De Coster et al v. Amazon.com Inc, No. 2:2021cv00693 - Document 151 (W.D. Wash. 2024)

Court Description: ORDER granting Parties' 150 Stipulated MOTION Regarding Class Certification Briefing Schedule. The deadlines contained in Docket No. 124 relating to Plaintiffs' class certification motion are vacated. The Court will establish new class certification briefing deadlines when it resolves Amazon's Motion for Coordinated Discovery Schedule (Dkt. 136 ) and Plaintiffs' Response to Motion for Coordinated Discovery Schedule and Cross-Motion to Modify Class Certification Schedule and to Compel Scheduling of 30(b)(6) Deposition (Dkt. 139 ). Signed by Judge John H. Chun. (SB)

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De Coster et al v. Amazon.com Inc Doc. 151 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 8 9 10 ELIZABETH DE COSTER, et al., on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, 11 12 13 14 15 Plaintiffs, v. AMAZON.COM, INC., a Delaware corporation, Case No. 2:21-cv-00693-JHC STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER REGARDING CLASS CERTIFICATION BRIEFING SCHEDULE Defendant. NOTE ON MOTION CALENDAR: June 7, 2024 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER REGARDING CLASS CERT. BRIEFING Case No. 2:21-cv-00693-JHC Dockets.Justia.com 1 STIPULATION 2 The parties, by and through their counsel, have agreed and stipulate as follows: 3 1. 4 5 The parties agree that good cause justifies an extension of the Court’s current class certification briefing schedule. 2. The Court previously granted the parties’ request to extend the deadlines for the 6 class certification briefing schedule by one month to allow parties time to discuss coordination of 7 depositions of Amazon witnesses with plaintiffs in other related cases. See Dkt. 124. The parties 8 requested and the Court set interim class certification briefing deadlines, including an interim 9 deadline of June 7, 2024 for Plaintiffs to file their class certification motion, to allow time for the 10 11 parties to work on a proposal for deposition and class certification schedules. Id. 3. On May 6, 2024, Amazon filed a Motion for Coordinated Discovery Schedule 12 (“Amazon’s Motion”), which seeks a Court order extending the current class certification 13 briefing schedule. See Dkt. 136. Amazon asks the Court to order, among other things, that 14 Plaintiffs’ deadline to file their class certification motion be extended until after summary 15 judgment in the government cases. Id. 16 4. On May 14, 2024, Plaintiffs filed their Response to Motion for Coordinated 17 Discovery Schedule and Cross-Motion to Modify Class Certification Schedule and to Compel 18 Scheduling of 30(b)(6) Deposition (“Plaintiffs’ Cross-Motion”), which seeks a Court order 19 extending the current class certification briefing schedule. See Dkt. 139. Plaintiffs ask the Court 20 to order, among other things, a two-and-a-half-month extension, until August 23, 2024, for 21 Plaintiffs to file their class certification motion. Id. 22 5. Because both parties seek an extension of the class certification briefing schedule 23 but disagree about the length of the extension the Court should grant, the parties therefore 24 propose that the Court vacate the existing class certification briefing schedule pending the 25 Court’s resolution of Amazon’s Motion and Plaintiffs’ Cross-Motion. The parties agree that the 26 Court will establish new deadlines in connection with Plaintiffs’ class certification motion when 27 it resolves the parties’ competing motions. 28 STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER REGARDING CLASS CERT. BRIEFING - 1 Case No. 2:21-cv-00693-JHC 1 2 3 4 5 THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between the parties, through their undersigned counsel of record, and the parties ask the Court to order, that: 1. The deadlines contained in Docket No. 124 relating to Plaintiffs’ class certification motion are vacated. 2. The Court will establish new class certification briefing deadlines when it 6 resolves Amazon’s Motion for Coordinated Discovery Schedule (Dkt. 136) and Plaintiffs’ 7 Response to Motion for Coordinated Discovery Schedule and Cross-Motion to Modify Class 8 Certification Schedule and to Compel Scheduling of 30(b)(6) Deposition (Dkt. 139). 