Baudoin et al v. Lender Processing Services, Inc. et al

Filing 141

ORDER Granting in Part and Denying in Part 139 Proposed Discovery Plan and Scheduling Order. Signed by Magistrate Judge Carl W. Hoffman on 6/20/2012. (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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DAVID BAUDOIN, et al.,

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Plaintiffs,
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LENDER PROCESSING SERVICES, et al.,
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Defendants.
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Case No. 2:12-cv-00114-JCM-CWH
ORDER

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This matter is before the Court on the parties’ Proposed Discovery Plan/Scheduling Order
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(#139), filed May 16, 2012.
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By way of the proposed discovery plan, the parties request that discovery be stayed until
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rulings have been entered on Defendants’ pending dispositive motions. See Docket entries (#54),
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(#55), (#57), (#62), and (#81). As a general matter, courts have broad discretionary power to
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control discovery. See e.g., Little v. City of Seattle, 863 F.2d 681, 685 (9th Cir. 1988). The
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undersigned has considered the reasons set forth in the parties’ stipulation (#139) as well as taken a
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preliminary peek at the pending dispositive motions and agrees that judicial efficiency will be well22
served by staying the entry of a discovery order at this time. In keeping with the directive in Rule 1
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to construe the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in a manner to “secure the just, speedy, and
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inexpensive determination of every action,” the Court will require the parties to submit, if
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necessary, a joint status report and proposed discovery plan and scheduling order within 7 days
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after the first ruling is entered on any of Defendants’ pending dispositive motions.
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Based on the foregoing and good cause appearing therefore,
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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the parties’ Proposed Discovery Plan/Scheduling Order

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(#139) is granted in part and denied in part.
DATED this 20th day of June, 2012.

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

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