Cervantez v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Detention Service Division ( 2021 )

TREVOR J. HATFIELD, ESQ 1 Nevada Bar No. 7373 2 HATFIELD & ASSOCIATES, LTD. 703 S. Eighth Street 3 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Telephone: (702) 388-4469 4 Facsimile: (702) 386-9825 5 Email: thatfield@hatfieldlawassociates.com Attorney for Plaintiff In Conjunction with Legal Aid Center of 6 Southern Nevada Pro Bono Project 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 9 CASE NO: 2:17-cv-00562-MMD-NJK LUIS CERVANTEZ, 10 11 Plaintiff, STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 12 vs. ORDER TO CONTINUE JURY TRIAL 13 EDDIE SCOTT, et al., 14 Jury Trial: 2/07/2022 @ 9:00 AM Defendants. Calendar Call: 1/31/2022 @ 1:00 PM 15 16 COMES NOW, Plaintiff Luis Cervantez (“Plaintiff”), by and through his counsel, the 17 law firm of Hatfield & Associates., Ltd., appearing pro bono publico, and Defendants Eddie 18 19 Scott, Kevin Patimeteeporn, and Timothy Dorion (“LVMPD Defendants”) by and through their 20 counsel, the law firm of Kaempfer Crowell, hereby stipulate and agree to a continuance of the 21 jury trial currently scheduled on a three-week stack commencing on February 7, 2022 @ 9:00 22 AM with the calendar call scheduled on January 31, 2022 @ 1:00 PM to the jury trial on August 23 22, 2022 @ 9:00 AM with the calendar call on August 15, 2022 @ 1:00 PM. 24 25 This request is submitted pursuant to LR IA 6-1, 6-2 and LR II 7-1 and is the parties’ first 26 request for a continuance of jury trial [ECF #154] and [ECF #155] and to reschedule 27 accompanying deadlines for submission of documents, etc. 28 District courts have inherent power to control their dockets. Hamilton Copper & Steel 1 2 Corp., v. Primary Steel, Inc., 898 F.2d 1428, 1429 (9th Cir. 1990); Oliva v. Sullivan, 958 F.2d 3 272, 273 (9th Cir. 1992). A motion for a continuance of trial should be granted for good cause. 4 FED. R. CIV. P. 16(b)(4). "The determination of whether to grant a motion for trial continuance 5 rests in the sound discretion of the trial court." U.S. v. Makley, 468 F.2d 916, 917 (9th Cir. 1972). 6 The parties respectfully stipulate, agree, and request that the Court continue the trial and 7 8 associated dates in this case. Plaintiff's counsel is representing Plaintiff pro bono in this 9 prisoner’s medical indifference case. Based upon information and belief, Plaintiff will be 10 released from incarceration in July 2022 and it will be much more pragmatic for Plaintiff to be 11 prepared for trial upon his release from incarceration than if Plaintiff is incarcerated. Because of 12 this issue, Plaintiff's and defense counsel conferred and agreed to continue this trial until Plaintiff 13 14 is released from incarceration. 15 This request is not made for the purposes of undue delay and is brought in good faith. 16 The Court and parties will not be prejudiced by this request, and it is surmised that judicial 17 economy will be promoted with a continuance as Plaintiff will not require transport. The 18 additional time will also allow the parties' counsel to meet and confer regarding pre-trial matters, 19 20 to coordinate exhibits, and to facilitate a more effective trial. Furthermore, there should be no 21 known inconvenience to the Court or parties, or any witness as a result of this request for a 22 continuance. This will allow the parties more time to prepare for trial, which will result in a 23 more organized and efficient trial. Furthermore, a continuance would grant the parties additional 24 time to re-open settlement negotiations and explore the possibilities for a settlement agreement 25 26 prior to trial. The parties will in good faith use additional time to discuss possible ways to 27 resolve this matter before trial. Accordingly, the parties assert that the requisite good cause is 28 present to justify continuance pursuant to FED. R. CIV. P. 16(b)(4). Therefore, the parties respectfully request that this Court continue the trial in this case and the associated dates. The 1 2 parties offer the following suggested trial date after consultation with the Court’s clerk: 1. 3 August 22, 2022 @ 9:00 AM with the calendar call on August 15, 2022 @ 1:00 PM. . 4 5 DATED this 15th day of December, 2021 DATED this 15th day of December, 2021 6 HATFIELD & ASSOCIATES KAEMPFER CROWELL 7 /s/ Trevor J. Hatfield /s/ Lyssa S. Anderson By: By: 8 TREVOR J. HATFIELD, ESQ. LYSSA S. ANDERSON, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 7373 Nevada Bar No. 5781 9 703 S. Eighth Street RYAN W. DANIELS, ESQ. 10 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Nevada State Bar No. 13094 Tel: (702) 388-4469 KRISTOPHER J. KALKOWSKI, ESQ 11 Email: thatfield@hatfieldlawassociates.com Nevada State Bar No. 14892 Attorney for Plaintiff In Conjunction with Tel.: (702) 792-7000 12 Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada Pro Email: landerson@kcnvlaw.com Bono Project. Email: rdaniels@kcnvlaw.com 13 Email: kkalkowski@kcnvlaw.com Attorneys for Defendants Eddie Scott, Kevin 14 Patimeteeporn, and Timothy Dorion 15 16 17 18 ORDER 19 IT IS SO ORDERED. 20 21 MIRANDA M. DU CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 22 Dated: 12/20/2021 23 24 25 26 27 28