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Federal Trade Commission et al v. Amazon.com Inc
STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER SETTING
FRCP 26(F) CONFERENCE AND MOTION TO DISMISS
BRIEFING SCHEDULE AND LENGTH
(2:26-cv-03097-JHC) - 1
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
AMAZON.COM, INC., a corporation, Defendant.
No. 2:26-cv-03097-JHC
STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER
SETTING FRCP 26(F) CONFERENCE
AND MOTION TO DISMISS
BRIEFING SCHEDULE AND
LENGTH
NOTE ON MOTION CALENDAR:
October 6, 2026
Plaintiff Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission") and the States, and Defendant Amazon.com, Inc. ("Amazon") (collectively the "Parties"), by and through their counsel, stipulate and agree, subject to the Court's approval, as follows:
1. On August 31, 2026, Plaintiffs filed the Complaint against Amazon in the above- captioned action. Amazon waived service of the Summons and Complaint. Dkt. 13 at 1. Accordingly, absent an extension of time, Amazon's deadline to answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint is October 30, 2026. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(d)(3).
2. To allow the Parties to fully apprise the Court of their arguments regarding any motion to dismiss made pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P 12(b), the Parties stipulate, subject to Court approval, as follows and jointly request that the Court enter the following Order approving that stipulation:
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(2:26-cv-03097-JHC) - 2 a. The Parties shall conduct a conference pursuant to FRCP 26(f) by October 28, 2026;
b. The Parties shall exchange initial disclosures pursuant to FRCP 26(a)(1) by November 12, 2026;
c. The Parties shall submit to the Court a joint status report and discovery plan pursuant to FRCP 26(f) and LCR 26(f) by November 19, 2026; d. Amazon shall answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint on or before December 7, 2026;
e. Plaintiffs shall file their opposition to any motion to dismiss on or before January 27, 2027;
f. Amazon shall file its reply in support of any motion to dismiss on or before February 17, 2027; and
3. The Complaint contains 49 separate claims, including claims under the laws of 22 states. Given this complexity, the Parties propose over-length briefs on any motion to dismiss. If Amazon responds to the Complaint by motion, the word count for Amazon's motion to dismiss shall not exceed 16,800 words; the combined word count for Plaintiffs' oppositions shall not exceed 16,800 words; and the combined word count for Amazon's reply in support of its motion to dismiss shall not exceed 8,400 words.
4. By entering into this stipulation, no Party waives, and each Party expressly reserves, the right to seek relief regarding the scope, timing, or sequencing of discovery. Defendant reserves the right to seek a stay of discovery pending resolution of any motion to dismiss.
5. The Parties jointly request that the Court grant this stipulated motion through entry of the Proposed Order below.
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DATED this 6th day of October, 2026. s/ Ian R. Engelbeck
Ian R. Engelbeck*
Assistant Attorney General Mark Cucci*
Senior Assistant Attorney General Alaska Department of Law
Special Litigation Section 1031 West 4th Ave., Suite 200
Anchorage, AK 99501
Tel: 907-269-5200
Email: ian.engelbeck@alaska.gov Email: mark.cucci@alaska.gov Attorneys for Plaintiff State of Alaska s/ Katherine M. Field
Katherine M. Field CO Reg. No 42024* Senior Assistant Attorney General
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
