Lavoie v. Hyundai Motor America ( 2023 )

, || PETER S. CHRISTIANSEN, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 5254 2 || pete@christiansenlaw.com R. TODD TERRY, ESQ. 3 || Nevada Bar No. 6519 tterry@christiansenlaw.com 4 || WHITNEY J. BARRETT, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 13662 5 || wbarrett@christiansenlaw.com CHRISTIANSEN TRIAL LAWYERS 6 || 710 South 7% Street Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 7 || Telephone: — (702) 240-7979 g Facsimile: (866) 412-6992 Attorneys for Plaintiff 10 | UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 1] DISTRICT OF NEVADA i 12 LAUREN L. LAVOIE, individually, LAUREN = 13 || L. LAVOIE, as Guardian and Natural Parent of | CASE NO. 2:22-cv-00628-GMN-VCF < L.S., a Minor,; 14 a Plaintiffs, STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 15 EXTEND PLAINTIFFS’ RESPONSE ~ vs. TO DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO 16 DISMISS PLAINTIFFS’ CLAIMS, OR | HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA, a Foreign| ALTERNATIVELY, MOTION FOR 17 Corporation; HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, SUMMARY JUDGMENT [ECF 41] ig || 3 Foreign Corporation; DOES I-X; ROES CORPORATIONS I-X; inclusive, [FIRST REQUEST] 19 Defendants. 20 21 In accordance with this Defendants’ Motion filed on September 29, 2023 (ECF No. 41. 22 || Plaintiffs Lauren L. Lavoie, individually and as Guardian and Natural Parent of L.S., a Mino 23 || (‘Plaintiffs’), and Defendants Hyundai Motor America (“HMA”) and Hyundai Motor Compan 24 || CHMC”) (collectively, “Hyundai Defendants”), by and through their respective attorneys o 25 || record, hereby submit the present stipulation to respectfully request that the Court extend th 26 || October 13, 2023 deadline for Plaintiffs to respond to Hyundai's Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs 27 || Claims as a Spoliation Sanction, or Alternatively, Motion for Summary Judgment [ECF 41], file 28 || on September 29, 2023, by one week to October 20, 2023. ] 1. The extension is due to work-load issues and unanticipated scheduling conflicts o 2 || Plaintiffs’ current counsel, and in light of the crucial importance of the Hyundai Defendants 3 || Motion and the cases dispositive sanctions sought therein, an extension of time is necessary t 4 || complete work on the motions. This is the first stipulation for the requested extension. 5 2. Although Plaintiffs’ counsel has begun preparing and will continue to diligentl 6 || work on Plaintiffs’ response to the Hyundai Defendants’ Motion, additional time is needed du 7 || to work-load related issues and unanticipated scheduling conflicts. 8 3. Thus, the parties stipulate and agree that the deadline for Plaintiffs to respond t 9 || the Hyundai Defendants’ Motion to October 20, 2023. Additional time is not expected or needec | 10 4. This stipulation is made in good faith and not to delay the proceedings. 1] IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. a 12 || Respectfully submitted this 13th day of October, 2023. = < 13 || CHRISTIANSEN TRIAL LAWYERS BOWMAN AND BROOKE, LLP —! z \4 /s/ Peter S. Christiansen /s/ Lauren L. Walter 15 PETER S. CHRISTIANSEN, ESQ. PAUL G. CEREGHINI, ESQ. 16 || Nevada Bar No. 5254 Nevada Bar No. 10000 | R. TODD TERRY, ESQ. LAUREN L. WALTER, ESQ. 17 || Nevada Bar No. 6519 Nevada Bar No. 16464 WHITNEY J. BARRETT, ESQ. Suite 1900, Phoenix Plaza 18 || Nevada Bar No. 13662 2929 North Central Avenue 710 South 7th Street Phoenix, Arizona 85012-2761 19 || Las Vegas, NV 89101 Attorneys for Plaintiffs MARIO D. VALENCIA, ESQ. 20 Nevada Bar No. 6154 40 S. Stephanie St., Ste. 201 21 Henderson, Nevada 89012 7 Attorneys for Defendants 23 IT IS SO ORDERED. 24 25 DATED: October 16 1 2023 26 UNITE ATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 27 28