Williams v. GEICO General Insurance Company

1 HONORABLE BENJAMIN H. SETTLE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA RAYMOND WILLIAMS, an individual, on Case No. 3:19-cv-5823-BHS behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, ORDER EXTENDING DEADLINE TO 9 SUBMIT JOINT STATUS REPORT 10 Plaintiff, NOTE ON MOTION CALENDAR: February 21, 2023 11 v.

12 GEICO GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, a Maryland Corporation, CCC INTELLIGENT SOLUTIONS INCORPORATED, a Delaware Corporation, 15 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: 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).

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

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

5 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 February 21, 2023.

10 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.

14 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 March 21, 2023.

16 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

17 Dated this 22nd day of February, 2023.

18 A BENJAMIN H. SETTLE 21 United States District Judge Presented by: HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP /s/ Kathleen M. O’Sullivan Kathleen M. O’Sullivan, WSBA No. 27850 By /s/Steve W. Berman Perkins Coie LLP 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 Steve W. Berman (WSBA #12536) 4 Seattle, WA 98101 1301 Second Avenue, Suite 2000 Telephone: 206.583.8888 Seattle, WA 98101 Facsimile: 206.583.8500 Telephone: (206) 623-7292 Email: [email protected] Facsimile: (206) 623-0594 Attorneys for Defendant CCC Information Email: [email protected] Services Inc. Robert B. Carey (pro hac vice) /s/ Marguerite M. Sullivan John M. DeStefano (pro hac vice) Marguerite M. Sullivan (pro hac vice) HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP Jason R. Burt (pro hac vice) Latham & Watkins LLP West Jefferson Street, Suite 1000 11th Street NW, Suite 1000 Phoenix, AZ 85003 Washington, DC 20004 Telephone: (602) 840-5900 Telephone: 202.637.2200 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys for Plaintiffs Steven J. Pacini (pro hac vice) Latham & Watkins LLP 14 200 Clarendon Street 27th Floor 15 Boston, MA 02116 Telephone: 617.880.4516 16 Email: [email protected] 17 Attorneys for Defendant CCC Information Services Inc. /s/ Brian J. Hembd 19 Dan W. Goldfine Brian J. Hembd 20 Dickinson Wright PLLC 1850 N Central Ave., Suite1400 21 Phoenix, AZ 85004 Attorneys for Defendant GEICO General 22 Insurance Company Vanessa S. Power 24 STOEL RIVES LLP University Street, Suite 3600 25 Seattle, WA 98101 26 Attorneys for Defendant GEICO General Insurance Company