Swinomish Indian Tribal Community v. BNSF Railway Company

Opinion

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 8 AT SEATTLE 9 SWINOMISH INDIAN TRIBAL COMMUNITY, a federally recognized Indian 10 Tribe, NO. 2:15-cv-00543-RSL 11 Plaintiff, 12 v. STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING JUDICIAL NOTICE OF 13 BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY, a Delaware DOCKET FILINGS corporation, 14 Defendant. 15 16 The parties stipulate that the Court take judicial notice of relevant documents and orders 17 filed as a matter of public record in the case docket and as part of the Ninth Circuit 18 proceedings. Lee v. City of L.A., 250 F.3d 668, 690 (9th Cir. 2001); Umouyo v. Bank of Am., 19 N.A., No. 2:16-CV-01576-RAJ, 2019 WL 1568423, at *1 (W.D. Wash. Apr. 11, 2019) (issuing 20 findings of fact and conclusions of law in bench trial and stating “as the Court previously 21 informed the parties, the Court takes judicial notice of the records filed on the public docket in 22 this matter.”) (Jones, J). Judicial notice would be limited to the existence of the filings and 23 acknowledging their contents, without accepting as true any of the representations or 24 statements therein. 25 26 Specifically, the parties stipulate that the Court take judicial notice of the following 27 1 materials: 2 Docket entries filed in this Court: 3 Dkt. 1 April 7, 2015 Complaint (Dkt. 1) 4 Dkt. 8 May 14, 2015 Defendant BNSF Railway Company’s Motion to 5 Dismiss or Stay (Dkt. # 008) 6 Dkt. 11 June 1, 2015 Response to Motion to Dismiss or Stay (Dkt. 11) 7 Dkt. 13 June 5, 2015 Reply in Support of Defendant BNSF Railway 8 Company’s Motion to Dismiss or Stay (Dkt. # 013) 9 Dkt. 19 September 11, 2015 Order Denying Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss or Stay (Dkt. # 019) 10 Dkt. 21 September 25, 2015 BNSF Railway Company’s Answer to 11 Complaint for Declaratory Judgment, Injunctive Relief, Trespass, and Breach of Contract (Dkt. # 021) 12 Dkt. 22 September 2, 2015 Hearing Transcript (filed October 2, 2015) (Dkt. 22) 13 Dkt. 23 October 19, 2015 BNSF Railway Company’s Amended Answer 14 to Complaint for Declaratory Judgment, Injunctive Relief, Trespass, and Breach of Contract (Dkt. # 023) 15 Dkt. 31 March 10, 2016 Motion for Summary Judgment (Dkt. 31) 16 Dkt. 58 July 21, 2016 Amended Motion for Summary Judgment (Dkt. 58) 17 18 Dkt. 63 August 8, 2016 BNSF Railway Company’s Cross-Motion for Partial Summary Judgment and Opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion 19 for Summary Judgment (Dkt. # 063) 20 Dkt. 65 August 24, 2016 Response to Cross Motion for Summary Judgment (Dkt. 65) 21 Dkt. 68 September 2, 2016 BNSF Railway Company’s Reply in Support 22 of Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment (Dkt. # 068) Dkt. 75 January 13, 2017 Order Regarding Cross-Motions for Summary 23 Judgment (Dkt. # 075) 24 Dkt. 77 January 27, 2017 Motion for Reconsideration (Dkt. 77) 25 Dkt. 79 February 7, 2017 BNSF’s Opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion for 26 Reconsideration (Dkt. # 079) 27 Dkt. 80 February 10, 2017 Reply in Support of Motion for 1 Reconsideration (Dkt. 80) 2 Dkt. 81 December 15, 2016 Hearing Transcript (filed March 2, 2017) (Dkt. 81) 3 Dkt. 85 June 8, 2017 Order Granting Plaintiff’s Motion for 4 Reconsideration (Dkt. # 085) 5 Dkt. 88 June 22, 2017 BNSF Railway Company’s Motion for Clarification and, if Necessary, Reconsideration (Dkt. # 088) 6 Dkt. 91 August 14, 2017 Response to Motion for Reconsideration or 7 Clarification (Dkt. 91) 8 Dkt. 92 August 18, 2017 Reply in Support of BNSF Railway Company’s Motion for Clarification and, if Necessary, Reconsideration (Dkt. 9 # 092) Dkt. 93 March 15, 2018 Order Clarifying Previous Order and Denying 10 Defendant’s Motion for Reconsideration (Dkt. # 093) 11 Dkt. 96 March 29, 2018 BNSF Railway Company’s Motion for Certification Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b) and to Stay 12 Proceedings (Dkt. # 096) 13 Dkt. 101 April 19, 2018 Response to Motion to Certify or Stay Proceedings (Dkt. 101) 14 Dkt. 102/102- April 27, 2018 Reply in Support of BNSF Railway Company’s 1 Motion for Certification Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b) and to 15 Stay Proceedings with Exhibit A (Dkt. # 102/102-1) 16 Dkt. 125 August 31, 2020 BNSF Railway Company’s Answer to First Amended Complaint for Declaratory Judgment, Injunctive Relief, 17 Trespass, Breach of Contract, and Restitution (Dkt. # 125) 18 Docket entries and records in the Ninth Circuit: 19 Dkt. 11 November 14, 2018 Opening Brief for Defendant-Appellant 20 BNSF Railway Company (Ninth Circuit Dkt. # 011) 21 Dkt. 28 January 7, 2019 Appellee’s Answering Brief (9th Cir. Dkt. 28) 22 Dkt. 44 January 31, 2018 Reply Brief for Defendant-Appellant BNSF 23 Railway Company (Ninth Circuit Dkt. # 044) 24 May 14, 2019 Oral Argument Hearing (video recording provided by Ninth Circuit) available at 25 https://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/media/video/?20190514/18-35704/ Dkt. 53 May 22, 2019 Ninth Circuit Order (9th Cir. Dkt. 53) 26 27 Dkt. 56 June 19, 2019 BNSF Letter Brief (9th Cir. Dkt. 56) 1 2 Dkt. 57 July 1, 2019 Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Letter Brief (9th Cir. Dkt. 57) 3 Dkt. 68 April 22, 2022 Order Denying Petition for Rehearing or 4 Rehearing En Banc (9th Cir. Dkt. 68) 5 Dkt. 111 March 4, 2020 Ninth Circuit Opinion (Dkt. # 111) (District 6 Court) 7 DATED this 13th day of March, 2023. 8 TOUSLEY BRAIN STEPHENS PLLC PACIFICA LAW GROUP LLP 9

