Branch Banking and Trust Company v. Sossaman & Guadalupe Plaza, LLC et al

Filing 89

ORDER Denying without prejudice 40 , 64 , 70 , and 84 Motions for Summary Judgment. Signed by Judge Gloria M. Navarro on 11/19/2013. (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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Branch Banking and Trust Company,
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Plaintiff,
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Sossaman & Guadalupe Plaza, LLC; Yoel Iny; )
Noam Schwartz; Yoel Iny, Trustee of the Y&T )
Iny Family Trust dated June 8, 1994; Noam
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Schwartz, Trustee of the Noam Schwartz Trust )
dated August 19, 1999; and D.M.S.I., L.L.C.,
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Defendants.
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Case No.: 2:12-cv-01775-GMN-PAL
ORDER

Pending before the Court are four motions requesting summary judgment, filed by

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Defendants Yoel Iny; Noam Schwartz; Sossaman & Guadalupe Plaza, LLC (“Sossaman”);

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Yoel Iny, Trustee of the Y&T Iny Family Trust dated June 8, 1994 (“Trustee Iny”); Noam

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Schwartz, Trustee of the Noam Schwartz Trust dated August 19, 1999 (“Trustee Schwartz”);

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and D.M.S.I., L.L.C. (“DMSI”) (collectively, “Defendants”). (ECF Nos. 40, 64, 70, 84.)

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I.

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BACKGROUND
Plaintiff initiated this action against Defendants in October 2012, alleging causes of

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action arising out of a series of loan transactions originating with a loan from Colonial Bank,

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N.A., to Defendant Sossaman as Borrower, secured by commercial property in Arizona, and for

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which Defendants Iny, Schwartz, Trustee Iny, Trustee Schwartz, and DMSI served as

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Guarantors. (Compl., ECF No. 1.)

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On October 24, 2013, the Court granted Defendants leave to file a Second Amended

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Answer and Counterclaim, and Defendants did so on October 28, 2013. (Order, Oct. 24, 2013,

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ECF No. 71; Second Am. Answer, Countercl., ECF No. 74.)

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DISCUSSION
Defendants have now filed four motions requesting the same relief – summary judgment

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in their favor, pursuant to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (See Mot. Summ.

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J., ECF No. 40; Mot. Summ. J., ECF No. 64; Mot. Summ. J., ECF No. 70; Mot. Summ. J., ECF

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No. 84.)

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Although the District of Nevada does require that a separate document must be filed for

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each type of document or purpose (see Special Order 109, Electronic Filing Procedures for the

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United States District Court for the District of Nevada, III.F.4. (D. Nev. Sept. 27, 2006)), here

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Defendants’ motions for summary judgment all request summary judgment in their favor

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pursuant to Rule 56. (See Mot. Summ. J., ECF No. 40; Mot. Summ. J., ECF No. 64; Mot.

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Summ. J., ECF No. 70; Mot. Summ. J., ECF No. 84.) Defendants’ four motions for summary

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judgment appear to be an inappropriate attempt to circumvent the page limitations of Local

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Rule 7-4, which requires leave of the Court before any party may file a motion exceeding thirty

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pages. See D. Nev. R. II.7-4. This conclusion is supported by Defendants’ attempts to

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“incorporate by reference” its briefing for previous motions.

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Defendants’ motions appear to be most properly brought as a single motion, and because

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the Court finds no resulting unfair prejudice to any party, the Court finds that good cause exists

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to deny Defendants’ motions for summary judgment without prejudice.

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The Court will deny all four motions as inappropriately-filed, with leave to re-file in

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compliance with the applicable Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Local Rules of Practice

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for the United States District Court for the District of Nevada, including Special Order 109.

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III.

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CONCLUSION
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 40),

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Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 64), Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 70),

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and Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 84) are DENIED without prejudice, as

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described in this Order.
DATED this 19th day of November, 2013.

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Gloria M. Navarro
United States District Judge

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