Swinomish Indian Tribal Community v BSNF Railway Company
Plaintiff: Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
Defendant: BSNF Railway Company
Case Number: 2:2015cv00543
Filed: April 7, 2015
Court: US District Court for the Western District of Washington
Office: Seattle Office
County: Skagit
Presiding Judge: Robert S. Lasnik
Nature of Suit: Other Contract
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. ยง 1331
Jury Demanded By: None

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April 1, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 237 ORDER granting Parties' 228 Stipulated MOTION to Seal. Signed by Judge Robert S. Lasnik. (MJV)
April 25, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 218 AMENDED ORDER SETTING TRIAL DATE & RELATED DATES. 5-Day Non-Jury Trial is set for 6/3/2024 before Judge Robert S. Lasnik. Defendant's Motion to Compel Arbitration due by 5/12/2023; Response due by 6/2/2023; Reply due by 6/16/2023. Document Excha nge Deadline is 8/18/2023, Discovery completed by 10/6/2023, Expert Witness Disclosure/Reports under FRCP 26(a)(2) due by 12/15/2023, Rebuttal Expert Disclosure/Reports due by 1/26/2024, 39.1 mediation to be initiated by 1/26/2024, Expert Discovery to be completed by 2/16/2024, Dispositive and Daubert motions due by 3/14/2024, Pretrial Order due by 5/17/2024, Trial briefs and Trial Exhibits to be submitted by 5/29/2024. Signed by Judge Robert S. Lasnik. (LH)
March 27, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 216 MEMORANDUM OF DECISION. The parties are directed to confer and submit a proposed case management schedule for the remaining damages issues on or before April 14, 2023. Signed by Judge Robert S. Lasnik. (LH)
March 14, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 206 ORDER granting in part Plaintiff's 194 Motions in Limine. Signed by Judge Robert S. Lasnik. (LH)
March 13, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 204 STIPULATION AND ORDER re Parties' 202 Stipulated MOTION Regarding Judicial Notice of Docket Filings. The Court will take judicial notice of the identified docket entries and records at trial. Signed by Judge Robert S. Lasnik. (LH)
January 9, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 190 ORDER conditionally granting in part Defendant's 181 Motion Regarding Waiver of Privilege & Leave to Disclose. If BNSF elects to proceed with the waiver, it shall produce the expert report of Mr. Scheib within three days of the date of this Order and shall produce the waived communications within twenty-one days of the date of this Order. Signed by Judge Robert S. Lasnik. (LH)
December 15, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 189 ORDER granting Plaintiff's 156 Motion to Exclude Experts Barkan, Rader, and Thatcher. Signed by Judge Robert S. Lasnik. (LH)
November 14, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 180 STIPULATION AND ORDER Regarding Materiality re Parties' 179 Stipulated MOTION. Signed by Judge Robert S. Lasnik. (LH)
August 23, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 174 ORDER REGARDING CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT. The parties' cross-motions for summary judgment (Dkt. # 134 and Dkt. # 146 ) are GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. BNSF's motion for leave to file certain documents under seal (Dkt. # 141 ) is DENIED as moot. All of the documents at issue (Dkt. # 143 ) are publicly available as exhibits to the Declaration of Rebecca Solomon (Dkt. # 136 ). Signed by Judge Robert S. Lasnik. (LH)
May 10, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 153 ORDER granting Plaintiff's 132 Motion to Seal. Docket number 133 shall remain under seal. Signed by Judge Robert S. Lasnik. (LH)
April 19, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 137 STUPULATION AND ORDER granting Parties' 131 Stipulation Motion Regarding Expert Discovery, Summary Judgement Briefing Schedule, and Damages Trial. The expert discovery deadline is extended to April 22, 2021. The Court further ORDERS that the Parties shall file staggered cross-motions for summary judgment under a four-brief schedule: Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment April 9, 2021, BNSF's Response/Cross-Motion April 29, 2021, Tribe's Response/Reply May 14, 2021, BNSF's Reply May 28, 2021. Signed by Judge Robert S. Lasnik.(SR)
January 8, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 130 STIPULATION AND ORDER re Parties' 129 Stipulated Motion. Expert Witness Reports are now due by 2/1/2021, Rebuttal Expert Reports are now due by 3/15/2021. Signed by Judge Robert S. Lasnik. (LH)
December 10, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 128 ORDER granting Parties' 127 Stipulated Motion Extending Fact Discovery Deadline: The fact discovery deadline is extended to January 22, 2021. Signed by Judge Robert S. Lasnik. (LH)
August 14, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 123 ORDER granting Parties' 122 Stipulated Motion for Leave to File and Amended Complaint. Signed by Judge Robert S. Lasnik.(LH)
May 15, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 103 ORDER granting defendant's 96 Motion for Certification of Interlocutory Appeal; staying case. Parties shall, within 7 days of the resolution of the interlocutory proceedings, file a joint status report. Signed by Judge Robert S. Lasnik. (SWT)
April 4, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 100 STIPULATION AND ORDER Regarding Briefing Schedule re parties' 98 Stipulated Motion; RENOTING Defendant's 96 MOTION to Certify and to Stay Proceedings : Noting Date 4/27/2018; Response due no later than 4/19/2018, Reply due no later than 4/27/2018. Signed by Judge Robert S. Lasnik. (SWT)
March 15, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 93 ORDER clarifying previous order and denying defendant's 88 Motion for Reconsideration, signed by Judge Robert S. Lasnik. (SWT)
August 4, 2017 Opinion or Order Filing 90 ORDER FOR FURTHER BRIEFING directing the Clerk to renote Defendant's 88 Motion for Reconsideration for 8/18/2017; Response due by 5:00 p.m. on 8/14/2017; Reply, if any, due on or before the note date. Joint status report due within 7 days of the Court's ruling on BNSF's motion for reconsideration. Signed by Judge Robert S. Lasnik. (PM)
June 8, 2017 Opinion or Order Filing 85 ORDER granting Plaintiff's 77 Motion for Reconsideration; granting Plaintiff's 58 Amended MOTION for Summary Judgment; parties shall, within fourteen (14) days of the date of this Order, confer and file a Joint Status Report. Signed by Judge Robert S. Lasnik. (SWT)
January 31, 2017 Opinion or Order Filing 78 ORDER FOR FURTHER BRIEFING and RENOTING Plaintiff's 77 MOTION for Reconsideration re 75 Order on Motion for Summary Judgment ; Noting Date 2/10/2017. Defendant's response, if any, shall be filed by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, F ebruary 7, 2017. Plaintiff's reply, if any, shall be filed on or before the note date. The parties shall file a second joint status report within 7 days' of the Court's ruling on the Tribe's motion for reconsideration, by Judge Robert S. Lasnik. (KERR)
January 13, 2017 Opinion or Order Filing 75 ORDER granting in part and denying in part 58 Motion for Summary Judgment & 63 Motion for Summary Judgment; by Judge Robert S. Lasnik.(RM)
May 6, 2016 Opinion or Order Filing 47 ORDER REGARDING BNSF'S 42 MOTION TO COMPEL DISCOVERY, by Judge Robert S. Lasnik. (KERR)
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Plaintiff: Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
Represented By: Christopher Ian Brain
Represented By: Stephen T LeCuyer
Represented By: Paul W Moomaw
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Defendant: BSNF Railway Company
Represented By: Jeffrey B DeGroot
Represented By: Andrew Ramiro Escobar
Represented By: Stellman Keehnel
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