Garcia v. Service Employees International Union et al

Filing 114

ORDER Granting 113 Stipulation re Discovery. Discovery due by 6/21/2018. Motions due by 7/23/2018. Proposed Joint Pretrial Order due by 8/23/2018. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nancy J. Koppe on 1/24/2018. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - MMM)

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Case 2:17-cv-01340-APG-NJK Document 113 Filed 01/23/18 Page 1 of 5 1 2 3 4 MICHAEL J. MCAVOYAMAYA, ESQ. Nevada Bar No.: 14082 4539 Paseo Del Ray Las Vegas, Nevada 89121 Telephone: (702) 299-5083 Mmcavoyamayalaw@gmail.com Attorney for Plaintiffs 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 7 8 9 10 RAYMOND GARCIA., et al, vs. Plaintiffs, SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, et al, 11 Defendants. 12 CHERIE MANCINI, et al., [1] STIPULATION AND MOTION TO EXTEND DISCOVERY DEADLINES; (First Request) [2] ORDER THEREON ____________________________________ 13 CASE NO. 2:17-cv-01340-APG-NJK 14 CASE NO. 2:17-cv-02137-APG-NJK Plaintiffs, 15 vs. 16 SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, et al., 17 18 Defendants. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 The parties, by and through their undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate as follows and request this Court to extend discovery deadlines pursuant to Local Rule 26-4. Dated the 23rd day of January, 2018. /s/ Michael J. Mcavoyamaya MICHAEL MCAVOYAMAYA, ESQ. Nevada Bar No.: 14082 4539 Paseo Del Ray Las Vegas, Nevada 89121 Telephone: (702) 299-5083 Mmcavoyamayalaw@gmail.com Attorney for Plaintiffs 28 -1- Case 2:17-cv-01340-APG-NJK Document 113 Filed 01/23/18 Page 2 of 5 1 2 All parties, through their undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate as follows: I. 3 4 STATEMENT OF DISCOVERY COMPLETED Discovery began in this matter on July 31, 2017. The parties have completed the following discovery to date: 5 1. Plaintiffs served Initial Disclosures and Supplemental Disclosures in the Garcia 6 and Mancini actions; 7 2. Defendants served Initial Disclosures and Supplemental Disclosures in the Garcia 8 and Mancini actions; 9 3. Defendants served their First Set of Requests for Production of Documents in the 10 Garcia and Mancini actions; 11 4. Defendants served their First Set of Interrogatories in the Garcia action; 12 5. Plaintiffs served their Responses to Defendants’ First Set of Requests for 13 Production of Documents in the Garcia action; 14 6. Plaintiffs served their Responses to Defendants’ First Set of Interrogatories in the 15 Garcia action; 16 7. Defendants have completed three depositions in the Garcia action; 17 8. Plaintiffs served their First Set of Requests for Production of Documents on 18 Defendants in the consolidated action; and 19 9. Defendants served their Responses to Plaintiffs First Set of Requests for 20 21 Production of Documents in the consolidated action. II. 22 The following discovery remains to be completed: 23 24 STATEMENT OF DISCOVERY THAT REMAINS TO BE COMPLETED 1. Plaintiffs intend to respond to Defendants’ First Set of Requests for Production of Documents in the Mancini action by the due date; 25 2. Defendants intend to take several depositions in the Mancini action; 26 3. Plaintiffs intend to take several depositions in both the Garcia and Mancini action; 4. Plaintiffs intend to serve additional written discovery. 27 28 and -2- Case 2:17-cv-01340-APG-NJK Document 113 Filed 01/23/18 Page 3 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 III. REASONS WHY DISCOVERY WILL NOT BE COMPLETED BY CURRENT DISCOVERY CUTOFF The parties believe that they cannot complete discovery by the current discovery cutoff of February 20, 2018, for the following reasons: 1. On or about October 24, 2017, Plaintiffs served their First Set of Requests for 6 Production of Documents. Because of the large volume of records encompassed 7 by the requests, Defendants asked, and Plaintiffs agreed, to extend the response 8 deadline until January 16, 2018. 