9 10 IT IS SO STIPULATED. DATED: June 7, 2024 HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP By /s/ Steve W. Berman Steve W. Berman (WSBA No. 12536) By /s/ Barbara A. Mahoney Barbara A. Mahoney (WSBA No. 31845) 1301 Second Avenue, Suite 2000 Seattle, WA 98101 Telephone: (206) 623-7292 Facsimile: (206) 623-0594 E-mail: steve@hbsslaw.com barbaram@hbsslaw.com 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Anne F. Johnson (pro hac vice) 68 3rd Street, Suite 249 Brooklyn, NY 11231 Telephone: (718) 916-3520 E-mail: annej@hbsslaw.com 18 19 20 21 KELLER POSTMAN LLC 22 Zina G. Bash (pro hac vice) 111 Congress Avenue, Suite 500 Austin, TX, 78701 Telephone: (512) 690-0990 E-mail: zina.bash@kellerpostman.com 23 24 25 Jessica Beringer (pro hac vice) Shane Kelly (pro hac vice) 150 North Riverside Plaza, Suite 4100 Chicago, Illinois 60606 Telephone: (312) 741-5220 26 27 28 STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER REGARDING CLASS CERT. BRIEFING - 2 Case No. 2:21-cv-00693-JHC 1 E-mail: Jessica.Beringer@kellerpostman.com E-mail: shane.kelly@kellerpostman.com 2 Daniel Backman (pro hac vice) 1101 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 1100 Washington, D.C., 20036 Telephone: 202-918-1123 E-mail: Daniel.Backman@kellerpostman.com 3 4 5 6 7 Interim Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs and the proposed Class 8 KELLER ROHRBACK L.L.P. 9 By: /s/ Derek W. Loeser Derek W. Loeser (WSBA No. 24274) 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3200 Seattle, WA 98101-3052 Telephone: (206) 623-1900 Facsimile: (206) 623-3384 E-mail: Dloeser@kellerrohrback.com 10 11 12 13 QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP 14 15 By: /s/ Alicia Cobb Alicia Cobb, WSBA # 48685 1109 First Avenue, Suite 210 Seattle, WA 98101 Telephone: (206) 905-7000 Email: aliciacobb@quinnemanuel.com 16 17 18 19 Steig D. Olson (pro hac vice) David D. LeRay (pro hac vice) Nic V. Siebert (pro hac vice) Maxwell P. Deabler-Meadows (pro hac vice) 51 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor New York, NY 10010 Telephone: (212) 849-7000 Email: steigolson@quinnemanuel.com Email: davidleray@quinnemanuel.com Email: nicolassiebert@quinnemanuel.com Email: maxmeadows@quinnemanuel.com 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER REGARDING CLASS CERT. BRIEFING - 3 Case No. 2:21-cv-00693-JHC 1 Adam B. Wolfson (pro hac vice) 865 South Figueroa Street, 10th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90017-2543 Telephone: (213) 443-3000 Email: adamwolfson@quinnemanuel.com 2 3 4 Interim Executive Committee for Plaintiffs and the proposed Class 5 6 7 DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP 8 By: /s/ John A. Goldmark John A. Goldmark, WSBA # 40980 MaryAnn Almeida, WSBA #49086 920 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3300 Seattle, WA 98104-1610 Telephone: (206) 622-3150 Facsimile: (206) 757-7700 E-mail: SteveRummage@dwt.com E-mail: JohnGoldmark@dwt.com E-mail: MaryAnnAlmeida@dwt.com 9 10 11 12 13 14 PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LLP 15 Karen L. Dunn (pro hac vice) William A. Isaacson (pro hac vice) Amy J. Mauser (pro hac vice) Martha L. Goodman (pro hac vice) Kyle Smith (pro hac vice) 2001 K Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20006-1047 Telephone: (202) 223-7300 Facsimile: (202) 223-7420 E-mail: kdunn@paulweiss.com E-mail: wisaacson@paulweiss.com E-mail: amauser@paulweiss.com E-mail: mgoodman@paulweiss.com E-mail: ksmith@paulweiss.com 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Attorneys for Defendant Amazon.com, Inc. 25 26 27 28 STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER REGARDING CLASS CERT. BRIEFING - 4 Case No. 2:21-cv-00693-JHC 1 ORDER 2 Pursuant to stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED. 3 Dated: June 7, 2024 4 John H. Chun United States District Judge 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER REGARDING CLASS CERT. BRIEFING - 5 Case No. 2:21-cv-00693-JHC

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