First Horizon Home Loans v. Day Dawn Crossing Homeowners Association et al

Filing 19

ORDER Denying without Prejudice 18 Proposed Discovery Plan/Scheduling Order. Amended Discovery Plan/Scheduling Order due by 9/25/2015. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nancy J. Koppe on 9/17/2015. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - DC)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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FIRST HORIZON HOME LOANS,
Plaintiff(s),

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vs.

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DAY DAWN CROSSING HOMEOWNERS
ASSOCIATION, et al.,

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Defendant(s).
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Case No. 2:15-cv-01262-JAD-NJK
ORDER

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Pending before the Court is a proposed discovery plan seeking 225 days to conduct discovery.

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Docket No. 18. The presumptively reasonable discovery period is 180 days. See, e.g., Local Rule 26-

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1(e)(1). The primary reason provided by the parties for exceeding the presumptively reasonable

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discovery period is that counsel are all litigating many similar lawsuits. See Docket No. 18 at 2. That

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is not good reason to extend the discovery period. See, e.g., Nationstar Mortgage LLC v. Aurora

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Canyon Homeowners Association, Case No.2:15-cv-1308-MMD-NJK (D. Nev. Aug. 21, 2015) (Docket

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No. 26) (citing Greene v. Alhambra Hosp. Med. Ctr., 2015 U.S. Dist. Lexis 72697, *3 (D. Nev. June

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3, 2015)). The parties next assert that “[a]dditional time is also needed to locate and produce all relevant

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documents and to conduct depositions and other discovery that may be required.” Docket No. 18 at 2.

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Such a bald statement that discovery needs to be conducted is plainly insufficient to extend the

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presumptively reasonable discovery period.

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As such, the proposed discovery plan is hereby DENIED without prejudice. The parties shall

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file, no later than September 25, 2015, an amended discovery plan providing a discovery period of no

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longer than 180 days calculated from the date the first defendant answered.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED: September 17, 2015

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NANCY J. KOPPE
United States Magistrate Judge

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