Stenson v. King County

Opinion

1 Honorable Marsha J. Pechman United States District Court 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 7 AT SEATTLE 8 DEREK STENSON, as Personal Representative of ) the Estate of Joshua Ross Sarrett, deceased, ) 9 ) No. 2:23-cv-01316-MJP Plaintiffs, ) 10 vs. ) ) ORDER GRANTING STIPULATED 11 KING COUNTY, a Washington State Government ) MOTION FOR RELIEF FROM entity, and JACOB LEENSTRA and JANE DOE ) DEADLINE FOR PLAINTIFF’S 12 LEENSTRA, individually and the marital ) PRETRIAL STATEMENT UNDER community comprised thereof, and DOES 1-10 ) LCR 16(h) 13 inclusive, ) Defendants. ) ___________ 14 ) (PROPOSED) 15 THIS MATTER COMERS BEFORE THE COURT on the parties’ Stipulated 16 Motion for Relief from Deadline for Plaintiff’s Pretrial Statement under LCR 16(h) (Dkt. 54). 17 The matter was submitted for consideration without oral argument. The Court has reviewed the 18 motion and the file herein and is fully informed. A scheduling order may be altered “for good 19 cause and with the judge’s consent...." Local Rules W.D. Wash. LCR 16(b). The good cause 20 standard for scheduling orders “primarily considers the diligence of the party seeking the 21 amendment. Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc.,975 F.2d 604, 609 (9th Cir. 1992). The 22 parties seek to relieve the plaintiff from its deadline to serve a pretrial statement upon defendants 23 1 as required by the rules and instead impose a deadline of January 6, 2025. The Court finds that 2 such relief is appropriate. 3 4 ACCORDINGLY, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED

5 1. The parties’ Stipulated Motion for Relief from Deadline for Plaintiff’s Pretrial 6 Statement under LCR 16(h) (Dkt. 54) is GRANTED. 7 2. The plaintiff is relieved from the deadline imposed by LCR 16(h) for serving the 8 defendants with a pretrial statement. 9 3. The plaintiff’s pretrial statement shall be served upon the defendants not later than 10 11:59 PM on January 6, 2024. 11 The District Court Executive is hereby directed to enter this Order and provide copies to 12 counsel. 13 IT IS SO ORDERED this 1_6_t_h day of __D__ec_e_m__b_e_r__, 2024. 14 __________________________________ HONORABLE MARSHA J. PECHMAN 15 United States District Court Judge 16 17 Presented by: 18 19 By: /s/ Cameron J. Pearson CAMERON J. PEARSON, WSBA #48086 20 Attorney for Plaintiff 21 22 By: /s/ Electronically Approved AMY E. MONTGOMERY, WSBA #32068 23 Attorneys for King County defendants