Trustees of the Plumbers and Pipefitters Union Local 525 Health and Welfare Trust and Plan et al v. Sotelo Air, Inc.

Filing 103

ORDER Denying Plaintiff's 102 Stipulation for Extension of Time (Second Request). Signed by Magistrate Judge Nancy J. Koppe on 12/04/2015. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - NEV)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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TRUSTEES OF THE PLUMBERS AND
PIPEFITTERS UNION LOCAL 525 HEALTH
AND WELFARE TRUST AND PLAN, et al.

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Plaintiff(s),
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vs.
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JUAN CARRILIO SOTELO, et al.,
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Defendant(s).
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Case No. 2:13-cv-00657-RFB-NJK
ORDER DENYING STIPULATION
(Docket No. 102)

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Pending before the Court is a stipulation to extend various deadlines. Docket No. 102. The

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stipulation was filed on December 4, 2015, and seeks to extend the discovery cutoff and subsequent

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deadlines. See id. at 3.1 The scheduling order entered in this case included a discovery cutoff of May

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14, 2014. See Docket No. 28 at 2. In the later-filed case that has now been consolidated with this case,

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Judge Hoffman entered an order with a discovery cutoff of December 15, 2015. See Case No. 14-cv-

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1609, Docket No. 13 at 3. The Local Rules make plain that requests to extend deadlines established in

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the scheduling order must be filed at least 21 days before the expiration of the subject deadline. Local

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Rule 26-4. The pending stipulation fails to acknowledge that it is untimely and fails to establish

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excusable neglect for the Court to grant the relief sought. Cf. Local Rule 26-4 (untimely requests for

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extensions require a showing of excusable neglect). Moreover, the pending stipulation fails to provide

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The stipulation also seeks extension of the deadline to amend the pleadings to November 15, 2015,
see id., which has already passed. The Court assumes this request was included in error.

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sufficiently good cause for the extension sought, explaining only that some deponents may not be

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available for their noticed depositions later this month. See Docket No. 102 at 3. Such a bare statement

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may not be sufficient for any extension, but certainly does not establish good cause for the 60 day

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extension sought.

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Accordingly, the stipulation for an extension is hereby DENIED without prejudice.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED: December 4, 2015

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NANCY J. KOPPE
United States Magistrate Judge
tes Magistrate Judge
gistrat

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