Judge Denies Stay in TCPA Case vs. DoorDash but Agrees to Extend Deadlines
U.S. District Judge Thomas Zilly for Western Washington in Seattle granted in part and denied in part the parties’ Aug. 14 stipulated motion to stay until Oct. 6 the Telephone Consumer Protection Act case brought by plaintiffs LaVonne and Wesley…
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Rodgers against DoorDash and to reset initial deadlines in the case, said a clerk’s signed minute order Monday (docket 3:23-cv-05564). Zilly honored the parties’ request to extend DoorDash’s deadline to Oct. 13 for answering the Rodgers’ complaint but declined to enter a stay in the case, said the order. The plaintiffs allege DoorDash repeatedly inundated their personal cellphone with telemarketing calls using an autodialer or an artificial or prerecorded voice (see 2306270004). The parties “have been engaged in diligent preliminary discussions concerning a potential resolution and have determined that this case is ripe for an early mediation,” said their Aug. 14 motion. The parties are in the process of selecting a mediator and scheduling a mediation session, it said. A stay until Oct. 6 would allow the parties “to focus their energies on a potential resolution, and avoid the expense of litigation in the interim,” said the motion.