Sekkat v. Eldorado Resorts Corporation et al

Filing 57

ORDER Granting 56 Stipulation To Extend Time to File Dispositive Motions and Responses and Replies Thereto. ( Motions due by 3/16/2017., Responses due by 4/17/2017., Replies due by 5/17/2017. ) Signed by Magistrate Judge Peggy A. Leen on 12/28/16. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - ADR)

Case 2:15-cv-01029-RFB-PAL Document 56 Filed 12/20/16 Page 1 of 3

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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, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 8177
[e-mail]
JILL GARCIA, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 7805
[e-mail]
BRIAN L. BRADFORD, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 9518
[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 Defendants Eldorado Resorts Corporation
and Michael Marrs

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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MOHAMMED ALI SEKKAT,
Plaintiff,

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vs.

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

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Case No.: 2:15-cv-01029-RFB-PAL

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, LR 7-1 and LR 26-4, Plaintiff Mohammed Ali Sekkat

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(“Plaintiff”) and Defendants Eldorado Resorts Corporation and Michael Marrs (collectively,

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“Defendants”), by and through their undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate and agree to this first

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request for extension of time for the parties to file dispositive motions in this action, along with

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related responses and replies. Pursuant to the Court's September 22, 2016, Order for Extension of

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Discovery Deadlines (ECF No. 46), the current deadline for filing dispositive motions in this case

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is January 30, 2017, (see id. at 8). The parties have completed all discovery in this matter, and

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good cause exists for the proposed extension based upon the following:

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As the Court is aware, this case is one of thirty-three related lawsuits sitting before this
Court. Recognizing the complexity of litigating these lawsuits simultaneously, the parties agreed
to divide the cases into five groups and stagger deadlines in order to streamline the litigation

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process and avoid overlapping dispositive motion deadlines. Defendants’ filed Motions for
Summary Judgment on September 1, 2016 and September 15, 2016, in Group II cases.

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Unfortunately, response and reply briefing has been delayed and will not be completed before the

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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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deadline for filing dispositive motions in this case.1

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Based upon the foregoing, the parties have agreed that the dispositive motion deadlines should
be extended by forty-five (45) days in the following manner:

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Defendants shall file their dispositive motions no later than March 16, 2017;

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Plaintiff shall file any response to Defendants’dispositive motions no later than
April 17, 2017 (30th day is Saturday, April 15, 2017);

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Defendants shall file their reply no later than May 17, 2017.

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request for additional time is also addressed in Defendants’ Limited Response to Plaintiff’s
Motion for an Extension of Time.
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This stipulation is not brought for purposes of delay or any other improper purpose.
Dated this 20th day of December, 2016.
WATKINS & LETOFSKY, LLP

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

/s/ Daniel R. Watkins
Daniel R. Watkins
Brian S. Letofsky
8215 South Eastern Avenue
Suite 265
Las Vegas, NV 89123

/s/ Anthony L. Martin
Anthony L. Martin
Jill Garcia
Brian L. Bradford
3800 Howard Hughes Parkway
Suite 1500
Las Vegas, NV 89169

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Attorneys for Plaintiff Mohammed Ali Sekkat
Attorneys for Defendants Eldorado Resorts
Corporation and Michael Marrs

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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
December 28, 2016

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DATED

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