By s/ Adam K. Hersh Adam K. Hersh, NY Bar #5693064 Jonathan W. Platt, NY Bar #3946522 Darren H. Lubetzky, NY Bar #4932976 Brian N. Lasky, NY Bar #3993417 Vikram Jagadish, NY Bar #5516588 Jason E. Kornmehl, NY Bar #5348818 Ishan Shivakumar, NY Bar # 5901855 Northeast Region
One Bowling Green, Suite 318 New York, NY 10004
Tel: 212-607-2829
Email: ahersh@ftc.gov
Email: jplatt@ftc.gov
Email: dlubetzky@ftc.gov
Email: blasky@ftc.gov
Email: vjagadish@ftc.gov
Email: jkornmehl@ftc.gov
Email: ishivakumar@ftc.gov Attorneys for Plaintiff Federal Trade Commission
s/ Kiersten Schneider
Kiersten Schneider, AZ Bar No. 039766*
Jesse Stewart, AZ Bar No. 041176* Assistant Attorneys General Office of the Arizona Attorney General 2005 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Tel: 602-542-1517
Fax: 602-542-4377
Email: consumer@azag.gov
Email: Kiersten.Schneider@azag.gov Email: Jesse.Stewart@azag.gov Attorneys for Plaintiff State of Arizona s/ Nicklas A. Akers
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(2:26-cv-03097-JHC) - 4 Lauren M. Dickey, CO Reg. No. 45773 (Pro Hac Vice Forthcoming)
First Assistant Attorney General Colorado Department of Law
1300 Broadway, 9th Floor
Denver, Colorado 08020
Tel: (720) 508-6208
Email: kate.field@coag.gov
Email: Lauren.Dickey@coag.gov Attorneys for Plaintiff State of Colorado s/ Lizabeth Brady
Lizabeth Brady*
Director, Antitrust Division
Lee Istrail*
Assistant Attorney General
Steven J. Orban*
Assistant Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General The Capitol, PL-01
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1050 Tel: 850-414-3300
Email: liz.brady@myfloridalegal.com Email: lee.istrail@myflridalegal.com Email: steven.orban@myfloridalegal.com Attorneys for Plaintiff State of Florida s/ Greg Grzeskiewicz
Greg Grzeskiewicz (pro hac vice forthcoming)
Bureau Chief
Jacob Gilbert (pro hac vice forthcoming) Deputy Bureau Chief
Haley Comella*
Wilton Person (pro hac vice forthcoming) Assistant Attorneys General
Office of Illinois Attorney General Consumer Fraud Bureau
115 S. LaSalle Street Chicago, Illinois 60603 Tel.: 224-252-6458
Nicklas A. Akers*
Senior Assistant Attorney General, Consumer Protection
Michael E. Elisofon*
Supervising Deputy Attorney General Holly Mariella*
Deputy Attorney General
455 Golden Gate Ave, Suite 1100 San Francisco, CA 94102 Tel: 415-510-4400
nicklas.akers@doj.ca.gov michael.elisofon@doj.ca.gov holly.mariella@doj.ca.gov Attorneys for Plaintiff State of California
s/ Stephanie N. Guyon
Stephanie N. Guyon (ISB No. 5989)* Deputy Attorney General
Idaho Attorney General's Office Consumer Protection Division P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0010
Tel: 208-332-3548
Email: stephanie.guyon@ag.idaho.gov Attorneys for Plaintiff State of Idaho s/ Scott L. Barnhart
Scott L. Barnhart (IN Atty No. 25474- 82)*
Chief Counsel and Director of Consumer Protection
Brady Quackenbush (IN Atty No. 37730-30)*
Jay Hong (IN Atty No. 39263-49)* Deputy Attorneys General, Consumer Litigation
Office of the Indiana Attorney General Indiana Government Center South
302 West Washington St., 5th Floor Indianapolis, IN 46203
Tel: 317-232-6309
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(2:26-cv-03097-JHC) - 5 Email: Greg.Grzeskiewicz@ilag.gov Email: Jacob.Gilbert@ilag.gov Email: Wilton.Person@ilag.gov Email: Haley.Comella@ilag.gov Attorneys for Plaintiff State of Illinois s/ Andrew Cederdahl
Andrew Cederdahl (pro hac vice forthcoming)
Assistant Attorney General
Office of Iowa Attorney General 1305 E. Walnut St.
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
Tel: 515-281-3731
Email: andrew.cederdahl@ag.iowa.gov Attorneys for Plaintiff State of Iowa s/ Lindsay Rabalais Coussan Lindsay Rabalais Coussan*
Assistant Attorney General Consumer Protection Section
Office of the Louisiana Attorney General 1885 N. Third St.
