Webb v. Arstrat, LLC

Filing 18

ORDER that 16 Stipulation re Discovery Deadlines is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nancy J. Koppe on 2/14/2018. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - MMM)

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
8
DISTRICT OF NEVADA
9
10
LILIANA WEBB,
11
Plaintiff(s),
12
v.
13
ARSTRAT, LLC,
14
Defendant(s).
15

)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)

Case No. 2:17-cv-01226-JCM-NJK
ORDER
(Docket No. 16)

16

Pending before the Court is a stipulation for a 69-day extension of the discovery cutoff, and

17

subsequent deadlines. Docket No. 16. The stipulation is premised on a deponent’s indication (two

18

weeks ago) that it could not appear for the deposition as scheduled on February 5, 2018. Id. at 1-2. The

19

stipulation also indicates that the deponent is not available before the discovery cutoff, which is today.

20

Id. at 2. The stipulation provides no date on which the deponent is available, and provides no

21

justification for a 69-day extension.

22

Depositions are routinely scheduled with ten-days’ notice or less. See, e.g., Reddy v. Precyse

23

Solutions LLC, 2015 WL 2081429, at *3 (E.D. Cal. May 4, 2015) (“courts generally find that one week

24

to ten days’ notice is reasonable” (collecting cases)). The parties have provided no justification why they

25

need more than two months to conduct a deposition that was first noticed several weeks ago.

26

Accordingly, the stipulation is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. The discovery cutoff is

27
28

1

EXTENDED to February 28, 2018 only with respect to the identified deposition.1 The deadlines for

2

dispositive motions and the joint proposed pretrial report remain unchanged.2

3

IT IS SO ORDERED.

4

DATED: February 14, 2018

5

______________________________________
NANCY J. KOPPE
United States Magistrate Judge

6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28

1

The stipulation refers cryptically to “additional discovery.” Docket No. 16 at 3. No showing has
been made that an extension is appropriate with respect to any discovery other than the identified deposition.
2

The stipulation fails to comply with the local rules in several respects, including failing to identify
with particularity the discovery that has been completed to date. See Local Rule 26-4(a). Failure to comply
with the applicable rules in the future may result in summary denial of a request.
2