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FILED
1 2023 JUN 30 11:53 AM
THE HONORABLE JOHN MCHALE
KING COUNTY
2 SUPERIOR COURT CLERK
E-FILED
3 CASE #: 22-2-15880-8 SEA
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7 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF KING
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REBECCA STELMAN, MARK OCHOA, Case No. 22-2-15880-8 SEA
9 IAN COLEMAN, CAITLYN
HOLLERBACH, LOUIS WEATHERSTON, NOTICE OF APPEAL
10 DEMETRIES WRIGHT, JONAS NYARIS,
JANNI SAMUEL, MAIRA HERNANDEZ,
11 and LINDSAY MOORE, individually and on (CLERK’S ACTION REQUIRED)
behalf of all others similarly situated,
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Plaintiffs,
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v.
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AMAZON.COM INC.; AMAZON
15 LOGISTICS, INC.; TEM EXPRESS
LOGISTICS LLC dba TEMEX LOGISTICS
16 and TEML, a Washington limited liability
company; TORITSE ORUBU, individually
17 and on behalf of the marital community
composed of TORITSE ORUBU and J. DOE
18 ORUBU; BUTCHIE BOY PRODUCTIONS,
INC. d/b/a EXSELON, a Washington
19 corporation; JEFFREY BUTCHER,
individually and on behalf of the marital
20 community composed of JEFFREY
BUTCHER and KATHRYN BUTCHER;
21 KATHRYN BUTCHER, individually and on
behalf of the marital community composed
22 of KATHRYN BUTCHER and JEFFREY
BUTCHER; ASTEROIDS GROUP LLC dba
23 ASTG, a Washington limited liability
company; KINGSLEY ONUCHUKWU,
24 individually and on behalf of the marital
community composed of KINGSLEY
25 ONUCHUKWU and J. DOE
ONUCHUKWU; ANAHIT MANUKYAN,
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NOTICE OF APPEAL – 1 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP
1301 SECOND AVENUE, SUITE 2800
Case No. 22-2-15880-8 SEA SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101
TEL (206) 274-6400 FAX (206) 274-6401
1 individually and on behalf of the marital
community composed of ANAHIT
2 MANUKYAN and J. DOE MANUKYAN;
BENCHMARK TRANSPORT, LLC, a
3 Washington limited liability company;
DAMIEN WAGNER, individually and on
4 behalf of the marital community composed
of DAMIEN WAGNER and J. DOE
5 WAGNER; ALDEN RADONCIC (aka
ALDEN RADD), individually and on behalf
6 of the marital community composed of
ALDEN RADONCIC and J. DOE
7 RADONCIC; THE TOTAL PACKAGE
LOGISTICS, LLC, a Washington limited
8 liability company; JEREMY FIXLER,
individually and on behalf of the marital
9 community composed of JEREMY FIXLER
and HEATHER FIXLER; HEATHER
10 FIXLER individually and on behalf of the
marital community composed of HEATHER
11 FIXLER and JEREMY FIXLER; NANCY
LUNA, individually and on behalf of the
12 marital community composed of NANCY
LUNA and J. DOE LUNA; ASLAR
13 LOGISTICS LLC, a Washington limited
liability company; LAURA JOHNSON,
14 individually and on behalf of the marital
community composed of LAURA
15 JOHNSON and JOSHUA JOHNSON;
JOSHUA JOHNSON, individually and on
16 behalf of the marital community composed
of JOSHUA JOHNSON and LAURA
17 JOHNSON; GOPLAY LOGISTICS LLC, a
Washington limited liability company;
18 TRACY PELLETT, individually and on
behalf of the marital community composed
19 of TRACY PELLETT and J. DOE
PELLETT; AVANATOR.COM LLC, a
20 Washington limited liability company;
RICHARD ZECH, individually and on
21 behalf of the marital community composed
of RICHARD ZECH and J. DOE ZECH;
22 POLE POSITION EXPRESS LOGISTICS
LLC, a Washington limited liability
23 company; DENNIS HANNAH, individually
and on behalf of the marital community
24 composed of DENNIS HANNAH and J.
DOE HANNAH; TRUE MANAGEMENT
25 LLC, a Washington limited liability
company; CHRISTOPHER LILLEY,
26 individually and on behalf of the marital
NOTICE OF APPEAL – 2 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP
1301 SECOND AVENUE, SUITE 2800
Case No. 22-2-15880-8 SEA SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101
TEL (206) 274-6400 FAX (206) 274-6401
1 community composed of CHRISTOPHER
LILLEY and J. DOE LILLEY; B.B.W.
