Ling Cai v. Enterprise Leasing Company-West LLC ( 2024 )

1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 5 6 LING CAI, et al., Case No. 2:23-cv-00050-NJK 7 Plaintiff(s), Order 8 v. [Docket No. 76] 9 ENTERPRISE LEASING COMPANY- 10 WEST LLC, et al., 11 Defendant(s). 12 Pending before the Court is a stipulation to stay the case pending mediation. Docket No. 13 76; see also Docket No. 78 (corrected image). That mediation is set for July 10, 2024. Docket 14 No. 78 at 3. The Court finds sufficient justification to stay the case pending that mediation. See 15 Williams v. James River Grp. Inc., 627 F. Supp. 3d 1172, 1181 n.8 (D. Nev. 2022). Although not 16 fashioned as such, the pending stipulation also seeks to extend this stay preemptively so as to cover 17 another two months based on counsel’s trial schedule in state court. See Docket No. 78 at 3. No 18 legal authority or meaningful argument is advanced as to why counsel’s competing professional 19 obligations justify such extraordinary relief. But see, e.g., Williams, 627 F. Supp. 3d at 1179. 20 Accordingly, the stipulation to stay the case pending mediation is GRANTED in part and 21 DENIED in part. The case is hereby STAYED until July 11, 2024. A joint status report regarding 22 mediation must be filed by July 18, 2024. Case management deadlines are RESET as follows: 23  Amend pleadings/ add parties: closed 24  Initial experts: August 7, 2024 25  Rebuttal experts: September 6, 2024 26  Discovery cutoff: October 7, 2024 27  Dispositive motions: November 6, 2024 28 1 e Joint proposed pretrial order: December 6, 2024, or 30 days after resolution of 2 dispositive motions 3 IT IS SO ORDERED. 4 Dated: June 20, 2024 Nancy J. > 6 United States Magistrate Judge 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28