Abrahams v. Jackson Hewitt, Inc. et al

Filing 17

ORDER Denying 16 Proposed Discovery Plan/Scheduling Order. The parties shall file a renewed joint proposed discovery plan no later than 4/16/2018. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nancy J. Koppe on 4/11/2018. (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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SHARON A. ABRAHAMS,

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Plaintiff(s),

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v.

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JACKSON HEWITT, INC., et al.,

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Defendant(s).

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Case No. 2:18-cv-00263-RFB-NJK
ORDER
(Docket No. 16)

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Pending before the Court is the parties’ joint proposed discovery plan seeking special scheduling

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review. Docket No. 16. The parties seek an extended discovery period of 240 days starting from March

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19, 2018, the date on which the parties held their Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(f) conference, as opposed to the date

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the first Defendant answered or appeared, February 19, 2018. Id. at 1; see also Docket No. 5; Local Rule

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26-1(b)(1). A discovery period longer than the presumptively reasonable discovery period of 180 days

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“must include...a statement of the reasons why longer or different time periods should apply....” Local

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Rule 26-1(a). The parties ask for an extended discovery period given “the procedural posture of the

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case, and given Defendants’ pending Motion to Dismiss.” Docket No. 16 at 1. The Court finds that

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these are insufficient reasons to depart from the presumptively reasonable discovery period of 180 days.

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Local Rule 26-1(b)(1).

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Accordingly, the Court DENIES without prejudice the parties’ joint proposed discovery plan.

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Docket No. 16. The parties shall file a renewed joint proposed discovery plan no later than April 16,

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2018.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED: April 11, 2018

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NANCY J. KOPPE
United States Magistrate Judge

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