Koehnen v. Standard Insurance Company

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ORDER that counsel file an Amended Joint Status Report that complies with the Local Rules by 12/19/2016. Discovery Hearing set for 12/21/2016 10:00 AM in LV Courtroom 3D before Magistrate Judge Nancy J. Koppe. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nancy J. Koppe on 12/13/2016. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - SLD)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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DISTRICT OF NEVADA
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DAWN KOEHNEN,

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Pending before the Court is an interim status report, Docket No. 20, which fails to comply

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with the local rules in several respects. First, Plaintiff’s counsel did not participate in the preparation

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and filing of the status report, see id. at 1 n.1, in violation of the requirement at the parties jointly file

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the status report, see Local Rule 26-3. Second, the local rules outline several types of information

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that must be included in the status report, see id., none of which is included in the status repot filed,

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see Docket No. 20. The Court hereby ORDERS counsel to review Local Rule 26-3 (as amended,

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May 1, 2016) and to file an amended joint status report that complies with the Local Rules by

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December 19, 2016.

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Plaintiff(s),
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vs.
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STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY,
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Defendant(s).

Case No. 2:16-cv-01059-JCM-NJK
ORDER
(Docket No. 20)

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Even more significantly, the status report reveals that the parties have engaged in no

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discovery to date. See Docket No. 20 at 1. On July 29, 2016, the parties filed a proposed discovery

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plan seeking an extended discovery period due to “out-of-state travel required for depositions of

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Standard, anticipated constraints on scheduling depositions of physicians and other medical care

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givers, and the need to complete primary discovery before designation and depositions of the parties

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experts.” Docket No. 15 at 1. On August 1, 2016, the Court granted that request for an extended

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discovery period. See Docket No. 17. The conduct of the parties, however, is inconsistent with their

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previous position. For example, Plaintiff’s expert disclosure deadline has already passed, see id. at

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3 (establishing deadline of November 30, 2016), and primary discovery has not even begun let alone

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been completed. The Court hereby SETS a discovery hearing to discuss how the parties intend to

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complete discovery by the discovery cutoff of February 10, 2017. The hearing will take place at

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10:00 a.m. on December 21, 2016, in Courtroom 3D.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: December 13, 2016

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NANCY J. KOPPE
United States Magistrate Judge

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