Henderson v. Clark County School District

Filing 24

ORDER granting in part and denying in part 23 Stipulation; Discovery due by 2/1/2018. Motions due by 3/5/2018. Proposed Joint Pretrial Order due by 4/4/2018. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nancy J. Koppe on 12/8/2017. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - JM)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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DISTRICT OF NEVADA
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GARLAND HENDERSON, et al.,
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Plaintiff(s),
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v.
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CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT,
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Defendant(s).
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Case No. 2:17-cv-01767-JAD-NJK
ORDER
(Docket No. 23)

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Pending before the Court is a stipulation to extend discovery cutoff and subsequent deadlines

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by 90 days. Docket No. 23. The reason proffered for the requested extension is that an amended

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complaint was filed in September, adding a plaintiff and new claims. Id. at 3. The parties have failed

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to explain, however, why the more than three-month period between that amendment and the discovery

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cutoff is not sufficient to complete discovery. See Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604,

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409 (9th Cir. 2000) (good cause exists for an extension if the subject deadline “cannot reasonably be met

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despite the diligence of the party seeking the extension”). Thus, good cause is lacking. Nonetheless,

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given potential scheduling difficulties during the holiday season and as a one-time courtesy to the

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parties, the Court will allow a 30-day extension. Accordingly, the stipulation is GRANTED in part and

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DENIED in part, and deadlines are SET as follows:

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Discovery cutoff: February 1, 2018

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Dispositive motions: March 5, 2018

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Joint proposed pretrial order: April 4, 2018, or 30 days after decision on dispositive

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motions

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED: December 8, 2017

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NANCY J. KOPPE
United States Magistrate Judge

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