Buckles v. Green Tree Servicing LLC et al

Filing 41

ORDER Granting 19 Motion to Stay. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties stipulated discovery plan 35 is DENIED without prejudice. Signed by Magistrate Judge Carl W. Hoffman on 5/26/16. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - TR)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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SANFORD BUCKLES,

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Plaintiff,
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GREEN TREE SERVICING, et al.,
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Defendants.
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Case No. 2:15-cv-01581-GMN-CWH
ORDER

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Presently before the Court is Defendants Dietech Financial LLC and Walter Investment

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Corporation’s motion to stay discovery (ECF No. 19), filed on December 8, 2015. Plaintiff

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Sanford Buckles filed a response (ECF No. 27) on December 23, 2015. Defendants filed a reply on

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December 31, 2015. Also before the Court is the parties’ stipulated discovery plan (ECF No. 35),

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filed on May 9, 2016.

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In light of the Court’s Certification Order to the Nevada Supreme Court (ECF No. 40), the

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Court finds there is good cause to temporarily stay discovery in this case. The Court therefore will

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grant Defendants’ motion to stay discovery and deny the parties’ stipulated discovery plan without

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prejudice. Within 21 days of the resolution of the Court’s certified question to the Nevada

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Supreme Court, the parties must meet and confer and file a proposed discovery plan and scheduling

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order.

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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Defendants Dietech Financial LLC and Walter
Investment Corporation’s motion to stay discovery (ECF No. 19) is GRANTED.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties’ stipulated discovery plan (ECF No. 35) is

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DENIED without prejudice.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that within 21 days of the resolution of the Court’s certified

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question to the Nevada Supreme Court, the parties must meet and confer and file a proposed

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discovery plan. The proposed discovery plan and scheduling order must comply with LR 26-1,

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with discovery deadlines measured from the date of the order resolving the certified questions.

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DATED: May 26, 2016

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C.W. Hoffman, Jr.
United States Magistrate Judge

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