Lawrence et al v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department et al

Filing 68

ORDER Granting 67 Motion to Extend Time Re: 65 Motion to Dismiss. Federal Defendants' Replies due by 8/2/2018. Signed by Judge James C. Mahan on 6/29/2018. (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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JACQUELINE LAWRENCE, et al.,

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Case No. 2:16-CV-3039 JCM (NJK)
Plaintiff(s),

ORDER

v.
LAS VEGAS METROPOLITAN POLICE
DEPARTMENT, et al.,
Defendant(s).

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James C. Mahan
U.S. District Judge

Presently before the court is defendants United States Justice Department and the United
States Marshals Service’s (collectively “federal defendants”) motion for extension of time to file
reply in support of their motion to dismiss (ECF No. 65). (ECF No. 67).
Federal defendants’ motion requests a thirty (30) day extension to file a reply to plaintiff’s
response to federal defendants’ motion to dismiss (ECF No. 66). (ECF No. 67). The current
response deadline is set for July 3, 2018. Id. Federal defendants request that the court extend this
deadline to August 2, 2018. Id.
Federal defendants request an extension in order to accommodate counsel for federal
defendants who will be in trial the first week of July and has several depositions scheduled for the
week of July 16, 2018. (ECF No. 67). Federal defendants assert that the requested extension is
made in good faith and is not made for the purposes of delay. Id.
The court finds that federal defendants’ motion demonstrates good cause to support
granting an extension to reply in support of their motion to dismiss. An extension will further the
judicial purpose of ensuring that the motion is decided on the merits. See Ahanchian v. Xenon
Pictures, Inc., 624 F.3d 1253, 1258–59 (9th Cir. 2010).

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Good cause appearing,

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that federal defendants’ motion for extension of time (ECF

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No. 67) be, and the same hereby is, GRANTED. The deadline to file a reply in support of their

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motion to dismiss (ECF No. 65) will be extended until August 2, 2018.

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DATED June 29, 2018.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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James C. Mahan
U.S. District Judge

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