Miller v. Clark County ( 2024 )

SAO 1 LEONARD T. FINK, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 6296 2 NAKESHA S. DUNCAN-PEREZ, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 11556 3 CARMEN A. ERMER, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 16075 4 SPRINGEL & FINK LLP 9075 W. Diablo Drive, Suite 302 5 Las Vegas, Nevada 89148 Telephone: (702) 804-0706 6 E-Mail: lfink@springelfink.com nduncan@springelfink.com 7 cermer@springelfink.com efiling@spingelfink.com 8 Attorneys for Defendants/Cross-Defendant 9 PREVENTIVE MEASURES SECURITY FIRM, LLC, MARCO SOLORIO and LEONARD MORRIS 10 11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 12 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 13 MACK MILLER, an individual; Case No.: 2:23-cv-00070-CDS-DJA 14 15 Plaintiff, STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND 16 vs. DISCOVERY DEADLINES 17 CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA, a political [FOURTH REQUEST] subdivision; DOE CLARK COUNTY OFFICERS, 18 in their personal capacities; DOE PRIVATE 19 SECURITY GUARDS, in their personal capacities; PREVENTIVE MEASURES SECURITY FIRM, 20 LLC, a domestic limited liability company; MARCO 21 SOLORIO, individually; LEONARD MORRIS, individually; ROE PRIVATE SECURITY 22 COMPANY; DOES 1 through 20; ROE BUSINESS ENTITIES 1 through 20, inclusive jointly and 23 severally, 24 Defendants. 25 CLARK COUNTY, a Political Subdivision of 26 State of Nevada, 27 Cross-Claimant, 28 vs. 1 PREVENTIVE MEASURES SECURITY FIRM, 2 LLC, a domestic limited liability Company, 3 Cross-Defendant. 4 5 STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND DISCOVERY DEADLINES [FOURTH REQUEST] 6 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between the parties hereto, by and through 7 their respective counsel, that the discovery deadlines shall be extended in this matter. 8 I. DISCOVERY COMPLETED TO DATE 9 The parties have participated in the following discovery to date: 10 1. Plaintiff’s FRCP 26(a)(1) Initial disclosures; 11 2. Plaintiff’s FRCP 26(a)(1) First Supplemental disclosures; 12 3. Plaintiff’s FRCP 26(a)(1) Second Supplemental disclosures; 13 4. Plaintiff’s FRCP 26(a)(1) Third Supplemental disclosures; 14 5. Plaintiff’s FRCP 26(a)(1) Fourth Supplemental disclosures; 15 6. Plaintiff’s FRCP 26(a)(1) Fifth Supplemental disclosures; 16 7. Plaintiff’s FRCP 26(a)(1) Sixth Supplemental disclosures; 17 8. Plaintiff’s FRCP 26(a)(1) Seventh Supplemental disclosures; 18 9. Plaintiff’s FRCP 26(a)(1) Eighth Supplemental disclosures; 19 10. Defendant Clark County’s FRCP 26(a)(1) Initial disclosures; 20 11. Defendant Clark County’s FRCP 26(a)(1) First Supplemental disclosures; 21 12. Defendant Clark County’s FRCP 26(a)(1) Second Supplemental disclosures; 22 13. Defendant Clark County’s FRCP 26(a)(1) Third Supplemental disclosures; 23 14. Defendant Preventive Measures’ FRCP 26(a)(1) Initial disclosures; 24 15. Defendant Preventive Measures’ FRCP 26(a)(1) First Supplemental disclosures; 25 16. Defendant Preventive Measures’ FRCP 26(a)(1) Second Supplemental disclosures; 26 17. Defendant Preventive Measures’ FRCP 26(a)(1) Third Supplemental disclosures; 27 18. Defendant Clark County’s First Set of Requests for Admissions to Preventive Measures; 28 1 19. Defendant Clark County’s First Set of Requests for Production of Documents to Preventive 2 Measures; 3 20. Defendant Clark County’s First Set of Interrogatories to Preventive Measures; 4 21. Defendant Preventive Measures’ Response to Defendant Clark County’s First Set of Requests 5 for Admissions; 6 22. Defendant Preventive Measures’ Response to Defendant Clark County’s First Set of Requests 7 for Production of Documents; 8 23. Defendant Preventive Measures’ Response to Defendant Clark County’s First Set of 9 Interrogatories; 10 24. Defendant Clark County’s First Set of Interrogatories to Plaintiff; 11 25. Defendant Clark County’s First Set of Requests for Admissions to Plaintiff; 12 26. Defendant Clark County’s First Set of Requests for Production of Documents to Plaintiff; 13 27. Plaintiff’s Responses to Defendant Clark County’s First Set of Requests for 14 Admissions; 15 28. Plaintiff’s Responses to Defendant Clark County’s First Set of Requests for Production of 16 Documents; 17 29. Plaintiff’s Responses to Defendant Clark County’s First Set of Interrogatories; 18 30. Defendant Preventive Measures’ First Set of Interrogatories to Plaintiff; 19 31. Defendant Preventive Measures’ First Set of Requests for Admissions to Plaintiff; 20 32. Defendant Preventive Measures’ First Set of Requests for Production of Documents to 21 Plaintiff; 22 33. Plaintiff’s Responses to Defendant Preventive Measures First Set of Requests for Admissions; 23 34. Plaintiff’s