Walls v. Corrections Corporation of America

Filing 34

ORDER that 32 Motion to Set New Discovery Deadlines is GRANTED. The following Discovery Plan and Scheduling Order dates shall apply: Discovery due by 3/28/2018. Motions due by 4/27/2018. Proposed Joint Pretrial Order due by 5/28/2018. Signed by Magistrate Judge Peggy A. Leen on 9/29/17. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - MMM)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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ALEXANDER WALLS,

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v.

Case No. 2:14-cv-02201-KJD-PAL
Plaintiff,
ORDER

CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF
AMERICA (d.b.a. “Nevada Southern
Detention Center”),

(Mot. Set Disc. Deadlines – ECF No. 32)

Defendant.

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This matter is before the Court on Defendant Corrections Corporation of America’s Motion

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to Set New Discovery Deadlines (ECF No. 32). This Motion is referred to the undersigned

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pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A) and LR IB 1-3 and 1-7 of the Local Rules of Practice.

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Plaintiff Alexander Walls is a prisoner currently in the custody of the Federal Bureau of

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Prisons at the United States Penitentiary Coleman Fla. On September 16, 2016, the court entered

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an Order (ECF No. 31) granting Mr. Walls’ Motion for Appointment of Counsel (ECF No. 27)

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and referring this case to the Pilot Pro Bono Program. The order noted that the court could not

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guarantee that a volunteer lawyer would be willing and available to accept the appointment.

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Defendant subsequently filed the pending motion asking the court to set new discovery deadlines

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in this matter, including expert disclosure and dispositive motion deadlines, once counsel is either

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appointed for Mr. Walls or it is determined that counsel is not available.

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For the past year the pro bono liaison has diligently attempted to find a volunteer lawyer

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to take the case. Despite requests made to lawyers and organizations in multiple jurisdictions by

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the pro bono liaison and the judge in charge of the Pilot Pro Bono Program, the court has been

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unable to find a lawyer who will take this case. To prevent any further delay, the court finds good

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cause to grant defendant’s motion and set new discovery deadlines.
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Accordingly,

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IT IS ORDERED:

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1. Defendant Corrections Corporation of America’s Motion to Set New Discovery

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Deadlines (ECF No. 32) is GRANTED.
2. The following Discovery Plan and Scheduling Order dates shall apply:

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a. Close of Discovery: March 28, 2018

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b. Expert Disclosures: January 26, 2018

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c. Rebuttal Expert Disclosures: February 26, 2018

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d. Interim Status Report: January 26, 2018

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e. Extensions or Modifications of the Discovery Plan and Scheduling Order:
March 8, 2018

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f. Dispositive Motions: April 27, 2018

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g. Joint Pretrial Order: May 28, 2018

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h. In the event dispositive motions are timely filed, the date for filing the joint

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pretrial order shall be suspended until 30 days after a decision of the dispositive

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motions.

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objections thereto, shall be included in the joint pretrial order.

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The disclosures required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(3), and any

Dated this 29th day of September, 2017.

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PEGGY A. LEEN
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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