Sega v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Filing 9

ORDER that Defendants' 8 Proposed Discovery Plan/Scheduling Order is Denied without prejudice. The parties must file a stipulated discovery plan and scheduling order no later than 11/30/2016. Signed by Magistrate Judge Carl W. Hoffman on 11/15/2016. (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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ANDRE SEGA,

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Plaintiff,
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STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE
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INSURANCE COMPANY, et al,
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Defendants.
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Case No. 2:16-cv-02119-RFB-CWH

ORDER

Presently before the court is Defendants’ proposed discovery plan and scheduling order (ECF

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No. 8), filed on November 14, 2016. Plaintiff has not filed a discovery plan or responded to

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Defendants’ discovery plan.

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Defendants’ counsel represents that he attempted to meet and confer with Plaintiff regarding

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the proposed discovery plan, but was unsuccessful. Under Local Rule 26-1(a), a plaintiff must

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initiate a Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f) conference within 30 days after the first defendant answers or

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otherwise appears. The parties must then submit a stipulated discovery plan and scheduling order

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within fourteen days of the conference. Defendants’ first appearance in this matter was made on

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September 8, 2016 (ECF No. 3), but it appears that Plaintiff did not initiate a scheduling conference.

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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Defendants’ proposed discovery plan and scheduling
order (ECF No. 8) is DENIED without prejudice.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff must initiate a scheduling conference with

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Defendants and the parties must file a stipulated discovery plan and scheduling order no later than

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November 30, 2016.

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DATED: November 15, 2016.

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C.W. Hoffman, Jr.
United States Magistrate Judge

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