Ellis et al v. Zheng et al

Filing 37

ORDER granting 35 Motion to Extend Time; ORDER granting 29 Motion to Extend Time; Proposed Joint Pretrial Order due by 5/29/2018. Signed by Judge Andrew P. Gordon on 5/1/2018. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - JM)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ex rel.
CHRISTINA ELLIS and JONATHAN
ELLIS, Relators,

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Plaintiffs,
v.
JING SHU ZHENG and SJ 5318
INVESTMENT CORP.,

ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO
EXTEND TIME
(ECF Nos. 29, 35)

Defendants.

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Case No. 2:16-cv-01447-APG-NJK

I previously ordered the parties to file a joint pretrial order by March 28, 2018. ECF No.

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28. Shortly before that deadline, defendant Jing Shu Zheng filed a motion to extend the deadline

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so she can find a lawyer to represent her. ECF No. 29. Zheng also filed an appeal, which the

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Ninth Circuit has denied. ECF Nos. 30, 36. On April 13, Zheng file a second motion to extend

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the deadline so she can find counsel. ECF No. 35. Zheng fails to explain what she has done to

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secure counsel, and why she needs additional time to do so. Nevertheless, in an abundance of

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caution, I will extend the deadline for submission of the joint pretrial order so Zheng can attempt

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to find counsel.

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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED defendant Jing Shu Zheng’s motions (ECF Nos. 29, 35)

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are GRANTED. The parties shall file a proposed joint pretrial order on Zheng’s counterclaims

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and the plaintiffs’ claims against defendant SJ 5318 by May 29, 2018.

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DATED this 1st day of May, 2018.

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ANDREW P. GORDON
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE