STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONSOLIDATE CASES FOR ALL PURPOSES

BENJAMIN H. SETTLE, District Judge.

The undersigned parties hereby stipulate as follows and move this Court for an order pursuant to FRCP 42(a) consolidating for all purposes the two above-captioned cases brought by Plaintiff Pennie Cottrell and Plaintiffs Jacob Burke and Belinda Cottrell-Burke. Plaintiffs are all members of the same extended family. The Plaintiffs have each brought these actions against the same Defendant, National Railroad Passenger Corporation ("Amtrak"). The Parties submit that the requirements of FRCP 42 and Western District of Washington Local Rule 42 are satisfied here because the two actions involve common questions of law or fact, and consolidation will allow the two cases to be handled more efficiently and with less of a burden on the resources of this Court.

In light of the foregoing, it is hereby stipulated and agreed, by and between the Parties through their undersigned counsel of record, that the two above-captioned cases should be consolidated for all purposes, up to and including trial. The parties wish to vacate the current trial date of October 8, 2019 scheduled in Cottrell v. NRPC, Case No. 2:18-cv-00072-BHS, and consolidate the two cases onto the trial date of December 1, 2020, currently scheduled in Burke v. NRPC, Case No. 3:18-cv-05594-BHS, with pretrial dates adjusted accordingly.

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

ORDER

THIS MATTER having come before the Court upon the stipulation of the Parties and the Court having considered the stipulated motion and the records and files of the case, the Court does hereby find good cause to order that the two above-captioned matters will be consolidated for all purposes before the Honorable Benjamin H. Settle, with a trial date of December 1, 2020, and pretrial dates to be adjusted accordingly.