Utt v. Hillegass

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ORDER Denying: 15 Proposed Discovery Plan/Scheduling Order. A renewed stipulated proposed discovery plan and scheduling order shall be filed no later than 12/29/2017. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nancy J. Koppe on 12/26/2017. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - ADR)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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DISTRICT OF NEVADA
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MICHAEL UTT,

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Pending before the Court is the parties’ stipulated proposed discovery plan and scheduling

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order. Docket No. 15. On December 21, 2017, the Court denied without prejudice the parties’ first

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stipulated proposed discovery plan because it included a blank space with reference to the date of

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Plaintiff’s initial disclosures and failed to include the certifications required by Local Rule 26-1.

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Docket No. 14; see also Docket No. 12 at 2. While the instant stipulated proposed discovery plan

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includes the date of Plaintiff’s initial disclosures, it fails a second time to include the certifications

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required by Local Rule 26-1. Docket No. 15. As a one-time courtesy to the parties, and in the

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interest of preventing any further delay of a generally common requirement, the Court lays out the

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parties’ specific failures regarding the certifications: the instant stipulated proposed discovery plan

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does not include the required statement that the parties have met and conferred about the possibility

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of using alternative dispute-resolution processes, pursuant to Local Rule 26-1(b)(7). The proposed

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discovery plan also does not include the required statement that the parties have considered consent

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to trial by a magistrate judge, pursuant to Local Rule 26-1(b)(8).

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Plaintiff,
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MATTHEW HILLEGASS,
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Defendant.

Case No. 2:17-cv-02820-RFB-NJK
ORDER
(Docket No. 15)

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Accordingly, the Court DENIES without prejudice the parties’ stipulated proposed discovery

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plan. Docket No. 15. A renewed stipulated proposed discovery plan and scheduling order shall be

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filed no later than December 29, 2017. The Court advises the party to review and keep in mind the

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Local Rules without further involvement from the Court.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: December 26, 2017

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NANCY J. KOPPE
United States Magistrate Judge

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