Supreme Court Docket

Fall 2018

Justices of the Supreme Court

Chief Justice Mary E. Fairhurst
Justice Charles W. Johnson
Justice Barbara A. Madsen
Justice Susan Owens
Justice Debra L. Stephens
Justice Charlie Wiggins
Justice Steven C. González
Justice Sheryl McCloud
Justice Mary I. Yu


Appointive Officers of the Supreme Court

Clerk Susan L. Carlson
Court Commissioner Michael Johnston
Acting Reporter Vikki Bayman
Administrator for the Courts Callie Dietz
State Law Librarian Robert Mead
Bailiff Guy Rosser


Order

Pursuant to Supreme Court Administrative Rule 6, the Justices of the Supreme Court are assigned to the Departments of the Court Calendars as indicated below:

Department One
Chief Justice Mary E. Fairhurst
    Justice Charles Johnson     Justice Susan J. Owens
    Justice Charlie Wiggins     Justice Sheryl McCloud
   

Department Two

Chief Justice Mary E. Fairhurst
    Justice Barbara A. Madsen     Justice Debra Stephens
    Justice Steven C. González     Justice Mary Yu

Notice to Attorneys

Regular Sessions of the Court begin in January (Winter), May (Spring), and September (Fall) of each year.

Cases set for the mornings are subject to call at 9:00 a.m. Those set in the afternoon are subject to call at 1:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted.

The Court will sometimes take a short recess following the first case in the morning and the first case in the afternoon.

Motion days in the 2018 Fall Session are scheduled, subject to change, for:

September 4, 2018
October 2, 2018
October 30, 2018
November 27, 2018

Settings will not be altered or vacated by the Chief Justice except upon a showing of unavoidable cause.

As provided in RCW 2.32.070, counsel of record and criminal defendants shall be supplied a copy of opinion without charge.


The titles of the cases listed in this docket are not the official titles for purposes of opinions.

Oral Argument Dates


9:00 A.M. WALLA WALLA SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
TWO CASES ONLY
95635-9 (C/A 34360-0-III)
Petition for Review Granted
GRANTED AS TO AMENDED INFORMATION ISSUE ONLY
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
    v.
MICHAEL L. GEHRKE,
          Petitioner.
Hon. Larry H. Haskell
  Brian Clayton O'Brien
  Gretchen Eileen Verhoef
John Clinton Julian
95511-5 (C/A 76008-4-I)
Petition for Review Granted
MOTION TO SUPPLEMENT THE RECORD AND CORRECT MISSTATEMENTS OF FACT - PASSED TO THE MERITS
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
CATHY HARPER, individually, as Personal
Representative of the ESTATE OF TRICIA
PATRICELLI, as Guardian ad Litem for KHALANI
MICHAEL, a minor child, and as Guardian ad Litem for
NIYERRAH MICHAEL, a minor child,
          Respondent,
    v.
STATE OF WASHINGTON; WASHINGTON
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, a governmental
entity,
          Petitioner,
and RHONDA FREELAND and JOHN DOE FREELAND and their marital community,
          Defendants.
Christopher R. Carney
  Sean P. Gillespie
  Kenan Lee Isitt




Hon. Bob Ferguson
  Paul J. Triesch
  Kaylynn What


9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
95134-9 (King 17-2-21919-3 SEA)
Notice of Appeal
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH,
          Respondent,
    v.
JOSHUA FREED, IMPACTION,
         Appellants,
CITIZENS FOR A SAFE KING COUNTY, KING
COUNTY and JULIE WISE, in her official capacity,
         Defendants,
CITY OF SEATTLE,
         Respondent-Intervenor.

Claire Elizabeth Tonry
 Eric D. 'Knoll' Lowney
Philip Albert Talmadge
Mark Christopher Lamb
Andrew Ryan Stokesbary
Hon. Dan Satterberg
 Jennifer M. Stacy
Janine Elizabeth Joly
Hon. Pete Holmes
 Michael Ryan/Carlton Seu/
 Jeffery Moss Slayton

95551-4 (consol. w/ 95571-9) (C/A 74055-5-I)
Petition for Review Granted
"MOTION TO SEAL LIMITED PORTIONS OF ANSWER TO AMICI IF COURT SEALS CORRESPONDING BRIEFING"
PASSED TO THE MERITS
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
    v.
JENNIFER CATHRYN DREEWES,
          Petitioner.
_________________________

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Petitioner,
    v.
JENNIFER CATHRYN DREEWES,
          Respondent .
Hon. Mark Roe
 Mary Kathleen Webber

Marla Leslie Zink
Gregory Charles Link
_________________________

Hon. Mark Roe
 Mary Kathleen Webber

Marla Leslie Zink
Gregory Charles Link


1:00 P.M.

