Filed: Sep. 26, 2017
Latest Update: Sep. 26, 2017
Summary: STIPULATION REGARDING EXTENSION OF CLASS CERTIFICATION DEADLINES RICARDO S. MARTINEZ , Chief District Judge . STIPULATION On September 21, 2017, Defendant Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC ("Portfolio") filed a Motion to Extend Class Certification Deadlines (the "Motion," Dkt. 19). Portfolio noted the Motion for consideration on September 29, 2017. The parties have since conferred, and agree that for the reasons stated in the Motion, good cause exists for the Court to extend by two month
Summary: STIPULATION REGARDING EXTENSION OF CLASS CERTIFICATION DEADLINES RICARDO S. MARTINEZ , Chief District Judge . STIPULATION On September 21, 2017, Defendant Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC ("Portfolio") filed a Motion to Extend Class Certification Deadlines (the "Motion," Dkt. 19). Portfolio noted the Motion for consideration on September 29, 2017. The parties have since conferred, and agree that for the reasons stated in the Motion, good cause exists for the Court to extend by two months..
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STIPULATION REGARDING EXTENSION OF CLASS CERTIFICATION DEADLINES
RICARDO S. MARTINEZ, Chief District Judge.
STIPULATION
On September 21, 2017, Defendant Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC ("Portfolio") filed a Motion to Extend Class Certification Deadlines (the "Motion," Dkt. 19). Portfolio noted the Motion for consideration on September 29, 2017.
The parties have since conferred, and agree that for the reasons stated in the Motion, good cause exists for the Court to extend by two months the deadlines set forth in the Court's September 6, 2017 Rule 16(b) and Rule 23(d)(2) Scheduling Order Regarding Class Certification Motion (the "Order," Dkt. 16). More specifically, the parties stipulate that the deadlines set forth in the Order should be modified as follows:
Event Current Deadline New Deadline
Deadline to complete discovery on class October 20, 2017 December 22, 2017
certification (not to be construed as a
bifurcation of discovery)
Deadline for Plaintiffs to file motion for November 17, 2017 January 19, 2018
class certification (noted on the fourth
Friday after filing and service of the motion
pursuant to Local Rules W.D. Wash. LCR
7(d)(3) unless the parties agree to different
times for filing the response and reply
memoranda)
Since Mr. Bereket does not oppose the Motion, Portfolio is filing, concurrently with this submission and pursuant to LCR 7(d)(1) and LCR 10(g), a Notice of Motion Renoted resetting the Motion for hearing today.
ORDER
Pursuant to the above stipulation and good cause having been shown, the Court hereby GRANTS Defendant Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC's Motion to Extend Class Certification Deadlines (Dkt. 19), as follows:
• The deadline to complete discovery on class certification (not to be construed as a bifurcation of discovery) is extended from October 20, 2017 to December 22, 2017.
• The deadline for Plaintiffs to file a motion for class certification (noted on the fourth Friday after filing and service of the motion pursuant to Local Rules W.D. Wash. LCR 7(d)(3) unless the parties agree to different times for filing the response and reply memoranda) is extended from November 17, 2017 to January 19, 2018.
