Quintero v. United States ( 2023 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA 9 10 Diana Quintero, individually, Case No. 2:22-cv-01943-GMN-NJK 11 Plaintiff, Order to Schedule Settlement Conference and 12 v. Stay Remaining Deadlines 13 United States of America; Does I-V; and Does Corporations I-V, inclusive, 14 Defendants. 15 16 17 The parties respectfully request that the Court set this matter for a settlement 18 conference and stay the remaining discovery deadlines. See LR 26-3; Volk v. D.A. Davidson & 19 Co., 816 F.2d 1406, 1416–17 (9th Cir. 1987) (a district court has wide latitude in controlling 20 discovery); Stern v. United States, 563 F. Supp. 484, 489 (D. Nev. 1983) (courts have the 21 inherent power to stay causes on its docket to avoid duplicative litigation, inconsistent results, 22 and waste of time and effort). 23 This action arises under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”) for alleged injuries to 24 Plaintiff arising from an October 14, 2020, car accident. The parties have completed 25 discovery. The remaining deadlines are December 21, 2023, for dispositive motions and 26 January 22, 2024, for the proposed joint pretrial order. 27 Without waiver or binding admission against either party, the parties submit that it 28 would conserve their resources, as well as those of the Court, if the settlement conference for 1 || this matter were held before dispositive motions, if any, and preparation of the proposed joint 2 || pretrial order. 3 Additionally, defense counsel has responses to motions in other matters, including a 4 || motion for summary judgment, in December. 5 Taking into accounts their schedules and obligations in other cases along with the 6 || sudicial holidays during the latter part of December, the parties propose that the Court set a 7 || settlement conference on or after January18,2024. February 5, 2024. 8 If this case does not get resolved at the settlement conference, the parties agree to 9 || submit within 14 days thereafter a new, proposed schedule for dispositive motions and the 10 || proposed joint pretrial order. 11 Accordingly, the parties respectfully request that the Court grant this stipulation and 12 || thereafter issue a separate order setting the date, details, and requirements for the settlement 13 || conference. 14 Respectfully submitted this 18th day of December 2023. 15 JEREZ LAW, PLLC JASON M. FRIERSON 16 United States Attorney 17 || /s/ Kristie L. Fischer /s/ Virginia T. Tomova KRISTIE L. FISCHER, Esq. VIRGINIA T. TOMOVA, Esq. 18 || Nevada Bar No. 11693 Assistant United States Attorney 19 4484 South Pecos Road, Suite 145 Attorney for Defendant Las Vegas, Nevada 89121 20 || Telephone: (702) 941-7660 Attorney for Plaintiff 21 22 IT IS SO ORDERED: 23 Yo aA fon 24 TATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 25 DATED: December 19, 2023 26 27 28