2 HOLDINGS, INC., a Michigan corporation;
BARRY WILLIAMS, individually and on
3 behalf of the marital community composed
of BARRY WILLIAMS and J. DOE
4 WILLIAMS; PARAGON DELIVERIES
INC., a Washington corporation; and
5 JORDAN OFFUTT, individually and on
behalf of the marital community composed
6 of JORDAN OFFUTT and J. DOE OFFUTT,
7 Defendants.
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9 Notice is hereby given that Amazon.com Inc. and Amazon Logistics, Inc., Defendants in
10 the above-captioned action, hereby seek review by the Court of Appeals of the State of
11 Washington, Division I of the ORDER Denying Defendants’ Motion to Compel Arbitration
12 entered in this action on June 1, 2023 (Dkt. 99), attached as Exhibit A.
13 Respectfully submitted this 30th day of June, 2023.
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MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP
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16 By: s/ Andrew DeCarlow
Patricia A. Eakes, WSBA No. 18888
17 Andrew DeCarlow, WSBA No. 54471
1301 Second Avenue, Suite 2800
18 Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: (206) 274-6400
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Email: patty.eakes@morganlewis.com
20 andrew.decarlow@morganlewis.com
21 Stephanie Sweitzer (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
110 North Wacker Drive, Suite 2800
22 Chicago, IL 60606-1511
Phone: (312) 324-1741
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Email: stephanie.sweitzer@morganlewis.com
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Sarah Zenewicz (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
25 One Market, Spear Street Tower
San Francisco, CA 94105
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NOTICE OF APPEAL – 3 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP
1301 SECOND AVENUE, SUITE 2800
Case No. 22-2-15880-8 SEA SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101
TEL (206) 274-6400 FAX (206) 274-6401
1 Phone: (415) 442-1790
Email: sarah.zenewicz@morganlewis.com
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3 Michael Kenneally (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
1111 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
4 Washington, DC 20004
Phone: (202) 739-5893
5 Email: michael.kenneally@morganlewis.com
6 Brian Fahy (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
7 300 South Grand Avenue, Floor 22
Los Angeles, CA 90071-3132
8 Phone: (213) 612-7254
Email: brian.fahy@morganlewis.com
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Attorneys for Defendants Amazon.com Inc.
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and Amazon Logistics, Inc.
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NOTICE OF APPEAL – 4 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP
1301 SECOND AVENUE, SUITE 2800
Case No. 22-2-15880-8 SEA SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101
TEL (206) 274-6400 FAX (206) 274-6401
1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
2 I, Trang La, hereby certify that on this date, I caused a true and correct copy of the foregoing
3 document to be served on counsel listed below in the manner indicated:
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5 Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Proposed Class: ☐Via Legal Messengers
☐Via First Class Mail
6 Toby J. Marshall, WSBA No. 32726
Erika L. Nusser, WSBA No. 40854 ☐Via Facsimile
7 Eric R. Nusser, WSBA No. 51513 ☒Via Electronic Mail
TERRELL MARSHALL LAW GROUP PLLC ☒Via King County Clerk E-Service
8 936 N. 34th Street, Ste. 300
Seattle, WA 98103
9 Phone: (206) 816-6603
Email: tmarshall@terrellmarshall.com
10 enusser@terrellmarshall.com
eric@terrellmarshall.com
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Douglas Han, WSBA No. 59429
12 Shunt Tatavos‐Gharajeh, WSBA No. 59424
JUSTICE LAW CORPORATION
13 751 North Fair Oaks Avenue, Suite 101
Pasadena, California 91103
14 Telephone: (818) 230‐7502
Facsimile: (818) 230‐7259
15 Email: statavos@justicelawcorp.com
dhan@justicelawcorp.com
16 fgonzalez@justicelawcorp.com
17 Attorneys for TEM Express Logistics LLC ☐Via Legal Messengers
dba Temex Logistics, Tortise Orubu, Aslar ☐Via First Class Mail
18 Logistics LLC, Laura Johnson, Joshua
Johnson, Avanator.com LLC, Richard Zech, ☐Via Facsimile
19 The Total Package Logistics, LLC, Jeremy ☒Via Electronic Mail
Fixler, Heather Fixler, Nancy Luna, Asteroids ☒Via King County Clerk E-Service
20 Group LLC dba ASTG, Kinglsey Onuchukwu,
Anahit Manukyan, Butchie Boy Productions,
21 INC. d/b/a Exselon, Jeffrey Butcher, Kathryn
Butcher, Paragon Deliveries INC., Jordan
22 Offutt, True Management LLC, and
Christopher Lilley:
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Laurence A. Shapero, WSBA No. 13101
24 Kathryn P. Fletcher, WSBA No. 22108
Emma A. Healey, WSBA 58384
25 OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK
& STEWART, P.C.
