Bainbridge Taxpayers Unite v. The City of Bainbridge Island

Full title: BAINBRIDGE TAXPAYERS UNITE, a Washington non-profit corporation; LEE…

Court: United States District Court, Western District of Washington

Date published: Mar 21, 2023

3:22-CV-05491-TL (W.D. Wash. Mar. 21, 2023)

Opinion

3:22-CV-05491-TL

03-21-2023

BAINBRIDGE TAXPAYERS UNITE, a Washington non-profit corporation; LEE ROSENBAUM, an individual; and JANICE PYKE, an individual, Plaintiffs, v. THE CITY OF BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, a municipal corporation; KOLBY MEDINA, an individual; MORGAN SMITH, an individual; COATES DESIGN, INC., a Washington corporation; JOSEPH LEVAN, an individual; and JOHN and JANE DOES 1-100, other unknown individuals or legal entities who participated in the complained of conducts, Defendants.

CAIRNCROSS & HEMPELMANN, P.S. Lindsey M. Pflugrath WSBA No. 36964 Stephen P. VanDerhoef WSBA No. 20088 524 Attorneys for Defendant Coates Design, Inc. BUCHALTER A Professional Corporation Bradley P. Thoreson, WSBA #18190 Alexandra M. Shulman, WSBA No. 48888 Joshua M. Robbins (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) Attorneys for Plaintiffs PACIFICA LAW GROUP LLP Jessica A. Skelton, WSBA #36749 Shweta Jayawardhan, WSBA #48888 Attorneys for Defendants The City of Bainbridge Island, Kolby

Tana Lin, United States District Judge

NOTE ON MOTION CALENDAR: March 17, 2023

CAIRNCROSS & HEMPELMANN, P.S.

Lindsey M. Pflugrath WSBA No. 36964

Stephen P. VanDerhoef WSBA No. 20088 524

Attorneys for Defendant Coates Design, Inc.

BUCHALTER

A Professional Corporation

Bradley P. Thoreson, WSBA #18190

Alexandra M. Shulman, WSBA No. 48888

Joshua M. Robbins (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

PACIFICA LAW GROUP LLP

Jessica A. Skelton, WSBA #36749

Shweta Jayawardhan, WSBA #48888

Attorneys for Defendants The City of Bainbridge Island, Kolby

[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING STIPULATED JOINT MOTION TO DISMISS RICO CLAIMS AND DEFENDANTS COATES DESIGN, INC. AND MORGAN SMITH

Tana Lin, United States District Judge

The Court has considered the Stipulated Motion to Dismiss RICO Claims and Defendants Coates Design, Inc. and Morgan Smith (Dkt. No. 46) and now, therefore, ORDERS that Plaintiffs' claims under 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c) and (d) (see Dkt. No. 32, First and Second Causes of Action (“RICO claims”)) are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE and without an award of attorney's fees or costs to any Party, and that Defendants Coates Design, Inc. and Morgan Smith are DISMISSED as Parties to this action.