 24 517-335-7603 702-486-3420 GiovanattiN@michigan.gov HStern@ag.nv.gov 25 Attorney for People of Michigan Attorney for State of Nevada 26

28 Attorney General of Oregon Attorney General of Rhode Island 2 /s/ Coby Howell /s/ Kyla Duffy 3 COBY HOWELL* KYLA DUFFY* Senior Assistant Attorney General Special Assistant Attorney General 4 Trial Attorney 150 South Main Street Oregon Department of Justice Providence, RI 02903 5 100 SW Market St. 401-274-4400, Ext. 2809 Portland, OR 97201 Kduffy@riag.ri.gov 6 971-673-1880 Coby.Howell@doj.oregon.gov Attorney for State of Rhode Island 7 Attorney for State of Oregon 8

9 JOSHUA L. KAUL 10 Attorney General of Wisconsin

11 /s/ Frances Reynolds Colbert FRANCES REYNOLDS COLBERT* 12 Assistant Attorney General Wisconsin Department of Justice 13 Post Office Box 7857 Madison, Wisconsin 53707-7857 14 608-266-9226 Frances.Colbert@wisdoj.gov 15 Attorney for State of Wisconsin 16 *Admitted pro hac vice 17

18 TEAL LUTHY MILLER Acting United States Attorney 19 s/ Teal Luthy Miller 20 TEAL LUTHY MILLER, WSBA No. 53224 BRIAN C. KIPNIS 21 Assistant United States Attorneys Office of the United States Attorney 22 5220 United States Courthouse 700 Stewart Street 23 Seattle, Washington 98101-1271 Phone: 206 553 7970 24 E-mail: brian.kipnis@usdoj.gov E-mail: teal.miller@usdoj.gov 25 Attorneys for Defendants 26 I certify that this memorandum contains 27 284 words, in compliance with the Local Civil Rules. 28 ORD ER 2 The Court GRANTS the parties’ stipulated motion. Dkt. No. 177. The early case deadlines 3 4 (Dkt. No. 145) are VACATED and will be reset as necessary after the Court resolves the pending 5 motion to dismiss. 6

7 DATED this 29th day of September, 2025. 8

9 10 A 11 Kymberly K. Evanson United States District Judge 12

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