26 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 5150
NOTICE OF APPEAL – 5 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP
1301 SECOND AVENUE, SUITE 2800
Case No. 22-2-15880-8 SEA SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101
TEL (206) 274-6400 FAX (206) 274-6401
1 Seattle, WA 98101
T: 206-693-7057
2 F: 206-693-7058
Email: laurence.shapero@ogletree.com
3 kathryn.fletcher@ogletree.com
emma.healey@ogletree.com
4 Tim.Johnson@ogletreedeakins.com
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Dated this 30th day of June, 2023 in Seattle, Washington.
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EXHIBIT A
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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
4 COUNTY OF KING
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REBECCA STELMAN, MARK OCHOA, IAN
6 COLEMAN, CAITLYN HOLLERBACH, LOUIS NO. 22-2-15880-8 SEA
WEATHERSTON, DEMETRIES WRIGHT, JONAS
7 NYARIS, JANNI SAMUEL, MAIRA HERNANDEZ, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION
and LINDSAY MOORE, individually and on TO COMPEL ARBITRATION
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behalf of all others similarly situated;
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Plaintiffs,
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11 v.
12 AMAZON.COM INC.; AMAZON LOGISTICS,
INC.; TEM EXPRESS LOGISTICS LLC dba TEMEX
13 LOGISTICS and TEML, a Washington limited
14 liability company; TORITSE ORUBU,
individually and on behalf of the marital
15 community composed of TORITSE ORUBU
and J. DOE ORUBU; BUTCHIE BOY
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PRODUCTIONS, INC. d/b/a EXSELON, a
17 Washington corporation; JEFFREY BUTCHER,
individually and on behalf of the marital
18 community composed of JEFFREY BUTCHER
and KATHRYN BUTCHER; KATHRYN BUTCHER,
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individually and on behalf of the marital
20 community composed of KATHRYN BUTCHER
and JEFFREY BUTCHER; ASTEROIDS GROUP
21 LLC dba ASTG, a Washington limited liability
22 company; KINGSLEY ONUCHUKWU,
individually and on behalf of the marital
23 community composed of KINGSLEY
ONUCHUKWU and J. DOE ONUCHUKWU;
24 ANAHIT MANUKYAN, individually and on
25 behalf of the marital community composed of
ANAHIT MANUKYAN and J. DOE MANUKYAN;
26 BENCHMARK TRANSPORT, LLC, a Washington
limited liability company; DAMIEN WAGNER,
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ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO COMPEL
ARBITRATION
Case No. 22-2-15880-8 SEA
individually and on behalf of the marital
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community composed of DAMIEN WAGNER
2 and J. DOE WAGNER; ALDEN RADONCIC (aka
ALDEN RADD), individually and on behalf of
3 the marital community composed of ALDEN
RADONCIC and J. DOE RADONCIC; THE TOTAL
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PACKAGE LOGISTICS, LLC, a Washington
5 limited liability company; JEREMY FIXLER,
individually and on behalf of the marital
6 community composed of JEREMY FIXLER and
7 HEATHER FIXLER; HEATHER FIXLER
individually and on behalf of the marital
8 community composed of HEATHER FIXLER
and JEREMY FIXLER; NANCY LUNA,
9 individually and on behalf of the marital
10 community composed of NANCY LUNA and J.
DOE LUNA; ASLAR LOGISTICS LLC, a
11 Washington limited liability company; LAURA
JOHNSON, individually and on behalf of the
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marital community composed of LAURA
13 JOHNSON and JOSHUA JOHNSON; JOSHUA
JOHNSON, individually and on behalf of the
14 marital community composed of JOSHUA
JOHNSON and LAURA JOHNSON; GOPLAY
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LOGISTICS LLC, a Washington limited liability
16 company; TRACY PELLETT, individually and on
behalf of the marital community composed of
17 TRACY PELLETT and J. DOE PELLETT;
18 AVANATOR.COM LLC, a Washington limited
liability company; RICHARD ZECH, individually
19 and on behalf of the marital community
composed of RICHARD ZECH and J. DOE ZECH;
20 POLE POSITION EXPRESS LOGISTICS LLC, a
21 Washington limited liability company; DENNIS
HANNAH, individually and on behalf of the
22 marital community composed of DENNIS
HANNAH and J. DOE HANNAH; TRUE
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MANAGEMENT LLC, a Washington limited
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ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO COMPEL
ARBITRATION
Case No. 22-2-15880-8 SEA
liability company; CHRISTOPHER LILLEY,
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individually and on behalf of the marital
2 community composed of CHRISTOPHER
LILLEY and J. DOE LILLEY; B.B.W. HOLDINGS,
3 INC., a Michigan corporation; BARRY
WILLIAMS, individually and on behalf of the
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marital community composed of BARRY
5 WILLIAMS and J. DOE WILLIAMS; PARAGON
DELIVERIES INC., a Washington
6 corporation; and JORDAN OFFUTT,
7 individually and on behalf of the marital
community composed of JORDAN OFFUTT
8 and J. DOE OFFUTT;
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Defendants.
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12 THIS MATTER came before the Court on Defendants Butchie Boy Productions, Inc., d/b/a
13 Exselon, Total Package Logstics, ASLAR Logistics LLC, Avantor LLC, True Management LLC
14 Paragon Deliveries, Inc.’s Motion to Compel Arbitration and Amazon.com Inc. and Amazon
15 Logistics, Inc.’s Joinder and Motion to Compal Arbitration. Prior to ruling, the Court considered
16 the following:
17 1. Defendants Butchie Boy Productions, Inc., d/b/a Exselon, Total Package Logstics,
18 ASLAR Logistics LLC, Avantor LLC, True Management LLC Paragon Deliveries, Inc.’s Motion to
19 Compel Arbitration;
20 2. Declaration of Kathryn Fletcher;
21 3. 2 Declarations of Alexis Cantwell-Badyna;
22 4. 2 Declarations of Christopher Lilley;
23 5. Declaration of Jeremy Fixler;
24 6. Declaration of Jordan Offutt;
25 7. Declaration of Joshua Johnson;
26 8. Declaration of Richard Zech;
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ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO COMPEL
ARBITRATION - 1
Case No. 22-2-15880-8 SEA
1 9. Declaration of Jeffery Butcher;
2 10. Defendants Amazon.com Inc. and Amazon Logistics, Inc.’s Joinder and Motion to
3 Compel Arbitration;
4 11. Declaration of Andrew DeCarlow;
5 12. Declaration of Kingsley Onuchukwu;
6 13. Declaration of Alexis Cantwell-Badyna;
7 14. Declaration of Barry Williams;
8 15. Declaration of Tracy Pellett;
9 16. Declaration of Alden Radd;
10 17. Declaration of Dennis Hannah
11 18. Plaintiffs’ Response to Defendants Motion to Compel Arbitration;
12 19. Declaration of Toby J. Marshall in support of Plaintiffs’ Response to Defendants
13 Motion to Compel Arbitration;
14 20. Reply of Defendants Butchie Boy Productions, Inc., d/b/a Exselon, Total Package
15 Logstics, ASLAR Logistics LLC, Avantor LLC, True Management LLC Paragon Deliveries, Inc.’s in
16 Support of the Motion to Compel Arbitration; and
17 21. Reply of Defendants Amazon.com Inc. and Amazon Logistics, Inc. in Support of
18 Notice of Joiner and Motion to Compel Arbitration.
19 Based on consideration of these pleadings and review of case law cited, Defendants’
20 Motion to Compel Arbitration is DENIED. The Court finds that Plaintiffs are “engaged in
21 interstate commerce,” and therefore, exempt from FAA coverage.
22 IT IS SO ORDERED.
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24 DATED this ___________ day of ____________________________________, 2023.
