Board of Trustees of the Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 525 Health and Welfare Trust and Plan et al v. Strong Man Services, Inc. et al

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ORDER Granting 76 Second Stipulation to Extend Discovery. Discovery due by 7/19/2018. Motions due by 8/20/2018. Proposed Joint Pretrial Order due by 9/19/2018. Signed by Magistrate Judge Cam Ferenbach on 3/19/2018. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - SLD)

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Adam P. Segal, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 6120
Bryce C. Loveland, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 10132
Christopher M. Humes, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 12782
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP
100 North City Parkway, Suite 1600
Las Vegas, Nevada 89106-4614
Telephone: [phone]
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Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP
100 North City Parkway, Suite 1600
Las Vegas, Nevada 89106
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
PLUMBERS AND PIPEFITTERS LOCAL
525 HEALTH AND WELFARE TRUST
AND PLAN; BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
THE PLUMBERS AND PIPEFITTERS
UNION LOCAL 525 PENSION PLAN;
AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
PLUMBERS AND PIPEFITTERS LOCAL
UNION 525 APPRENTICE AND
JOURNEYMAN TRAINING TRUST FOR
SOUTHERN NEVADA,

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Plaintiffs,
vs.
STRONG MAN SERVICES, INC. dba
SMS Mechanical, a Nevada corporation;
LINDA NASH, an individual;
AFFORDABLE CONCEPTS, INC., a
Nevada corporation, BENTAR
DEVELOPMENT, INC., a Nevada
corporation; B & R BUILDERS, INC. dba
Breslin Builders, a Nevada corporation;
DAKEM & ASSOCIATES, LLC, a Nevada
limited liability company; KITTRELL
JENSEN CONTRACTORS, LLC, a
Nevada limited liability company;
LAFARGO, INC. dba LaFargo Builders, a
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Case No. 2:17-cv-01784-RFB-VCF

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO
EXTEND DISCOVERY
SECOND REQUEST

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Nevada corporation; LEDCOR
CONSTRUCTION, INC., a Washington
corporation; NORTH WIND
ENVIRONMENTAL, INC., an Arkansas
corporation; THE PENTA BUILDING
GROUP, LLC, a Nevada limited liability
company; SCI CONSTRUCTION, L.P., a
Texas limited partnership; SR
CONSTRUCTION, INC., a Nevada
corporation; STARKE, INC. dba Starke
Contractors, a Nevada corporation; UHS
OF DELAWARE, INC., a Delaware
corporation; NORTH RIVER INSURANCE
COMPANY aka Crum & Forster, a
Pennsylvania corporation,
Defendants.

BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP
100 North City Parkway, Suite 1600
Las Vegas, Nevada 89106
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Plaintiffs Boards of Trustees of the Plumbers and Pipefitters Union Local 525 Health and

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Welfare Trust and Plan, the Plumbers and Pipefitters Union Local 525 Pension Plan, and the

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Plumbers and Pipefitters Local Union 525 Apprentice and Journeyman Training Trust for

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Southern Nevada (collectively “Trust Funds”), by and through their counsel of record Brownstein
Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP; Defendant Affordable Concepts, Inc., (“Defendant Affordable”) by
and through its counsel of record Pintar Albiston, LLP; and Defendants Linda Nash, Strong Man
Services, Inc., dba SMS Mechanical, Bentar Development, Inc., Kittrell Jensen Contractors, LLC,
LaFargo, Inc. dba LaFargo Builders, Ledcor Construction, Inc., North Wind Environmental, Inc.,
SCI Construction, L.P., SR Construction, Inc., Starke, Inc., dba Starke Contractors and UHS of
Delaware, Inc. (collectively “Strong Man Defendants”) (Defendant Affordable and Strong Man
Defendants collectively referred to as “Defendants”), by and through their counsel of record
Fisher & Phillips, LLC, hereby stipulate and agree that the Scheduling Order (EFC No. 75) in this
case be extended ninety (90) days from the current discovery deadline of April 20, 2018, to July
19, 2018, and the dispositive motion deadline be extended from May 21, 2018, to August 20,
2018. This is second request to extend the discovery deadline and is being made more than 21
days prior to the close of discovery.

