Supreme Court Docket
Supreme Court Briefs
Fall 2020

Justices of the Supreme Court

Chief Justice Debra Stephens
Justice Charles W. Johnson
Justice Barbara A. Madsen
Justice Susan Owens
Justice Steven C. González
Justice Sheryl Gordon McCloud
Justice Mary I. Yu
Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis
Justice G. Helen Whitener

Appointive Officers of the Supreme Court

Clerk Susan L. Carlson
Court Commissioner Michael Johnston
Reporter Sam Thompson
Administrator for the Courts Dawn Marie Rubio
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 Debra Stephens
    Justice Charles Johnson     Justice Susan J. Owens
    Justice Sheryl Gordon McCloud     Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis
   

Department Two

Chief Justice Debra Stephens
    Justice Barbara A. Madsen     Justice Steven C. González
    Justice Mary Yu     Justice G. Helen Whitener

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 2020 Fall Session are scheduled, subject to change, for:

September 8, 2020
October 6, 2020
November 3, 2020
December 1, 2020

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.
Supreme Court Briefs

Oral Argument Dates

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA September 22, 2020
TWO CASES ONLY
96143-3 (C/A 77360-7-I)
Discretionary Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
         Respondent,
    v.
D.L.,
          Petitioner.
 Hon. Eric Richey
 Hilary A. Thomas
Philip James Buri
Kate Benward
96894-2 (C/A 78442-1-I)
Discretionary Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
         Respondent,
    v.
M.S.,
          Petitioner.
 Hon. Dan Satterberg
 James Morrissey Whisman
 Benjamin Carr
Kate Huber

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
98056-0 (C/A 78089-1-I)
Petition for Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent.
    v.
NICHOLAS CONAN ORN,
          Petitioner.
 Hon. Dan Satterberg
  James Morrissey Whisman
  Jennifer Paige Joseph
Gregory Charles Link
 Lila Jane Silverstein
98067-5 (C/A 35901-8-III)
Petition for Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
         Respondent,
    v.
LELAND HONN KNAPP IV,
          Petitioner.
 Hon. Andrew Kelvin Miller
 Terry Jay Bloor

Andrea Burkhart

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

201,965-0 (WSBA # 11923)
In re:

TARL RAUD OLIASON, Attorney at Law.
 Joanne S. Abelson (WSBA)

Tarl Raud Oliason

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA OCTOBER 20, 2020
98024-1 (C/A 36165-9-III)
Petition for Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
THOMAS SILVER, an individual, and all those similarly
situated,
          Petitioner,
    v.
RUDEEN MANAGEMENT COMPANY, INC., a
Washington corporation,
          Respondent.
 Brian Cameron
 Kirk David Miller


Timothy W. Durkop
98066-7 (C/A 51777-9-II)
Petition for Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
    v.
CORY PRATT,
          Petitioner.
 Hon. Tony Golik
  Rachael Rogers
 Colin Patrick Hayes
Steven Whitman Thayer
Mark W. Muenster

1:30 P.M.

97766-6 (C/A 51409-5-II)
Petition for Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
    v.
TIMOTHY E. HAAG,
          Petitioner.
 Hon. Ryan Jurvakainen
  David Phelan

Mary Katherine Young High
  Jennifer Vickers Freeman

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA OCTOBER 22, 2020
ONE CASE ONLY
98280-5 (C/A 79655-1-I)
Petition for Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
Justice Montoya-Lewis recused
/ Ann Schindler, J.P.T.
BONNIE I. MEYERS, as personal representative of the
estate of GABRIEL LEWIS ANDERSON, a deceased
minor, age 15, and on behalf of the beneficiaries of the
estate; and BRANDI K. SESTROM and JOSHUA
ANDERSON, individually,
          Respondents,
     v.
FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a political
subdivision of the State of Washington,
          Petitioner,
   and
WILLIAM KLEIN and JANE DOE KLEIN and the
marital community comprised thereof,
          Other Parties.
 Philip Albert Talmadge
  Aaron Paul Orheim
John Robert Connelly, JR
  Marta Lynn O'Brien
  Jackson Robert Pahlke




Bret S. Simmons
  Jill Smith


Mark Dietzler
  Lisa Ann Liekhus

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA OCTOBER 27, 2020
TWO CASE ONLY
98326-7 (C/A 79793-0-I)
Petition for Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Petitioner,
    v.
ANTHONY THOMAS WALLER,
          Respondent.
 Hon. Dan Satterberg
  James Morrissey Whisman

Gregory Charles Link
  Nancy P. Collins
98026-8 (C/A 79621-6-I)
Discretionary Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
In re Personal Restraint of

ALEJANDRO GARCIA-MENDOZA,
          Petitioner.
 Teymur Gasanovich Askerov

Hon. Adam Cornell
  Seth Aaron Fine

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA OCTOBER 29, 2020
98768-8 (C/A 83289-1-I)
Notice for Discretionary Review 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
BRIAN GREEN,
          Respondent,
    v.
PIERCE COUNTY,
          Petitioner.
 Joseph Thomas


