PlayUp, Inc. v. Mintas ( 2021 )

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 3 PLAYUP, INC., ) 4 ) Plaintiff, ) Case No.: 2:21-cv-02129-GMN-NJK 5 vs. ) 6 ) ORDER DR. LAILA MINTAS, ) 7 ) Defendant. ) 8 ) 9 10 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff PlayUp, Inc.’s (“Plaintiff”s) Motion for Extension 11 of Time Regarding the Order Granting the Emergency Motion for Temporary Relief, (ECF No. 12 13). For the reasons set forth below, Plaintiff’s Motion for Extension of Time is GRANTED. 13 In the Motion, Plaintiff notes that “it has repeatedly attempted to serve Defendant Laila 14 Mintas (“Defendant”) at her last known address without success.” (Mot. Extension 2:2-4, ECF 15 No. 13). Pursuant to FRCP 65(b)(2), a court may extend an ex parte temporary restraining 16 order for good cause. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(b)(2). A plaintiff’s inability to locate and serve 17 defendants serves as good cause. Oh My Green, Inc. v. Cuffe, No. CV1925097PAPVCX, 2020 18 WL 3213715, at *2 (C.D. Cal. Mar. 20, 2020); Fed. Trade Comm’n v. Money Now Funding, 19 LLC, No. CV-13-01583-PHX-ROS, 2013 WL 11826540, at *1 (D. Ariz. Aug. 19, 2013). The 20 extension may be extended for a “liked period of the adverse party consents to a longer 21 extension.” See id. However, “[i]f the order is issued without notice, the motion for a 22 preliminary injunction must be set for hearing at the earliest possible time.” Fed. R. Civ. P 23 65(b)(3). 24 Here, Plaintiff has attempted to serve Defendant at her Property since December 2, 2021. 25 (Aff. Tanner Trewet, Ex. 1 to Mot. Extension, ECF No. 13-1). During its first attempt, Plaintiff 1 left documents with an unidentified individual at Plaintiff’s presumed home (the “Property”). 2 (See id.). The individual stated that he is performing a home inspection and believed that 3 Defendant has since moved to the Bahamas. (See id.). Plaintiff then hired an investigator to 4 locate and serve Defendant who surveilled the property on December 4, 2021, and December 5, 5 2021. (Private Investigations Report, Ex. 3 to Mot. Extension, ECF No. 13-3). The 6 investigation revealed that Defendant’s home is currently under contract, but official records 7 show that the property is still owned by Defendant. (Id.). Plaintiff’s counsel also contacted 8 Defendant via email to request a new address and location, to which Defendant refused to 9 provide. (See Email from Farshad Amirbeaggi, Counsel for PlayUp, Inc. (December 4, 2021, 10 03:31 AEDT), Ex. 5 to Mot. Extension, ECF No. 13-5). 11 Accordingly, 12 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion for Extension of Time, (ECF No. 13 13), is GRANTED. The new expiration date for the Temporary Restraining Order, which is 14 currently set to expire on December 17, 2021, is thus extended to January 3, 2022,1 at 5:00 PM. 15 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff shall serve Defendant with a copy of this 16 Order by Monday, December 20, 2021, at 5:00 PM.2 17 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant shall have until Monday, December 27, 18 2021, at 12:00 PM to file its response brief to Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction, 19 20 21 22 1 Because a 14-day extension would fall on New Year’s Eve, when the Court is closed, the Court finds good cause to extend the temporary restraining order to the following Monday, January 3, 2022. What is the court’s 23 holiday schedule? (updated June 21, 2021), U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada (December 7, 2021, 12:00 PM), https://www.nvd.uscourts.gov/ufaqs/courts-holiday-schedule/ (noting that “[w]hen a holiday falls on 24 a . . . Saturday . . . the holiday usually is observed on . . . Friday). 25 2 Plaintiff’s original deadline to serve Defendant was December 6, 2021. (See Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part the Temporary Restraining Order 14:7–8). 1 (ECF No. 4). Thereafter, Plaintiff shall have until Wednesday, December 29, 2021, at 12:00 2 PM to file its reply brief.3 3 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this matter is set for hearing on Plaintiff’s Motion 4 for Preliminary Injunction on Monday, January 3, 2022, at 10:00 A.M. in Las Vegas Courtroom 5 7D. 6 DATED this __7__ day of December, 2021. 7 8 __________________________________ 9 Gloria M. Navarro, District Judge United States District Court 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 3 Defendant’s original deadline to file a response was December 13, 2021, and Plaintiff’s original deadline to file a reply was December 15, 2021. (See id. 14:9–11).