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Tel: 225-326-6438
Email: CoussanL@ag.louisiana.gov Attorneys for Plaintiff State of Louisiana s/ Philip D. Ziperman
Philip D. Ziperman (MD# 12430)* Deputy Chief
Consumer Protection Division
Office of the Maryland Attorney General
200 St. Paul Place, 16th Floor Baltimore, MD 21202
Tel: 410-576-6417
Fax: 410-576-6566
Email: pziperman@oag.maryland.gov Email: Scott.Barnhart@atg.in.gov Email: Brady.Quackenbush@atg.in.gov Email: Jay.Hong@atg.in.gov Attorneys for Plaintiff State of Indiana s/ John Christian Lewis
John Christian Lewis*
Division Chief, Consumer Protection Philip R. Heleringer*
Executive Director, Consumer
Protection
Jonathan Farmer*
Deputy Executive Director, Consumer Protection
John Ghaelian*
Assistant Attorney General
Office of the Kentucky Attorney General
1024 Capital Center Drive, Suite 200| Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
Tel: 502-696-5314
Email: Christian.Lewis@Ky.gov Email: Philip.Heleringer@Ky.gov Email: Jonathan.Farmer@Ky.gov Email: John.Ghaelian@Ky.gov
Attorneys for Plaintiff Commonwealth of Kentucky
s/ Benjamin J. Swanson
Benjamin J. Swanson (NE #27675)* Assistant Attorney General
Consumer Protection Bureau
Office of the Nebraska Attorney General 2115 State Capitol
Lincoln, Nebraska 68508
Telephone: (402) 471-7759
Fax: (402) 471-4725
Email:
benjamin.swanson@nebraska.gov
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(2:26-cv-03097-JHC) - 6 Attorneys for Plaintiff Consumer Protection Division, Office of the Maryland Attorney General
s/ Conor C. Vance
Conor C. Vance*
Zeyad Assaf*
Deputy Attorneys General
Division of Law
Consumer Fraud Prosecution Section 124 Halsey Street, Fifth Floor Newark, NJ 07101 Tel: 609-696-5363
Email: conor.vance@law.njoag.gov Email: zeyad.assaf@law.njoag.gov Attorneys for Plaintiff State of New Jersey s/ Jesse Ramos
Jesse Ramos*
Special Deputy Attorney General Brian Rabinovitz*
Director of Major Litigation
Consumer Protection Division
North Carolina Department of Justice Post Office Box 629
Raleigh, NC 27602
Tel: 919-716-6000
Fax: 919-716-6050
Email: Jramos@ncdoj.gov
Email: Brabinovitz@ncdoj.gov
Attorneys for Plaintiff State of North Carolina, ex rel. Jeff Jackson, Attorney General
s/ Melissa H. Shirey
Melissa H. Shirey (pro hac vice forthcoming) Senior Deputy Attorney General
PA Attorney I.D. No. 89257
Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General 4801 Atlantic Avenue
Erie, PA 16506
Tel: 814-240-1180
Email: mshirey@attorneygeneral.gov Attorneys for Plaintiff State of Nebraska s/ Jane M. Azia
Jane M. Azia*
Bureau Chief
Christopher L. McCall*
Assistant Attorney General
Bureau of Consumer Frauds &
Protection
Office of the New York State Attorney General
28 Liberty Street New York, New York 10005 Tel: 212-416-8727 (Azia) Tel: 212-416-8365 (McCall) Email: jane.azia@ag.ny.gov Email: christopher.mccall@ag.ny.gov Attorneys for Plaintiff State of New York s/ Cameron R. Capps
Cameron R. Capps*
Deputy Attorney General
Kristin Siegel*
Assistant Attorney General
313 NE 21st Street Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105 Telephone: (405) 522-9052 Facsimile: (405) 521-3921 Email: Cameron.Capps@oag.ok.gov Email: Kristin.Siegel@oag.ok.gov Attorneys for Plaintiff State of Oklahoma
s/ Alex Carnevale
Alex Carnevale (pro hac vice forthcoming)
Managing Attorney, Consumer and Economic Justice Unit
Special Assistant Attorney General Rhode Island Office of the Attorney General
150 South Main Street
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(2:26-cv-03097-JHC) - 7 Jill T. Ambrose (pro hac vice forthcoming) Assistant Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection
Assistant Chief Deputy Attorney General PA Attorney I.D. No. 323549
1251 Waterfront Place, Mezzanine Level Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Tele: 412-565-3050
Email: jambrose@attorneygeneral.gov Attorneys for Plaintiff Attorney General of Pennsylvania
s/ Jared Q. Libet
Jared Q. Libet*
Assistant Deputy Attorney General Jordan Martin*
