Castillo v. Costco Wholesale Corporation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE JESUS CASTILLO, MARK KNOWLES, ALEX RODRIGUEZ, NICHOLAS JAMES THROLSON, R.S., KIMBERLY SCOTT, ROBIN WARBEY, DANIEL SMITH, MATT NO. 2:23-cv-01548-JHC GROVES, VERN DEOCHOA, TYRONE WASHINGTON, individually, and on behalf of STIPULATION AND ORDER TO those similarly situated, STAY CASE SCHEDULE Plaintiffs, v. COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION, a Washington corporation, Defendant.

Plaintiffs Jesus Castillo, Mark Knowles, Alex Rodriguez, Nicholas James Throlson, R.S., Kimberly Soctt, Robin Warbey, Daniel Smith, Matt Groves, Vern Deochoa, and Tyrone Washington and Defendant Costco Wholesale Corporation (collectively, the “Parties”) request that the Court stay the case to allow the Parties to mediate this case.

Courts have “broad discretion” to stay proceedings. Xirsi v. United States Dep’t of State, No. 2:23-CV-00699-KKE, 2024 WL 756016, at *1 (W.D. Wash. Feb. 23, 2024) (quoting Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681, 706 (1997)). “[T]he power to stay proceedings is incidental to the power inherent in every court to control the disposition of the causes on its docket with economy of time and effort for itself, for counsel, and for litigants.” Id. (quoting Landis v. N. Am. Co., 299 2 U.S. 248, 254 (1936)); see also Fed. R. Civ. P. 1.

3 With additional time, this case may be resolved without the need of further judicial intervention, which would conserve the resources of the Parties and the Court by allowing the Parties to focus on potential settlement discussions. The Parties have commenced discovery and have agreed that if this Stipulation is granted that it shall also mutually stay the Parties’ obligations to respond to outstanding discovery requests, but that the Parties shall cooperate in good faith to provide information necessary for a productive mediation and potential resolution.

9 The Parties, therefore, respectfully request that the Court stay the case and vacate all pending case deadlines until the Parties can complete mediation on May 28, 2025. The Parties propose that they provide a joint update to the Court by June 6, 2025.

12 IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

13 DATED: February 18, 2025 TOUSLEY BRAIN STEPHENS PLLC By: s/ Kim D. Stephens, P.S.

Kim D. Stephens, P.S., WSBA #11984 16 Rebecca L. Solomon, WSBA #51520 1200 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1700 17 Seattle, WA 98101 Telephone: (206) 682-5600 18 Facsimile: (206) 682-2992 [email protected] [email protected] ZIMMERMAN REED LLP By: s/ Hart L. Robinovitch Hart L. Robinovitch (admitted pro hac vice) Ryan J. Ellersick, WSBA # 43346 14648 North Scottsdale Road, Suite 130 Scottsdale, AZ 85254 Telephone: (480) 348-6400 [email protected] [email protected] Interim Co-Lead Counsel MILBERG COLEMAN BRYSON PHILLIPS GROSSMAN, PLLC Gary M. Klinger (admitted pro hac vice) 2 227 W. Monroe Street, Suite 2100 Chicago, IL 60606 3 Telephone: (866) 252-0878 [email protected] Glen L. Abramson (admitted pro hac vice) 5 Alexandra M. Honeycutt (admitted pro hac vice) 6 800 S. Gay Street, Suite 1100 Knoxville, TN 37929 7 Telephone: (866) 252-0878 [email protected] 8 [email protected] BARRACK RODOS & BACINE Stephen R. Basser (admitted pro hac vice) [email protected] Samuel M. Ward (admitted pro hac vice) [email protected] West Broadway, Suite 900 San Diego, CA 92101 Telephone: (619) 230-0800 LEVI & KORSINSKY, LLP Mark S. Reich* Courtney Maccarone* [email protected] [email protected] 16 33 Whitehall Street, 17th Floor New York, NY 10004 Telephone: 212-363-7500 Fax: 212-363-7171 Plaintiff’s Steering Committee Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the Putative Class DATED: February 18, 2025 HOLLAND & KNIGHT By: s/ Kristin M. Asai Kristin M. Asai, WSBA #49511 24 [email protected] SW Second Avenue, Suite 1800 25 Portland, OR 97204 Telephone: 503.243.2300 By: s/ Ashley L. Shively 1 Ashley L. Shively By:_s/Rebecca G. Durham 2 Rebecca G. Durham [email protected] 3 [email protected] Mission Street, Suite 1900 4 San Francisco, CA 94105 5 Telephone: 415.743.6900 6 Counsel for Defendant Costco Wholesale Corporation 8 ORDER ? The Parties’ Stipulated Motion is GRANTED. Accordingly, the Court stays the proceedings and vacates all pending case deadlines. The Parties are directed to provide a status report to the Court no later than June 6, 2025.

13 IT IS SO ORDERED.

14 Dated this 18th day of February, 2025 16 cf ZL. Kk) (2 17 JORN H. CHUN UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE STIPULATION AND ORDER TO STAY CASE SCHEDULE- 4 Case No: 2:23-cv-01548-JHC