Doe v. Clark County School District ( 2024 )

1 John S. Delikanakis (NV Bar No. 5928) Gil Kahn (NV Bar No. 14220) 2 Markie Betor (NV Bar No. 15505) SNELL & WILMER L.L.P. 3 3883 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 1100 Las Vegas, NV 89169 4 Telephone: (702) 784-5200 Facsimile: (702) 784-5252 5 Email: jdelikanakis@swlaw.com gkahn@swlaw.com 6 mbetor@swlaw.com 7 Priscilla L. O’ Briant (NV Bar No. 10171) Russell D. Christian (NV Bar No. 11785) 8 TYSON & MENDES LLP 2835 St. Rose Pkwy., Suite 140 9 Henderson, NV 89052 Telephone: (702) 724-2648 10 Facsimile: (702) 410-7684 Email: pobriant@tysonmendes.com 11 rchristian@tysonmendes.com 12 Attorneys for Defendant Clark County Education Association 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 14 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 15 16 JOHN and JOANN DOE, parents and natural Case No. 2:24-cv-00284-GMN-BNW 17 guardians of JANE DOE, a minor, 18 Plaintiff, STIPULATION AND ORDER TO STAY CASE 19 v. (FIRST REQUEST) 20 CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT; CLARK COUNTY EDUCATION 21 ASSOCIATION; DARRYL L. LANCASTER; KEMALA WASHINGTON, 22 Defendants. 23 24 Plaintiffs John and Joann Doe, as parent and natural guardians of Jane Doe, and Defendants 25 Clark County School District (“CCSD”), Clark County Education Association (“CCEA”), Darryl 26 L. Lancaster (“Lancaster”), and Kemala Washington (“Washington”) (collectively, “the Parties”), 27 by and through undersigned counsel, for good cause shown, hereby stipulate to stay the case and 28 all related deadlines for 90 days with the following background and for the following reasons: 1 1. On February 9, 2024, the defendants filed a Joint Notice of Removal, removing this 2 action from the Eighth Judicial District Court to this Court. ECF No. 1. 3 2. Following removal, each of the defendants timely filed an answer. ECF Nos. 10, 4 13, 14. 5 3. The Parties held their FRCP 26(f) conference on March 25, 2024, making the 6 Discovery Plan and proposed Scheduling Order due April 8, 2024. 7 4. The Parties worked cooperatively on completing the Discovery Plan and were 8 making final edits to its language on the morning of April 8, 2024. 9 5. Tragically, Dennis M. Prince, lead counsel for plaintiffs, was murdered on April 8, 10 2024. 11 6. That same day, Defendants CCSD and Washington filed an Emergency Request for 12 Extension to File Discovery Plan, ECF No. 19, which CCEA joined, ECF No. 20. 13 7. The Court granted the emergency motion and extended the time to file the Discovery 14 Plan and proposed Scheduling Order until May 9, 2024. ECF No. 21. 15 8. Counsel for all Parties have since conferred and agreed that it would be prudent to 16 stay this matter and all deadlines for an additional 90 days to allow Mr. Prince’s colleagues time to 17 grieve and assess the staffing for this matter moving forward. 18 9. The Parties submit that good cause exists for this request given the immeasurable 19 tragedy and that no prejudice will ensue from this relatively brief stay. 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 /// 27 /// 28 /// 1 || Dated: April 26, 2024. Dated: April 26, 2024. 2 SNELL & WILMER L.L.P. PRINCE LAW GROUP 3 By: _ /s/ John S. Delikanakis, Esq. By: _ /s/ Colin P. Cavanaugh, Esq. 4 John S. Delikanakis, Esq. (#5928) Colin P. Cavanaugh, Esq. (#13842) Gil Kahn, Esq. (#14220) 10801 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 560 5 Markie Betor, Esq. (#15505) Las Vegas, NV 89148 3883 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 1100 Telephone: (702) 534-7600 6 Las Vegas, NV 89169 Telephone: (702) 784-5200 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 7 Priscilla L. O’ Briant (#10171) 8 Russell D. Christian (#11785) TYSON & MENDES LLP 9 2835 St. Rose Pkwy., Suite 140 Henderson, NV 89052 10 Attorneys for Defendant Clark County 11 Education Association 2 12 || Dated: April 26, 2024. Dated: April 26, 2024. Zo 13 LAW OFFICES OF OLSON CANNON LAW OFFICES OF ANDREW W. & GORMLEY LEAVITT, ESQ. cise 14 15 || By: _ /s/ Stephanie M. Zinna, Esq. By: _ /s/ Andrew M. Leavitt, Esq. Thomas D. Dillard, Jr., Esq. (#6270) Andrew M. Leavitt, Esq. (#3989) 16 Stephanie M. Zinna, Esq. (#11488) 633 South 7" Street 3 9950 West Cheyenne Avenue Las Vegas, NV 89101 17 Las Vegas, NV 89129 Telephone: (702) 382-2800 Telephone: (702) 384-4012 18 Attorney for Defendant Darryl L. Attorneys for Defendants Clark County Lancaster 19 School District and Kemala Washington 20 21 ORDER 22 Good cause appearing, the Parties’ stipulation is GRANTED, and this matter and all 33 || applicable deadlines are stayed for an additional 90 days, until August 7, 2024. The Parties’ 24 || Discovery Plan and proposed Scheduling Order will be due August 7, 2024. 25 || ITIS SO ORDERED. 26 DATED: April 29 , 2024 27 28 UNITED STA MAGISTRATE JUDGE -3-