Mahone v. Amazon.com Inc, No. 2:2022cv00594 - Document 79 (W.D. Wash. 2023)
Court Description: ORDER granting Parties' 78 Stipulated MOTION to Supplement Class Certification Motion and Extend Class Certification-Related Deadlines. Plaintiffs' Supplemental Brief in Support of their Motion for Class Certification due by 1/5/2024; Defendants' Response to the Motion for Class Certification due by 2/5/2024; and Plaintiffs' Reply due by 3/4/2024. Signed by Judge Marsha J. Pechman. (KRA)
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Mahone v. Amazon.com Inc Doc. 79 THE HONORABLE MARSHA J. PECHMAN 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 8 9 10 YASMINE MAHONE, an individual, and BRANDON TOLE, an individual, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, 11 12 13 14 15 16 Plaintiffs, v. AMAZON.COM, INC., a Delaware corporation, AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC; a Delaware Limited Liability Company; AMAZON.COM DEDC, LLC; a Delaware Limited Liability Company; and AMAZON.COM KYDC LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company, 17 Case No. 2:22-cv-00594-MJP STIPULATED MOTION TO SUPPLEMENT CLASS CERTIFICATION MOTION AND EXTEND CLASS CERTIFICATION-RELATED DEADLINES AND [PROPOSED] ORDER NOTE ON MOTION CALENDAR: NOVEMBER 22, 2023 Defendants. 18 STIPULATION 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Pursuant to Local Rules 7(d)(1), 10(g), and 16(b)(6), Plaintiffs Yasmine Mahone and Brandon Tole, and Defendants Amazon.com, Inc., Amazon.com Services LLC, Amazon.com DEDC, LLC, and Amazon.com KYDC LLC (“Amazon”) (together, the “parties”) respectfully request a modest modification to the class-certification briefing schedule in light of additional discovery undertaken pursuant to the Court’s Order on the parties Rule 37 Submissions. 1. On April 10, 2023, the Court issued a Case Scheduling Order (Dkt. #58). On July 20, 2023, the Court granted the parties’ stipulated motion to extend certain class certification STIPULATION TO SUPPLEMENT CLASS CERTIFICATION MOTION AND EXTEND CLASS DEADLINES – 1 (Case No. 22-CV-594) Perkins Coie LLP 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 Seattle, Washington 98101-3099 Phone: +1.206.359.8000 Fax: +1.206.359.9000 Dockets.Justia.com 1 related deadlines (Dkt. #64). After the parties made good faith efforts to complete all class 2 discovery within the scheduled time frame, the parties agreed to utilize the expedited joint motion 3 procedure under LCR 37 to resolve a few discrete outstanding discovery disputes (Dkt. #65). On 4 September 5, 2023, the Court granted the parties’ stipulated motion to extend certain class 5 certification-related deadlines and to set a briefing schedule for the expedited joint motion 6 procedure under LCR 37 (Dkt. #66). 7 2. On October 13, 2023, while the LCR 37 submissions were pending before the 8 Court, Plaintiffs filed their Motion for Class Certification (Dkt. #70). The deadline for Amazon’s 9 Response to the Motion for Class Certification is currently December 15, 2023, and the deadline 10 11 for Plaintiffs’ Reply is currently January 15, 2024 (Dkt. #66). 3. On October 19, 2023, the Court granted the parties’ LCR 37 submissions in part 12 and denied them in part (Dkt. #77). The Court ordered both parties to supplement certain discovery 13 responses and for Amazon to produce additional 30(b)(6) witnesses on certain topics. 14 4. Plaintiffs took the additional depositions and the parties supplemented their 15 discovery responses as ordered by the Court by November 2. The parties met and conferred 16 regarding Amazon’s supplemental responses on several occasions. Plaintiffs demanded that 17 Amazon re-produce the responsive data in columns within the subject spreadsheet [3324] at issue 18 in the discovery requests, and produce certain additional data that Plaintiffs contend is responsive 19 to the requests at issue as ordered by the Court. Amazon is conducting additional diligence to 20 confirm the accessibility of the additional data requested by Plaintiffs. Amazon will complete the 21 agreed upon production no later than December 16, 2023. 22 5. Rule 16 provides that “a schedule may be modified only for good cause and with 23 the judge's consent.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4); Local Rule 16(b)(6). “Rule 16(b)'s ‘good cause’ 24 standard primarily considers the diligence of the party seeking the amendment.” Miller v. Sawant, 25 No. C18-506 MJP, 2022 WL 17168530, at *1 (W.D. Wash. Nov. 22, 2022) (citing Johnson v. 26 Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 609 (9th Cir. 1992)). The district court may modify STIPULATION TO SUPPLEMENT CLASS CERTIFICATION MOTION AND EXTEND CLASS DEADLINES – 2 (Case No. 22-CV-594) Perkins Coie LLP 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 Seattle, Washington 98101-3099 Phone: +1.206.359.8000 Fax: +1.206.359.9000 1 the pretrial schedule “if it cannot reasonably be met despite the diligence of the party seeking the 2 extension.” Kneadler v. Auburn Sch. Dist., 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 115458, *1 (W.D. Wash., June 3 17, 2021) (citing Fed. R. Civ. P. 16 advisory committee's notes (1983 amendment)). 