Najmabadi v. Thelios USA Inc. ( 2024 )

1 SLAUOCI AN J. GRECO, JR., ESQ. Nevada State Bar No. 10600 2 MELISSA INGLEBY, ESQ. Nevada State Bar No. 12935 3 BREMER WHYTE BROWN & O’MEARA, LLP 1160 N. TOWN CENTER DRIVE 4 SUITE 250 LAS VEGAS, NV 89144 5 TELEPHONE: (702) 258-6665 FACSIMILE: (702) 258-6662 6 lgreco@bremerwhyte.com mingleby@bremerwhyte.com 7 8 Attorneys for Defendant, SPARKS MARKETING, LLC 9 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 11 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 12 13 PIRAYEH M. NAJMABADI, an ) Case No. 2:24-cv-00217-GMN-DJA individual, ) 14 ) Plaintiff, ) STIPULATION AND ORDER 15 ) TO EXTEND DISCOVERY vs. ) DEADLINES (FIRST REQUEST) 16 ) THELIOS USA INC., a Foreign ) 17 Corporation; LVMH MOET HENNESSY ) LOUIS VUITTON INC., a Foreign ) 18 Corporation; SPARKS MARKETING, ) LLC, a Foreign Limited-Liability ) 19 Company; DOES I through X; and ROE ) CORPORATIONS XI through XX, ) 20 inclusive, ) ) 21 Defendants. ) ) 22 23 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED TO by and between Plaintiff 24 PIRAYEH M. NAJMABADI (“Plaintiff”), by and through her attorney of record, 25 Brian E. Lunt, Esq. of the law firm Edward M. Bernstein & Associates, and Defendants 26 THELIOS USA INC., and LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTION INC., by 27 and through their attorney of record, Loren S. Young, Esq. of the law firm Lincoln 1 Sparks”), by and through its attorneys of record, Lucian J. Greco, Esq., and Melissa 2 Ingleby, Esq., of the law firm Bremer Whyte Brown & O’Meara LLP, and for good 3 cause that the discovery deadlines in the above-entitled matter be extended by one 4 hundred twenty (120) days to allow for necessary discovery. 5 I. 6 DISCOVERY COMPLETED TO DATE 7 Listed below is a statement specifying the discovery completed in this case: 8 1. Plaintiff’s Initial List of Witnesses and Production of Documents made pursuant 9 10 to FRCP 26(a)(1). 11 2. Defendants’ THELIOS USA INC., and LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS 12 VUITTION INC Initial List of Witnesses and Production of Documents made pursuant 13 14 to FRCP 26(a)(1). 15 3. Defendant SPARKS MARKETING, LLC Initial List of Witnesses and 16 17 Production of Documents made pursuant to FRCP 26(a)(1). 18 II. 19 DISCOVERYREMAINING TO BE COMPLETED 20 The Parties plan to complete the following discovery: 21 1. Written discovery of all parties; 22 23 2. Subpoena new medical records for recent treatment of Plaintiff 24 3. Depositions of various witnesses including, but not limited to: 25 a. The parties; 26 27 b. The parties’ retained initial and rebuttal experts; and 1 c. Other percipient witnesses as needed; 2 4. Initial Expert Disclosures; 3 5. Rebuttal Expert Disclosures; and 4 6. Other discovery as needed. 5 6 III. 7 REASONS DISCOVERY HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED 8 9 Good cause exists to grant the Parties’ request for an extension to discovery 10 deadlines. This is the first request for an extension. Despite the parties’ diligence and 11 12 good faith attempts to pursue discovery in preparation for their respective case, 13 majority of discovery remains to be completed. 14 15 To that end, the parties recently learned of two new parties that must be brought 16 into the case. As a result, the parties agreed to stipulate to leave to file a Third-Party 17 Complaint and bring the new parties into the matter. A Stipulation and Order in that 18 19 regard was recently granted. Therefore, the parties respectfully request a 120-day 20 extension to allow the new third party to participate in discovery. As such, the 21 deadlines cannot be reasonably met despite the diligence of the Parties who seek the 22 23 extension. See Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 609 (9th Cir. 24 1992). 25 The parties are actively engaging in discovery in this matter. Furthermore, the 26 27 parties are acting in good faith in filing this Stipulation and without an intent to 1 will not prejudice any party or have a negative impact upon the judicial administration 2 of this Honorable Court. Accordingly, the Parties are requesting a 120-day extension 3 to all remaining discovery deadlines. 