Will Co Ltd v. Does 1-20

Opinion

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5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 9 10 WILL CO LTD, CASE NO. 3:20-cv-05666-DGE 11 Plaintiff, MINUTE ORDER ON REPORT 12 v. AND RECOMMENDATION (DKT. NO. 65) 13 DOES 1-20 et al., 14 Defendants. 15 16 The following Minute Order is made by direction of the Court, United States District 17 Judge David G. Estudillo: 18 On August 17, 2022, Magistrate Judge David W. Christel prepared a Report and 19 Recommendation (“R&R”) granting Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (Dkt. No. 23). On August 20 31, 2022, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its decision in Will Co., Ltd. v. Lee, 2022 21 WL 3906205 (9th Cir. Aug. 31, 2022), which may impact the precedent relied on by Judge 22 Christel in the R&R. 23 24 1 Therefore, the Court DECLINES to adopt the R&R (Dkt. No. 65) and refers the matter 2 back to Magistrate Judge David W. Christel for further review in light of Will Co., Ltd. v. Lee, 3 2022 WL 3906205 (9th Cir. Aug. 31, 2022). 4

5 Dated this October 3, 2022. 6 The foregoing Minute Order authorized by THE HONORABLE DAVID G. 7 ESTUDILLO, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

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