Case 2:20-cv-00887-RAJ Document 141 Filed 10/19/20 Page 1 of 7 THE HONORABLE RICHARD A. JONES 1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 5 6 7 8 9 10 BLACK LIVES MATTER SEATTLE-KING COUNTY, ABIE EKENEZAR, SHARON SAKAMOTO, MURACO KYASHNATOCHA, ALEXANDER WOLDEAB, NATHALIE GRAHAM, and ALEXANDRA CHEN, Plaintiffs, 11 12 v. 13 CITY OF SEATTLE, 14 NO. 2:20-cv-00887 JOINT SUBMISSION REGARDING SCOPE AND SCHEDULING RELATED TO COURT’S CONSIDERATION OF PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR CONTEMPT (ECF 114) Defendant. 15 16 Pursuant to the status conference held with the Court on October 14, 2020, and the Court’s 17 MINUTE ENTRY issued the same date, the parties have met and conferred on the proposed scope 18 and schedule for the Court’s consideration of plaintiffs’ Motion for Contempt filed at ECF 114. 19 The parties provide this Joint Submission in anticipation of the STATUS HEARING set for 20 October 20, 2020, at 10:00 am via Zoom videoconference. 21 JOINT SUBMISSION RE. MOTION FOR CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS - 1 CHRISTIE LAW GROUP, PLLC 2100 WESTLAKE AVENUE N., SUITE 206 SEATTLE, WA 98109 206-957-9669 Case 2:20-cv-00887-RAJ Document 141 Filed 10/19/20 Page 2 of 7 1 The parties agree that the Court can consider the Motion for Contempt based entirely on 2 the written submissions and without any live testimony. The parties do request an opportunity to 3 present oral argument. 4 5 6 7 The parties propose the following with respect to the scope and schedule of the parties’ submissions: 1. The scope of evidence for the Court to consider in support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Contempt (ECF 114) consists of the following previously filed declarations: 8 a. Declaration of David Perez (ECF 115) 9 b. Declaration of Jasper Wensnaham (ECF 116) 10 c. Declaration of Joshua Servian (ECF 117) 11 d. Declaration of Michael Scaturo (ECF 118) 12 e. Declaration of Omari Salisbury (ECF 119) 13 f. Declaration of Richard Smith (ECF 120) 14 g. Declaration of Casey Martin (ECF 121) 15 h. Declaration of Melissa Schade (ECF 122) 16 i. Declaration of Emily Grace Robinson (ECF 123) 17 j. Declaration of Madison Lynn Haughie (ECF 124) 18 k. Declaration of Ashton Eby (ECF 125) 19 l. Declaration of Sean Swanson (ECF 126) 20 m. Declaration of Kristi Krein (ECF 127) 21 n. Declaration of Casey Karhu (ECF 128) JOINT SUBMISSION RE. MOTION FOR CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS - 2 CHRISTIE LAW GROUP, PLLC 2100 WESTLAKE AVENUE N., SUITE 206 SEATTLE, WA 98109 206-957-9669 Case 2:20-cv-00887-RAJ Document 141 Filed 10/19/20 Page 3 of 7 1 o. Declaration of Alexandria Wommack (ECF 129) 2 p. Declaration of Alexandra Chen (ECF 130) 3 q. Declaration of Carter Tinney (ECF 131) 4 r. Declaration of Kristin Mowery (ECF 132) 5 s. Declaration of Ames Frazier (ECF 133) 6 t. Declaration of Marilyn Flynn (ECF 134) 7 u. The video clips and other evidence referenced in these materials and in the 8 motion. 9 2. Defendant will file its Response to plaintiffs’ Motion along with all supporting 10 declarations and video/photographic evidence by November 2, 2020, unless the Court 11 extends this deadline to November 9, 2020, as defendant requested in the October 14, 12 2020, hearing. Plaintiffs oppose any extension beyond November 2, 2020. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 a. With regard to any video that is only a partial recording that Defendant submits to the Court, i. Defendants propose to provide to Plaintiffs an extended clip that includes 30 seconds before and after the section submitted. ii. Plaintiffs propose that Defendants provide the entirety of any such video recording. b. In addition, 20 i. Plaintiffs propose that Defendants provide to Plaintiffs any other 21 relevant video evidence Defendant discovers in its review of videos JOINT SUBMISSION RE. MOTION FOR CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS - 3 CHRISTIE LAW GROUP, PLLC 2100 WESTLAKE AVENUE N., SUITE 206 SEATTLE, WA 98109 206-957-9669 Case 2:20-cv-00887-RAJ Document 141 Filed 10/19/20 Page 4 of 7 1 even if it chooses not to include this video evidence in its submission to 2 the Court. 3 additional burden on Defendant and is consistent with Defendant’s 4 representations to the Court in connection with Plaintiffs’ first contempt 5 motion. 6 Plaintiffs contend this approach will not impose any ii. Defendants oppose this since its Response will be focused on the 7 specific events and allegations in Plaintiffs’ motion. The broad 8 discovery standard of “relevance” should not be applied to this narrow 9 and focused motion. 