Risinger v. SOC LLC et al

Filing 303

ORDER granting ECF No. 302 Joint Motion to Stay the Period for Depositions Pending Plaintiff's Objection to October 9 Order. Signed by Magistrate Judge Peggy A. Leen on 11/2/2018. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - LH)

Scott E. Gizer, Esq., Nevada Bar No. 12216
[e-mail]
EARLY SULLIVAN WRIGHT
GIZER & McRAE LLP
601 South Seventh Street, 2nd Floor
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Devin A. McRae, Pro Hac Vice
[e-mail]
EARLY SULLIVAN WRIGHT
GIZER & MCRAE LLP
6420 Wilshire Boulevard, 17th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90048
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Erik C. Alberts, Pro Hac Vice
[e-mail]
LAW OFFICES OF ERIK C. ALBERTS
5900 Wilshire Boulevard, 26th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90036
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Tara Lee, Pro Hac Vice
[e-mail]
Keith H. Forst, Pro Hac Vice
[e-mail]
QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP
1300 I Street, NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20005
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Daniel P. Mach, Pro Hac Vice
[e-mail]
QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP
51 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10010
Tel: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
E. Leif Reid, SBN 5750
[e-mail]
Kristen L. Martini, SBN 11272
[e-mail]
LEWIS ROCA ROTHGERBER CHRISTIE LLP
One East Liberty Street, Suite 300

Reno, NV 89501-2128
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendants
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEVADA

KARL E. RISINGER, an individual, on
behalf of himself and all others similarly
situated,

Case No.: 2:12-cv-00063-MMD-PAL

Plaintiff,
vs.

JOINT MOTION TO STAY THE
PERIOD FOR DEPOSITIONS
PENDING PLAINTIFF’S OBJECTION
TO OCTOBER 9 ORDER

SOC LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company registered and doing business in
Nevada as SOC NEVADA LLC; SOC-SMG,
INC., a Nevada corporation; DAY &
ZIMMERMAN, INC., a Maryland
corporation; and DOES 1-20, inclusive,
Defendants.

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Plaintiff Karl Risinger, individually and on behalf of those similarly situated, and Defendants

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SOC LLC, SOC-SMG, Inc., and Day & Zimmermann, Inc. submit this joint motion for a stay of the

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60-day period in which, pursuant to this Court’s October 9, 2018 order, Defendants are entitled to

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notice and take (1) up to 20 telephonic 1-hour depositions of prior deponents to address the issue of

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hazard pay, and (2) up to 20 in-person 7-hour depositions of respondents to the survey class counsel

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took of class members while the District Judge considers Plaintiff’s pending Objection to Magistrate

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Judge’s October 9, 2018 Order, ECF No. 301, which seeks, inter alia, to conduct a new survey. The

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parties have conferred and agree that a stay of the period for these depositions is appropriate until

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after the District Judge resolves the pending Objection. A proposed order is appended hereto.

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Dated: October 31, 2018

EARLY SULLIVAN WRIGHT GIZER & McRAE
LLP
By: /s/ Scott E. Gizer

SCOTT E. GIZER
DEVIN A. MCRAE
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Dated: October 31, 2018

QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN LLP
By: /s/ Tara Lee

TARA LEE
KEITH H. FORST
DANIEL P. MACH
Attorneys for Defendants
In association with:
E. LEIF REID
KRISTEN L. MARTINI
Attorneys for Defendants

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5(b), I certify that I am an employee of QUINN
EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP, and that on October 31, 2018, I caused the
following document(s) to be served to the persons listed below via the Court’s Case Management
and Electronic Case Filing (CM/ECF) system:
JOINT MOTION TO STAY THE PERIOD FOR DEPOSITIONS
PENDING PLAINTIFF’S OBJECTION TO OCTOBER 9 ORDER
Scott E. Gizer, Esq., Nevada Bar No. 12216
[e-mail]
EARLY SULLIVAN WRIGHT
GIZER & McRAE LLP
601 South Seventh Street, 2nd Floor
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Devin A. McRae, Pro Hac Vice
[e-mail]
EARLY SULLIVAN WRIGHT
GIZER & MCRAE LLP
6420 Wilshire Boulevard, 17th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90048
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Erik C. Alberts, Pro Hac Vice
[e-mail]
LAW OFFICES OF ERIK C. ALBERTS
5900 Wilshire Boulevard, 26th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90036
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Attorneys for Plaintiff
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
DATED October 31, 2018.
/s/ Daniel P. Mach
AN EMPLOYEE OF QUINN EMANUEL
URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP

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Scott E. Gizer, Esq., Nevada Bar No. 12216
[e-mail]
EARLY SULLIVAN WRIGHT
GIZER & McRAE LLP
601 South Seventh Street, 2nd Floor
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Devin A. McRae, Pro Hac Vice
[e-mail]
EARLY SULLIVAN WRIGHT
GIZER & MCRAE LLP
6420 Wilshire Boulevard, 17th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90048
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Erik C. Alberts, Pro Hac Vice
[e-mail]
LAW OFFICES OF ERIK C. ALBERTS
5900 Wilshire Boulevard, 26th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90036
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Tara Lee, Pro Hac Vice
[e-mail]
Keith H. Forst, Pro Hac Vice
[e-mail]
QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP
1300 I Street, NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20005
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Daniel P. Mach, Pro Hac Vice
[e-mail]
QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP
51 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10010
Tel: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
E. Leif Reid, SBN 5750
[e-mail]
Kristen L. Martini, SBN 11272
[e-mail]
LEWIS ROCA ROTHGERBER CHRISTIE LLP
One East Liberty Street, Suite 300

Reno, NV 89501-2128
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendants
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEVADA

KARL E. RISINGER, an individual, on behalf
of himself and all others similarly situated,

Case No.: 2:12-cv-00063-MMD-PAL

Plaintiff,
vs.

ORDER GRANTING
DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO STAY

SOC LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company registered and doing business in
Nevada as SOC NEVADA LLC; SOC-SMG,
INC., a Nevada corporation; DAY &
ZIMMERMANN, INC., a Maryland
corporation; and DOES 1-20, inclusive,
Defendants.

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IT IS ORDERED that the parties’ Joint Motion to Stay The Period For Depositions

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Pending Plaintiff’s Objection To October 9, 2018 Order is GRANTED. Defendants may notice

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and take the depositions allowed pursuant to this Court’s October 9, 2018 Order within a period to

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be set after the District Judge rules on Plaintiff’s pending objection.

Dated this 2nd day of November, 2018.

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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