Joyce v. Amazon.com Inc et al, No. 2:2022cv00617 - Document 94 (W.D. Wash. 2023)

Court Description: ORDER granting Parties' 93 Stipulated MOTION Extending Time to File Amended Complaint and Setting Briefing Schedule. Plaintiffs shall file the Second Amended Consolidated Complaint on 2/6/2024. Defendants shall move to dismiss or file their an swer to the Second Consolidated Amended Complaint on 4/15/2024. Plaintiffs shall file their opposition to any motion by Defendants to dismiss the Second Consolidated Amended Complaint on 6/14/2024. Defendants shall file a reply brief in support of any motion to dismiss on 7/29/2024. Signed by Judge John H. Chun. (SB)

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Joyce v. Amazon.com Inc et al Doc. 94 1 The Honorable John H. Chun 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON SEATTLE DIVISION 8 9 10 SONNY JOYCE, Individually and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, 11 12 13 14 15 Plaintiff, v. AMAZON.COM, INC., ANDREW R. JASSY, JEFFREY P. BEZOS, BRIAN T. OLSAVSKY, DAVID A. ZAPOLSKY, and NATE SUTTON, 16 17 18 19 22 23 24 CONSOLIDATED CASES STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO FILE AMENDED COMPLAINT AND SETTING BRIEFING SCHEDULE Defendants. ASBESTOS WORKERS PHILADELPHIA WELFARE AND PENSION FUND, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, 20 21 Case No.: 2:22-cv-00617-JHC Case No.: 2:22-cv-00934-JHC Plaintiff, v. AMAZON.COM, INC., ANDREW R. JASSY, BRIAN T. OLSAVSKY, and DAVID FILDES, Defendants. 25 26 27 28 STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO FILE AMENDED COMPLAINT AND SETTING BRIEFING SCHEDULE Case No.: 2:22-cv-00617-JHC Dockets.Justia.com 1 2 3 DETECTIVES ENDOWMENT ASSOCIATION ANNUITY FUND, Individually and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, 4 v. 5 6 7 8 AMAZON.COM, INC., ANDREW R. JASSY, BRIAN T. OLSAVSKY, and DAVID FILDES, Defendants. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STIPULATED MOTION EXTENDING TIME TO FILE AMENDED COMPLAINT AND SETTING BRIEFING SCHEDULE Case No.: 2:22-cv-00617-JHC Case No.: 2:22-cv-00950-JHC 1 STIPULATED MOTION 2 Lead Plaintiffs Universal-Investment-Gesellschaft mbH, Universal-Investment- 3 Luxembourg S.A., Menora Mivtachim Insurance Ltd., Menora Mivtachim Pensions and Gemel 4 Ltd., The Phoenix Insurance Company, Ltd., and The Phoenix Provident Pension Fund Ltd., with 5 named plaintiffs Asbestos Workers Philadelphia Welfare and Pension Fund and Detectives 6 Endowment Association Annuity Fund (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), and Defendants Amazon.com., 7 Inc., Jeffrey P. Bezos, Andrew R. Jassy, Brian T. Olsavsky, David A Zapolsky, Nate Sutton and 8 David Fildes (“Defendants,” and together with Plaintiffs, the “Parties”), respectfully request that 9 the Court enter the proposed order providing for a revised deadline for Plaintiffs to file their Second 10 Consolidated Amended Complaint until February 6, 2024 and setting a schedule that has been 11 agreed-upon by the Parties for subsequent briefing deadlines if Defendants file a motion to dismiss 12 (set forth below). 13 In support of this request, the Parties state as follows: 14 WHEREAS, on September 20, 2022, Plaintiffs filed their Consolidated Class Action 15 Complaint (“Consolidated Complaint”) (ECF No. 70); 16 WHEREAS, on November 21, 2022, Defendants moved to dismiss the Consolidated 17 Complaint (“Motion,” ECF Nos. 75-76) and the Motion was fully briefed as of March 6, 2023 18 (ECF Nos. 82-85); 19 20 WHEREAS, on December 4, 2023, this Court entered its order on the Motion (“Order,” ECF No. 92); 21 WHEREAS, in the Order, the Court dismissed the Consolidated Complaint with leave to 22 replead, granting “Plaintiffs leave until January 16, 2024 to file a second Consolidated Amended 23 Complaint” (Order at 40); 24 WHEREAS, the Parties have met and conferred and agree that a three-week extension to 25 the current deadline for filing of a Second Consolidated Amended Complaint is warranted, after 26 considering the pre-existing obligations of Plaintiffs and their counsel and the upcoming holiday 27 season; 28 STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO FILE AMENDED COMPLAINT AND SETTING BRIEFING SCHEDULE Case No.: 2:22-cv-00617-JHC 1 WHEREAS, the Parties have also agreed, subject to the Court’s approval, to set a schedule 2 for subsequent briefing deadlines to Defendants’ anticipated motion to dismiss the Second 3 4 5 6 Consolidated Amended Complaint. NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and among the Parties, through their respective counsel of record, and subject to Court approval, as follows: 1. Plaintiffs shall file the Second Consolidated Amended Complaint by Tuesday, February 6, 2024. 2. Defendants shall move to dismiss or file their answer to the Second Consolidated Amended Complaint by Monday, April 15, 2024. 3. Plaintiffs shall file their opposition to any motion by Defendants to dismiss the Second Consolidated Amended Complaint by Friday, June 14, 2024. 