McGuire v. Nevada Department of Corrections ( 2024 )

Attorney General 2 VICTORIA C. COREY (Bar No. 16364) Deputy Attorney General 3 State of Nevada Office of the Attorney General 4 1 State of Nevada Way, Ste. 100 Las Vegas, Nevada, 89119 5 (702) 486-9245 (phone) (702) 486-3768 (fax) 6 Email: vcorey@ag.nv.gov 7 Attorneys for Defendants, Wiiliam Gittere and Calvin Johnson 8 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 11 ROBERT MCGUIRE, Case No. 3:23-cv-00165-ART-CLB 12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ 13 v. MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO PLAINTIFF’S 14 NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF MOTION FOR SUMMARY CORRECTIONS, et al., JUDGMENT 15 [SECOND REQUEST] Defendant. 16 17 18 Defendants, William Gittere and Calvin Johnson, by and through counsel, Aaron D. 19 Ford, Nevada Attorney General, and Victoria C. Corey, Deputy Attorney General, hereby 20 move this Court for an extension of time to respond to Plaintiff’s motion for summary 21 judgment and related filings [ECF Nos. 31-34]. This is Defendants’ second request for an 22 extension of the subject deadline. 23 MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES 24 I. FACTUAL ANALYSIS 25 This is a pro se prisoner 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights claim brought by offender, 26 Robert McGuire (McGuire). This Court entered a scheduling order with a discovery 27 deadline of August 31, 2024 and a dispositive motion deadline of September 30, 2024. ECF 28 No. 20. 2 fifteen days after the opening of discovery. ECF No. 24. This motion was denied as 3 premature the same day. ECF No. 25. 4 On August 7, 2024, McGuire re-filed his motion for summary judgment, along with 5 three (3) supplements. ECF Nos. 31-34. On August 26, 2024, this Court granted 6 Defendants’ first request for extension to respond to McGuire’s motions, extending the 7 deadline to September 30, 2024. ECF Nos. 35-36. 8 Defendants now request a second, and last, extension of time to respond to 9 McGuire’s motions, as undersigned counsel has to undergo another surgery the week of 10 September 23, 2024, and will be out for roughly a week and a half on medical leave. 11 II. ARGUMENT 12 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b) allows parties to request extensions of 13 deadlines set in the Court’s scheduling order for good cause. To demonstrate good cause, 14 the parties must show “that, even in the exercise of due diligence, [the parties were] unable 15 to meet the timetable set forth in the order.” Cruz v. City of Anaheim, 16 CV1003997MMMJEMX, 2011 WL 13214312, at *2 (C.D. Cal. Dec. 19, 2011) (citing 17 Zivkovic v. Southern California Edison Co., 302 F.3d 1080, 1087 (9th Cir. 2002); Johnson 18 v.Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 609 (9th Cir. 1992)). Prejudice to the opposing 19 party is a factor in determining good cause, though lack of prejudice is “not a prerequisite.” 20 Id. 21 Defendants request additional time to file their response to McGuire’s motions. 22 Defendants have acted diligently in conducting discovery, which is now complete. Good 23 cause exists for an extension because undersigned counsel will be out of the office starting 24 September 23, 2024, until roughly October 2, 2024, undergoing another surgery. See, e.g., 25 Velazquez v. Greyhound Lines, Inc., No. 2:19-CV-00493, 2020 WL 13599709, at *18 (D. 26 Utah Aug. 18, 2020) (attorney illness provided good cause to extend the scheduling order 27 deadlines). 28 /// 1 CONCLUSION 2 Defendants respectfully request this Court extend the deadline for their response 3 McGuire’s motions. Defendants assert the requisite good cause is present to warrant an 4 extension of time. As such, the Defendants request additional time, up until October 30, 5 || 2024, to file their response to McGuire’s motions. 6 DATED this 20th day of September 2024. 7 AARON D. FORD Attorney General By: /s/ Victoria C. Corey 9 VICTORIA C. COREY, Bar No. 16364 Deputy Attorney General 10 Attorneys for Defendants 11 12 || IT IS SO ORDERED. 13 || DATED: September 20, 2024 14 ‘ 15 16 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28