ORDER RICHARD A. JONES , District Judge . This matter comes before the Court on Defendant's motions in limine. Dkt. # 30. For the reasons that follow, the Court GRANTS in part and DENIES in part Defendant's motions in limine. I. BACKGROUND This matter is set for trial on two claims: whether Defendant retaliated against Plaintiff in violation of Title VI and Washington's Law Against Discrimination (WLAD) because he filed an appeal from his May 2014 termination from the...
ORDER DISMISSING UNSERVED DEFENDANT CAPTAIN CLINE JAMES L. ROBART , District Judge . The Court, having reviewed the Report and Recommendation of the Honorable Brian A. Tsuchida, United States Magistrate Judge, the objection to Recommendation (DKT # 43) and the remaining record, does hereby ORDER: (1) The Court ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation. (2) Plaintiff's claims against Defendant Captain Cline are DISMISSED without prejudice for plaintiff's failure to prosecute. (3) This...
[Proposed] ORDER GRANTING UNITED STATES' MOTION TO FILE A BRIEF IN EXCESS OF TWELVE PAGES JAMES L. ROBART , District Judge . The Court, having reviewed the Motion of the United States to File a Brief in Excess of Twelve Pages, hereby enters the following order: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Motion is GRANTED. The United States may file its Response to the Motion to Exclude Evidence that does not exceed eighteen pages in length.
STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER JAMES L. ROBART , District Judge . 1. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS Discovery in this action is likely to involve production of confidential, proprietary, or private information for which special protection may be warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the court to enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this agreement is consistent with LCR 26(c). It does not confer blanket protection on all...
ORDER FOR WITHDRAWAL AND SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL JAMES L. ROBART , District Judge . This matter having come before the Court on the motion of Barry Mesher, Alice Serko and Sedgwick LLP seeking leave to withdraw as counsel for Crosby Valve, LLC, (Mot. (Dkt. #245)) with John G. Goller of von BRIESEN & ROPER, S.C. and Ronald C. Gardner of Gardner Trabolsi & Associates, PLLC remaining as counsel for Crosby Valve, LLC (see Documents 123 and 244 respectively) and the Court having considered the...
ORDER FOR WITHDRAWAL AND SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL JAMES L. ROBART , District Judge . This matter having come before the Court on the motion of Chris S. Marks, Erin P. Fraser and Sedgwick LLP seeking leave to withdraw as counsel for General Electric Company, CBS Corporation and Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation, and the Court having considered the records and files herein, it is hereby: ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Chris S. Marks, Erin P. Fraser and Sedgwick LLP may withdraw as...
STIPULATION FOR AND ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE JAMES L. ROBART , District Judge . STIPULATION The parties having entered into a settlement agreement, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by counsel for the parties hereto, that all claims in this action shall be dismissed with prejudice and without costs, with each party to bear its own attorneys' fees and other litigation expenses. ORDER OF DISMISSAL It is so ordered.
STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING CONSOLIDATION AND SCHEDULING FOR FURTHER PROCEEDINGS JAMES L. ROBART , District Judge . On November 21, 2017, the Court directed the parties in Jewish Family Service of Seattle v. Trump, No. 2:17-cv-01707JLR (W.D. Wash.), and Doe v. Trump, No. 2:17-cv-00178 (W.D. Wash.), to show cause why the actions should not be consolidated pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(a). The parties have met and conferred and now agree and...
STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING CONSOLIDATION AND SCHEDULING FOR FURTHER PROCEEDINGS JAMES L. ROBART , District Judge . On November 21, 2017, the Court directed the parties in Jewish Family Service of Seattle v. Trump, No. 2:17-cv-01707JLR (W.D. Wash.), and Doe v. Trump, No. 2:17-cv-00178 (W.D. Wash.), to show cause why the actions should not be consolidated pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(a). The parties have met and conferred and now agree and...
ORDER WAIVING DEFENDANT'S APPEARANCE FOR ARRAIGNMENT PURSUANT TO FRCP 10.b JAMES L. ROBART , District Judge . Based on the motion to Waive Appearance at Arraignment, dated 11/22/17, filed by counsel for Defendant Omar Abdullah, now therefore IT IS ORDERED that Defendant Omar Abdullah's attendance at arraignment on November 30, 2017 be waived.
