Portmann v. United States

1 District Judge Benjamin H. Settle

7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 8 AT TACOMA JEFFERY PORTMANN, Case No. 3:23-cv-05064-BHS Plaintiff, STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER 11 v. FOR EXTENSION OF PRETRIAL DEADLINES UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Noted for Consideration: 13 Defendant. July 2, 2024 15 JOINT STIPULATION 16 The parties stipulate and agree to a brief two-week extension for dates related to discovery. The parties continue to litigate this matter. Plaintiff has disclosed nine non-retained experts, four experts, and has limited availability for depositions with other case obligations.

19 Both parties could use additional time to complete these depositions and further develop discovery in this matter.

21 A court may modify a deadline for good cause. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b). Continuing pretrial and trial dates is within the discretion of the trial judge. See King v. State of California, 784 F.2d 910, 912 (9th Cir. 1986). The parties submit that the above facts provide good cause for a brief extension of the discovery-related deadlines.

1 The parties stipulate and agree to extend the following dates currently set by the prior scheduling order, subject to the Court’s availability and approval: Deadline Current Date Extended Date Disclosure of rebuttal expert testimony under July 17, 2024 August 2, 2024 FRCP 26(a)(2) All motions related to discovery must be filed July 29, 2024 August 16, 2024 by Discovery completed by August 26, 2024 August 30, 2024 SO STIPULATED.

DATED this 2nd day of July, 2024.

Respectfully submitted, TESSA M. GORMAN FIELDING LAW GROUP United States Attorney s/ Nickolas Bohl s/ Scott Boyce NICKOLAS BOHL, WSBA No. 48978 SCOTT BOYCE, WSBA No. 46420 14 155 Camelia Street Northwest s/ Alixandria K. Morris Royal City, WA 99357 ALIXANDRIA K. MORRIS, TX No. 24095373 Phone: 509-735-4747 Assistant United States Attorneys Fax: 509-591-4401 United States Attorney’s Office Email: [email protected] Western District of Washington 700 Stewart Street, Suite 5220 Attorney for Plaintiff Seattle, WA 98101-1271 Phone: 206-553-7970 Fax: 206-553-4073 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Attorneys for United States of America I certify that this memorandum contains 186 words, in compliance with the Local Civil Rules.

1 ORDER 2 It is hereby ORDERED that the parties’ motion is GRANTED. The new discovery deadlines are as follows: 4 Deadline Extended Date 5 Disclosure of rebuttal expert testimony under FRCP 26(a)(2) August 2, 2024 All motions related to discovery must be filed by August 16, 2024 8 Discovery completed by August 30, 2024 10 DATED this 2nd day of July, 2024.

A BENJAMIN H. SETTLE United States District Judge