Williams v. GEICO General Insurance Company

1 HONORABLE BENJAMIN H. SETTLE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA RAYMOND WILLIAMS, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, 6 Case No. 3:19-cv-05823-BHS Plaintiff, 7 ORDER EXTENDING DEADLINE TO v. SUBMIT JOINT STATUS REPORT GEICO GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY and CCC INTELLIGENT SOLUTIONS NOTE ON MOTION CALENDAR: January 19, 2023 INCORPORATED, Defendants.

Pursuant to Local Rule 7(d)(1), Plaintiff Raymond Williams (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants GEICO General Insurance Company (“GEICO”) and CCC Intelligent Solutions Inc. (“CCC”) (collectively, the “Parties”), hereby stipulate as follows: 17 1. WHEREAS, on July 29, 2021, this Court entered an Order (Dkt. No. 97) staying this matter and ordering the Parties to provide the Court with a joint written status report and proposed case schedule within ten days after the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its mandate in Lundquist v. First Nat’l Ins. Co. of Am. (“Lara”), Case No. 21-35126 (9th Cir. 2021).

2. On February 11, 2022, the Ninth Circuit filed its opinion in Lara affirming Judge Bryan’s denial of class certification in Lundquist v. First Nat’l Insurance Co. of Am., Case No. 3:18-cv-05301-RJB. Lara, Dkt. No. 86; Lara v. First Nat’l Ins. Co. of Am., 25 F.4th 1134 (9th Cir. 2022).

27 3. On March 28, 2022, the plaintiffs-appellants in Lara petitioned for rehearing and rehearing en banc. Lara, Dkt. No. 89.

4. On May 10, 2022, the Ninth Circuit denied the petition for rehearing and rehearing en banc in Lara. Lara, Dkt. No. 106.

5. On June 7, 2022, the Ninth Circuit issued its mandate in Lara. Lara, Dkt. No. 111.

Accordingly, the deadline for the Parties to submit their joint status report was initially June 17, 2022.

8 6. The parties subsequently filed several motions to extend the deadline to submit their joint status report, and the current deadline is now January 20, 2023.

7. The Parties jointly and respectfully request an additional extension of 30 days for the deadline to submit a joint status report. The Parties have reached a settlement agreement in principle, and the requested extension will allow the Parties to document that agreement without the pressure of immediate court deadlines.

15 8. Based on the foregoing, the Parties stipulate and agree that good cause exists to extend the deadline to submit a joint status report to February 21, 2023.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated this 20th day of January, 2023.

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BENJAMIN H. SETTLE United States District Judge

Dated: January 19, 2023 Respectfully submitted, /s/ Steve W. Berman /s/ Kathleen M. O’Sullivan Steve W. Berman Kathleen M. O’Sullivan, WSBA No. 27850 Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP Perkins Coie LLP 1301 2nd Avenue, Suite 2000 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 Seattle, WA 98101 Seattle, WA 98101 3 Telephone: 206.583.8888 Attorney for Plaintiff Facsimile: 206.583.8500 4 Email: [email protected] Attorneys for Defendant CCC Information 5 Services Inc. John M. DeStefano /s/ Marguerite M. Sullivan Robert B. Carey Marguerite M. Sullivan (pro hac vice) Elizabeth T. Beardsley Jason R. Burt (pro hac vice) Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP Latham & Watkins LLP 11 West Jefferson Street, Suite 1000 555 11th Street NW, Suite 1000 Phoenix, AZ 85003 Washington, DC 20004 10 Telephone: 202.637.2200 Attorneys for Plaintiff Email: [email protected] 11 [email protected]

13 /s/ Brian J. Hembd Steven J. Pacini (pro hac vice) Dan W. Goldfine Latham & Watkins LLP Brian J. Hembd 14 200 Clarendon Street Dickinson Wright PLLC 27th Floor 1850 N Central Ave., Suite1400 Phoenix, AZ 85004 Boston, MA 02116 Telephone: 617.880.4516 Attorneys for Defendant GEICO General Email: [email protected] Insurance Company Attorneys for Defendant CCC Information 18 Services Inc. Vanessa S. Power STOEL RIVES LLP 600 University Street, Suite 3600 Seattle, WA 98101 Attorneys for Defendant GEICO General Insurance Company

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify under penalty of perjury that on January 19, 2023 a true and correct copy of the foregoing was filed electronically by CM/ECF, which caused notice to be sent to all counsel of record.

6 DATED this 19th day of January, 2023.

7 s/ Marguerite M. Sullivan