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26 JUDGE JOHN F. McHALE
KING COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT
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ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO COMPEL
ARBITRATION - 2
Case No. 22-2-15880-8 SEA
King County Superior Court
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Case Number: 22-2-15880-8
Case Title: STELMAN ET AL VS AMAZON.COM INC ET AL
Document Title: ORDER RE DENYING MOT TO COMPEL ARBITRATION
Signed By: John McHale
Date: June 01, 2023
Judge : John McHale
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FILED 1 2023 JUN 30 11:53 AM THE HONORABLE JOHN MCHALE KING COUNTY 2 SUPERIOR COURT CLERK E-FILED 3 CASE #: 22-2-15880-8 SEA 4 5 6 7 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF KING 8 REBECCA STELMAN, MARK OCHOA, Case No. 22-2-15880-8 SEA 9 IAN COLEMAN, CAITLYN HOLLERBACH, LOUIS WEATHERSTON, NOTICE OF APPEAL 10 DEMETRIES WRIGHT, JONAS NYARIS, JANNI SAMUEL, MAIRA HERNANDEZ, 11 and LINDSAY MOORE, individually and on (CLERK’S ACTION REQUIRED) behalf of all others similarly situated, 12 Plaintiffs, 13 v. 14 AMAZON.COM INC.; AMAZON 15 LOGISTICS, INC.; TEM EXPRESS LOGISTICS LLC dba TEMEX LOGISTICS 16 and TEML, a Washington limited liability company; TORITSE ORUBU, individually 17 and on behalf of the marital community composed of TORITSE ORUBU and J. DOE 18 ORUBU; BUTCHIE BOY PRODUCTIONS, INC. d/b/a EXSELON, a Washington 19 corporation; JEFFREY BUTCHER, individually and on behalf of the marital 20 community composed of JEFFREY BUTCHER and KATHRYN BUTCHER; 21 KATHRYN BUTCHER, individually and on behalf of the marital community composed 22 of KATHRYN BUTCHER and JEFFREY BUTCHER; ASTEROIDS GROUP LLC dba 23 ASTG, a Washington limited liability company; KINGSLEY ONUCHUKWU, 24 individually and on behalf of the marital community composed of KINGSLEY 25 ONUCHUKWU and J. DOE ONUCHUKWU; ANAHIT MANUKYAN, 26 NOTICE OF APPEAL – 1 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 1301 SECOND AVENUE, SUITE 2800 Case No. 22-2-15880-8 SEA SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101 TEL (206) 274-6400 FAX (206) 274-6401 1 individually and on behalf of the marital community composed of ANAHIT 2 MANUKYAN and J. DOE MANUKYAN; BENCHMARK TRANSPORT, LLC, a 3 Washington limited liability company; DAMIEN WAGNER, individually and on 4 behalf of the marital community composed of DAMIEN WAGNER and J. DOE 5 WAGNER; ALDEN RADONCIC (aka ALDEN RADD), individually and on behalf 6 of the marital community composed of ALDEN RADONCIC and J. DOE 7 RADONCIC; THE TOTAL PACKAGE LOGISTICS, LLC, a Washington limited 8 liability company; JEREMY FIXLER, individually and on behalf of the marital 9 community composed of JEREMY FIXLER and HEATHER FIXLER; HEATHER 10 FIXLER individually and on behalf of the marital community composed of HEATHER 11 FIXLER and JEREMY FIXLER; NANCY LUNA, individually and on behalf of the 12 marital community composed of NANCY LUNA and J. DOE LUNA; ASLAR 13 LOGISTICS LLC, a Washington limited liability company; LAURA JOHNSON, 14 individually and on behalf of the marital community composed of LAURA 15 JOHNSON and JOSHUA JOHNSON; JOSHUA JOHNSON, individually and on 16 behalf of the marital community composed of JOSHUA JOHNSON and LAURA 17 JOHNSON; GOPLAY LOGISTICS LLC, a Washington limited liability company; 18 TRACY PELLETT, individually and on behalf of the marital community composed 19 of TRACY PELLETT and J. DOE PELLETT; AVANATOR.COM LLC, a 20 Washington limited liability company; RICHARD ZECH, individually and on 21 behalf of the marital community composed of RICHARD ZECH and J. DOE ZECH; 22 POLE POSITION EXPRESS LOGISTICS LLC, a Washington limited liability 23 company; DENNIS HANNAH, individually and on behalf of the marital community 24 composed of DENNIS HANNAH and J. DOE HANNAH; TRUE MANAGEMENT 25 LLC, a Washington limited liability company; CHRISTOPHER LILLEY, 26 individually and on behalf of the marital NOTICE OF APPEAL – 2 