GMAC Mortgage, LLC v. Nevada Association Services, Inc. et al

Filing 53

ORDER denying 52 Proposed Discovery Plan/Scheduling Order. Amended Discovery Plan due by 11/21/2017. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nancy J. Koppe on 11/14/2017. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - JM)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC,
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Plaintiff(s),
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NEVADA ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC., et al.,)
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Defendant(s).
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Case No. 2:13-cv-01157-GMN-NJK
ORDER
(Docket No. 52)

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On February 28, 2014, this case was stayed with 14 days remaining in the discovery period.

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Docket No. 32 (minutes of hearing staying case); see also Docket No. 21 at 2 (establishing discovery

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cutoff of March 14, 2014). Now that the stay has been lifted, the parties have filed a discovery plan

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seeking to entirely restart the discovery clock with an additional 180 days, for a total of nearly 360 days.

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Docket No. 52. The parties provide no explanation why this case warrants a discovery period of roughly

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double the presumptively reasonable period of 180 days. See Local Rule 26-1(b)(1). The parties also

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provide no explanation why the Court should reopen deadlines that expired prior to entry of the stay.

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Cf. Local Rule 26-4 (reopening expired deadlines requires a showing of good cause and excusable

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neglect). Accordingly, the discovery plan is DENIED without prejudice.

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The parties shall file an amended joint proposed discovery plan by November 21, 2017. In

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addition to proposing new deadlines, the joint proposed discovery plan shall (1) identify with

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particularity the discovery conducted to date, (2) identify with particularity the discovery remaining, (3)

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to the extent applicable, explain why good cause exists for any discovery period longer than what

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remained at the time the stay was imposed, and, (5) to the extent the parties seek to revive any

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deadline(s) that expired prior to entry of the stay, explain why excusable neglect exists to do so.1

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED: November 14, 2017

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NANCY J. KOPPE
United States Magistrate Judge

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The amended discovery plan shall also provide the correct initials for the assigned district judge
in the case number.
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