Responses to Defendant Preventive Measures First Set of Requests for Production 24 of Documents; 25 35. Plaintiff’s Responses to Defendant Preventive Measures First Set of Interrogatories; 26 36. Plaintiff’s First Set of Interrogatories to Defendant Preventive Measures; 27 37. Plaintiff’s First Set of Requests for Admissions to Defendant Preventive Measures; 28 38. Plaintiff’s First Set of Requests for Production to Defendant Preventive Measures; 1 39. Plaintiff’s First Set of Interrogatories to Defendant Clark County; 2 40. Plaintiff’s First Set of Requests for Admissions to Defendant Clark County; 3 41. Plaintiff’s First Set of Requests for Production to Defendant Clark County; 4 42. Defendant Preventive Measures’ Responses to Plaintiff’s First Set of Requests for Admissions 5 to Defendant Preventive Measures; 6 43. Defendant Clark County’s Responses to Plaintiff’s First Set of Interrogatories to Defendant 7 Clark County; 8 44. Defendant Clark County’s Responses to Plaintiff’s First Set of Requests for Admissions to 9 Defendant Clark County; 10 45. Defendant Clark County’s Responses to Plaintiff’s First Set of Requests for Production to 11 Defendant Clark County; 12 46. Defendant Preventive Measures’ Responses to Plaintiff’s First Set of Interrogatories and 13 Request for Production; 14 47. Deposition of Plaintiff (completed February 21, 2024); 15 48. Deposition of Kate Murray (completed February 15, 2024); 16 49. Deposition of Brian Cooperman (completed February 15, 2024); 17 50. Deposition of Elando Johnson (completed February 15, 2024); 18 51. Plaintiff’s FRCP 26(a)(1) Ninth Supplemental disclosures; 19 52. Defendant Clark County’s FRCP 26(a)(1) Fourth Supplemental disclosures; 20 53. Defendant Clark County’s FRCP 26(a)(1) Fifth Supplemental disclosures; 21 54. Defendant Clark County’s FRCP 26(a)(1) Sixth Supplemental disclosures; 22 55. Defendant Preventive Measures’ FRCP 26(a)(1) Fourth Supplemental disclosures; 23 56. Defendant Preventive Measures’ FRCP 26(a)(1) Fifth Supplemental disclosures; 24 57. Defendant Preventive Measures’ FRCP 26(a)(1) Sixth Supplemental disclosures; 25 58. Defendant Preventive Measures’ FRCP 26(a)(1) Seventh Supplemental disclosures; 26 59. Plaintiff’s FRCP 26(a)(1) Tenth Supplemental disclosures; 27 60. Deposition of Chief James Rogers (completed on May 9, 2024); 28 1 61. Deposition of Defendant Clark County’s FRCP 30(b)(6) designee(s) (completed on June 11, 2 2024); and 3 62. Deposition of David Sutton/FRCP 30(b)(6) designee(s) for Defendant Preventive Measures 4 (completed June 27, 2024). 5 II. DISCOVERY REMAINING TO BE COMPLETED 6 1. Deposition of Defendant Marco Solorio; 7 2. Deposition of Defendant Leonard Morris; 8 3. Depositions of other fact witnesses present at the County Commission meeting during the 9 subject incident; 10 4. Supplemental FRCP 26 disclosures; 11 5. Expert disclosures; 12 6. Deposition of parties’ treating physicians and/or experts; and 13 7. Any additional discovery that is necessary as the parties proceed through discovery. 14 III. REASONS WHY DISCOVERY NOT COMPLETED WITHIN TIME SET BY DISCOVERY PLAN 15 A motion to extend deadlines articulated in the court’s scheduling order must be supported by a 16 showing of good cause. See Local Rule 26-3; see also Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 17 604, 608-09 (9th Cir. 1992). Good cause to extend a deadline exists if it cannot reasonably be met despite 18 the diligence of the party seeking extension. Johnson, 975 F.2d at 609. In the instant matter, all parties 19 have diligently attempted to comply with the Court’s scheduling order – however, the parties have 20 determined they will be unable to obtain unable to obtain and produce key evidence related to the incident 21 and alleged damages, which then deprives the parties and their respective experts of access to all evidence 22 to formulate their opinions, complete their evaluations and prepare their reports accordingly, as well as 23 impairs counsels’ ability to reach a proper determination as to further discovery needed. 24 On June 25, 2024, the parties entered a stipulation to extend the discovery deadlines primarily 25 based on the need for additional time to complete written discovery, which is outstanding due to 26 Preventive Measures needing additional time to locate certain documents; and to complete remaining 27 depositions of parties and witnesses. In addition, new counsel recently associated in for Preventive 28 1 Measures, and has requested additional time to review the file to assist with moving discovery along. The 2 remaining depositions and outstanding written discovery will be critical to the claims and defenses in the 3 instant action and will have a direct impact on the opinions of the parties’ retained experts. 