201,781-9 (WSBA #21530)94971-9 (C/A 74899-8-I)
"RESPONDENT’S MOTION TO SEAL THE RECORD IN THIS CASE "
PASSED TO THE MERITS
In re:

MARY ELIZABETH SCHMITT,

         Attorney at Law.

Sachia Stonefeld Powell
(WSBA)

Leland G. Ripley



1:30 P.M.

94971-9 (C/A 74899-8-I)
Discretionary Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
Justice Gordon McCloud recused / Worswick, J.P.T.
In re Personal Restraint Petition of

DEREK E. GRONQUIST,

         Petitioner.
Jeffrey Erwin Ellis

Hon. Bob Ferguson
Mandy Lynn Rose
John Joseph Samson


9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
201,706-1 (WSBA #40475)
Attorney Discipline
In re:

RUSSELL JAMES JENSEN JR.,

Attorney at Law..



Russell James Jensen Jr.

Joanne S. Abelson (WSBA)

95479-8 (C/A 34120-8-III consolidated with 34121-6-III,
34122-4-III, 34123-2-III, 34124-1-III, 34125-9-III,
34126-7-III, 34127-5-III, 34128-3-III, 34129-1-III,
34130-5-III, 34131-3-III, 34132-1-III, 34133-0-III,
34134-8-III, 34135-6-III, 34136-4-III, 34137-2-III,
34138-1-III, 34139-9-III, 34140-2-III, 34141-1-III,
34142-9-III, 34143-7-III, 34180-1-III and 34205-1-III)
Petition for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
         Respondent,
    v.
ANTHONY JASON SIMS,
         Respondent,
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES and WESTERN STATE HOSPITAL,
         Petitioners,
and
SEVERAL OTHER SIMILAR CASES
CONSOLIDATED ON APPEAL.
Hon. Randy J. Flyckt


Eric J. Nielsen
 Jennifer J. Sweigert
Hon. Bob Ferguson
 Gregory Kennedy Ziser
 Jay Douglas Geck
Hon. Larry H. Haskell
 Andrea L. Utigard-Borg


1:00 P.M. SHOW CAUSE HEARING – STRICKEN
TO BE CONSIDERED W/O ORAL ARGUMENT

201,788-6 (WSBA #33341)
In re:

HAROLD M. TURNER,

         Attorney at Law.

M. Craig Bray (WSBA)

Harold M. Turner



1:30 P.M.

95029-6 (Thurston 16-2-04334-5)
Notice of Appeal
SPOKANE COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State
of Washington; PIERCE COUNTY, a political
subdivision of the State of Washington; DOUGLAS
COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State
of Washington; LEWIS COUNTY, a political subdivision of
the State of Washington; KITSAP COUNTY, a political
subdivision of the State of Washington; MASON
COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State of
Washington; CHELAN COUNTY, a political subdivision
of the State of Washington; and CITY OF SPOKANE, a
political subdivision of the State of Washington,
          Appellants,
    v.
STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE,
          Respondent.

John Craig Bjorkman
 James M. Lynch
  Gabrielle Elizabeth Thompson










Hon. Bob Ferguson
 Martha Ffrost Wehling
 Joseph Vincent Panesko


9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA OCTOBER 9, 2018
95420-8 (consol. w/ 95436-4 (C/A 75779-2-I
Petition for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF SEATTLE, a bank
created by federal law,
          Petitioner,
    v.
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC f/k/a
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company; CREDIT SUISSE FIRST
BOSTON MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP., a
Delaware corporation; and CREDIT SUISS
E MANAGEMENT LLC f/k/a CREDIT SUISSE FIRST
BOSTON MANAGEMENT LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company,
          RespondentS.

FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF SEATTLE, a bank
created by federal law,
         Petitioner,
    v.
BARCLAYS CAPITAL, INC., a Connecticut corporation;
BCAP LLC, Delaware limited liability company; and
BARCLAYS BANK PLC, a public limited company
registered in England and Wales,
         Respondents.

Diana Siri Breaux
 Matthew Aaron Carvalho
David Grais
 Joseph Ross Wallin
Michael Jacob Ewart
Michael T Reynolds
 Richard J. Stark
 Richard W. Clary
  Lauren A. Moskowitz
Paul Francis Rugani
 Daniel J. Dunne Jr.
Barry Levin

Diana Siri Breaux
David Grais
  Joseph Ross Wallin
Louis David Peterson
 Brian Corker Free
Agnes Dunogue
  Matthew Craner
95603-1 (C/A 75510-2-I))
Petition for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Petitioner,
         v.
MICHAEL DAVID HENDERSON,
          Respondent.
Hon. Dan Satterberg
 Ann Marie Summers
 James Morrissey Whisman
Marla Leslie Zink
Gregory Charles Link


1:30 P.M.

