Doe v. Fairfax Behavioral Health ( 2021 )

1 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 3 AT SEATTLE 4 JOHN DOE, et al., 5 Plaintiffs, 6 v. C19-635 TSZ 7 BHC FAIRFAX HOSPITAL, INC. MINUTE ORDER 8 d/b/a FAIRFAX BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, 9 Defendant. 10 The following Minute Order is made by direction of the Court, the Honorable 11 Thomas S. Zilly, United States District Judge: 12 (1) Defendant’s Motion for Separate Trials, docket no. 74, is DENIED. 13 (2) The Court hereby ORDERS that the trial in this matter shall be conducted virtually via ZoomGov.com, commencing on November 1, 2021. See Le v. King 14 County, No. C18-55-TSZ, 2021 WL 859493, at *5 (W.D. Wash. Mar. 8, 2021) (holding that “‘good cause in compelling circumstances’ justify conducting [that] 15 trial via a videoconferencing platform, that ‘appropriate safeguards’ for doing so are in place, and that a continuance of the trial date is unnecessary and would be 16 prejudicial to plaintiffs”). The applicable procedures and protocols for the virtual trial will be set forth in a separate order. 17 (3) The Court will issue an order explaining the reasons for its rulings. 18 (4) The Clerk is directed to send a copy of this Minute Order to all counsel of 19 record. 20 Dated this 27th day of September, 2021. 21 Ravi Subramanian Clerk 22