Richards v. Cox et al

Filing 105

ORDER Granting 104 Stipulation to Vacate and Reschedule The Settlement Conference. Pre-Settlement Conference set for 8/4/2022 at 03:00 PM in LV Chambers - Telephonic before Magistrate Judge Brenda Weksler. Settlement Conference set for 8/5/2022 at 09:00 AM in LV Chambers - Videoconference before Magistrate Judge Brenda Weksler. See Order for Further Details. Signed by Magistrate Judge Brenda Weksler on 5/31/2022. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - LOE)

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AARON D. FORD
Attorney General
WILLIAM SHOGREN, Bar No. 14619
Deputy Attorney General
AUSTIN T. BARNUM, Bar No. 15174
Senior Deputy Attorney General
State of Nevada
Office of the Attorney General
555 E. Washington Avenue, Suite 3900
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
Tel: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendants
Renee Baker, Eric Boardman
and James Cox
Richard Schonfeld, Nevada Bar No. 6815
[e-mail]
CHESNOFF & SCHONFELD
520 South Fourth Street, 2nd Floor
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
Telephone: [phone]
John Burton, Pro Hac Vice, California Bar No. 86029
[e-mail]
THE LAW OFFICES OF JOHN BURTON
128 North Fair Oaks Avenue
Pasadena, California 91103
Telephone: [phone]
Attorneys for Plaintiff Stacey M. Richards

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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STACEY M. RICHARDS,

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Plaintiff,

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v.

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GREG COX, et al.,

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Case No. 2:16-cv-01794-JCM-BNW
JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER
TO VACATE AND RESCHEDULE THE
SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

Defendants.

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Defendants, Renee Baker, Eric Boardman, and James “Greg” Cox, by and through

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counsel, Aaron D. Ford, Attorney General of the State of Nevada, Austin T. Barnum, Senior

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Deputy Attorney General, and William P. Shogren, Deputy Attorney General, and

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Plaintiff, Stacey M. Richards, by and through counsel, John Burton, Esq., and Richard

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Schonfeld, Esq., hereby submit this Joint Stipulation and Order to Vacate and Reschedule

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the Settlement conference current set for June 24, 2022, to a date most convenient for this

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Court in early August 2022.

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MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES
I.

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RELEVANT BACKGROUND
This Court issued an order scheduling a settlement conference on June 24, 2022.

ECF No. 103. Confidential settlement statements are due June 16, 2022. Id. at 1:13-17.

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Parties held a meet and confer on May 24, 2022, to discuss, among other things, the

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current date. One of the undersigned counsel for defendants, Senior Deputy Attorney

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General, Austin T. Barnum, recently received mandatory military orders for the United

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States Army Reserves that prevent his attendance at the settlement conference on June

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24, 2022. Although Plaintiff is prepared to proceed with the settlement conference on the

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date notice, to accommodate Defendants, he agreed to filing this joint stipulation for an

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order vacating the current date and deadlines for the settlement conference. The next most

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appropriate timeframe for both Parties is in the first week of August. (Plaintiff’s counsel

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John Burton has a three-week jury trial scheduled to commence in Los Angeles Superior

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Court on July 5, 2022.)

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II.

LEGAL DISCUSSION

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Parties stipulate to this Court vacating the current order setting the settlement

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conference and rescheduling for a date most convenient to this Court in early August.

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Courts have the inherent power to control their dockets. Hamilton Copper & Steel Corp. v.

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Primary Steel, Inc., 898 F.2d 1428, 1429 (9th Cir. 1990) (citations omitted). Parties make

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this request because one of the undersigned counsel for Defendants recently received

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military orders and is, therefore, unavailable for the current date. This request is made in

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good faith and is not for the purpose of causing delay.

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III.

CONCLUSION
Parties stipulate to this Court vacating its order in ECF No. 103 and rescheduling

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the settlement conference for a date most convenient to this Court in early August 2022.

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DATED this 27th day of May 2022.

DATED this 27th day of May 2022.

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AARON D. FORD
Attorney General

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By: /s/ John Burton ____
By:
Richard Schonfeld, Nevada Bar No. 6815
[e-mail]
CHESNOFF & SCHONFELD
520 South Fourth Street, 2nd Floor
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
Telephone: [phone]

/s/ Austin T. Barnum
Austin T. Barnum, Bar No. 15174
Senior Deputy Attorney General
William Shogren, Bar No. 14619
Deputy Attorney General
Attorneys for Defendants

John Burton, Pro Hac Vice,
California Bar No. 86029
[e-mail]
THE LAW OFFICES OF JOHN BURTON
128 North Fair Oaks Avenue
Pasadena, California 91103
Telephone: [phone]
Attorneys for Plaintiff Stacey M. Richards

ORDER
IT ISIT
ORDERED
that ECF No. 104 is GRANTED.
IS SO ORDERED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the pre-Settlement Conference
Telephonic Conference is RESCHEDULED to 8/4/2022 at 3:00
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p.m. Counsel is kindly
directed to call [phone], access code
2365998.
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Settlement Conference is
RESCHEDULED to 8/5/2022 at 9:00 a.m. The Court will circulate a
Zoom invitation closer
to the rescheduled
Settlement Conference
DATED:
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date.
IT IS SO ORDERED
DATED: 6:57 pm, May 31, 2022

BRENDA WEKSLER
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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