10 c. Defendant agrees that these supplemental videos will be submitted to Plaintiffs 11 contemporaneously with Defendant’s submission to the Court. Consistent with 12 LCR 5(g) Defendant will arrange to meet and confer with Plaintiffs should it 13 believe that any response materials should be filed under seal. 14 15 3. Plaintiffs will have 7 calendar days after receiving Defendant’s Response in which to file any Reply brief and rebuttal evidence. 16 4. Defendant will have 7 calendar days after receiving plaintiffs’ Reply in which to file 17 any Surreply brief and evidence strictly limited to addressing only declarations from 18 new individuals or other new evidence filed as part of the Reply. 19 5. The parties agree to a bifurcated proceeding, where the first step for consideration in 20 the present Motion is whether or not the City has violated this Court’s Stipulated Order 21 Entering A Preliminary Injunction (ECF 42) or its Order Granting Stipulated JOINT SUBMISSION RE. MOTION FOR CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS - 4 CHRISTIE LAW GROUP, PLLC 2100 WESTLAKE AVENUE N., SUITE 206 SEATTLE, WA 98109 206-957-9669 Case 2:20-cv-00887-RAJ Document 141 Filed 10/19/20 Page 5 of 7 1 Clarification Of Preliminary Injunction (ECF 110). The outcome of this first step will 2 determine whether and how the Court will address any issue of sanctions. 3 DATED this 19th day of October, 2020. 4 CHRISTIE LAW GROUP, PLLC 5 By /s/ Robert L. Christie By /s/ Thomas P. Miller By /s/ Ann E. Trivett By /s/ Megan M. Coluccio ROBERT L. CHRISTIE, WSBA #10895 THOMAS P. MILLER, WSBA #34473 ANN E. TRIVETT, WSBA #39228 MEGAN M. COLUCCIO, WSBA #44178 Attorneys for Defendant City of Seattle 2100 Westlake Avenue N., Suite 206 Seattle, WA 98109 Phone: 206-957-9669 Email: bob@christielawgroup.com tom@christielawgroup.com ann@christielawgroup.com megan@christielawgroup.com 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 PETER S. HOLMES Seattle City Attorney 14 By /s/ Ghazal Sharifi By /s/ Carolyn U. Boies GHAZAL SHARIFI, WSBA# 47750 CAROLYN U. BOIES, WSBA #40395 Attorneys for Defendant City of Seattle Assistant City Attorneys Seattle City Attorney’s Office 701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2050 Seattle, WA 98104 Phone: 206-684-8200 E-mail: Ghazal.Sharifi@seattle.gov Carolyn.Boies@seattle.gov 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 JOINT SUBMISSION RE. MOTION FOR CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS - 5 CHRISTIE LAW GROUP, PLLC 2100 WESTLAKE AVENUE N., SUITE 206 SEATTLE, WA 98109 206-957-9669 Case 2:20-cv-00887-RAJ Document 141 Filed 10/19/20 Page 6 of 7 By: s/ David A. Perez By: s/ Carolyn S. Gilbert By: s/ Rachel Haney By: s/ Nitika Arora By: s/ Heath Hyatt By: s/ Paige L. Whidbee David A. Perez #43959 Carolyn S. Gilbert #51285 Rachel Haney #52637 Nitika Arora #54084 Heath Hyatt #54141 Paige L. Whidbee # 55072 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Perkins Coie LLP 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 Seattle, WA 98101-3099 Telephone: 206.359.8000 Facsimile: 206.359.9000 Email: DPerez@perkinscoie.com CarolynGilbert@perkinscoie.com RHaney@perkinscoie.com NArora@perkinscoie.com HHyatt@perkinscoie.com PWhidbee@perkinscoie.com 8 9 10 11 12 13 By: s/ Molly Tack-Hooper By: s/ Nancy L. Talner By: s/ Lisa Nowlin By: s/ Breanne Schuster By: s/ John Midgley Molly Tack-Hooper, #56356 Nancy L. Talner #11196 Lisa Nowlin #51512 Breanne Schuster #49993 John Midgley #6511 14 15 16 17 18 American Civil Liberties Union of Washington Foundation P.O. Box 2728 Seattle, WA 98111 Telephone: (206) 624-2184 19 20 21 JOINT SUBMISSION RE. MOTION FOR CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS - 6 CHRISTIE LAW GROUP, PLLC 2100 WESTLAKE AVENUE N., SUITE 206 SEATTLE, WA 98109 206-957-9669 Case 2:20-cv-00887-RAJ Document 141 Filed 10/19/20 Page 7 of 7 Email: mtackhooper@aclu-wa.org talner@aclu-wa.org lnowlin@aclu-wa.org bschuster@aclu-wa.org jmidgley@aclu-wa.org 1 2 3 By: s/ Robert S. Chang By: s/ Melissa Lee By: s/ Jessica Levin Robert S. Chang, #44083 Melissa Lee #38808 Jessica Levin #40837 4 5 6 7 Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality Ronald A. Peterson Law Clinic Seattle University School of Law 1112 E. Columbia Street Seattle, WA 98122 Telephone: 206.398.4025 Fax: 206.398.4077 Email: changro@seattleu.edu 8 9 10 11 12 Attorneys for Plaintiffs Black Lives Matter Seattle-King County, Abie Ekenezar, Sharon Sakamoto, Muraco Kyashna-tochá, Alexander Woldeab, Nathalie Graham, and Alexandra Chen 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 JOINT SUBMISSION RE. MOTION FOR CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS - 7 CHRISTIE LAW GROUP, PLLC 2100 WESTLAKE AVENUE N., SUITE 206 SEATTLE, WA 98109 206-957-9669