[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION TO EXTEND DEADLINE FOR FILING OF PRETRIAL MOTIONS JAMES L. ROBART , District Judge . The United States of America and the Defendant, Richard Thomas Zieske, have jointly moved to extend the pretrial motions deadline to December 29, 2017. This Court finds that the motion partially is supported by good cause, and the motion is GRANTED and the deadline for the filing of pretrial motions is extended to December 21, 2017. IT IS ORDERED.
[PROPOSED] ORDER TO SEAL JAMES L. ROBART , District Judge . Having read the Government's Motion to Seal and because of the sensitive information contained within the United States' Sentencing Memorandum; It is hereby ORDERED that the United States' Sentencing Memorandum shall remain sealed.
(PROPOSED) ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT'S UNOPPOSED MOTION TO RETURN PASSPORT TO DEFENSE COUNSEL JAMES L. ROBART , District Judge . THIS MATTER has come before the Court on the Unopposed Motion for Return of Passport to the Defense Counsel, and the Court has reviewed the motion and the records and files herein. IT IS NOW ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court is directed to release Ms. Bylholt's passport to the custody of Federal Defender Michael Filipovic, at Federal Public Defender's Office,...
STIPULATION AND ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE AS TO DEFENDANT METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY JAMES L. ROBART , District Judge . STIPULATION Plaintiffs Paul Page and Susan Page and Defendant Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ("Metropolitan Life"), by and through their counsel of record, hereby stipulate that Plaintiffs' claims filed against Metropolitan Life in this action shall be dismissed with prejudice and without costs as to either party. This stipulation and agreed...
STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER JAMES L. ROBART , District Judge . 1. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS Discovery in this action is likely to involve production of confidential, proprietary, or private information for which special protection may be warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the court to enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this agreement is consistent with LCR 26(c). It does not confer blanket protection on all...
ORDER DISMISSING CASE STANLEY A. BASTIAN , District Judge . On December 18, 2017, Plaintiff filed a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal, ECF No. 18, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(i). Because no answer or summary judgment motion has been filed, the Notice is entered into the record and this case is dismissed without prejudice. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: 1. Plaintiff's Notice of Voluntary Dismissal, ECF No. 18, is ENTERED into the record. 2. The above-captioned case is...
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR OUT OF DISTRICT TRAVEL JOHN T. RODGERS , Magistrate Judge . Before the Court is Defendant's Unopposed Motion for Out of District Travel. ECF No. 34. Defendant recites that neither the United States, nor U.S. Probation oppose this request. ECF No. 34 at 2-3. Specifically, Defendant requests permission to travel outside the Eastern District of Washington to Biloxi, Mississippi from December 22, 2017 through January 1, 2018. In his motion Defendant...
ORDER GRANTING STIPULATED MOTION FOR DISMISSAL STANLEY A. BASTIAN , District Judge . Before the Court is the parties' Stipulated Motion for Dismissal, ECF No. 26. The parties inform the Court that this matter has been settled and request that the remaining claims in this action be dismissed, with prejudice, with the parties to bear their own costs and fees. The parties further agree the dismissal shall be without prejudice as to the Court's Order Granting Stipulated Motion for Permanent...
ORDER DISMISSING 2255 MOTION THOMAS O. RICE , Chief District Judge . BEFORE THE COURT is Petitioner's Motion Under 28 U.S.C. 2255 to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence (ECF No. 236). This matter returns from the Ninth Circuit for implementation of its directive. BACKGROUND A jury convicted Petitioner of knowingly distributing over 50 grams of methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(viii). Petitioner was sentenced and he appealed his conviction. The Ninth...
STIPULATED MOTION TO CONTINUE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT JOINT STATUS REPORT AND DISCOVERY PLAN AND PROPOSED ORDER MARSHA J. PECHMAN , District Judge . Plaintiff Quality Products, Inc. ("Plaintiff" or "Quality Products") and Defendants Verka Food Products, Ltd., Verka Food International Ltd., and Gagandeep Singh Matta (collectively "Defendants") herby submit this Stipulated Motion to continue the deadline to submit their Joint Status Report and Discovery Plan which is currently due December 11,...