95115-2 (C/A 74469-1-I)
Petition for Review Granted
AS TO THE ISSUE OF THE SUFFICIENCY OF THE CHARGING DOCUMENT ONLY
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent.
         v.
DIANA JOLINE MERRITT,
         Petitioner,
DOUGLAS ROSS WHITE, AND EACH OF THEM,
          Defendants.
Hon. Dan Satterberg
 David M. Seaver
 Jennifer H.S. Atchison
Casey Grannis


9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA OCTOBER 18, 2018
95307-4 (C/A 49453-1-II)
Petition for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
Justice Madsen recused
END PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX,
          Respondent,
    v.
KING COUNTY,
          Respondent,
Eric D. 'Knoll' Lowney
 Claire Elizabeth Tonry

Hon. Dan Satterberg
 David J. Hackett
 Janine Elizabeth Joly
 Thomas William Kuffel
Paul J. Lawrence
 Shae Blood
 Kymberly Kathryn Evanson
95454-2 (C/A 48384-0-II)
Petition for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
Justice Madsen recused
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Petitioner,
    v.
DARCUS DEWAYNE ALLEN,
          Respondent.
Hon. Mark Lindquist
Jason Ruyf

Gregory Charles Link


1:00 P.M. - SHOW CAUSE HEARING - STRICKEN
TO BE CONSIDERED W/O ORAL ARGUMENT

201,796-7 (WSBA #15020)

20 MINUTES PER SIDE
Justice Madsen recused
In re:
         
GARY EVAN RANDALL,

Attorney at Law.


Natalea Skvir (WSBA)
 
Gary Evan Randall


1:30 P.M.

95707-0 (C/A 77094-2-I)
Discretionary Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
Justice Madsen recused
CITY OF SHORELINE,
          Respondent,
    v.
SOLOMON MCLEMORE,
          Petitioner.
Hon. Margaret King
  Carmen Marie McDonald

David Christopher Iannotti


9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA OCTOBER 23, 2018
95105-5 (C/A 33673-5-III)
Cross-Petition for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent.
    v.
GARY BRUCE FARNWORTH II,
         Petitioner.
Hon. Bob Ferguson
 Tienney K-M Milnor

Douglas Dwight Phelps

95531-0 (C/A 75671-1-I)
Petition for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
JARED KARSTETTER and JULIE KARSTETTER, his
spouse, who together form a marital community,
          Respondent,
    v.
KING COUNTY CORRECTIONS GUILD, a nonprofit
corporation doing business as a labor union, RANDY
WEAVER, SONYA WEAVER, LEONARD ORTH,
KATHERINE ORTH, GARRIN CLARK, GABRIEL
VIGIL,
         Respondents,
WILLIAM B. ATCHISON, ANIL S. KARIA, TREVOR
CALDWELL, individually and as representatives; and
PUBLIC SAFETY LAW GROUP, a legal services public
corporation,
         Defendants.
Judith A. Lonnquist



Dmitri L. Iglitzin
Rory W. Leid
 Peter Roy Barnett



Patrick N. Rothwell


1:00 P.M. - SHOW CAUSE HEARING – STRICKEN
TO BE CONSIDERED W/O ORAL ARGUMENT

201,798-3 (WSBA #36158)

In re:
         
NOEL JAMES PITNER,

Attorney at Law.


Codee L. McDaniel (WSBA)
 
Noel James Pitner


1:30 P.M.

95794-1 (C/A 34852-1-III)
Petition for Review Granted
GRANTED ONLY AS TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT ANTIATTACHMENT ISSUE
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
    v.
JASON M. CATLING,
          Petitioner.
Hon. Lawrence H. Haskell
  Brian Clayton O'Brien
  Gretchen Eileen Verhoef
Thomas Michael Kummerow
  Sara Sofia Taboada


9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA OCTOBER 25, 2018
 
95575-1 (C/A 49588-1-II)
Petition for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
RANDY REYNOLDS & ASSOCIATES, INC. dba
REYNOLDS REAL ESTATE,
          Respondent,
    v.
KASEY HARMON aka KASEY HARMAN, Any
Subtenants, and All Others Acting By Or Through Them,
          Petitioners,
Michael G. Gusa

Scott Crain
 Stephen John Parsons
Edmund Robert Witter
Leslie Woodruff Owen
95449-6 (C/A 74600-6-I)
Petition for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
JOHN STRAUSS and MICHELLE STRAUSS,
          Petitioners,
    v.
PREMERA BLUE CROSS,
          Respondent.
Howard Mark Goodfriend
 Victoria Elizabeth Ainsworth
Patrick A. Trudell
Gwendolyn C. Payton
 John R. Neeleman


1:00 P.M. - SHOW CAUSE HEARING - STRICKEN
TO BE CONSIDERED WITHOUT ORAL ARGUMENT


201,799-1 (WSBA #13367)
In re:

MICHAEL JOHN MCLAUGHLIN,
    

          Attorney at law.

