United States of America v. Hartford Fire Insurance Company ( 2022 )

1 The Honorable Benjamin H. Settle 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 7 AT TACOMA 8 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, for the Use Case No. 3:22-cv-05103-BHS 9 and Benefit of CECCANTI, INC., a Washington corporation, STIPULATED MOTION TO EXTEND 10 CERTAIN PRE-TRIAL DATES Plaintiffs, 11 v. NOTE ON MOTION CALENDAR: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2022 12 HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE 13 COMPANY, a Connecticut corporation, 14 Defendant. 15 16 I. STIPULATED MOTION 17 Plaintiff and Defendant (collectively, the “Parties”), by and through their respective 18 counsel, stipulate and respectfully request the Court grant an extension of the discovery and 19 dispositive motions deadline in this matter as set forth in the Court’s Order Setting Jury Trial and 20 Pretrial Dates (ECF 13). 21 Specifically, the Parties request the Court extend these deadlines as follows: 22 Event Current Date Proposed Revision 23 Discovery completed by January 3, 2023 January 31, 2023 24 All dispositive motions must be February 1, 2023 February 15, 2023 filed by 25 26 STIPULATED MOTION TO EXTEND CERTAIN PRE-TRIAL DATES 1 Good cause exists to grant this limited request to modify certain dates in the Scheduling 2 Order. The Parties recently engaged in Alternative Dispute Resolution and continue to work to see 3 if they can resolve this matter without further litigation. See, e.g., Rollins v. Traylor Bros Inc., 4 2017 WL 2215778, *2 (W.D. Wash. 2017) (Finding good cause to continue trial to allow the 5 parties to complete discovery and to facilitate potential settlement negotiations). A brief extension 6 of the discovery and dispositive motions deadlines will allow the Parties additional time to see if 7 they can resolve their dispute while limiting the attorneys’ fees and costs incurred in litigation. 8 The Parties do not request to move any other dates—including the trial date—at this time. 9 DATED: December 22, 2022 10 ASHBAUGH BEAL, LLP SEYFARTH SHAW LLP 11 By: s/ Richard H. Skalbania By: s/ Ashley J. Sherwood 12 Richard H. Skalbania, WSBA #17316 Ashley J. Sherwood, WSBA # 46885 13 rskalbania@ashbaughbeal.com asherwood@seyfarth.com James Grossman, WSBA #55843 Ryan M. Gilchrist, WSBA # 50629 14 jgrossman@ashbaughbeal.com rgilchrist@seyfarth.com 701 5th Avenue, Suite 4400 999 Third Avenue, Suite 4700 15 Seattle, WA 98104 Seattle, WA 98104 16 Attorneys for Plaintiff Ceccanti, Inc. Attorneys for Defendant Hartford Fire Insurance Company 17 18 19 II. ORDER 20 IT IS SO ORDERED. 21 DATED this 22nd day of December, 2022. 22 A 23 24 25 BENJAMIN H. SETTLE United States District Judge 26 STIPULATED MOTION TO EXTEND CERTAIN PRE-TRIAL DATES SEYFARTH SHAW LLP 1 Presented by: 2 ASHBAUGH BEAL, LLP SEYFARTH SHAW LLP 3 4 By: s/ Richard H. Skalbania By: s/ Ashley J. Sherwood Richard H. Skalbania, WSBA #17316 Ashley J. Sherwood, WSBA # 46885 5 rskalbania@ashbaughbeal.com asherwood@seyfarth.com James Grossman, WSBA #55843 Ryan M. Gilchrist, WSBA # 50629 6 jgrossman@ashbaughbeal.com rgilchrist@seyfarth.com 7 701 5th Avenue, Suite 4400 999 Third Avenue, Suite 4700 Seattle, WA 98104 Seattle, WA 98104 8 Attorneys for Plaintiff Ceccanti, Inc. Attorneys for Defendant Hartford Fire 9 Insurance Company 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 STIPULATED MOTION TO EXTEND CERTAIN PRE-TRIAL DATES SEYFARTH SHAW LLP 1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 2 I hereby certify that on the date below, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the following: 3 Attorneys for Plaintiff: 4 Richard H. Skalbania, WSBA No. 17316 5 James Grossman, WSBA No. 55843 6 Ashbaugh Beal LLP 701 5th Avenue, Suite 4400 7 Seattle, Washington 98104 Email: rskalbania@ashbaughbeal.com 8 Email: jgrossman@ashbaughbeal.com 9 Email: sthomas@ashbaughbeal.com 10 DATED this 21st day of December, 2022. 11 s/ Paul B. Mora 12 Paul B. Mora, Legal Assistant Seyfarth Shaw LLP 13 999 Third Avenue, Suite 4700 14 Seattle, Washington 98104 (206) 946-4910 15 Email: pmora@seyfarth.com 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 STIPULATED MOTION TO EXTEND CERTAIN PRE-TRIAL DATES SEYFARTH SHAW LLP