Opinion
22-cv-01626
03-14-2023
AMANA GLOBAL COMPANY, et CASE NO. C22-1626JLR al., MINUTE Plaintiffs, v. KING COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL ZONE DISTRICT, et al., Defendants.
MINUTE ORDER
The following minute order is made by the direction of the court, the Honorable James L. Robart:
Before the court is a letter filed by counsel for Defendant King County Flood Control Zone District (“King Flood”). (Letter (Dkt. # 20).) In the letter, counsel states that the parties “jointly request a continuance of the deadlines outlined” in the court's February 24, 2023 initial scheduling order. (Id.; see also 2/24/23 Order (Dkt. # 15).) The parties request this continuance in light of King Flood's pending motion to dismiss;
Defendants King County, Josh Baldi, John Taylor, and Michael Murphy's forthcoming motion to dismiss; and Defendant Pan Abode Homes, Inc.'s likely forthcoming motion to dismiss. (See MTD (Dkt. # 19); Letter.) Because King Flood's motion to dismiss notes on April 14, 2023 (see Letter; Dkt.), the parties ask the court to continue its initial scheduling deadlines “to a date after April 14, 2023” (Letter).
The court GRANTS the parties' request for a continuance of the deadlines outlined in the court's February 24, 2023 initial scheduling order.The Clerk will enter a new initial scheduling order, if appropriate, after the court rules on Defendants' motions to dismiss.
The court directs the parties to this District's local rules and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which set forth the procedures for a request to continue a deadline. (See 2/24/23 Order at 1 (“Any request for an extension should be made by filing a motion or stipulated motion pursuant to Local Civil Rule 7(j).”)); see, e.g., Local Rules W.D. Wash. LCR 7(j), 16(a)-(b); Fed.R.Civ.P. 6(b), 16(b). The court will not consider a second request that fails to comply with these rules.