Johnson v. Costco Wholesale Corporation

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ORDER denying 10 proposed discovery plan and scheduling order. Discovery due by 3/28/2018. Motions due by 4/27/2018. Proposed Joint Pretrial Order due by 5/29/2018. FURTHER ORDERED that the parties must file a notice containing the Local Rule 26-1(b)(7)-(9) certifications within 14 days from the date of this order. Signed by Magistrate Judge Carl W. Hoffman on 11/16/2017. (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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CATHERINE JOHNSON,
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Plaintiff,
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COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION,
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Defendant.
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Case No. 2:17-cv-02542-RFB-CWH
SCHEDULING ORDER

Presently before the court is the parties’ proposed discovery plan and scheduling order (ECF
No. 10), filed on November 15, 2017.

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The parties request a discovery period of approximately 10 months from the date Defendant

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removed the case to this court, rather than the standard 180-day discovery period. But the parties

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do not include a statement justifying special scheduling review as required by Local Rule 26-1(a).

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The court therefore cannot evaluate whether special scheduling review is warranted in this case and

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will impose the standard 180-day discovery plan. Finally, the parties’ proposed discovery plan

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does not contain the certifications required by Local Rule 26-1(b)(7)-(9). Within 14 days from the

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date of this order, the parties must meet and confer and file a notice including these certifications.

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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the parties’ proposed discovery plan and scheduling

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order (ECF No. 10) is DENIED. The Clerk of Court is directed to enter the standard 180-day

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discovery plan, with dates measured from the date of removal as follows:

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Discovery cutoff

March 28, 2018

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Motions to amend pleadings and add parties

December 28, 2017

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Expert designations

January 29, 2018

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Rebuttal expert designations

February 26, 2018

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Interim status report

January 29, 2018

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Dispositive motions

April 27, 2018

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if no dispositive motions have been filed within the time

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frame specified in this order, then the parties must file proposed joint pretrial order by May 29,

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2018. If dispositive motions are filed, then the parties must file a proposed joint pretrial order

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within 30 days of the date the court enters a ruling on the dispositive motions.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties must file a notice containing the Local Rule
26-1(b)(7)-(9) certifications within 14 days from the date of this order.

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DATED: November 16, 2017

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C.W. Hoffman, Jr.
United States Magistrate Judge

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