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DISCOVERY COMPLETED:

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10/19/2017 Defendant Affordable’s Initial Disclosures and Witnesses.

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10/20/2017 Trust Funds’ Initial Disclosures and Witnesses.

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11/1/2017 Trust Funds’ Revised Initial Disclosures and Witnesses.

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12/15/2017 Defendant Strong Man’s and Defendant Linda Nash’s Initial
Disclosures and Witnesses.

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12/18/2017 Defendant Starke, Inc.’s Initial Disclosures and Witnesses.

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12/19/2017 Defendant North Wind Environmental, Inc.’s Initial Disclosures and
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12/19/2017 LaFargo, Inc.’s Initial Disclosures and Witnesses.

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12/22/2017 Trust Funds’ First Supplemental Initial Disclosures.

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12/22/2017 Trust Funds’ First Admissions to Defendant Affordable.

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12/22/2017 Trust Funds’ First Admissions to Defendant Bentar Development, Inc.

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12/22/2017 Trust Funds’ First Admissions to Defendant Kittrell Jensen
Contractors, LLC.

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12/22/2017 Trust Funds’ First Admissions to Defendant LaFargo, Inc.

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12/22/2017 Trust Funds’ First Admissions to Defendant Ledcor Construction, Inc.

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12/22/2017 Trust Funds’ First Admissions to Defendant Linda Nash.

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12/22/2017 Trust Funds’ First Admissions to Defendant North Wind
Environmental, Inc.

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12/22/2017 Trust Funds’ First Admissions to Defendant SCI Construction L.P.

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12/22/2017 Trust Funds’ First Admissions to Defendant SR Construction, Inc.

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12/22/2017 Trust Funds’ First Admissions to Defendant Starke, Inc.

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12/22/2017 Trust Funds’ First Admissions to Defendant Strong Man.

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12/22/2017 Trust Funds’ First Admissions to Defendant UHS of Delaware, Inc.

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12/22/2017 Trust Funds’ First Interrogatories to Affordable.

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12/22/2017 Trust Funds’ First Interrogatories to Bentar Development, Inc.

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12/22/2017 Trust Funds’ First Interrogatories to Defendant Kittrell Jensen
Contractors, Inc.

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12/22/2017 Trust Funds’ First Interrogatories to Defendant LaFargo, Inc.

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12/22/2017 Trust Funds’ First Interrogatories to Defendant Ledcor Construction,
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12/22/2017 Trust Funds’ First Interrogatories to Defendant Linda Nash.

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12/22/2017 Trust Funds’ First Interrogatories to Defendant North Wind
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12/22/2017 Trust Funds’ First Interrogatories to Defendant SCI Construction, L.P.

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12/22/2017 Trust Funds’ First Interrogatories to Defendant SR Construction, Inc.

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12/22/2017 Trust Funds’ First Interrogatories to Defendant Starke, Inc.

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12/22/2017 Trust Funds’ First Interrogatories to Defendant Strong Man.

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12/22/2017 Trust Funds’ First Interrogatories to Defendant UHS of Delaware, Inc.

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12/22/2017 Trust Funds’ First Production Request to Defendant Affordable.

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12/22/2017 Trust Funds’ First Production Request to Defendant Bentar
Development, Inc.

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12/22/2017 Trust Funds’ First Production Request to Defendant Kittrell Jensen
Contractors, LLC.

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12/22/2017 Trust Funds’ First Production Request to Defendant LaFargo, Inc.

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12/22/2017 Trust Funds’ First Production Request to Defendant Ledcor
Construction, Inc.

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12/22/2017 Trust Funds’ First Production Request to Defendant Linda Nash.

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12/22/2017 Trust Funds’ First Production Request to Defendant North Wind
Environmental, Inc.

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12/22/2017 Trust Funds’ First Production Request to Defendant SCI Construction,
L.P.

