Falline v. CoreCivic of Tennessee, LLC ( 2023 )

1 THIERMAN BUCK, LLP LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. Mark R. Thierman, Nev. Bar No. 8285 Roger L. Grandgenett II, Nev. Bar No. 6323 2 mark@thiermanbuck.com rgrandgenett@littler.com Joshua D. Buck, Nev. Bar No. 12187 Emil Kim, Nev. Bar No. 14894 3 josh@thiermanbuck.com ekim@littler.com Leah L. Jones, Nev. Bar No. 13161 3960 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 300 4 leah@thiermanbuck.com Las Vegas, NV 89169.5937 Joshua R. Hendrickson, Nev. Bar 12225 Tel. (702) 862-8800 5 joshh@thiermanbuck.com Fax. (702) 862-8811 7287 Lakeside Drive 6 Reno, Nevada 89511 Christian A. Angotti, admitted pro hac vice Tel. (775) 284-1500 cangotti@littler.com 7 Fax. (775) 703-5027 Sean P. Dawson, admitted pro hac vice sdawson@littler.com 8 HODGES & FOTY, LLP Robert W. Pritchard, admitted pro hac vice Don J. Foty Admitted Pro Hac Vice rpritchard@littler.com 9 dfoty@hftrialfirm.com 625 Liberty Avenue, 26th floor 4409 Montrose Blvd., Ste. 200 Pittsburgh, PA 15222 10 Houston, TX, 77006 Tel. (412) 201-7628 Tel. (713) 523-0016 Fax. (412) 774-1957 11 Fax. (713) 523-0016 Attorneys for Defendant 12 THE LAZZARO LAW FIRM, LLC Anthony J. Lazzaro, Admitted Pro Hac Vice 13 anthony@lazzarolawfirm.com The Heritage Building, Ste. 250 14 34555 Chagrin Blvd. Moreland Hills, OH 44022 15 Tel. (216) 696-500 Fax. (216) 696-7005 16 NILGES DRAHER LLC 17 Hans A. Nilges (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) hnilges@ohlaborlaw.com 18 7034 Braucher St., NW, Ste. B North Canton, OH 44720 19 Tel. (330) 470-4428 Fax. (330) 754-1430 20 Attorneys for Plaintiff and the 21 Putative Class 22 / / / 23 / / / 24 / / / 25 26 27 28 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 1 2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 3 MICHAEL FALLINE on behalf of himself Case No.: 2:21-cv-01802-CDS-BNW and all others similarly situated, 4 Plaintiff 5 STIPULATION TO EXTEND v. STAY PENDING FURTHER 6 SETTLEMENT DISCUSSIONS AND 7 CORECIVIC OF TENNESSEE, LLC; and ORDER THEREON DOES 1-50, 8 Defendant THIRD AND FINAL REQUEST 9 10 11 ANTHONY TURNER on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, 12 Plaintiff 13 v. 14 CORECIVIC OF TENNESSEE, LLC; and 15 DOES 1-50, 16 Defendant 17 18 The Parties in this case, Plaintiff MICHAEL FALLINE (“Plaintiff Falline”) by and 19 through his counsel of record, HODGES & FOTY LLP, THE LAZZARO LAW FIRM, LLC, 20 and NILGES DRAHER LLC, along with Plaintiff ANTHONY TURNER (“Plaintiff Turner”) by 21 and through his counsel of record, THIERMAN BUCK, LLP, and Defendant CORECIVIC OF 22 TENNESSEE, LLC (“CoreCivic”), by and through their counsel of record, LITTLER 23 MENDELSON, P.C., hereby submit a Joint Status Report pursuant to ECF No. 38.1 24 25 26 1 The Court had previously granted the Parties’ request to Stay the case pending mediation and 27 ongoing settlement discussions. See ECF No. 30 (appears in docket of related consolidated Case No. 2:22-cv-00775-CDS-NJK) and ECF No. 38 of the consolidated cases, in the above captioned 28 case and case number. 1 The purpose of the Stay is to promote judicial economy and allow this court to 2 more effectively control the disposition of the cases on its docket with economy of time and 3 effort for itself, for counsel, and the litigants. See Landis v. N. Am. Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254 4 (1936) (“[T]he power to stay proceedings is incidental to the power inherent in every 5 court to control the disposition of the causes on its docket with economy of time and effort for 6 itself, for counsel, and for litigants.”); Pate v. DePay Orthopedics, Inc., 2012 WL 3532780, at 7 * 2 (D. Nev. Aug. 14, 2012) (“A trial court may, with propriety, find it is efficient for its 8 own docket and the fairest course for the parties to enter a stay of an action before it, 9 pending resolution of independent proceedings which bear upon the case.”), citing Leyva v. 10 Certified Grocers of Cal., Ltd., 593 F.2d 857, 863 (9th Cir. 1979). 