Cabebe v. Equifax Information Services, LLC

Filing 63

ORDER that 57 Motion to Extend Discovery Deadlines is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. Deadlines are SET as follows: Discovery due by 1/8/2018. Motions due by 2/7/2018. Proposed Joint Pretrial Order due by 3/9/2018. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nancy J. Koppe on 10/20/17. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - MMM)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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DISTRICT OF NEVADA
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ROBERT SUSTRIK, et al.,
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Plaintiff(s),
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vs.
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EQUIFAX INFORMATION SERVICES, LLC,
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Defendant(s).
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Case No. 2:16-cv-02866-RFB-NJK
ORDER
(Docket No. 57)

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Pending before the Court is Plaintiffs’ motion to extend the discovery cutoff by 90 days. Docket

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No. 57. Defendant filed a response in partial opposition, agreeing only to an extension of 30 days.

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Docket No. 60. Plaintiffs filed a reply. Docket No. 62. Had common-sense practicality and cooperation

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prevailed during the meet-and-confer process, this dispute would not have required judicial intervention.

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Cf. Olesczuk v. Citizens One Home Loans, 2016 U.S. Dist. Lexis 153342, at *2-3 (D. Nev. Nov. 4,

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2016).1 Having now reviewed the motion and briefing, the Court finds good cause exists for a 60-day

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The parties contacted chambers in an attempt to resolve this dispute informally pursuant to Local
Rule 1-1(b) before conducting their required meet-and-confer on the dispute. See Docket No. 57-1 at ¶ 22
(“Because the Court indicated its preference for briefing, the parties held their 26-7 conference”). As the
Court has explained previously, an informal conference with chambers may not be used a substitute for
conducting a meet-and-confer. See Olesczuk, 2016 U.S. Dist. Lexis 153342, at *2 (“Local Rule 1-1 has not
transformed magistrate judges into clearinghouses for resolving insignificant discovery disputes. Counsel
are still expected to seek court involvement as a last resort only when a discovery dispute implicates truly
significant interests that counsel cannot resolve through reasonable cooperation during the meet-and-confer
process”).

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extension of the discovery cutoff and subsequent deadlines.2 The motion to extend is therefore

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GRANTED in part and DENIED in part, and deadlines are SET as follows:

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Discovery cutoff: January 8, 2018

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Dispositive motions: February 7, 2018

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Joint proposed pretrial order: March 9, 2018

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED: October 20, 2017

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NANCY J. KOPPE
United States Magistrate Judge

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In briefing the motion to extend, the parties provide argument regarding the appropriateness of
certain discovery sought. The Court expresses no opinion herein on those issues.
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