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12/22/2017 Trust Funds’ First Production Request to Defendant SR Construction,
Inc.

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12/22/2017 Trust Funds’ First Production Request to Defendant Starke, Inc.

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12/22/2017 Trust Funds’ First Production Request to Defendant Strong Man.

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12/22/2017 Trust Funds’ First Production Request to Defendant UHS of Delaware,
Inc.

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1/18/2018 Defendant Bentar Development, Inc.’s Initial Disclosures and
Witnesses.

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1/18/2018 Defendant Kittrell Jensen Contractors, LLC’s Initial Disclosures and
Witnesses.

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1/18/2018 Defendant Ledcor Construction, Inc.’s Initial Disclosures and
Witnesses.
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1/18/2018 Defendant SCI Construction, L.P.’s Initial Disclosures and Witnesses.

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1/18/2018 Defendant SR Construction, Inc.’s Initial Disclosures and Witnesses.

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1/18/2018 Defendant UHS of Delaware, Inc.’s Initial Disclosures and Witnesses.

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1/22/2018 Defendant Affordable Concepts, Inc.’s Responses to Trust Funds’ First
Request for Admissions.

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1/22/2018 Defendant Affordable Concepts, Inc. Responses to Trust Fund’s First
Set of Interrogatories.

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1/22/2018 Defendant Affordable Concepts, Inc.’s Responses to Trust Funds’ First
Request for Production of Documents.

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1/24/2018 Trust Funds’ Second Second Supplemental Initial Disclosures.

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2/1/2018 Strong Man Services, Inc. dba SMS Mechanical’s Responses to Trust
Funds’ First Request for Admissions.

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2/1/2018 Strong Man Services, Inc. dba SMS Mechanical’s Responses to Trust
Funds’ First Request for Production of Documents.

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2/1/2018 Strong Man Services, Inc. dba SMS Mechanical’s Answers to Trust
Funds’ First Set of Interrogatories.

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2/1/2018 Linda Nash’s Responses to Trust Funds’ First Request for Admissions.

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2/1/2018 Linda Nash’s Responses to Trust Funds’ First Request for Production of
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2/1/2018 Linda Nash’s Answers to Trust Funds’ First Set of Interrogatories.

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2/27/2018 Ledcor Construction, Inc.’s Response to Trust Funds’ First Request for
Admissions.

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2/27/2018 Bentar Development, Inc.’s Response to Trust Funds’ First Request for
Admissions.

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2/27/2018 Stakes, Inc.’s Response to Trust Funds’ First Request for Admissions.

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2/27/2018 SR Construction, Inc.’s Response to Trust Funds’ First Request for
Admissions.

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2/27/2018 SCI Construction, LP’s Response to Trust Funds’ First Request for
Admissions.

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2/27/2018 LaFargo, Inc.’s Response to Trust Funds’ First Request for Admissions.

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2/27/2018 North Wind Environmental, Inc.’s Response to Trust Funds’ First
Request for Admissions.

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2/27/2018 Kittrell Jenson Contractors, LLC’s Response to Trust Funds’ First
Request for Admissions.

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2/27/2018 Ledcor Construction, Inc.’s Response to Trust Funds’ First Request for
Production of Documents.
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2/27/2018 Bentar Development, Inc.’s Response to Trust Funds’ First Request for
Production of Documents.

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2/27/2018 Stakes, Inc.’s Response to Trust Funds’ First Request for Production of
Documents.

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2/27/2018 SR Construction, Inc.’s Response to Trust Funds’ First Request for
Production of Documents.

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2/27/2018 SCI Construction, LP’s Response to Trust Funds’ First Request for
Production of Documents.

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2/27/2018 LaFargo, Inc.’s Response to Trust Funds’ First Request for Production
of Documents.

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2/27/2018 North Wind Environmental, Inc.’s Response to Trust Funds’ First
Request for Production of Documents.

