Hurd et al v. Clark County School District et al

Filing 28

ORDER Granting 27 Discovery Plan/Scheduling Order to the extent that it is consistent with this Order. Discovery due by 11/1/2017. Motions due by 12/1/2017. Proposed Joint Pretrial Order due by 1/2/2018. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nancy J. Koppe on 01/30/2017. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - NEV)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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BROOK M. HURD, et al.,
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Plaintiff(s),
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CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al.,
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Defendant(s).
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Case No. 2:16-cv-02011-GMN-NJK
ORDER
(Docket No. 27)

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Pending before the Court is the parties’ stipulated proposed discovery plan and scheduling

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order. Docket No. 27. The parties request a partial stay of discovery pending the resolution of

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Defendants’ motion to dismiss. Id. at 3. In the alternative, the parties propose a discovery plan with

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longer time periods than the presumptively reasonable time periods set forth in LR 26-1(b). Id. at

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4.

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Courts have broad discretionary power to control discovery. See, e.g., Little v. City of Seattle,

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863 F.2d 681, 685 (9th Cir. 1988). The mere pendency of a dispositive motion is insufficient to stay

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discovery. See, e.g., Kor Media Grp., LLC v. Green, 294 F.R.D. 579, 581 (D. Nev. 2013). Rather,

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“a party seeking to stay discovery carries the heavy burden of making a strong showing why

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discovery should be denied.” Id. The parties in this case have not met this burden, as they have not

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even addressed the relevant standards. See id.; see also Docket No. 27. However, the parties have

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demonstrated good cause for the Court to grant the discovery plan that they have proposed in the

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alternative. See id. at 2-3.

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Accordingly, the parties’ stipulated proposed discovery plan and scheduling order, Docket

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No. 27, is GRANTED to the extent that it is consistent with this order. The discovery deadlines are

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as follows:

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Discovery cut-off date:

November 1, 2017

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Amending the pleadings and adding parties:

August 1, 2017

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Initial expert disclosures:

September 1, 2017

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Rebuttal expert disclosures:

October 2, 2017

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Dispositive motions:

December 1, 2017

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Proposed joint pretrial order:

January 2, 2018, or 30 days
after the Court rules on any
dispositive motions or further
Court order

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED: January 30, 2017

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NANCY J. KOPPE
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