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)

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Case 2:15-cv-01029-RFB-PAL Document 56 Filed 12/20/16 Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 Wells Fargo Tower Suite 1500, 3800 Howard Hughes Parkway Las Vegas, NV 89169 Telephone: 702.369.6800 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. 9 ANTHONY L. MARTIN, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 8177 anthony.martin@ogletreedeakins.com JILL GARCIA, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 7805 jill.garcia@ogletreedeakins.com BRIAN L. BRADFORD, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 9518 brian.bradford@ogletreedeakins.com OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & STEWART, P.C. Wells Fargo Tower Suite 1500 3800 Howard Hughes Parkway Las Vegas, NV 89169 Telephone: 702.369.6800 Fax: 702.369.6888 Attorneys for Defendants Eldorado Resorts Corporation and Michael Marrs 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 13 FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEVADA 14 15 MOHAMMED ALI SEKKAT, Plaintiff, 16 17 vs. 18 ELDORADO RESORTS CORPORATION, a Florida corporation; MICHAEL MARRS; BRUCE POLANSKY; KRISTEN BECK; DOMINIC TALEGHANI; JAMES GRIMES; AND DOES 1-50, inclusive; 19 20 21 22 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 23 24 (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants Eldorado Resorts Corporation and Michael Marrs (collectively, 25 “Defendants”), by and through their undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate and agree to this first 26 request for extension of time for the parties to file dispositive motions in this action, along with 27 related responses and replies. Pursuant to the Court's September 22, 2016, Order for Extension of 28 Case 2:15-cv-01029-RFB-PAL Document 56 Filed 12/20/16 Page 2 of 3 1 Discovery Deadlines (ECF No. 46), the current deadline for filing dispositive motions in this case 2 is January 30, 2017, (see id. at 8). The parties have completed all discovery in this matter, and 3 good cause exists for the proposed extension based upon the following: 4 5 6 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 7 8 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. 10 Unfortunately, response and reply briefing has been delayed and will not be completed before the 11 Wells Fargo Tower Suite 1500, 3800 Howard Hughes Parkway Las Vegas, NV 89169 Telephone: 702.369.6800 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. 9 deadline for filing dispositive motions in this case.1 12 13 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: 14  16 Defendants shall file their dispositive motions no later than March 16, 2017;  15 Plaintiff shall file any response to Defendants’dispositive motions no later than April 17, 2017 (30th day is Saturday, April 15, 2017); 17  18 19 20 Defendants shall file their reply no later than May 17, 2017. // // 21 22 // 23 // 24 // 25 // 26 27 28 1 This request for additional time is also addressed in Defendants’ Limited Response to Plaintiff’s Motion for an Extension of Time. 2 Case 2:15-cv-01029-RFB-PAL Document 56 Filed 12/20/16 Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 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 4 5 6 7 8 Attorneys for Plaintiff Mohammed Ali Sekkat Attorneys for Defendants Eldorado Resorts Corporation and Michael Marrs 10 11 Wells Fargo Tower Suite 1500, 3800 Howard Hughes Parkway Las Vegas, NV 89169 Telephone: 702.369.6800 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. 9 ORDER 12 13 IT IS SO ORDERED. 14 15 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE December 28, 2016 16 DATED 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3

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