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 1301 SECOND AVENUE, SUITE 2800 Case No. 22-2-15880-8 SEA SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101 TEL (206) 274-6400 FAX (206) 274-6401 1 community composed of CHRISTOPHER LILLEY and J. DOE LILLEY; B.B.W. 2 HOLDINGS, INC., a Michigan corporation; BARRY WILLIAMS, individually and on 3 behalf of the marital community composed of BARRY WILLIAMS and J. DOE 4 WILLIAMS; PARAGON DELIVERIES INC., a Washington corporation; and 5 JORDAN OFFUTT, individually and on behalf of the marital community composed 6 of JORDAN OFFUTT and J. DOE OFFUTT, 7 Defendants. 8 9 Notice is hereby given that Amazon.com Inc. and Amazon Logistics, Inc., Defendants in 10 the above-captioned action, hereby seek review by the Court of Appeals of the State of 11 Washington, Division I of the ORDER Denying Defendants’ Motion to Compel Arbitration 12 entered in this action on June 1, 2023 (Dkt. 99), attached as Exhibit A. 13 Respectfully submitted this 30th day of June, 2023. 14 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 15 16 By: s/ Andrew DeCarlow Patricia A. Eakes, WSBA No. 18888 17 Andrew DeCarlow, WSBA No. 54471 1301 Second Avenue, Suite 2800 18 Seattle, WA 98101 Phone: (206) 274-6400 19 Email: patty.eakes@morganlewis.com 20 andrew.decarlow@morganlewis.com 21 Stephanie Sweitzer (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) 110 North Wacker Drive, Suite 2800 22 Chicago, IL 60606-1511 Phone: (312) 324-1741 23 Email: stephanie.sweitzer@morganlewis.com 24 Sarah Zenewicz (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) 25 One Market, Spear Street Tower San Francisco, CA 94105 26 NOTICE OF APPEAL – 3 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 1301 SECOND AVENUE, SUITE 2800 Case No. 22-2-15880-8 SEA SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101 TEL (206) 274-6400 FAX (206) 274-6401 1 Phone: (415) 442-1790 Email: sarah.zenewicz@morganlewis.com 2 3 Michael Kenneally (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue NW 4 Washington, DC 20004 Phone: (202) 739-5893 5 Email: michael.kenneally@morganlewis.com 6 Brian Fahy (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) 7 300 South Grand Avenue, Floor 22 Los Angeles, CA 90071-3132 8 Phone: (213) 612-7254 Email: brian.fahy@morganlewis.com 9 Attorneys for Defendants Amazon.com Inc. 10 and Amazon Logistics, Inc. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 NOTICE OF APPEAL – 4 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 1301 SECOND AVENUE, SUITE 2800 Case No. 22-2-15880-8 SEA SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101 TEL (206) 274-6400 FAX (206) 274-6401 1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 2 I, Trang La, hereby certify that on this date, I caused a true and correct copy of the foregoing 3 document to be served on counsel listed below in the manner indicated: 4 5 Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Proposed Class: ☐Via Legal Messengers ☐Via First Class Mail 6 Toby J. Marshall, WSBA No. 32726 Erika L. Nusser, WSBA No. 40854 ☐Via Facsimile 7 Eric R. Nusser, WSBA No. 51513 ☒Via Electronic Mail TERRELL MARSHALL LAW GROUP PLLC ☒Via King County Clerk E-Service 8 936 N. 34th Street, Ste. 300 Seattle, WA 98103 9 Phone: (206) 816-6603 Email: tmarshall@terrellmarshall.com 10 enusser@terrellmarshall.com eric@terrellmarshall.com 11 Douglas Han, WSBA No. 59429 12 Shunt Tatavos‐Gharajeh, WSBA No. 59424 JUSTICE LAW CORPORATION 13 751 North Fair Oaks Avenue, Suite 101 Pasadena, California 91103 14 Telephone: (818) 230‐7502 Facsimile: (818) 230‐7259 15 Email: statavos@justicelawcorp.com dhan@justicelawcorp.com 16 fgonzalez@justicelawcorp.com 17 Attorneys for TEM Express Logistics LLC ☐Via Legal Messengers dba Temex Logistics, Tortise Orubu, Aslar ☐Via First Class Mail 18 Logistics LLC, Laura Johnson, Joshua Johnson, Avanator.com LLC, Richard Zech, ☐Via Facsimile 19 The Total Package Logistics, LLC, Jeremy ☒Via Electronic Mail Fixler, Heather Fixler, Nancy Luna, Asteroids ☒Via King County Clerk E-Service 20 Group LLC dba ASTG, Kinglsey Onuchukwu, Anahit Manukyan, Butchie Boy Productions, 21 INC. d/b/a Exselon, Jeffrey Butcher, Kathryn Butcher, Paragon Deliveries INC., Jordan 22 Offutt, True Management LLC, and Christopher Lilley: 23 Laurence A. Shapero, WSBA No. 13101 24 Kathryn P. Fletcher, WSBA No. 22108 Emma A. Healey, WSBA 58384 25 OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & STEWART, P.C. 26 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 5150 NOTICE OF APPEAL – 5 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 1301 SECOND AVENUE, SUITE 2800 Case No. 22-2-15880-8 SEA SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101 TEL (206) 274-6400 FAX (206) 274-6401 1 Seattle, WA 98101 T: 206-693-7057 2 F: 206-693-7058 Email: laurence.shapero@ogletree.com 3 kathryn.fletcher@ogletree.com emma.healey@ogletree.com 4 Tim.Johnson@ogletreedeakins.com 5 Dated this 30th day of June, 2023 in Seattle, Washington. 6 7 s/ Trang La Trang La 8 Legal Assistant 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 NOTICE OF APPEAL – 6 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 1301 SECOND AVENUE, SUITE 2800 Case No. 22-2-15880-8 SEA SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101 TEL (206) 274-6400 FAX (206) 274-6401 EXHIBIT A 1 2 3 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON 4 COUNTY OF KING 5 REBECCA STELMAN, MARK OCHOA, IAN 6 COLEMAN, CAITLYN HOLLERBACH, LOUIS NO. 22-2-15880-8 SEA WEATHERSTON, DEMETRIES WRIGHT, JONAS 7 NYARIS, JANNI SAMUEL, MAIRA HERNANDEZ, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION and LINDSAY MOORE, individually and on TO COMPEL ARBITRATION 8 behalf of all others similarly situated; 9 Plaintiffs, 10 11 v. 12 AMAZON.COM INC.; AMAZON LOGISTICS, INC.; TEM EXPRESS LOGISTICS LLC dba TEMEX 13 LOGISTICS and TEML, a Washington limited 14 liability company; TORITSE ORUBU, individually and on behalf of the marital 15 community composed of TORITSE ORUBU and J. DOE ORUBU; BUTCHIE BOY 16 PRODUCTIONS, INC. d/b/a EXSELON, a 17 Washington corporation; JEFFREY BUTCHER, individually and on behalf of the marital 18 community composed of JEFFREY BUTCHER and KATHRYN BUTCHER; KATHRYN BUTCHER, 19 individually and on behalf of the marital 20 community composed of KATHRYN BUTCHER and JEFFREY BUTCHER; ASTEROIDS GROUP 21 LLC dba ASTG, a Washington limited liability 22 company; KINGSLEY ONUCHUKWU, individually and on behalf of the marital 23 community composed of KINGSLEY ONUCHUKWU and J. DOE ONUCHUKWU; 24 ANAHIT MANUKYAN, individually and on 25 behalf of the marital community composed of ANAHIT MANUKYAN and J. DOE MANUKYAN; 26 BENCHMARK TRANSPORT, LLC, a Washington limited liability company; DAMIEN WAGNER, 27 ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION Case No. 22-2-15880-8 SEA individually and on behalf of the marital 1 community composed of DAMIEN WAGNER 2 and J. DOE WAGNER; ALDEN RADONCIC (aka ALDEN RADD), individually and on behalf of 3 the marital community composed of ALDEN RADONCIC and J. DOE RADONCIC; THE TOTAL 4 PACKAGE LOGISTICS, LLC, a Washington 5 limited liability company; JEREMY FIXLER, individually and on behalf of the marital 6 community composed of JEREMY FIXLER and 7 HEATHER FIXLER; HEATHER FIXLER individually and on behalf of the marital 8 community composed of HEATHER FIXLER and JEREMY FIXLER; NANCY LUNA, 9 individually and on behalf of the marital 10 community composed of NANCY LUNA and J. DOE LUNA; ASLAR LOGISTICS LLC, a 11 Washington limited liability company; LAURA JOHNSON, individually and on behalf of the 12 marital community composed of LAURA 13 JOHNSON and JOSHUA JOHNSON; JOSHUA JOHNSON, individually and on behalf of the 14 marital community composed of JOSHUA JOHNSON and LAURA JOHNSON; GOPLAY 15 LOGISTICS LLC, a Washington limited liability 16 company; TRACY PELLETT, individually and on behalf of the marital community composed of 17 TRACY PELLETT and J. DOE PELLETT; 18 AVANATOR.COM LLC, a Washington limited liability