4. Defendants shall file a reply brief in support of any motion to dismiss by Monday, July 29, 2024. 7 8 9 10 11 12 Stipulated and respectfully submitted this 13th day of December, 2023. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Respectfully submitted, BRESKIN, JOHNSON & TOWNSEND, PLLC FENWICK & WEST LLP /s/ Roger M. Townsend Roger M. Townsend (WSBA #25525) rtownsend@bjtlegal.com 1000 Second Avenue, Suite 3670 Seattle, WA 98104 Telephone: (206) 652-8660 Facsimile: (206) 652-290 /s/ Brian D. Buckley Brian D. Buckley, WSBA No. 26423 1191 Second Avenue, 10th Floor Seattle, WA 98101 Telephone: 206.389.4510 Email: bbuckley@fenwick.com PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LLP Daniel J. Kramer Audra J. Soloway 1285 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019 Telephone: 212.373.3000 Email: dkramer@paulweiss.com asoloway@paulweiss.com 21 Local Counsel for Lead Plaintiffs 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 MOTLEY RICE LLC Gregg S. Levin glevin@motleyrice.com William S. Norton bnorton@motleyrice.com Joshua C. Littlejohn jlittlejohn@motleyrice.com Christopher F. Moriarty cmoriarty@motleyrice.com STIPULATED MOTION EXTENDING TIME TO FILE AMENDED COMPLAINT AND SETTING BRIEFING SCHEDULE Case No.: 2:22-cv-00617-JHC Martha L. Goodman 2001 K Street NW Washington, DC 20006 Telephone: 202.223.7341 Email: mgoodman@paulweiss.com 2 1 2 3 4 28 Bridgeside Blvd. Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 Telephone: (843) 216-9000 Facsimile: (843) 216-9450 Counsel for Defendants Co-Lead Counsel for Lead Plaintiffs and the Class 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 POMERANTZ LLP Jeremy A. Lieberman jalieberman@pomlaw.com Emma Gilmore egilmore@pomlaw.com Dolgora Dorzhieva ddorzhieva@pomlaw.com Villi Shteyn vshteyn@pomlaw.com 600 Third Avenue New York, NY 10016 Telephone: (212) 661-1100 Facsimile: (212) 661-8665 Orly Guy oguy@pomlaw.com Eitan Lavie eitan@pomlaw.com Ariel Shannon 4, 34th Floor Givatayim, Israel 5320047 Telephone: +972 (0) 3 624 0240 Facsimile: +972 (0) 3 624 0111 17 18 Co-Lead Counsel for Lead Plaintiffs and the Class 19 20 21 22 23 BERNSTEIN LITOWITZ BERGER & GROSSMANN LLP James A. Harrod Jim.Harrod@blbglaw.com 1251 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 Telephone: (212) 554-1400 Facsimile: (212) 554-1444 24 25 Additional Counsel 26 27 28 STIPULATED MOTION EXTENDING TIME TO FILE AMENDED COMPLAINT AND SETTING BRIEFING SCHEDULE Case No.: 2:22-cv-00617-JHC 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 BARRACK, RODOS & BACINE Stephen R. Basser sbasser@barrack.com Samuel M. Ward sward@barrack.com 600 West Broadway, Suite 900 San Diego, CA 92101 Telephone: (619) 230-0800 Facsimile: (619) 230-1874 Jeffrey A. Barrack jbarrack@barrack.com 3300 Two Commerce Square 2001 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 Telephone: (215) 963-0600 Facsimile: (215) 963-0838 Counsel for the Detectives Endowment Association Annuity Fund 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STIPULATED MOTION EXTENDING TIME TO FILE AMENDED COMPLAINT AND SETTING BRIEFING SCHEDULE Case No.: 2:22-cv-00617-JHC 4 1 ORDER 2 THIS MATTER came before the Court on the Stipulated Motion Extending Time To File 3 Amended Complaint and Setting Briefing Schedule (“Stipulated Motion”), filed jointly by Lead 4 Plaintiffs Universal-Investment-Gesellschaft mbH, Universal-Investment-Luxembourg S.A., 5 Menora Mivtachim Insurance Ltd., Menora Mivtachim Pensions and Gemel Ltd., The Phoenix 6 Insurance Company, Ltd., and The Phoenix Provident Pension Fund Ltd., with named plaintiffs 7 Asbestos Workers Philadelphia Welfare and Pension Fund and Detectives Endowment 8 Association Annuity Fund (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), and Defendants Amazon.com., Inc., Jeffrey 9 P. Bezos, Andrew R. Jassy, Brian T. Olsavsky, David A Zapolsky, Nate Sutton and David Fildes, 10 11 (“Defendants,” and together with Plaintiffs, the “Parties”). Having reviewed the Parties’ Stipulated Motion and for good cause shown, the Court 12 hereby GRANTS the Stipulated Motion and set forth the following schedule: 13 1. Plaintiffs shall file the Second Amended Consolidated Complaint on Tuesday, February 6, 2024. 2. Defendants shall move to dismiss or file their answer to the Second Consolidated Amended Complaint on Monday, April 15, 2024. 3. Plaintiffs shall file their opposition to any motion by Defendants to dismiss the Second Consolidated Amended Complaint on Friday, June 14, 2024. 4. Defendants shall file a reply brief in support of any motion to dismiss on Monday, July 29, 2024. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 IT IS SO ORDERED. 21 22 DATED this 13th day of December, 2023. 23 24 THE HONORABLE JOHN H. CHUN UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 25 26 27 28 STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO FILE AMENDED COMPLAINT AND SETTING BRIEFING SCHEDULE Case No.: 2:22-cv-00617-JHC

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