Emily Blair Krueger (WSBA)


Michael John McLaughlin



9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA NOVEMBER 8, 2018
95416-0 (C/A 75541-2-I)
Petition for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
CHAN HEALTHCARE GROUP, PS, a Washington
professional services corporation,
          Petitioner,
    v.
LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. and
LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE
COMPANY, foreign insurance companies,
          RespondentS.
David Elliot Breskin
  Cynthia J. Heidelberg

Philip Albert Talmadge
John Michael Silk
Manuel Berrelez
95632-4 (C/A 48800-1-II) Petition for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
         Respondent,
    v.
JOHN DOUGLAS MAYFIELD,
         Petitioner.
Hon. Ryan Jurvakainen
  Sean M. Brittain

Mary Swift


1:00 P.M. - SHOW CAUSE HEARING - STRICKEN
TO BE CONSIDERED W/O ORAL ARGUMENT


201,657-0 (WSBA #43756)

In re:

SAMUEL CAMPBELL MARSH,
    

          Attorney at law.

Francesca D'Angelo (WSBA)


Samuel Campbell Marsh



1:30 P.M.

95015-6 (Pierce 17-2-06719-4)
Notice of Appeal
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY,
          Respondent,
    v.
THOMAS B. CLARK, MD, Pierce County Chief Medical Examiner, and PIERCE COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER,
          Appellants.
Michael Eliott Chait
  Tom Montgomery

Hon. Mark Lindquist
  Stephen D. Trinen


9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA NOVEMBER 13, 2018
95734-7 (C/A 75458-1-I))
Petition for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON
          Respondent,
    v.
RONALD RICHARD BROWN
          Petitioner.
Hon. Mark Roe
  Seth Aaron Fine

Mick Woynarowski
Maureen Marie Cyr

95528-0 (C/A 75537-4-I)
Petition for Review Granted
AS TO RIGHT TO SELF-REPRESENTATION AND CONFRONTATION
CLAUSE ISSUES ONLY
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
         Respondent,
    v.
MICHAEL IAN BURNS,
         Petitioner.
Hon. David S. McEachran
  Hilary A. Thomas

Thomas Michael Kummerow


1:30 P.M.

95959-5
Original Action Against State Officer
"RESPONDENT YAKIMA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES' MOTION TO SUPPLEMENT AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS AND RECORD" – PASSED TO THE MERITS
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
JANELLE RIDDLE, Yakima County Clerk,
          Petitioner,
    v.
DAVID A. ELOFSON, KEVIN S. NAUGHT,
MICHAEL G. MCCARTHY, DOUGLAS L. FEDERSPIEL, BLAINE
G. GIBSON, RUTH E. REUKAUF, GAYLE M.
HARTHCOCK, and RICHARD H. BARTHFIELD,
Judges of the Superior Court of the State of Washington
for Yakima County,
          Respondents.
Hon. Steven Michael Clem
Hon. Joseph Anthony Brusic

William Douglas Hyslop
  Jennifer Hanson
  Tori Jade Osler


9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA NOVEMBER 15, 2018
95062-8 (Pierce 15-2-11618-1)
Discretionary Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
CESAR BELTRAN-SERRANO, an incapacitated person,
individually, and BIANCA BELTRAN as guardian ad
litem of the person and estate of CESAR BELTRAN-
SERRANO,
         Petitioner,
    v.
CITY OF TACOMA, a political subdivision of the State
of Washington,
         Respondent.

Philip Albert Talmadge
John Robert Connelly Jr.
  Micah R. LeBank



Hon. Bill Fosbre
  Jean P. Homan
Catherine Wright Smith

95394-5 (C/A 77528-6-I)
Discretionary Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
In re the Matter of the Personal Restraint of

TIME RIKAT MEIPPEN,

         Petitioner.
Gregory Charles Link

Hon. Dan Satterberg
  Amy R. Meckling


1:00 P.M. SHOW CAUSE HEARING - STRICKEN
TO BE CONSIDERED W/O ORAL ARGUMENT


201,784-3 (WSBA #43721)
In re:

ADRIENNE SUE THOMMES,

         Attorney at Law.

Codee Lynn McDaniel (WSBA)

Leland G. Ripley



1:30 P.M.

95173-0 (C/A 76019-0-I)
Petition for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
Justice Yu recused/
J. Robin Hunt, J.P.T.
L.M. a minor, by and through his Guardian ad Litem,
WILLIAM L.E. DUSSAULT,
         Petitioner,
    v.
LAURA HAMILTON, individually and her marital
community; LAURA HAMILTON LICENSED
MIDWIFE, a Washington business,
         Respondents.
Ron Perey
Carla Tachau Lawrence
Simeon Osborn
 Susan Machler
Donna Maria Moniz
 Karin Jeanne Mitchell
Mary H. Spillane
Kyle M. Butler
 

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