Deutsche Bank National Trust Company v. Southern Highlands Community Association et al

Filing 27

ORDER that 26 Proposed Discovery Plan/Scheduling Order is DENIED. The parties shall file, no later than September 16, 2015, an amended discovery plan providing a discovery period of 180 days calculated from the date the first defendant answered. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nancy J. Koppe on 9/9/15. (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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DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
COMPANY, et al.,

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Plaintiff(s),

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vs.

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SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY
ASSOCIATION, et al.,

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Defendant(s).
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Case No. 2:15-cv-01276-RFB-NJK

ORDER

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Pending before the Court is a proposed discovery plan seeking one year to conduct discovery.

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Docket No. 26. 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 doubling the presumptively reasonable discovery

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period is that counsel are all litigating many similar lawsuits. See Docket No. 26 at 2. That is not good

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reason to extend the discovery period. See, e.g., Nationstar Mortgage LLC v. Aurora Canyon

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Homeowners Association, Case No.2:15-cv-1308-MMD-NJK (D. Nev. Aug. 21, 2015) (Docket No. 26)

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(citing Greene v. Alhambra Hosp. Med. Ctr., 2015 U.S. Dist. Lexis 72697, *3 (D. Nev. June 3, 2015)).

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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. 26 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. The parties shall file, no later than

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September16, 2015, an amended discovery plan providing a discovery period of 180 days calculated

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from the date the first defendant answered.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED: September 9, 2015

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NANCY J. KOPPE
United States Magistrate Judge

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