Assistant Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Consumer Protection & Antitrust Division Tel: 803-734-5251
Email: jlibet@scag.gov
Email: jordanmartin@scag.gov
Attorneys for Plaintiff State of South Carolina
Providence, RI 02903
Tel: 401-274-4400 x 1895
Email: acarnevale@riag.ri.gov Attorneys for Plaintiff State of Rhode Island
s/ Sarah L. Jameson
Sarah L. Jameson (pro hac vice forthcoming)
Assistant Attorney General
Office of Vermont Attorney General
109 State Street Montpelier, VT 05609 Tele: 802-828-3170 Email: sarah.jameson@vermont.gov Attorneys for Plaintiff State of Vermont s/ Joseph Kanada
Joseph Kanada, WSBA No. 55055 Gardner U. Reed, WSBA No. 55630 Assistant Attorneys General
Consumer Protection Division
Washington State Attorney General's Office
800 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2000 Seattle, WA 98104-3188 Tele: 206-464-7744
Email: Joe.Kanada@atg.wa.gov Email: Gardner.Reed@atg.wa.gov Attorneys for Plaintiff Washington State Attorney General's Office, Consumer Protection Division, and local counsel for Plaintiffs State of Alaska, State of Arizona, People of the State of California, State of Colorado, State of Florida, State of Idaho, State of Illinois, State of Indiana, State of Iowa, Commonwealth of Kentucky, State of Louisiana, Consumer Protection Division of the Office of Maryland Attorney General, State of Nebraska,
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(2:26-cv-03097-JHC) - 8 State of New Jersey, State of New York, State of North Carolina, State of Oklahoma, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, State of Rhode Island, State of South Carolina, and State of Vermont
DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP
By s/ John A. Goldmark John A. Goldmark, WSBA #40980 MaryAnn T. Almeida, WSBA #49086 Theo A. Lesczynski, WSBA #59780
920 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3300 Seattle, WA 98104-1610 Tel: (206) 622-3150
Email: johngoldmark@dwt.com Email: maryannalmeida@dwt.com Email: theolesczynski@dwt.com
DUNN ISAACSON RHEE LLP
By s/ Jeannie S. Rhee Karen L. Dunn*
Jeannie S. Rhee* L. Rush Atkinson* 401 9th Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 Tel: (202) 240-2900 Email: kdunn@dirllp.com Email: jrhee@dirllp.com Email: ratkinson@dirllp.com Hannah Klain*
11 Park Place New York, NY 10007 Tel: (202) 240-2900 Email: hklain@dirllp.com GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP By s/ Natalie J. Hausknecht Natalie J. Hausknecht* 1900 Lawrence Street, Suite 3000 Denver, CO 80202-2211
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(2:26-cv-03097-JHC) - 9 Tel: (303) 298-5783 Email: nhausknecht@gibsondunn.com Gustav W. Eyler*
1700 M Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: (202)955-8610
Email: geyler@gibsondunn.com William Savitt*
200 Park Avenue New York, NY 10166-0193 Tel: (212) 351-2355 Email: wsavitt@gibsondunn.com Attorneys for Defendant Amazon.com, Inc.
*admitted pro hac vice
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ORDER
The Court GRANTS the Parties' Stipulated Motion and ORDERS as follows:
1. The Parties shall conduct a FRCP 26(f) conference by October 28, 2026;
2. The Parties shall exchange initial disclosures under FRCP 26(a)(1) by November 12, 2026;
3. The Parties shall submit to the Court a joint status report and discovery plan as required by FRCP 26(f) and LCR 26(f) by November 19, 2026;
4. Amazon's deadline to respond to the Complaint is December 7, 2026;
5. Plaintiffs shall file their oppositions to any motion to dismiss on or before January 27, 2027;
6. Amazon shall file its reply in support of any motion to dismiss on or before February 17, 2027; and
7. The word count for Amazon's motion to dismiss shall not exceed 16,800 words; the combined word count for Plaintiffs' oppositions shall not exceed 16,800 words; and the combined word count for Amazon's reply in support of its motion to dismiss shall not exceed 8,400 words.
IT IS SO ORDERED this 6th day of October, 2026. John H. Chun
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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