9 2. Defendants completed their initial review of responsive documents and served 10 their Response to Plaintiffs’ First Set of Requests for Production of Documents on 11 January 16, 2018, along with a privilege log related to documents withheld on the 12 basis of attorney-client privilege. 13 3. In the same response, Defendants informed Plaintiffs that they were withholding 14 certain documents alleged to be protected from disclosure by Federal Rule of Civil 15 Procedure 26(c), and that they would request a corresponding protective order. 16 4. Last, Defendants informed Plaintiffs that, as a result of volume of e-mail 17 communications potentially encompassed by Plaintiffs’ First Set of Requests for 18 Production of Documents, Defendants have not completed their review of 19 potentially responsive email communications. At present, Defendants estimate 20 that it will take an additional four to six weeks to complete their review of such e- 21 mail communications. 22 5. On January 16 and 17, 2018, Plaintiffs informed Defendants that they intend to 23 move to compel documents identified on Defendants’ privilege log, and that they 24 will oppose Defendants’ request for a protective order. 25 6. For the foregoing reasons, the parties cannot complete discovery by the current 26 discovery cutoff of February 20, 2018. Until the parties resolve their disputes over 27 documents withheld by Defendants on the basis of attorney-client privilege and the 28 necessity of a protective order, and until Defendants complete their review of -3- Case 2:17-cv-01340-APG-NJK Document 113 Filed 01/23/18 Page 4 of 5 1 potentially responsive e-mail communications and finish their production of 2 documents to Plaintiffs, Plaintiffs cannot review those documents and prepare 3 additional discovery requests, notice depositions in this matter, and otherwise 4 reasonably prepare this case for trial. Because the discovery cutoff deadline is fast 5 approaching, and the discovery disputes between the parties have yet to be briefed 6 and heard by this Court, an extension of all discovery deadlines in this matter is 7 supported by good cause. 8 7. Moreover, currently pending before the Court is Plaintiffs’ motion for leave to file 9 a second amended complaint (ECF No. 92), which Defendants have opposed. 10 Resolution of that motion will potentially require additional discovery in this case. 11 8. This is the first request for an extension of discovery deadlines in this case. 12 IV. PROPOSED SCHEDULE FOR COMPLETING REMAINIGN DISCOVERY 13 The parties submit the following proposed discovery schedule: 14 CURRENT DISCOVERY SCHEDULE 15 1. Amend pleadings/add parties: November 22, 2017 (completed) 16 2. Initial Experts: December 22, 2017 (completed) 17 3. Rebuttal Expert Disclosures: January 20, 2018 18 4. Discovery Cutoff: February 20, 2018 19 5. Dispositive Motions: March 21, 2018 6. Joint Proposed Pretrial Order: April 20, 2018 20 21 22 23 // // // 24 25 26 // // 27 // 28 // -4- Case 2:17-cv-01340-APG-NJK Document 113 Filed 01/23/18 Page 5 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 PROPOSED DISCOVERY SCHEDULE 1. Amend pleadings/add parties: November 22, 2017 (completed) 2. Initial Experts: December 22, 2017 (completed) 3. Rebuttal Expert Disclosures: January 20, 2018 (COMPLETED) 4. Discovery Cutoff: June 21, 2018 5. Dispositive Motions: July 23, 2018 6. Joint Proposed Pretrial Order: August 23, 2018 Dated: January 23, 2018 By ___/s/ Glenn Rothner, Esq._________ Glenn Rothner, for Defendants in both captioned cases Dated: January 23, 2018 By ___/s/ Michael Mcavoyamaya, Esq. _ Michael Mcavoyamaya, for Plaintiffs in both captioned cases 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 IT IS SO ORDERED: 16 17 18 19 _____________________________________ HONORABLE MagistrateP. GORDON, United States ANDREW Judge UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE January 24, 2018 DATED: _________________ 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -5-

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