Hon. Mary Robnett
  Daniel Ray Hamilton
98495-6 (C/A 79573-2-I)
Notice for Discretionary Review 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
GAILIN HESTER, BRETT YACKLIN, DOUG
CLEVENGER, and GREG ULRICH, each individually
and on behalf of their respective marital communities, and
on behalf of all others similarly situated,
          Petitioners,
    v.
STATE OF WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON
DEPARTMENT OF RETIREMENT SYSTEMS, and
WASHINGTON STATE PATROL,
          Respondents.
 Brian William Esler
  Clemens H. Barnes
  Kellen Andrew Hade
  Katie Loberstein

Hon. Bob Ferguson
  Eric Andrew Mentzer
  Kathryn Wyatt
  Nam Duc Nguyen
  Sharon English
  Heidi A. Irvin

1:30 P.M.

98487-5 (C/A 36621-9-III)
Discretionary Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
In Re the Dependency of

A.K., L.R.K.S., D.B.K.S.,
          minor children
 Gregory Charles Link
  Marek Elias Falk

Hon. Bob Ferguson
  Rachel Brehm King

Reagyn A. Germer
Ronald John Whitener
Kathryn E. Fort

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA NOVEMBER 10, 2020
97689-9 (C/A 79757-3-I)
Discretionary Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
In re the Personal Restraint of

CARL ALONZO BROOKS,

          Petitioner.
 Gregory Charles Link

Hon. Bob Ferguson
  Timothy Norman Lang
  Alex A. Kostin
98296-1 (C/A 51253-0-II)
Petition for Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
GERRI S. COOGAN, the spouse of JERRY D.
COOGAN, deceased, and JAMES P. SPURGETIS, solely
in his capacity as the Personal Representative of the Estate
of JERRY D. COOGAN, Deceased,
          Petitioners,
    v.
GENUINE PARTS COMPANY d/b/a NATIONAL
AUTOMOTIVE PARTS ASSOCIATION (a/k/a NAPA),
and NATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE PARTS
ASSOCIATION,
          Respondents.
 Brian D. Weinstein
  Alexandra Brett Caggiano
Lisa Shirley
  Jessica Dean
William Joel Rutzick

Michael Barr King
  Timothy Kost Thorson
Jeanne F. Loftis
Brendan Philip Hanrahan
Jason Wayne Anderson
Philip Albert Talmadge

1:30 P.M.

98256-2 (52369-8-II)
Petition for Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
State of Washington,
          Respondent,
    v.
TANNER LEE CORYELL,
          Petitioner.
 Hon. John Tunheim
  Joseph James Anthony Jackson

Thomas E. Weaver Jr.

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA NOVEMBER 12, 2020
ONE CASE ONLY
98825-1 (C/A 79714-0-I)
Discretionary Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
In re the Dependency of

B.S., a minor child.
Jan Trasen

Hon. Bob Ferguson
  Rachel Brehm King

Leslie Elizabeth Gilbertson
Richard G. Wogsland II

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA NOVEMBER 17, 2020
98154-0
Original Action
 30 MINUTES PER SIDE
JULIAN PIMENTEL,
          Petitioner,
    v.
THE JUDGES OF KING COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT
and DAN SATTERBERG, KING COUNTY
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY,
          Respondents.
 David Allen
  Todd Maybrown
  Danielle Smith
  Cooper David Offenbecher
Hon. Dan Satterberg
  Ann Marie Summers
Steven Walter Fogg
  Timothy Ashley Bradshaw
  Victoria Elizabeth Ainsworth
98496-4 (C/A 52450-3-II)
Petition for Review Granted
GRANTED AS TO PERSISTENT OFFENDER ISSUE ONLY; TWO MOTIONS TO STRIKE THE AMICUS BRIEF FOR RAISING LEGAL ISSUES NOT RAISED BY PETITIONER & MOTION TO STRIKE THE PORTIONS OF AMICI’S BRIEF THAT INTRODUCE FACTS OUTSIDE THE RECORD ALL PASSED TO THE MERITS 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
    v.
ALAN DALE JENKS,
          Petitioner.
 Hon. Larry Haskell
  Larry D. Steinmetz
  Brett Ballock Pearce
Gregory Charles Link
  Jan Trasen

1:30 P.M.

98493-0 (C/A 51923-2-II)
Petition for Review Granted
GRANTED AS TO COMMUNITY CUSTODY ISSUE ONLY 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
    v.
CHRISTOPHER R. JOHNSON,
          Petitioner.
 Hon. Chad Enright
  John L. Cross

Lila Jane Silverstein
98514-6 (C-19-0955RSL)
Certified Federal Court 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
ROBERT FOX,
          Plaintiff,
    v.
CITY OF BELLINGHAM,
          Defendant.
 Jacob Michael Downs
  Gretchen J. Hoog

Hon. Peter Ruffatto
  Shane P. Brady

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA NOVEMBER 19, 2020
98201-5 (C/A 52183-1-II)
Petition for Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Petitioner,
    v.
JERRY L. PETERSON,
          Respondent.
 Hon. Jonathan Meyer
  Sara I. Beigh

Thomas E. Weaver Jr.
  

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