New England Life Insurance Company v. Lee et al

Filing 61

ORDER Granting 60 Stipulation to Extend the Deadline to Amend Pleadings or Add Parties. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nancy J. Koppe on 6/9/15. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - TR)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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NEW ENGLAND LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY,

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Plaintiff(s),
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vs.
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JIMMY LEE, et al.,
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Defendant(s).
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Case No. 2:14-cv-01797-JCM-NJK
ORDER
(Docket No. 60)

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Pending before the Court is a stipulation to extend the deadline to amend the pleadings or add

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parties. Docket No. 60. The Court previously denied that request because the parties failed to show

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excusable neglect. See Docket No. 59. The pending stipulation indicates that excusable neglect exists

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because the parties misinterpreted the applicable local rule as applying only to discovery-related

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deadlines. See Docket No. 60 at 3. Generally speaking, misinterpretation of an applicable rule does not

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constitute excusable neglect. See, e.g., Pioneer Inv. Servs. Co. v. Brunswick Assocs. Ltd. Partnership,

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507 U.S. 380, 392 (1993) (“inadvertence, ignorance of the rules, or mistakes construing the rules do not

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generally constitute ‘excusable’ neglect”). Nonetheless, as a one time courtesy to the parties, the Court

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will GRANT the pending stipulation and EXTEND the deadline to amend the pleadings or add parties

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to November 1, 2015.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED: June 9, 2015

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NANCY J. KOPPE
United States Magistrate Judge