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 Attorneys for Defendants 7 Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Vanessa Mitchell, and Don’te Mitchell 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 10 11 MARY SMITH, individually, and as Special Case No.: 2:23-cv-00092-JAD-NJK Administrator of the Estate of JAMES PEREA, 12 Plaintiffs, STIPULATION TO EXTEND 13 vs. DISPOSITIVE MOTION DEADLINE (Fourth Request) 14 LAS VEGAS METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT; WELLPATH, LLC; RN 15 RACHEL CLARK; RN TANJA WASIELEWSKI; RN GENEVA BESSIE; 16 LCSW SANDRA CELIS; MA/LNA MELEKA ST. JOHN. RN STEPHANIE ESTALA; NP 17 HUGH ANDREW ROSSET; NP SHELLEY AMEDURI; PA ANDREA BALOGH; RN 18 AYNUR KABOTA; CORRECTIONS OFFICER VENESSA MITCHELL: 19 CORRECTIONS OFFICER DON’TE MITCHELL; CORRECTIONS OFFICER 20 JOSHUA WALDMAN; DOES 1-30, 21 Defendants. 22 Pursuant to LR 6-1 and LR 26-3, Mary Smith, individually and as Special Administrator 23 of the Estate of James Perea (“Plaintiffs”), Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Vanessa 24 Mitchell and Don’te Mitchell (“LVMPD Defendants”), and Wellpath, LLC, Rachel Clark, Tanja 1 Wasielewski, Geneva Bessie, Sandra Celis, Meleka St. John, Stephanie Estala, Hugh Andrew 2 Rosset, Shelley Ameduri, and Andrea Balogh (“Wellpath Defendants”) through their respective 3 counsel, stipulate, agree, and request that this Court extend the dispositive motion deadline from 4 the current date of September 23, 2024, for an additional 14 days, to Monday, October 7, 2024. 5 The requested extension arises from pending motions in this case and preservation of the 6 Court and parties’ resources. The Court previously granted a third extension of the dispositive 7 motions deadline based on a pending motion in this case, Plaintiffs’ Objection, (ECF No. 101), 8 regarding the Report and Recommendation that denied Plaintiffs’ Third Motion to Amend the 9 Complaint, (ECF No. 80), seeking to name a new defendant. (Stip. Extend, ECF No. 104); 10 (Order, ECF No. 108). Afterward, Plaintiffs filed another Motion, a Motion for Spoliation 11 Sanctions, (ECF No. 105). Plaintiffs’ Reply is now due September 20, 2023, which is one 12 business day before the current dispositive motions deadline. Thus, the parties stipulate and 13 agree to a 14-day extension of the dispositive motions deadline to ensure that adequate briefing 14 on dispositive motions can occur and the Court has additional time to evaluate the pending 15 Motions. Defendants believe that filing Motions for Summary Judgment by the current deadline 16 could needlessly expend resources and cause prejudice to defenses if a later ruling from the 17 Court mooted arguments or altered the claims and parties in the case. 18 A. Discovery to Date 19 Discovery in this matter closed on April 26, 2024. (ECF No. 59). The limited extension 20 of discovery to address certain issues between Plaintiffs and Wellpath Defendants closed on June 21 26, 2024. (ECF No. 85 at 2-3). With the exception of the outstanding discovery issues raised in 22 Plaintiffs’ Motion to Compel at ECF No. 92, all discovery in this matter has been completed. 23 The parties provided initial Rule 26 Disclosures and produced numerous supplemental 24 disclosures; specifically, LVMPD Defendants provided twelve supplemental disclosures and 1 Wellpath Defendants provided seven supplemental disclosures. LVMPD Defendants responded 2 to three sets of Requests for Production of Documents (“RFPs”) from Plaintiffs and provided 3 supplemental responses. Wellpath Defendants responded to two sets of RFPs from Plaintiffs, 4 and Plaintiffs responded to two sets of RFPs from LVMPD Defendants. Plaintiffs also 5 responded to Interrogatories from LVMPD Defendants. LVMPD Defendants served twenty-nine 6 third-party subpoenas. 7 Counsel conducted twelve depositions, including the depositions of the individual 8 Defendants, Plaintiff Mary Smith, third-party witnesses and Rule 30(b)(6) witnesses for 9 LVMPD. The parties timely disclosed expert and rebuttal expert reports. 10 On May 29, 2024, the Court granted a limited extension of discovery until June 26, 2024, 11 for “the specifically identified deposition [of Wellpath] and written discovery responses in the 12 stipulation. See Docket No. 85 at 2-3.” On June 26, 2024, Plaintiffs conducted the deposition of 13 a Wellpath official under FRCP 30(b)(6). Wellpath Defendants’ counsel also provided 14 additional documents to the parties that same date and during the 30(b)(6) deposition. 15 B. Reason for an Extension of the Dispositive Motions Deadline 16 A party seeking to extend unexpired deadlines in the scheduling order must establish 17 good cause as required by FRCP 16(b)(4) and Local Rule 26-3. The good cause analysis turns 18 on whether the deadline cannot reasonably be met despite the exercise of diligence. Johnson v. 19 Mammonth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 610 (9th Cir. 1992). 20 Here, the parties respectfully request an extension of the dispositive motions deadline of 21 September 23, 2024, by fourteen days to October 7, 2024. There are many claims still in this 22 case, thus requiring extensive briefing to address all issues. However, Plaintiffs’ recently filed 23 Objection and Motion for Spoliation Sanctions seeks relief that could alter the status of this case, 24 parties to the case, and defenses. To preserve judicial resources, conserve the parties’ resources, 1 || and out of fairness to all involved, the parties submit that there is good cause to extend the 2 □□ current dispositive motion deadline by fourteen days to ensure adequate briefing for the 3 || upcoming deadlines and provide the Court with additional time to evaluate the pending filings. 4 C. Proposed Extended Deadline for Dispositive Motions 5 The parties respectfully request the current Dispositive Motions deadline be extended to 6 || October 7, 2024. This request is made in good faith and joined by all the parties in this case. 7 ||DATED this 18th day of September, 2024. DATED this 19th day of September, 2024. g || By: _/s/Lyssa S. Anderson By: _/s/ Peter Goldstein Lyssa S. Anderson (SBN 5781) Peter Goldstein (SBN 6992) 9 Kristopher J. Kalkowski (SBN 10161 Park Run Drive, Suite 150 14892) Las Vegas, Nevada 89145 10 1980 Festival Plaza Drive, Suite 650 Clyde Rastetter Las Vegas, Nevada 89135 199 Cook Street, Suite 308 11 Attorneys for LVMPD Defendants Brooklyn, NY 11206 Attorney for Plaintiffs 12 13 || DATED this 19th day of September, 2024. 14 /s/ Robert D. Rourke S. Brent Vogel (SBN 6858) 15 Robert D. Rourke (SBN 5757) 6385 S. Rainbow Blvd, Suite 600 16 Las Vegas, NV 89118 Attorneys for Wellpath Defendants 17 18 IT ISSO ORDERED. 19 DATED this 20th day of September, 2024. 1 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 22 23 24 CROWELL Festival Plaza Drive Suite 650 egas, Nevada 89135