company; RICHARD ZECH, individually 19 and on behalf of the marital community composed of RICHARD ZECH and J. DOE ZECH; 20 POLE POSITION EXPRESS LOGISTICS LLC, a 21 Washington limited liability company; DENNIS HANNAH, individually and on behalf of the 22 marital community composed of DENNIS HANNAH and J. DOE HANNAH; TRUE 23 MANAGEMENT LLC, a Washington limited 24 25 26 27 ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION Case No. 22-2-15880-8 SEA liability company; CHRISTOPHER LILLEY, 1 individually and on behalf of the marital 2 community composed of CHRISTOPHER LILLEY and J. DOE LILLEY; B.B.W. HOLDINGS, 3 INC., a Michigan corporation; BARRY WILLIAMS, individually and on behalf of the 4 marital community composed of BARRY 5 WILLIAMS and J. DOE WILLIAMS; PARAGON DELIVERIES INC., a Washington 6 corporation; and JORDAN OFFUTT, 7 individually and on behalf of the marital community composed of JORDAN OFFUTT 8 and J. DOE OFFUTT; 9 Defendants. 10 11 12 THIS MATTER came before the Court on Defendants Butchie Boy Productions, Inc., d/b/a 13 Exselon, Total Package Logstics, ASLAR Logistics LLC, Avantor LLC, True Management LLC 14 Paragon Deliveries, Inc.’s Motion to Compel Arbitration and Amazon.com Inc. and Amazon 15 Logistics, Inc.’s Joinder and Motion to Compal Arbitration. Prior to ruling, the Court considered 16 the following: 17 1. Defendants Butchie Boy Productions, Inc., d/b/a Exselon, Total Package Logstics, 18 ASLAR Logistics LLC, Avantor LLC, True Management LLC Paragon Deliveries, Inc.’s Motion to 19 Compel Arbitration; 20 2. Declaration of Kathryn Fletcher; 21 3. 2 Declarations of Alexis Cantwell-Badyna; 22 4. 2 Declarations of Christopher Lilley; 23 5. Declaration of Jeremy Fixler; 24 6. Declaration of Jordan Offutt; 25 7. Declaration of Joshua Johnson; 26 8. Declaration of Richard Zech; 27 ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION - 1 Case No. 22-2-15880-8 SEA 1 9. Declaration of Jeffery Butcher; 2 10. Defendants Amazon.com Inc. and Amazon Logistics, Inc.’s Joinder and Motion to 3 Compel Arbitration; 4 11. Declaration of Andrew DeCarlow; 5 12. Declaration of Kingsley Onuchukwu; 6 13. Declaration of Alexis Cantwell-Badyna; 7 14. Declaration of Barry Williams; 8 15. Declaration of Tracy Pellett; 9 16. Declaration of Alden Radd; 10 17. Declaration of Dennis Hannah 11 18. Plaintiffs’ Response to Defendants Motion to Compel Arbitration; 12 19. Declaration of Toby J. Marshall in support of Plaintiffs’ Response to Defendants 13 Motion to Compel Arbitration; 14 20. Reply of Defendants Butchie Boy Productions, Inc., d/b/a Exselon, Total Package 15 Logstics, ASLAR Logistics LLC, Avantor LLC, True Management LLC Paragon Deliveries, Inc.’s in 16 Support of the Motion to Compel Arbitration; and 17 21. Reply of Defendants Amazon.com Inc. and Amazon Logistics, Inc. in Support of 18 Notice of Joiner and Motion to Compel Arbitration. 19 Based on consideration of these pleadings and review of case law cited, Defendants’ 20 Motion to Compel Arbitration is DENIED. The Court finds that Plaintiffs are “engaged in 21 interstate commerce,” and therefore, exempt from FAA coverage. 22 IT IS SO ORDERED. 23 24 DATED this ___________ day of ____________________________________, 2023. 25 26 JUDGE JOHN F. McHALE KING COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT 27 ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION - 2 Case No. 22-2-15880-8 SEA King County Superior Court Judicial Electronic Signature Page Case Number: 22-2-15880-8 Case Title: STELMAN ET AL VS AMAZON.COM INC ET AL Document Title: ORDER RE DENYING MOT TO COMPEL ARBITRATION Signed By: John McHale Date: June 01, 2023 Judge : John McHale This document is signed in accordance with the provisions in GR 30. Certificate Hash: DC75CF0D685D99788F5521FA5444EDB025C856AB Certificate effective date: 1/3/2022 3:22:53 PM Certificate expiry date: 1/3/2027 3:22:53 PM Certificate Issued by: C=US, E=kcscefiling@kingcounty.gov, OU=KCDJA, O=KCDJA, CN="John McHale: RNjR3Tst7BG30rPdKiMerw==" Page 5 of 5