Smith v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department ( 2024 )

1 LYSSA S. ANDERSON Nevada Bar No. 5781 2 KRISTOPHER J. KALKOWSKI Nevada Bar No. 14892 3 KAEMPFER CROWELL 1980 Festival Plaza Drive, Suite 650 4 Las Vegas, Nevada 89135 Telephone: (702) 792-7000 5 Fax: (702) 796-7181 landerson@kcnvlaw.com 6 kkalkowski@kcnvlaw.com 7 Attorneys for Defendants Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, 8 Vanessa Mitchell, and Don’te Mitchell 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 11 MARY SMITH, individually, and as Special Case No.: 2:23-cv-00092-JAD-NJK Administrator of the Estate of JAMES 12 PEREA, STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE A 13 Plaintiffs, RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFFS’ vs. OBJECTION 14 LAS VEGAS METROPOLITAN POLICE 15 DEPARTMENT; WELLPATH, LLC; RN [ECF No. 101] RACHEL CLARK; RN TANJA First Request 16 WASIELEWSKI; RN GENEVA BESSIE; LCSW SANDRA CELIS; MA/LNA 17 MELEKA ST. JOHN. RN STEPHANIE ESTALA; NP HUGH ANDREW ROSSET; 18 NP SHELLEY AMEDURI; PA ANDREA BALOGH; RN AYNUR KABOTA; 19 CORRECTIONS OFFICER VENESSA MITCHELL: CORRECTIONS OFFICER 20 DON’TE MITCHELL; CORRECTIONS OFFICER JOSHUA WALDMAN; DOES 1- 21 30, 22 Defendants. 23 Pursuant to LR 6-1, Mary Smith, individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate 24 of James Perea (“Plaintiffs”), Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Vanessa Mitchell and 1 Don’te Mitchell (“LVMPD Defendants”), and Wellpath, LLC, Rachel Clark, Tanja Wasielewski, 2 Geneva Bessie, Sandra Celis, Meleka St. John, Stephanie Estala, Hugh Andrew Rosset, Shelley 3 Ameduri, and Andrea Balogh (“Wellpath Defendants”) through their respective Counsel, 4 stipulate, agree, and request that this Court extend the deadline for the Defendants to file a 5 Response regarding Plaintiffs’ Objection, (ECF No. 101), from the current date of August 26, 6 2024, for an additional 4 days, to Friday, August 30, 2024. 7 1. On May 10, 2024, Plaintiffs filed a Motion to Amend, (ECF No. 80), seeking 8 leave to file a Second Amended Complaint adding a new defendant. 9 2. On July 29, 2024, Magistrate Judge Nancy J. Koppe entered a Report and 10 Recommendation, (ECF No. 99), for the Court to deny Plaintiffs’ Motion to Amend, (ECF No. 11 80). 12 3. On August 12, 2024, Plaintiffs filed an Objection, (ECF No. 101), to the Report 13 and Recommendation. 14 4. Defendants’ deadline to file a Response to the Objection is Monday, August 26, 15 2024. 16 5. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6(b) and Local Rule IA 6-1 impose a good cause 17 standard to extend the deadline file a Response. “‘Good cause’ is a non-rigorous standard that 18 has been construed broadly across procedural and statutory contexts.” Ahanchian v. Xenon 19 Pictures, Inc., 624 F.3d 1253, 1259 (9th Cir. 2010). 20 6. Good cause exists to extend the deadline for Defendants to file a Response to the 21 Objection by 4 days—to Friday, August 30, 2024—in light of Defendants’ need for additional 22 time to complete briefing. The current deadline to file the Response arises around the same time 23 of the deadline to file dispositive motions in this case (August 23, 2024), as well as ongoing 24 / / / 1 || deadlines for other matters apart from this case.! 2 7. An extension of time will ensure that the Court has appropriate briefing before 3 || making a ruling. 4 || DATED this 22nd day of August, 2024. DATED this 22nd day of August, 2024. 5 □□ □□□ _A/Lyssa S. Anderson By: _ /s/ Peter Goldstein Lyssa S. Anderson (SBN 5781) Peter Goldstein (SBN 6992) 6 Kristopher J. Kalkowski (SBN 10161 Park Run Drive, Suite 150 14892) Las Vegas, Nevada 89145 7 1980 Festival Plaza Drive, Suite 650 Clyde Rastetter Las Vegas, Nevada 89135 199 Cook Street, Suite 308 g Attorneys for LVMPD Defendants Brooklyn, NY 11206 Attorney for Plaintiffs g || DATED this 22nd day of August, 2024. /s/ Robert D. Rourke 10 S. Brent Vogel (SBN 6858) Robert D. Rourke (SBN 5757) 6385 S. Rainbow Blvd, Suite 600 Las Vegas, NV 89118 12 Attorneys for Wellpath Defendants 13 14 IT IS SO ORDERED. 15 DATED this 23rd day of August, 2024. 16 7 UNITED STATES-DISTRICT. COURT JUDGE 18 19 20 21 22 23 ||' On August 21, 2024, the parties agreed to a Stipulation that would extend the deadline to file dispositive motions by 30 days. The parties will be submitting a Stipulation for the Court’s 24 || consideration. CROWELL Festival Plaza Drive Suite 650 egas, Nevada 89135