4 Accordingly, the parties respectfully request that the discovery deadlines in this matter be extended 5 by an additional sixty (60) days. The requested extension will ensure all parties have a full and fair 6 opportunity to litigate the claims and defenses on the merits. Therefore, and as set forth below, due 7 diligence and good cause can be shown to allow the Court, in its discretion, to extend the remaining 8 deadlines as requested. 9 IV. PROPOSED SCHEDULE FOR COMPLETING DISCOVERY 10 Based on the foregoing, the proposed schedule for completing discovery is as follows: Discovery Deadline Current Deadline Proposed Deadline 11 Initial Expert Disclosures 07.12.2024 9.13.2024 All Rebuttal Expert Disclosures 08.12.2024 10.14.2024 12 Discovery Cut-Off Date 09.10.2024 11.15.2024 13 Dispositive Motions 10.10.2024 12.16.2024 14 DATED this 2nd of July, 2024. DATED this 2nd of July, 2024. 15 SPRINGEL & FINK LLP RICHARD HARRIS LAW FIRM 16 By: ___/s/ Leonard T. Fink________________ By: ___/s/_Jonathan B. Lee________ 17 LEONARD T. FINK, ESQ. JONATHAN B. LEE, ESQ. 18 Nevada Bar No. 6296 Nevada Bar Number 13524 NAKESHA S. DUNCAN-PEREZ, ESQ. 801 South Fourth Street 19 Nevada Bar No. 11556 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 9075 W. Diablo Drive, Suite 302 Attorneys for Plaintiff 20 Las Vegas, Nevada 89148 21 and TYSON & MENDES 22 Russell D. Christian, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 11785 23 2835 St. Rose Parkway, Suite 24 Attorneys for Defendants/Cross-Defendant Preventive Measures Security Firm, LLC, 25 Marco Solorio and Leonard Morris 26 / / / 27 / / / 28 Dated this 2°? day of July, 2024. 2 CLARK COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY 3 4 By: _/s/ Joel K. Browning JOEL K. BROWNING, ESQ. 5 Nevada Bar No. 14489 500 South Grand Central Parkway, Ste. 5075 6 Las Vegas, Nevada 89155 7 Attorneys for Defendant, Clark County 8 9 ORDER Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties and good cause appearing, the discovery deadlines are 10 || extended as follows: 11 Discovery Deadline 12 Initial Expert Disclosures 9.13.2024 All Rebuttal Expert Disclosures | 10.14.2024 13 Discovery Cut-Off Date 11.15.2024 12.16.2024 15 IT IS SO ORDERED. 16 Dated: 7/3/2024 ) 7; cA (WO 18 DANIEL J. ALBREGTS UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 19 20 21 22, 23 24 25 26 27 28 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 1 Miller, Mack v. Clark County, Nevada, et al. United States District Court Case No. 2:23-cv-00070-CDS-DJA 2 3 STATE OF NEVADA ) ) ss. 4 COUNTY OF CLARK ) 5 I, Veronica Smith, declare: 6 I am a resident of and employed in Clark County, Nevada. I am over the age of eighteen years and not a party to the within action. My business address is 9075 W. Diablo Drive, Suite 302, Las Vegas, 7 Nevada, 89148. 8 On July 2, 2024, I served the document described as STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND DISCOVERY DEADLINES [FOURTH REQUEST] on the following parties: 9 10 ** SEE ELECTRONIC SERVICE LIST 11 12 VIA ELECTRONIC SERVICE: by submitting the foregoing to the United States District Court for the District of Nevada’s ECF-filing System for Electronic Service upon the Court’s Service List 13 ☒ pursuant to Rule26(a)(1). The copy of the document electronically served bears a notation of the date and time of service. The original document will be maintained with the document(s) served and be 14 made available, upon reasonable notice, for inspection by counsel or the Court. 15 VIA U.S. MAIL: by placing a true copy thereof enclosed in a sealed envelope with postage thereon 16 fully prepaid, in the United States mail at Las Vegas Nevada. I am “readily familiar” with the firm’s ☐ practice of collection and processing correspondence by mailing. Under that practice, it would be 17 deposited with the U.S. postal service on that same day with postage fully prepaid at Las Vegas, Nevada in the ordinary course of business. 18 VIA FACSIMILE: by transmitting to a facsimile machine maintained by the person on whom it is 19 served at the facsimile machine telephone number at last given by that person on any document which he/she has filed in the cause and served on the party making the service. The copy of the document 20 ☐ served by facsimile transmission bears a notation of the date and place of transmission and the 21 facsimile telephone number to which transmitted. A confirmation of the transmission containing the facsimile telephone numbers to which the document(s) was/were transmitted will be maintained with 22 the document(s) served. 23 24 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. 25 /s/ Veronica Smith 26 An employee of Springel & Fink LLP 27 28