Waithaka v. Amazon.com Inc ( 2022 )

1 The Honorable Ricardo S. Martinez 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 8 AT SEATTLE 9 BERNARD WAITHAKA, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Case No. 2:19-cv-01320-RSM 10 Plaintiffs, STIPULATION AND ORDER RE: 11 MOTION TO COMPEL v. ARBITRATION AND 12 SUPPLEMENTAL CLASS AMAZON.COM, INC., AMAZON CERTIFICATION BRIEFING 13 LOGISTICS, INC., SCHEDULE 14 Defendants. NOTE ON MOTION CALENDAR: July 19, 2022 15 16 Plaintiff Bernard Waithaka and Defendants Amazon.com, Inc. and Amazon Logistics, 17 Inc., by and through their undersigned counsel, jointly stipulate and request the following 18 briefing schedule for Defendants’ motion to compel arbitration and the Parties’ proposal to 19 submit supplemental briefing regarding class certification. In support of this joint stipulation, 20 the parties state as follows: 21 1. Plaintiff filed a Motion to Certify Class on May 14, 2021 (ECF No. 97), 22 Defendants filed an Opposition on July 30, 2021 (ECF No. 102) and Plaintiff filed a reply on 23 August 13, 2021 (ECF No. 106). 24 2. On June 6, 2022, the Supreme Court issued a ruling in Southwest Airlines Co. 25 v. Saxon, 142 S. Ct. 1783 (2022), which interpreted the exemption under section 1 of the 26 STIPULATION AND ORDER RE MOTION TO 925 FOURK T& HL A G VA ET NE US EL L SUP ITE 2900 COMPEL ARBITRATION AND SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98104-1158 1 Federal Arbitration Act. Defendants intend to file a renewed motion to compel arbitration 2 based on Saxon, which Plaintiff intends to oppose. Defendants believe the Court should 3 consider this motion to compel before or concurrent with the Plaintiffs’ pending Motion for 4 Class Certification (ECF No. 97), which has been fully briefed since August 2021, because an 5 order granting that renewed motion would moot the pending Motion to Certify. 6 3. On July 5, 2022, the Ninth Circuit issued its ruling in Bowerman v. Field Asset 7 Servs., Inc., No. 18-16303, -- F.4th -- 2022 WL 2433971, at *8 (9th Cir. July 5, 2022), 8 reversing a class certification order, for which Defendants filed a Notice of Supplemental 9 Authority on July 13, 2022 (ECF No. 130). The Parties would both like the opportunity to 10 address Bowerman and any other new cases issued since the parties completed their briefing 11 on the pending Motion for Class Certification. 12 4. The parties have met and conferred and agree on the following schedule for 13 briefing Defendants’ motion to compel and the simultaneous exchange of supplemental 14 briefing on the impact of Bowerman (if any) and any other applicable new cases (if any) on 15 the pending Motion for Class Certification, subject to Court approval: 16 a. Motion to compel arbitration and simultaneous 10-page supplemental 17 briefs regarding Bowerman and other applicable new cases: August 11, 18 2022; 19 b. Opposition to the motion to compel arbitration and simultaneous 5- 20 page supplemental response briefs regarding class certification: 21 September 6, 2022; and, 22 c. Reply in support of the motion to compel arbitration: September 16, 23 2022. 24 25 26 STIPULATION AND ORDER RE MOTION TO 925 FOURK T& HL A G VA ET NE US EL L SUP ITE 2900 COMPEL ARBITRATION AND SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98104-1158 1 Respectfully submitted July 19, 2022. 2 By: s/ Michael C. Subit By: s/ Todd L. Nunn 3 Michael C. Subit, WSBA No. 29189 Todd L. Nunn, WSBA No. 23267 FRANK FREED SUBIT & THOMAS LLP K&L GATES LLP 4 Hoge Building, Suite 1200 925 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2900 705 Second Avenue Seattle, WA 98104-1158 5 Seattle, Washington 98104-1729 Telephone: (206) 370-7673 Telephone: (206) 682-6711 Fax: (206) 623-7022 6 Fax: (206) 682-0401 todd.nunn@klgates.com msubit@frankfreed.com 7 Shannon Liss-Riordan (pro hac vice) Richard G. Rosenblatt (pro hac vice) 8 Harold Lichten (pro hac vice) James P. Walsh (pro hac vice) Adelaide Pagano (pro hac vice) MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS 9 LICHTEN & LISS-RIORDAN, P.C. 502 Carnegie Center 729 Boylston Street, Suite 2000 Princeton, NJ 08540 10 Boston, MA 02116 Telephone: (609) 919-6600 ______ Telephone: (617) 994-5800 richard.rosenblatt@morganlewis.com 11 Fax: (617) 994-5801 james.walsh@morganlewis.com sliss@llrlaw.com 12 hlichten@llrlaw.com John S. Battenfeld (pro hac vice) apagano@llrlaw.com MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 13 300 South Grand Avenue 22nd Floor Attorneys for Plaintiff Los Angeles, CA 90071 14 Telephone: (213) 612-1018 Email: john.battenfeld@morganlewis.com 15 Sarah Zenewicz (pro hac vice) 16 MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP One Market, Spear Street Tower 28th Floor 17 San Francisco, CA 94105 Telephone: (415) 442-1176 18 Email: sarah.zenewicz@morganlewis.com 19 Attorneys for Defendants 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 STIPULATION AND ORDER RE MOTION TO 925 FOURK T& HL A G VA ET NE US EL L SUP ITE 2900 COMPEL ARBITRATION AND SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98104-1158 1 ORDER 2 Having reviewed the parties’ Stipulation and Proposed Order Regarding Motion to 3 Compel Arbitration and Supplemental Class Certification Briefing Schedule and good cause 4 appearing, it is hereby ordered that: 5 1. Defendants’ motion to compel arbitration and the parties’ respective 10-page 6 supplemental briefs regarding the impact of the Bowerman decision on the 7 pending Class Certification Motion will be filed no later than August 11, 2022; 8 2. Any opposition to the motion to compel arbitration and the parties’ 5-page 9 supplemental response briefs will be filed no later than September 6, 2022; 10 and, 11 3. Any reply in support of the motion to compel must be filed no later than 12 September 16, 2022. 13 14 DATED this 26th day of July, 2022. 15 16 A 17 RICARDO S. MARTINEZ 18 CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 STIPULATION AND ORDER RE MOTION TO 925 FOURK T& HL A G VA ET NE US EL L SUP ITE 2900 COMPEL ARBITRATION AND SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98104-1158 1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 2 I certify that on July 19, 2022, I arranged for electronic filing of the STIPULATION 3 AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION AND 4 SUPPLEMENTAL CLASS CERTIFICATION BRIEFING SCHEDULE with the Clerk of 5 the Court using the CM/ECF system, which will send a notice of electronic filing to all 6 counsel in this matter. 7 s/ Todd L. Nunn Todd L. Nunn, WSBA #23267 8 K&L Gates LLP 925 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2900 9 Seattle, WA 98104 Phone: (206) 623-7580 10 Fax: (206) 623-7022 E-mail: todd.nunn@klgates.com 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 STIPULATION AND ORDER RE MOTION TO 925 FOURK T& HL A G VA ET NE US EL L SUP ITE 2900 COMPEL ARBITRATION AND SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98104-1158