11 The Parties originally participated in mediation on October 11, 2022, with Mediator 12 Carole Katz in an attempt to resolve all claims in this action. At the conclusion of the mediation 13 session on October 11, 2022, the Parties agreed to keep the mediation open and continue 14 engaging in meaningful dialogue and to continue to explore the possibility of early 15 resolution through negotiation communications through the Holidays and into the New Year. 16 The Parties remain engaged in settlement negotiations but require additional time to fully 17 explore potential resolution. Accordingly, the Parties respectfully request an additional 18 thirty (30) calendar days to continue to explore potential resolution ("Stay period"). Thus, upon 19 the expiration of this final Stay period: 20 1) Should the Parties reach a settlement, the Parties shall file their motion for 21 approval of the settlement by no later than the date of expiration of the stay. 22 23 / / / 24 / / / 25 / / / 26 27 28 1 2)Should the Parties be unsuccessful at resolving all claims, the Parties shall set forth an 2 updated proposed discovery plan and scheduling order. 3 4 Dated this 8th day of February 2023 Dated this 8th day of February 2023 5 6 THIERMAN BUCK, LLP LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. 7 8 /s/ Leah L. Jones /s/ Christian A. Angotti Mark R. Thierman, No. 8285 Roger L. Grandgenett II, Bar No. 6323 9 Joshua D. Buck, No. 12187 Emil Kim, Nev. Bar No. 14894 3960 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 300 10 Leah L. Jones, No. 13161 Las Vegas, NV 89169.5937 Joshua R. Hendrickson, No. 12225 11 7287 Lakeside Drive Christian A. Angotti, admitted pro hac vice Reno, Nevada 89511 Sean P. Dawson, admitted pro hac vice 12 Robert W. Pritchard, admitted pro hac vice 625 Liberty Avenue, 26th Floor 13 H DO onD JG . FE oS t y& A F dO mT itY te, d L PL rP o Hac Vice Pittsburgh, PA 15222 14 4 H4 o0 u9 s tM ono ,n Ttr Xo ,s e 7 7B 0lv 0d 6 ., Ste. 200 Attorneys for Defendant . 15 THE LAZZARO LAW FIRM, LLC Anthony J. Lazzaro, Admitted Pro Hac 16 Vice The Heritage Building, Ste. 250 17 34555 Chagrin Blvd. Moreland Hills, OH 44022 18 NILGES DRAHER LLC 19 Hans A. Nilges (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) 7034 Braucher St., NW, Ste. B 20 North Canton, OH 44720 21 Attorneys for Plaintiff and the Putative Class 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 ORDER 2 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Parties’ Stipulation and Order to extend the Stay 3 for thirty (30) calendar days in the above captioned matter is granted. 4 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Parties will submit a Joint Status Report no later 5 than thirty (30) calendar days from the entry of this Order to inform the Court if the Parties have 6 come to an early resolution. 7 1) Should the Parties reach a settlement, the Parties shall file their motion for approval of 8 the settlement by no later than the date of expiration of the Stay. 9 2) Should the Parties be unsuccessful at resolving all claims, the Parties shall set forth 10 an updated proposed discovery plan and scheduling order. 11 12 IT IS SO ORDERED. 13 14 ___________________________________ 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 16 17 Dated: February 9, 2023 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28