Huch v. Pacific Seafood - Las Vegas, LLC ( 2024 )

1 CEvHaRnI SLT. EJNamSEeNs ,J EAsMqE. (S7 &76 M0)A RTIN, CHTD. 2 Daryl E. Martin, Esq. (6735) Dylan J. Lawter, Esq. (15947) 3 7440 W. Sahara Avenue Las Vegas, Nevada 89117 4 Telephone: (702) 255-1718 Facsimile: (702) 255-0871 5 Email: elj@cjmlv.com; dem@cjmlv.com; djl@cjmlv.com Attorneys for Plaintiff Warren Huch 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 8 WARREN HUCH, CASE NO.: 2:24-cv-01445-CDS-MDC 9 Plaintiff, 10 PROPOSED JOINT DISCOVERY vs. PLAN AND SCHEDULING ORDER 11 PACIFIC SEAFOOD – LAS VEGAS, LLC, SPECIAL SCHEDULING REVIEW 12 et al., REQUESTED 13 Defendants. 14 15 Pursuant to LR 16-1 and 26-1(b), the Parties to this action, acting by and through 16 their counsel of record, hereby submit this Joint Discovery Plan and Scheduling Order. The 17 Defendants seek additional time to perform discovery and the Plaintiff has assented to this 18 request. 19 A. Meeting: Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f) and LR 26-1, counsel for the Parties 20 conferred over this Joint Proposed Discovery Plan and Scheduling Order on October 3, 2024, 21 (“Discovery Case Conference”) and agreed to the following deadlines: 22 1. Discovery Cut-Off. 23 Pursuant to LR 26-1(b)(1), the parties request special scheduling review to permit 24 discovery to run for 364 days from the date of the first Answer or other responsive pleading, 25 which was filed September 20, 2024. Therefore, the discovery cut-off date will be September 26 19, 2025 (“Discovery Cut-Off Date”). 27 1 2. Amending the Pleadings and Adding Parties. 2 Pursuant to LR 26-1(b)(2), the Parties will file any and all motions to amend the 3 pleadings or to add parties by no later than 90 days before the Discovery Cut-Off Date. 4 Ninety days before the Discovery Cut-Off Date falls on a weekend, so any and all motions to 5 amend the pleadings or to add parties will be due no later than June 20, 2025. 6 3. Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2) Expert Disclosures. 7 Pursuant to LR 26-1(b)(3), expert disclosures will be made in this matter as follows: 8 a. The Parties will make their initial expert disclosures in this matter by 9 no later than 60 days before the Discovery Cut-Off Date, or July 21, 2025, pursuant to Fed. 10 R. Civ. P. 6(a)(1)(C); and 11 b. The Parties will make their rebuttal expert disclosures by no later than 12 30 days after the initial disclosure of experts, or August 20, 2025, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 13 6(a)(1)(C). 14 4. Dispositive Motions. 15 Pursuant to LR 26-1(b)(4), the Parties will file any and all dispositive motions by no 16 later than 30 days after the Discovery Cut-Off Date. Thirty days after the Discovery Cut-Off 17 Date falls on a weekend, so any and all dispositive motions will be due no later than October 18 17, 2025. 19 5. Joint Pretrial Order. 20 Pursuant to LR 26-1(b)(5), the Parties will file the joint pretrial order no later than 30 21 days after the dispositive motion deadline. Thirty days after the dispositive motion deadline 22 falls on a weekend, so the Parties will file their joint pretrial order by no later than November 23 14, 2025, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(a)(1)(C). If either Party files a dispositive motion, the 24 deadline for filing the joint pretrial order will be suspended until 30 days after decision on the 25 dispositive motion(s) or further court order. 26 27 1 6. Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(3) Pretrial Disclosures. 2 Pursuant to LR 26-1(b)(6), the Parties will make their Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(3) pretrial 3 disclosures at least 30 days before trial. Within 14 days after they are made, unless the Court 4 sets a different time, either Party may serve and promptly file a list of the following 5 objections: any objections to the use under Fed. R. Civ. P. 32(a) of a deposition designated 6 by another party under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(3)(A)(ii); and, any objection, together with the 7 grounds for it, that may be made to the admissibility of materials identified under Fed. R. 8 Civ. P. 26(a)(3)(A)(iii). An objection not so made— except for one under Fed. R. Evid. 402 9 or 403—is waived unless excused by the court for good cause. 10 7. Alternative Dispute Resolution. 11 Pursuant to LR 26-1(b)(7), the Parties hereby certify that they met and conferred 12 about the possibility of using alternative dispute resolution processes including mediation, 13 arbitration, and if applicable, early neutral evaluation. The parties have declined arbitration 14 but will participate in the early neutral evaluation, which they anticipate will be held on or 15 before December 19, 2024, pursuant to LR 16-6(d). If early neutral evaluation does not lead 16 to full and complete resolution, the parties believe mediation will be a likely next step toward 17 resolution. 18 8. Alternative Forms of Case Disposition. 19 Pursuant to LR 26-1(b)(8), the Parties hereby certify that they have considered and 20 declined to consent to trial by a magistrate judge under 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) and Fed. R. Civ. 21 P. 73 and the use of the Short Trial Program (General Order 2013-01). 22 9. Electronic Evidence. 23 Pursuant to LR 26-1(b)(9), the Parties hereby certify the following: 24 a. Has a jury trial been demanded? YES. 25 b. Have the parties reached any stipulations regarding discovery in an 26 electronic format compatible with the court’s electronic jury evidence display system? Not at 27 this time, but it is anticipated the parties will be able to stipulate to doing so. 1 10. Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1) Initial Disclosures. 2 The Parties will make their Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1)(C) initial disclosures within 14 3 days of the date of the Discovery Case Conference, or by October 17, 2024. 4 5 Approved as to form and content. 6 DATED this 15th day of October, 2024. DATED this 15th day of October, 2024. 7 CHRISTENSEN JAMES & MARTIN, CHTD. GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI, LLP 8 /s/ Dylan J. Lawter /s/ Dione C. Wrenn Dylan J. Lawter, Esq. Dione C. Wrenn, Esq. 9 Nevada Bar No. 15947 Nevada Bar No. 13285 7740 W. Sahara Avenue 300 S. 4th Street, Suite 1550 10 Las Vegas, Nevada 89117 Las Vegas, NV 89101 Phone: (702) 255-1718 Phone: 702-577-9300 11 Facsimile: (702) 255-1718 Facsimile: 702-255-1858 djl@cjmlv.com dwrenn@grsm.com 12 Attorneys for Warren Huch Attorneys for Defendants 13 IT IS SO ORDERED. The plan is denied. 14 The parties do not show good cause or any 15 reason why 364 days is needed for discovery. The parties shall file an amended stipulation 16 in compliance with LR 26-1(b) and the standard 180-discovery period. The Court 17 will consider discovery extensions should the 18 need arise and the parties demonstrate good cause and diligence in pursuing discovery. 19 20 21 22 23 _____________________________________ 24 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 25 DATED: _1_0_-_1_6_-_2_4__________________ 26 27