Jackson v. State of Nevada et al

Filing 51

ORDER. The Court hereby GRANTS 45 Plaintiff's motion to extend discovery. The discovery cut-off is hereby extended to 7/1/2018. NO FURTHER EXTENSIONS WILL BE GRANTED. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nancy J. Koppe on 3/13/2018. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - MR)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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ROBERT JACKSON,

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Plaintiff(s),
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STATE OF NEVADA, et al.,
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Defendant(s).
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Case No. 2:16-cv-00995-APG-NJK
ORDER
(Docket No. 45)

Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to extend discovery, submitted on February 22,
2018. Docket No. 45. Defendants filed a response in opposition. Docket No. 47.

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Plaintiff requests an extension of 120 days because he received Defendants’ response to his

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discovery requests on February 21, 2018, nine days before the discovery cut-off. Id. at 2. Plaintiff

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requests an extension to allow for time to review the hundreds of pages of written discovery and address

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Defendants’ responses and objections. Id. Defendants submit that Plaintiff fails to show both good

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cause and excusable neglect and, therefore, his motion should be denied. Docket No. 47.

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A request to extend a discovery deadline must show excusable neglect when the request is made

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after the expiration of the subject deadline. See Local Rule 26-4. In the instant case, the discovery cut-

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off was March 1, 2018. Docket No. 31. Plaintiff submitted the instant motion on February 22, 2018,

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which the Court received on February 28, 2018. Docket No. 45. Therefore, Plaintiff need only show

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good cause, not excusable neglect, for his extension request.

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For good cause shown, the Court hereby GRANTS Plaintiff’s motion to extend discovery.

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Docket No. 45. The discovery cut-off is hereby extended to July 1, 2018. NO FURTHER

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EXTENSIONS WILL BE GRANTED.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED: March 13, 2018

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NANCY J. KOPPE
United States Magistrate Judge

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