State Farm Fire and Casualty Company v. Timothy Rowe et al.

8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 9 AT TACOMA STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY CASE NO. 3:25-cv-05199-DGE 11 COMPANY, ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S 12 Plaintiff, MOTION TO REDACT (DKT. NO. Vv. 40) AND DEFENDANT TIMOTHY ROWE’S MOTION TO DISMISS 4 TIMOTHY ROWE et al., (DKT. NO. 34) Defendants.

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This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiff’s motion to redact (Dkt. No. 40) and Defendant’s motion to dismiss (Dkt. No. 34). The parties in this case have been negotiating an end to this litigation since May 2025 (Dkt. No. 28) but have had difficulty reaching a settlement agreement (see Dkt. Nos. 29, 32). On November 18, 2025, Defendant Timothy Rowe filed a motion to dismiss the case. (Dkt. No. 34.) Plaintiff then moved to dismiss all claims between Plaintiff and Intervenors with prejudice and all claims against Brittany Rowe and Rowe Plumbing and Drain L.L.C. without prejudice. (Dkt. No. 36.) The Court granted this motion, leaving only claims against Timothy Rowe. (Dkt. No. 39.)

ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO REDACT (DKT. NO. 40) AND DEFENDANT TIMOTHY ROWE’S 1 On December 2, 2025, Plaintiff moved to redact portions of Timothy Rowe’s motion to || dismiss while expressing its shared desire to dismiss this case. (Dkt. No. 40.) Motions to redact || will only be granted when there is a “compelling interest” to do so. United States v. Thompson, 4 || No. CR19-159-RSL, 2022 WL 4321010, at *1 (W.D. Wash. Sept. 19, 2022). Here, the Court || finds a compelling interest in redacting any comments related to the purported amount of a || settlement involving alleged victims of abuse. Such information would draw unwanted attention || to the alleged victims, even if the amount identified may be inaccurate. The Court, however, || does not find a compelling interest as to any other statements Plaintiff seeks to redact.

9 Accordingly, the Court finds and ORDERS: 10 1. Plaintiffs motion to redact (Dkt. No. 40) is GRANTED in part. The Clerk is directed to 11 substitute docket entry number 34 with a redacted version attached to this Order.

12 2. Plaintiff’s claims against Timothy Rowe are dismissed without prejudice and with each 13 side to pay its own costs. While it is not entirely clear that Mr. Rowe provides suitable 14 grounds upon which to dismiss this case, Plaintiff “asks that the Court dismiss Mr. Rowe 15 without prejudice and without costs or fees to either party.” (Dkt. No. 40 at 2.) Noting 16 that both Plaintiff and Mr. Rowe wish for the Court to dismiss this case and acting 17 pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(2) which permits the Court to dismiss 18 an action “at the plaintiff's request” when “the court considers [it] proper,” the Court 19 dismisses Plaintiff’s claims against Timothy Rowe.

20 3. Timothy Rowe’s motion to dismiss (Dkt. No. 34) is STRICKEN.

ZI 4. The Clerk is directed to close this case.

23 Dated this 9th day of December, 2025.

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