Williams v. GEICO General Insurance Company ( 2022 )

1 HONORABLE BENJAMIN H. SETTLE 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 3 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 4 5 RAYMOND WILLIAMS, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, 6 Case No. 3:19-cv-05823-BHS Plaintiff, 7 ORDER EXTENDING DEADLINE TO v. SUBMIT JOINT STATUS REPORT 8 GEICO GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY 9 and CCC INTELLIGENT SOLUTIONS NOTE ON MOTION CALENDAR: December 21, 2022 INCORPORATED, 10 Defendants. 11 12 13 Pursuant to Local Rule 7(d)(1), Plaintiff Raymond Williams (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants 14 GEICO General Insurance Company (“GEICO”) and CCC Intelligent Solutions Inc. (“CCC”) 15 (collectively, the “Parties”), hereby stipulate as follows: 16 17 1. WHEREAS, on July 29, 2021, this Court entered an Order (Dkt. No. 97) staying 18 this matter and ordering the Parties to provide the Court with a joint written status report and 19 proposed case schedule within ten days after the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its mandate 20 in Lundquist v. First Nat’l Ins. Co. of Am. (“Lara”), Case No. 21-35126 (9th Cir. 2021). 21 2. On February 11, 2022, the Ninth Circuit filed its opinion in Lara affirming Judge 22 Bryan’s denial of class certification in Lundquist v. First Nat’l Insurance Co. of Am., Case No. 23 3:18-cv-05301-RJB. Lara, Dkt. No. 86; Lara v. First Nat’l Ins. Co. of Am., 25 F.4th 1134 (9th 24 25 Cir. 2022). 26 3. On March 28, 2022, the plaintiffs-appellants in Lara petitioned for rehearing and 27 rehearing en banc. Lara, Dkt. No. 89. 1 4. On May 10, 2022, the Ninth Circuit denied the petition for rehearing and rehearing 2 en banc in Lara. Lara, Dkt. No. 106. 3 5. On June 7, 2022, the Ninth Circuit issued its mandate in Lara. Lara, Dkt. No. 111. 4 Accordingly, the deadline for the Parties to submit their joint status report is June 17, 2022. 5 6. On June 16, 2022, the Parties filed a Stipulated Motion To Extend Deadline To 6 7 Submit Joint Status Report, Dkt. No. 101, which this Court granted on June 21, 2022, Dkt. No. 8 102. 9 7. On June 24, 2022, the Parties filed a Stipulated Motion To Extend Deadline To 10 Submit Joint Status Report, Dkt. No. 103, which this Court granted on June 27, 2022, Dkt. No. 11 104. 12 8. On July 7, 2022, the Parties filed a Stipulated Motion To Extend Deadline To 13 Submit Joint Status Report, Dkt. No. 105, which this Court granted on July 7, 2022, Dkt. No. 106. 14 15 The motion extended the deadline to submit a joint status report to August 22, 2022. 16 9. On August 19, 2022, the Parties filed a Stipulated Motion To Extend Deadline To 17 Submit Joint Status Report, Dkt. No. 107, which this Court granted on August 22, 2022, Dkt. No. 18 108. The motion extended the deadline to submit a joint status report to September 21, 2022. 19 10. On September 21, 2022, the Parties filed a Stipulated Motion To Extend Deadline 20 To Submit Joint Status Report, Dkt. No. 109, which this Court granted on September 23, 2022, 21 Dkt. No. 110. The motion extended the deadline to submit a joint status report to October 21, 22 23 2022. 24 11. On October 20, 2022, the Parties filed a Stipulated Motion To Extend Deadline To 25 Submit Joint Status Report, Dkt. No. 111, which this Court granted on October 21, 2022, Dkt. No. 26 112. The motion extended the deadline to submit a joint status report to November 21, 2022. 27 1 12. On November 18, 2022, the Parties filed a Stipulated Motion To Extend Deadline 2 To Submit Joint Status Report, Dkt. No. 113, which this Court granted on November 21, 2022, 3 Dkt. No. 114. The motion extended the deadline to submit a joint status report to December 21, 4 2022. 5 13. The Parties jointly and respectfully request an additional extension of 30 days for 6 7 the deadline to submit a joint status report. The Parties are continuing to pursue settlement 8 negotiations, and the requested extension will allow the Parties to conduct those negotiations 9 without the pressure of immediate court deadlines. 10 14. Based on the foregoing, the Parties stipulate and agree that good cause exists to 11 extend the deadline to submit a joint status report to January 20, 2023. 12 13 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 14 Dated this 22nd day of December, 2022. A 15 16 BENJAMIN H. SETTLE 17 United States District Judge 18 19 Dated: December 21, 2022 Respectfully submitted, 20 21 /s/ Steve W. Berman /s/ Kathleen M. O’Sullivan Steve W. Berman Kathleen M. O’Sullivan, WSBA No. 27850 22 Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP Perkins Coie LLP 1301 2nd Avenue, Suite 2000 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 23 Seattle, WA 98101 Seattle, WA 98101 Telephone: 206.583.8888 24 Attorney for Plaintiff Facsimile: 206.583.8500 25 Email: KOSullivan@perkinscoie.com Attorneys for Defendant CCC Information 26 Services Inc. 27 1 John M. DeStefano /s/ Marguerite M. Sullivan Robert B. Carey Marguerite M. Sullivan (pro hac vice) 2 Elizabeth T. Beardsley Jason R. Burt (pro hac vice) 3 Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP Latham & Watkins LLP 11 West Jefferson Street, Suite 1000 555 11th Street NW, Suite 1000 4 Phoenix, AZ 85003 Washington, DC 20004 Telephone: 202.637.2200 5 Attorneys for Plaintiff Email: marguerite.sullivan@lw.com jason.burt@lw.com 6 7 /s/ Brian J. Hembd Steven J. Pacini (pro hac vice) 8 Dan W. Goldfine Latham & Watkins LLP Brian J. Hembd 200 Clarendon Street Dickinson Wright PLLC 9 27th Floor 1850 N Central Ave., Suite1400 Phoenix, AZ 85004 Boston, MA 02116 10 Telephone: 617.880.4516 Attorneys for Defendant GEICO General Email: steven.pacini@lw.com 11 Insurance Company 12 Attorneys for Defendant CCC Information Services Inc. 13 Vanessa S. Power 14 STOEL RIVES LLP 600 University Street, Suite 3600 15 Seattle, WA 98101 16 Attorneys for Defendant GEICO General Insurance Company 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 2 I hereby certify under penalty of perjury that on December 21, 2022 a true and correct 3 copy of the foregoing was filed electronically by CM/ECF, which caused notice to be sent to all 4 counsel of record. 5 6 DATED this 21st day of December, 2022. 7 s/ Marguerite M. Sullivan 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27