10 By: /s/Christopher I. Brain By: s/Paul J. Lawrence Christopher I. Brain, WSBA #5054 Paul J. Lawrence, WSBA #13557 11 By: /s/Chase C. Alvord By: s/ Kai Smith Chase C. Alvord, WSBA #26080 Kai Smith, WSBA# 54749 12 By: /s/Rebecca L. Solomon Email: 13 Rebecca L. Solomon, WSBA #51520 paul.lawrence@pacificalawgroup.com Email: cbrain@tousley.com Email: kai.smith@pacificalawgroup.com 14 Email: calvord@tousley.com 1191 Second Avenue, Suite 2000 Email: rsolomon@tousley.com Seattle, WA 98101 15 1200 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1700 Tel: 206.245.1708/Fax: 206.245.1756 Seattle, Washington 98101 16 Tel: 206.682.5600/Fax: 206.682.2992 Attorneys for Defendant BNSF Railway 17 Company OFFICE OF THE TRIBAL ATTORNEY, 18 SWINOMISH INDIAN TRIBAL COMMUNITY 19 By: /s/ Weston R. LeMay 20 Weston R. LeMay, WSBA #51916 21 Email: wlemay@swinomish.nsn.us 11404 Moorage Way 22 LaConner, WA 98257 Tel: 360.466.1058/Fax: 360.466.5309 23 Attorneys for Plaintiff 24 25 26 27 PURSUANT TO THE ABOVE STIPULATION, THE COURT ORDERS that the Court 1 2 will take judicial notice of the above-identified docket entries and records at trial. 3 4 IT IS SO ORDERED. 5 Dated this 13th day of March, 2023. 6

7 8 Robert S. Lasnik United States District Judge 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27