Houle v. Mirage Casino-Hotel et al

Filing 15

ORDER Granting 14 Stipulation Regarding Service of Process and Timeline for Responsive Pleadings. Bartenders Union Local 165 and Mirage Casino-Hotel answer due 3/6/2017. Signed by Magistrate Judge George Foley, Jr on 2/16/17. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - ADR)

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Kristofer D. Leavitt, ESQ
LEAVITT LEGAL GROUP, P.C.
Nevada Bar No. 13173
229 S Las Vegas Blvd,
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
[phone]
[e-mail]
Attorney for Plaintiff Nicole Houle

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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Case No.: 2:17-cv-00258-GMN-GWF

NICOLE HOULE,

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Plaintiff,

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vs.

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THE MIRAGE CASINO-HOTEL LLC; BAR
TENDER’S UNION 165;

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JOINT STIPULATION AND
[PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING
SERVICE OF PROCESS AND TIMELINE
FOR RESPONSIVE PLEADINGS

Defendants.

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Plaintiff Nicole Houle (“Ms. Houle”) and Defendants The Mirage Casino-Hotel LLC
(“The Mirage”) and Bar Tender’s Union Local 165 (improperly named on caption as “Bar
Tender’s Union 165”) (the “Union”) (sometimes referred to hereafter collectively as
“Defendants”), by and through their undersigned counsel, hereby agree and stipulate as follows:
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Plaintiff filed her Complaint (the “Complaint”) in the Eighth Judicial District

Court in Clark County Nevada on November 2, 2016 under case number A-16-745978-C.
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Plaintiff effectuated service of the Complaint on The Mirage on January 19, 2017

and on the Union on January 20, 2017.
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On January 30, 2017, the Union filed the Notice of Removal of Civil Action Under

28 U.S.C. § 1441(b) [Dkt. # 1], thereby removing this case to the United States District Court for
the District of Nevada.
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On February 6, 2017, Ms. Houle filed the First Amended Complaint and Demand

for a Jury Trial [Dkt. # 6] (the “First Amended Complaint”).
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Neither of the Defendants have filed an answer to the Complaint or the First
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Amended Complaint.
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In order to ensure this case proceeds in an expeditious manner, the Defendants, by

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and through their individual counsel, agree and stipulate to accept service of the First Amended

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Complaint.

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In order to ensure the Defendants have sufficient time to file an answer or

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otherwise respond to the First Amended Complaint, the parties also agree that Defendants shall

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have up to, and including March 6, 2017, to file an answer, or otherwise respond, to the First

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Amended Complaint.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED.

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DATED this 15th day of February, 2017.

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By: /s/ Kristofer Leavitt
Kristofer D. Leavitt, Esq.
LEAVITT LEGAL GROUP, P.C.
Nevada Bar No. 13173
229 S Las Vegas Blvd,
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101

By:

/s/ Kristin Martin
Kristin L. Martin, Esq.
McCracken Stemerman & Holsberry LLP
Nevada Bar No. 7807
595 Market Street, Suite 800
San Francisco, California 94105

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By: /s/ Sandra Ketner
Patrick H. Hicks
Nevada Bar No. 4632
Sandra C. Ketner
Nevada Bar No. 8527
Littler Mendelson, P.C.
3960 Howard Hughes Parkway, Ste. 300
Las Vegas, Nevada 89169-5937

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendants shall accept service of the First Amended
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Complaint by and through their counsel and that the Defendants shall have up to, and including,
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March 6, 2017 to answer or otherwise respond to the First Amended Complaint.
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DATED this16th day of February, 2017
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By:
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THE HONORABLE GEORGE W. FOLEY
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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