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2/27/2018 Kittrell Jenson Contractors, LLC’s Response to Trust Funds’ First
Request for Production of Documents

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2/27/2018 Ledor Construction, Inc.’s Answers to Trust Funds’ First Set of
Interrogatories.

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2/27/2018 Bentar Development, Inc.’s Answers to Trust Funds’ First Set of
Interrogatories.

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2/27/2018 Stakes, Inc.’s Answers to Trust Funds’ First Set of Interrogatories.

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2/27/2018 SCI Construction, LP’s Answers to Trust Funds’ First Set of
Interrogatories.

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2/27/2018 LaFargo, Inc.’s Answers to Trust Funds’ First Set of Interrogatories.

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2/27/2018 North Wind Environmental, Inc.’s Answers to Trust Funds’ First Set of
Interrogatories.

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2/27/2018 Kittrell Jenson Contractors, LLC’s Answers to Trust Funds’ First Set of
Interrogatories.

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3/8/2018 Trust Funds’ Third Supplemental Initial Disclosures.

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DISCOVERY THAT NEEDS TO BE COMPLETE:
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Outstanding discovery responses from UHS of Delaware, Inc., Ledcor

Construction, Inc. and SR Construction, Inc.

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Potential written discovery requests from Defendants.

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Possible additional Trust Funds’ Interrogatories and Requests for Admissions.

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Possible additional Trust Funds’ Requests for Production of Documents.

Depositions of all relevant witnesses.

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REASON DISCOVERY WAS NOT COMPLETED.

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The Parties are requesting this extension to allow times for the Trust Funds and

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Defendants to discuss certain details of the contract compliance review (“Audit”) which is pivotal

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to this current matter. The Parties are hopeful that discussion of the Audit will narrow the issues

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subject to dispute and therefore enable the Parties to conserve resources.

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CURRENT DISCOVERY SCHEDULE:

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Discovery Cutoff

April 20, 2018

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Dispositive Motion Cutoff

May 21, 2018

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Pretrial Order Cutoff

June 20, 2018

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100 North City Parkway, Suite 1600
Las Vegas, Nevada 89106
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PROPOSED DISCOVERY SCHEDULE:

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New Discovery Cutoff

July 19, 2018

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New Dispositive Motion Cutoff

August 20, 2018

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New Pretrial Order Cutoff

September 19, 2018

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This is the Parties’ second request for an extension of the discovery deadline dates. The

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resolution or the narrowing issues at dispute in this matter. Based upon the foregoing, the Parties

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PINTAR ALBISTON, LLP

/s/ Christopher M. Humes
Adam P. Segal, Esq.
Bryce C. Loveland, Esq.
Christopher M. Humes, Esq.
100 North City Parkway, Suite 1600
Las Vegas, Nevada 89106-4614

/s/ Becky A. Pintar
Becky A. Pintar, Esq.
Bryan L. Albiston, Esq.
Ryan W. Reynolds, Esq.
6053 Fort Apache Road, #120
Las Vegas, Nevada 89148

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER
SCHRECK, LLP

Attorneys for Defendant, Affordable Concepts,
Inc.

BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP
100 North City Parkway, Suite 1600
Las Vegas, Nevada 89106
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Dated: March 19, 2018

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Dated: March 19, 2018

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FISHER & PHILLIPS, LLP

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/s/ David B. Dornak
David B. Dornak, Esq.
Allison Kheel, Esq.
300 South Fourth Street, Suite 1500
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101

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Attorneys for Defendant, Linda Nash; Strong
Man Services, Inc., dba SMS Mechanical;
Bentar Development, Inc.; Kittrell Jensen
Contractors, LLC; LaFargo, Inc. dba LaFargo
Builders; Ledcor Construction, Inc.; North
Wind Environmental, Inc.; SCI Construction,
L.P.; SR Construction, Inc.; Starke, Inc., dba
Starke Contractors; UHS of Delaware, Inc.

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Dated March 19, 2018

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
CASE NO. 2:17-cv-01784-RFB-VCF
3-19-2018
DATED: ________________________________________

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