4 6. Good cause exists to modify the class-certification briefing schedule set by the 5 Court. Given the additional discovery that has been undertaken pursuant to the Court’s prior ruling 6 on the parties’ Rule 37 Submissions, and Amazon’s current efforts to re-produce certain data and 7 further respond to Plaintiffs’ requests, the parties have agreed, pending the Court’s approval, that 8 Plaintiffs may supplement their Motion for Class Certification. The parties propose that Plaintiffs 9 file their Supplemental Brief in Support of their Motion for Class Certification by January 5, 2024; 10 that Defendant file its Response to the Motion for Class Certification by February 5, 2024; and 11 that Plaintiffs file their Reply by March 4, 2024. 12 7. There have been three prior requests to extend the deadlines set in the Court’s April 13 10, 2023 Case Scheduling Order. Extending the deadlines as stipulated would not presently affect 14 any other scheduled dates in the proceeding. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 STIPULATION TO SUPPLEMENT CLASS CERTIFICATION MOTION AND EXTEND CLASS DEADLINES – 3 (Case No. 22-CV-594) Perkins Coie LLP 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 Seattle, Washington 98101-3099 Phone: +1.206.359.8000 Fax: +1.206.359.9000 1 RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 22nd of November 2023. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 By: s/ Shannon McDermott Andrew E. Moriarty, Bar No. 28651 Heather L. Shook, Bar No. 56610 Shannon McDermott, Bar No. 59455 Perkins Coie LLP 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 Seattle, Washington 98101-3099 Telephone: +1.206.359.8000 Facsimile: +1.206.359.9000 AMoriarty@perkinscoie.com HShook@perkinscoie.com SMcDermott@perkinscoie.com 9 Jason C. Schwartz (pro hac vice) Brian A. Richman (pro hac vice) Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036-5306 Telephone: +1.202.955.8500 Facsimile: +1.202.467.0539 JSchwartz@gibsondunn.com BRichman@gibsondunn.com 10 11 12 13 14 Lauren M. Blas (pro hac vice) Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 333 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles, California 90071-3197 Telephone: +1.213.229.7000 Facsimile: +1.213.229.7520 LBlas@gibsondunn.com 15 16 17 18 Attorneys for Defendants Amazon.com, Inc., Amazon.com Services LLC, Amazon.com.dedc, LLC and Amazon.com.kydc LLC. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 STIPULATION TO SUPPLEMENT CLASS CERTIFICATION MOTION AND EXTEND CLASS DEADLINES – 4 (Case No. 22-CV-594) Perkins Coie LLP 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 Seattle, Washington 98101-3099 Phone: +1.206.359.8000 Fax: +1.206.359.9000 1 2 3 4 By: s/ Gene J. Stonebarger Daniel Kalish, Esq., WSBA 35815 HKM Employment Attorneys LLP 600 Stewart Street, Suite 901 Seattle, WA 98101 Telephone: 206-826-5354 Email: dkalish@hkm.com Attorneys for Plaintiff 5 Brian J. Lawler (pro hac vice) PILOT LAW, P.C. 4632 Mt. Gaywas Dr. San Diego, CA 92117 Tel: 619-255-2398 Email: blawler@pilotlawcorp.com 6 7 8 Gene J. Stonebarger (pro hac vice) STONEBARGER LAW, APC 101 Parkshore Dr., Suite 100 Folsom, CA 95630 Tel: 916-235-7140 Email: gstonebarger@stonebargerlaw.com 9 10 11 12 Kevin L. Wilson (pro hac vice) KEVIN WILSON LAW PLLC 3110 Horton Avenue Louisville, KY 40220 Telephone: 502-276-5050 Email: kevin@klwilsonlaw.com 13 14 15 16 Counsel for Plaintiffs and the Proposed Putative Class 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 STIPULATION TO SUPPLEMENT CLASS CERTIFICATION MOTION AND EXTEND CLASS DEADLINES – 5 (Case No. 22-CV-594) Perkins Coie LLP 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 Seattle, Washington 98101-3099 Phone: +1.206.359.8000 Fax: +1.206.359.9000 1 2 [PROPOSED] ORDER Based upon the foregoing Stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED. 3 4 DATED this 28th day of November 2023. 5 7 A 8 Marsha J. Pechman United States Senior District Judge 6 9 PRESENTED BY: 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 s/ Shannon McDermott Shannon McDermott, Bar No. 59455 Perkins Coie LLP 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 Seattle, Washington 98101-3099 Telephone: +1.206.359.8000 Facsimile: +1.206.359.9000 SMcDermott@perkinscoie.com Attorneys for Defendants Amazon.com, Inc., Amazon.com Services LLC, Amazon.com.dedc, LLC and Amazon.com.kydc LLC. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 STIPULATION TO SUPPLEMENT CLASS CERTIFICATION MOTION AND EXTEND CLASS DEADLINES – 6 (Case No. 22-CV-594) Perkins Coie LLP 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 Seattle, Washington 98101-3099 Phone: +1.206.359.8000 Fax: +1.206.359.9000
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