4 5 IV. 6 PROPOSED SCHEDULE FOR COMPLETING DISCOVERY 7 8 The Parties hereto, and for good cause described in this stipulation, and in 9 accord with Local Rule 6-1 and Local Rule 26-3, request this Honorable Court to adopt 10 and approve this stipulated extension to the discovery plan, and continue the discovery 11 deadlines as requested below: 12 DISCOVERY EVENT CURRENT PROPOSED DEADLINES DEADLINES 13 Add Parties and Amended Pleadings April 30, 2024 August 28, 2024 14 Initial Expert Disclosures May 30, 2024 September 27, 2024 15 Rebuttal Expert Disclosures June 28, 2024 October 28, 2024 16 Close of Discovery July 29, 2024 NNoovvemembebr e2r9 ,2 280,2 24024 Dispositive Motions August 28, 2024 December 26, 2024 17 Joint Pre-Trial Order September 27, 2024 January 27, 2025 18 /// 19 /// 20 /// 21 /// 22 /// 23 /// 24 /// 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// 1 The parties hereby stipulate to the proposed changes in the discovery deadlines. 2 3 Dated: April 30th, 2024 Dated: April 30th, 2024 4 BREMER WHYTE BROWN EDWARD M. BERNSTEIN & 5 & O’MEARA LLP ASSOCIATES 6 7 /s/ Melissa Ingleby__________________ /s/ Brian E. Lunt_____________ LUCIAN J. GRECO, JR., ESQ. BRIAN E. LUNT, ESQ. 8 Nevada State Bar No. 10600 Nevada State Bar No. 11189 9 MELISSA INGLEBY, ESQ. 500 South Fourth Street Nevada Bar No. 12935 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 10 1160 North Town Center Drive Attorney for Plaintiff 11 Suite 250 Las Vegas, Nevada 89144 12 Attorneys for Defendant 13 SPARKS MARKETING, LLC 14 15 Dated: April 30th, 2024 16 LINCOLN, GUSTAFSON & CERCOS 17 /s/ Loren S. Young__________________ 18 LOREN S. YOUNG, ESQ. 19 Nevada State Bar No. 7567 7670 West Lake Mead Boulevard 20 Las Vegas, Nevada 89128 21 Attorney for Defendants THELIOS USA INC. & LVMH MOET 22 HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON INC. 23 24 25 26 27 1 ORDER > Based upon the stipulation of the parties hereto, and for good cause appearing: 3 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the discovery deadlines are extended as follows: 4 6 Motions to amend pleadings and add parties: August 28, 2024 Expert Designations: September 27, 2024 Rebuttal Expert Designations: October 28, 2024 9| | Discovery Cutoff Date: 10 December 26, 2024 11 Joint Pre-Trial Order: January 27, 2025 12 14 DANIEL J. ALBREGTS \ 15 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 16 DATED: May 1, 2024 Respectfully submitted, 17 BREMER WHYTE BROWN & O’MEARA LLP 18 19 By: __/s/ Melissa Ingleby 0 LUCIAN J. GRECO, JR., ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 10600 21 MELISSA INGLEBY, ESQ. 97 Nevada Bar No. 12935 Attorneys for Defendant 23 Sparks Marketing, LLC 24 25 26 27 28 Center Drive Kay Agustin Subject: FW: Najmabadi v. Thelios USA Inc., et al. /BWBO 1287.761 Importance: High From: Brian E. Lunt Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2024 4:04 PM Melissa Ingleby ; Loren Young ; Cheryl Giammona ; Alicia Lutz Cc: Lucian J. Greco, Jr. □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ Kay Agustin ; Katarzyna A. Hunt ; NajmabadiThelios_LVMHZ4560627 @lgclawoffice.filevineapp.com Subject: Re: Najmabadi v. Thelios USA Inc., et al. /BWBO 1287.761 Melissa, have my permission to use my electronic signature as well. Sincerely, Brian E. Lunt, Esq Senior Associate Attorney Edward M. Bernstein & Associates Main: 702-240-0000 Direct: 702-471-5624 Fax: 702-385-4640 blunt@edbernstein.com EDWARD Apsernsi EIN ASSOCIATES From: Melissa Ingleby Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2024 12:27 PM Loren Young ; Brian E. Lunt ; Cheryl Giammona ; Alicia Lutz Cc: Lucian J. Greco, Jr. □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ Kay Agustin ; Katarzyna A. Hunt ; NajmabadiThelios_LVMHZ4560627 @lgclawoffice.filevineapp.com Subject: RE: Najmabadi v. Thelios USA Inc., et al. /BWBO 1287.761 for catching that, Loren! Brian — any changes? Melissa Ingleby Bremer Whyte Brown & O'Meara, LLP | Las Vegas, NV d: 725.210.8817 t: 702.258.6665 f: 702.258.6662 From: Loren Young Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2024 10:29 AM To: Melissa Ingleby ; Brian E. Lunt ; Cheryl Giammona ; Alicia Lutz Cc: Lucian J. Greco, Jr. ; Kay Agustin ; Katarzyna A. Hunt ; NajmabadiTheliosLVMHZ4560627@lgclawoffice.filevineapp.com Subject: RE: Najmabadi v. Thelios USA Inc., et al. /BWBO 1287.761 Thanks. I had a couple redlines to the attached.