Long v. Torres Credit Services, Inc.

Filing 27

ORDER re 18 Proposed Discovery Plan/Scheduling Order. Status Report due by 11/14/2014. Status Check set for 11/21/2014 10:00 AM in LV Courtroom 3D before Magistrate Judge Cam Ferenbach. Signed by Magistrate Judge Cam Ferenbach on 2/5/14. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - MMM)

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1 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 3 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 4 *** 5 6 KATHRYN LONG, Plaintiff, 7 8 vs. 9 2:13-cv-01531-APG-VCF TORRES CREDIT SERVICES, INC. and RADIUS SOLUTIONS, INC., ORDER 10 Defendants. 11 12 Before the Court is Plaintiff Kathryn Long (hereafter “Long”) and Defendant Torres Credit 13 Services, Inc.’s (hereafter “Torres”) Discovery Plan and Scheduling Order (#18). 14 Background: 15 16 On January 14, 2014, Plaintiff Long and Defendant Torres filed a Discovery Plan and Proposed Scheduling Orders (#18) proposing alternative discovery plans. 17 The Court scheduled a discovery hearing at 11:00 a.m., February 4, 2014. (#20). On January 31, 18 2014, Defendant Radius Solutions, Inc. (hereafter “Radius”) filed its Answer to the Amended 19 Complaint. (#23). On February 4, 2014, the Court held a discovery hearing. David Krieger, Esq. and 20 Danny Horen, Esq. appeared on behalf of Plaintiff Long. Sean Forbush, Esq. and Keith Yeomans, Esq. 21 (telephonically) appeared on behalf of Defendant Torres. James Barrington, Esq. appeared on behalf of 22 Defendant Radius. The Court heard representations from the parties regarding discovery and 23 certification issues. 24 25 1 Analysis: 2 Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(c)(1)(A), “[a]t an early practicable time after a person sues or is 3 sued as a class representative, the court must determine by order whether to certify the action as a class 4 action.” 5 The Court raises concerns regarding issues of class certification that Judge Gordon will need to 6 address. The Court and the parties discuss class certification issues and whether any discovery needs to 7 be done. The parties agreed to the following, as stated below. 8 Accordingly, 9 IT IS ORDERED that the deadline for filing the Motion for Class Certification is June 13, 2014. 10 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the class certification discovery will be limited to (1) consent, 11 (2) what systems Radius used to dial phone numbers to contact Torres Credit Services, Inc.’s customers 12 during the relevant period; and, (3) Ms. Long’s suitability as a class representative. 13 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that following class certification discovery deadlines apply: 14 A. Initial disclosures related to class certification will be served by February 18, 2014. 15 B. Class Certification Discovery Cut-Off Date: 16 Class Certification Discovery must be completed on or before May 16, 2014. 17 C. 18 Motions to amend or add parties shall be filed and served on or before February 18, 2014 19 (February 15, 2014 is a Saturday and February 17, 2014 is a holiday; thus, February 18, 2014 is the first 20 judicial day following a Saturday and a holiday.) which is 90 days before class certification discovery 21 cut-off. Amended Pleadings and Adding Parties: 22 D. Disclosure of Experts: 23 Expert disclosures relevant to class certification must be made on or before March 17, 2014 24 which is 60 days before class certification discovery cut-off. Rebuttal expert disclosures must be 25 2 1 made on or before April 14, 2014 (April 13, 2014 falls on a Sunday, April 14, 2014 is the following 2 judicial day) which is 30 days after Expert disclosures. 3 E. Later Appearing Parties: 4 A copy of this class certification discovery plan must be served on any person after it is entered 5 or, in the alternative, if an additional defendant should appear, within five (5) days of their first 6 appearance. This class certification discovery plan will apply to such later-appearing parties, unless the 7 Court, on motion and for good cause shown orders otherwise. 8 Within twenty-one (21) days of the entry of order deciding the Motion for Class Certification, 9 the parties must meet and file a Discovery Plan and Scheduling Order outlining any remaining 10 discovery. 11 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a status report must be filed no later than November 14, 2014. 12 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a status check is scheduled for 10:00 a.m., November 21, 13 14 15 2014, in Courtroom 3D. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties must preserve all documents, physical and electronic, relevant to the subject matter of this action. 16 IT IS SO ORDERED. 17 DATED this 5th day of February, 2014. _________________________ CAM FERENBACH UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 3

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