Gross v. Housing Authority of the City of Las Vegas et al

Filing 71

ORDER Granting 66 Motion to Continue Magistrate Judge Hearing. The Status Hearing currently scheduled for May 5, 2014 is vacated. Granting in part and Denying in part 67 Motion to Extend Time to Respond to 60 Motion to Compel. Responses due by 5/13/2014. Replies due by 5/15/2014. Motion Hearing set for 5/16/2014 02:30 PM in LV Courtroom 3C before Magistrate Judge Carl W. Hoffman. Joint Status Report due by 5/15/2014. Signed by Magistrate Judge Carl W. Hoffman on 5/2/2014. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - SLR)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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DISTRICT OF NEVADA
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IRIS JANE GROSS,
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Plaintiff,
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HOUSING AUTHORITY OF CITY
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LAS VEGAS, et al.,
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Defendants. )
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Case No. 2:11-cv-01602-JCM-CWH
ORDER

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This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff’s Motion to Continue (#66) and Motion to
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Extend Time (#67), both filed on April 30, 2014; and Defendants’ Responses (#69) and (#70), both
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filed May 1, 2014. Plaintiff requests that the status hearing, currently scheduled for May 5, 2014, be
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vacated. She further requests additional time to respond to Defendants’ pending motion to compel
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(#60). Defendants oppose both requests.
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The Court has reviewed the motions and is concerned by the lack of civility recognizable
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throughout. The Court has ordered the parties, on multiple occasions, to meet and confer and make
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a good faith effort to resolve the discovery disputes. Even so, it appears that any attempt to conduct
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a meaningful meet and confer has been short-circuited, or worse, sabotaged, by the parties’ refusal
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or inability to maintain civil communication and work through the discovery issues. The Court is
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not inclined to conduct another discovery hearing absent a robust, meaningful meet and confer
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between the parties. According,
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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion to Continue (#66) is granted. The
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Status Hearing currently scheduled for May 5, 2014 is vacated. It will be rescheduled at a later
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time, if necessary.
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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion to Extend Time (#67) is granted in
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part and denied in part. Plaintiff’s response to Defendant’s motion to compel (#60) shall be filed

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not later than Tuesday, May 13, 2014. Any reply shall be filed by 12:00 PM on Thursday, May

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15, 2014.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff shall initiate and participate in a meet and

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confer with Defendants’ counsel regarding all outstanding discovery issues, including Defendants’

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motion to compel (#60). The meet and confer between the parties shall be completed not later than

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Thursday, May 8, 2014.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties shall submit a Joint Status Report not later

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than 4:00 PM on Thursday, May 15, 2014, regarding the parties meet and confer efforts. The

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Report shall include a detailed breakdown of each individual discovery dispute and the agreed

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resolution for each. If the parties are unable to resolve any discovery dispute during the meet and

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confer, the Report shall include a detailed breakdown of each individual discovery request or

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dispute that remains unresolved, the parties respective positions on the discovery at issue, and the

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parties proposed resolution for each individual discovery request or dispute that remains unresolved.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants’ Motion to Compel (#60) is hereby

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scheduled for oral argument on Friday, May 16, 2014 at 2:30 PM in LV Courtroom 3C before

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the undersigned United States Magistrate Judge, C.W. Hoffman, Jr.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, absent extraordinary circumstances, the Court will not

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consider any motion, stipulation, or other proposal to extend or otherwise alter any date set forth

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herein.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that in addition to any potential sanction under Rule 37(a)

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on Defendants’ Motion to Compel (#60), the parties are expressly warned that any failure to comply

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with the requirements set forth in this order will result in sanctions under, inter alia, Local Rule IA

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4-1 and Fed. R. Civ. P. 16.

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Dated: May 2, 2014

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C.W. Hoffman, Jr.
United States Magistrate Judge

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