Cabebe v. Equifax Information Services, LLC

Filing 70

ORDER granting 68 Stipulation to Continue Briefing Schedule. Motions due by 2/8/2018. Responses due by 3/12/2018. Replies due by 3/26/2018. Signed by Judge Richard F. Boulware, II on 11/13/2017. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - MMM)

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Matthew I. Knepper, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 12796
Miles N. Clark, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 13848
KNEPPER & CLARK LLC
10040 W. Cheyenne Ave., Suite 170-109
Las Vegas, NV 89129
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
David H. Krieger, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 9086
HAINES & KRIEGER, LLC
8985 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 350
Henderson, NV 89123
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Attorneys for Plaintiff
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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SHARON BARNUM, JERRY P. CABEBE, )
ROBERT SUSTRIK, and all similarly situated ) Case No. 2:16-cv-02866-RFB-NJK
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individuals,
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) STIPULATION TO CONTINUE
Plaintiffs,
) BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON MOTION
) FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION
vs.
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) (Second Request)
EQUIFAX INFORMATION SERVICES, LLC, )
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Defendant.
On August 24, 2017, the Parties Stipulated 1 to Plaintiffs’ withdrawal, without prejudice,

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of their pending Motion for Class Certification and Appointment of Class Counsel 2 (“Plaintiffs’
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Motion”). On November 7, 2017, the Court entered its Order granting the Parties’ Stipulation,
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ECF Dkt. No. 40.
Plaintiffs filed the Class Certification Motion originally on April 24, 2017. ECF Dkt. No. 25.
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setting December 8, 2017 for Plaintiffs’ deadline to move for class certification, which was consistent with a previously pending deadline for dispositive motions.

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On October 20, 2017, Magistrate Judge Koppe ordered that the then pending discovery

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deadline of November 8, 2017 be extended to January 8, 2018, with dispositive motions due on

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February 7, 2018. 1 Accordingly, the Parties stipulate the current December 8, 2017 class certification deadline will be continued and the related briefing schedule will proceed as follows:

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Plaintiffs will file a Motion for Class Certification and Appointment of Class
Counsel on or before February 8, 2018.

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Defendant will file a Response to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification and
Appointment of Class Counsel on or before March 12, 2018.

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Plaintiffs will file a Reply in Support of their Motion for Class Certification and
Appointment of Class Counsel on or before March 26, 2018.

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The purpose of this request is to afford both parties adequate time to conduct fact discov12

ery before briefing the propriety of class certification. The new proposed schedule is consistent

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with the Supreme Court’s repeated admonition that district courts must conduct a “rigorous anal-

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ysis” of the relevant facts and law when considering whether to certify a proposed class. See

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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, 564 U.S. 338, 350-51 (2011) (courts must consider the merits of

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a case to the extent necessary to determine whether class certification is appropriate); accord
Coopers & Lybrand v. Livesay, 437 U.S. 463, 469 n. 12 (1978) (“class determination generally

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involves considerations that are ‘enmeshed in the factual and legal issues comprising the plain-

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tiff's cause of action’” (citation omitted)); General Telephone Co. of the Southwest v. Falcon,

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457 U.S. 147, 160 (1982) (same).
This is the second stipulation to continue the class certification briefing schedule. The

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stipulation is filed in good faith and is not intended to cause delay. Respectfully submitted this
10th day of November, 2017.

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ECF Dkt. No. 63.
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/s/ Matthew I. Knepper
Matthew I. Knepper, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 12796
Miles N. Clark, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 13848
KNEPPER & CLARK, LLC
10040 W. Cheyenne Ave., Suite 170-109
Las Vegas, NV 89129
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]

/s/ Bradley T. Austin
Bradley T. Austin, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 13064
SNELL & WILMER, LLP
3883 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Suite 1100
Las Vegas, NV 89169
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Zachary A. McEntyre (admitted pro hac vice)
Misty L. Peterson (admitted pro hac vice)
KING & SPALDING LLP
1180 Peachtree Street N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3521
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]

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David H. Krieger, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 9086
HAINES & KRIEGER, LLC
8985 S. Eastern Avenue, Suite 350
Henderson, NV 89123
Email: [e-mail]

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Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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Bryan E. Zubay (admitted pro hac vice)
KING & SPALDING LLP
1100 Louisiana Street, Suite 4000
Houston, Texas 77002-5213
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

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Attorneys for Defendant EQUIFAX
INFORMATION SERVICES, LLC

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ORDER
IT IS SO ORDERED:
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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DATED: _________________
DATED this 13th day of November, 2017.
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