Azizi v. Eldorado Resorts Corporation et al

Filing 55

ORDER Granting 52 Stipulation to Extend Time. Motions due by 9/1/2016, Responses due by 11/1/2016, Replies due by 12/1/2016. Signed by Magistrate Judge Peggy A. Leen on 8/17/2016. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - TR)

Case 2:15-cv-00755-RFB-PAL Document 52 Filed 08/12/16 Page 1 of 3

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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Wells Fargo Tower
Suite 1500, 3800 Howard Hughes Parkway
Las Vegas, NV 89169
Telephone: [phone]

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.

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ANTHONY L. MARTIN
Nevada Bar No. 8177
[e-mail]
JILL GARCIA
Nevada Bar No. 7805
[e-mail]
JAMES E. BERCHTOLD
Nevada Bar No. 5874
[e-mail]
OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & STEWART, P.C.
Wells Fargo Tower, Suite 1500
3800 Howard Hughes Parkway
Las Vegas, NV 89169
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Attorneys for Defendant Eldorado Resorts Corporation

FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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SAEED AZIZI,

Case No.: 2:15-cv-00755-RFB-PAL
Plaintiff,

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vs.

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ELDORADO RESORTS CORPORATION, a
Florida corporation; MICHAEL MARRS;
KRISTEN BECK; DOMINIC TALEGHANI;
AND DOES 1-50, inclusive;

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO
EXTEND TIME TO FILE DISPOSITIVE
MOTIONS AND RESPONSES AND
REPLIES THERETO
(FIRST REQUEST)

Defendants.
Pursuant to LR IA 6-1, LR IA 6-2, and LR 7-1 and 26-4, Plaintiff Saeed Azizi (“Plaintiff”)
and Defendant Eldorado Resorts Corporation (“Eldorado”), by and through their undersigned
counsel, hereby stipulate and agree to this first request for extension of time for the parties to file

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dispositive motions in this action, along with related responses and replies. Pursuant to the Court's

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July 1, 2016, Order for Extension of Discovery Deadlines (ECF No. 49), the current deadline for

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filing dispositive motions in this case is August 15, 2016 (see id. at 6). The parties have completed

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Case 2:15-cv-00755-RFB-PAL Document 52 Filed 08/12/16 Page 2 of 3

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all discovery in this matter, and good cause exists for the proposed extension based upon the
following:

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On August 11, 2016, the parties participated in an Early Neutral Evaluation Conference

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("ENE") before the Honorable Magistrate Judge George Foley, Jr., in the related case of Villarreal

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v. Eldorado Resorts Corp., et al., Case No. 2:14-cv-01415-RFB-PAL. (See Mins. of Proceedings,
ECF No. 97.) Although no settlement was reached, the parties advised the Court that a global

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settlement. The Court has, therefore, set a global settlement conference for October 12 and 13,

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2016, again before Magistrate Judge Foley.

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Wells Fargo Tower
Suite 1500, 3800 Howard Hughes Parkway
Las Vegas, NV 89169
Telephone: [phone]

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.

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settlement conference and continuation of the ENE session would potentially advance the goal of

dispositive motions, responses, and replies in this case similarly advances the goal of settlement by

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allowing the parties to conserve resources pending those settlement discussions and to streamline

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(See id.)

An extension of the deadline to file

and focus the litigation and issues leading up to that conference. Based upon the foregoing, the

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parties have agreed that the dispositive motion deadlines should be extended in the following
manner:

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Defendant shall file its dispositive motions no later than September 1, 2016;

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Plaintiff shall file any response to Defendant's motion no later than November 1,

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2016;

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Defendant shall file its reply no later than December 1, 2016.

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This stipulation is not brought for purposes of delay or any other improper purpose.

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Dated this 12th day of August, 2016.

Dated this 12th day of August, 2016.

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WATKINS & LETOFSKY, LLP

OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK
& STEWART, P.C.

/s/ Dan Watkins__________
Daniel R. Watkins
Brian S. Letofsky
400 S. Fourth Street
Suite 280
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Telephone: [phone]
Attorneys for Plaintiff Saeed Azizi

/s/ Jill Garcia
Anthony L. Martin
Jill Garcia
James E. Berchtold
3800 Howard Hughes Parkway
Suite 1500
Las Vegas, NV 89169
Telephone: [phone]
Attorneys for Defendant Eldorado Resorts
Corporation

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Wells Fargo Tower
Suite 1500, 3800 Howard Hughes Parkway
Las Vegas, NV 89169
Telephone: [phone]

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.

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ORDER

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
August 17, 2016
DATED
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