Universal Entertainment Corporation v. Aruze Gaming America, Inc. et al

Filing 255

ORDER Granting 250 Stipulation for Extension of Time re 223 Minutes of Proceedings (First Request). Signed by Judge Richard F. Boulware, II on 11/25/2020. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - MR)

Case 2:18-cv-00585-RFB-NJK Document 255 Filed 11/25/20 Page 1 of 4

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Jay J. Schuttert, Esq. (Nevada Bar No. 8656)
David W. Gutke, Esq. (Nevada Bar No. 9820)
EVANS FEARS & SCHUTTERT LLP
6720 Via Austi Parkway, Suite 300
Las Vegas, NV 89119Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Andrew Z. Weaver (pro hac vice)
Michael D. Pegues (pro hac vice)
POLSINELLI PC
1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 6400
Houston, TX 77002
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Attorneys for Plaintiff/Counter-Defendants

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA
UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT
CORPORATION, a Japanese corporation,

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Case No.: 2:18-CV-00585 (RFB)(NJK)
JOINT STIPULATION TO EXTEND
TIME FOR PLAINTIFF TO PRODUCE
DOCUMENTS REQUIRED BY THE
COURT’S ORDER DATED
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020 (ECF NO. 223)

Plaintiff,
vs.
ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC., a Nevada
corporation, KAZUO OKADA, an individual,

(FIRST REQUEST)

Defendants.

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ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC., a Nevada
corporation, KAZUO OKADA, an individual,

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Counter-Claimants,

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David S. Krakoff (pro hac vice)
Benjamin B. Klubes (pro hac vice)
Lauren R. Randell (pro hac vice)
Adam Miller (pro hac vice)
BUCKLEY LLP
2001 M Street NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]

vs.
UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT
CORPORATION, a Japanese corporation,
ARUZE USA, a Nevada corporation, and JUN
FUJIMOTO, an individual,
Counter-Defendants.

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between Plaintiff Universal

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Entertainment Corporation (“UEC”), Counter-defendants Aruze USA, Inc. and Jun Fujimoto (UEC

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and Mr. Fujimoto are collectively referred to as “UEC Parties”), and Defendants Aruze Gaming

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America, Inc. and Mr. Kazuo Okada, by and through their respective counsel of record, and pursuant

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to LR IA 6-1 and LR 26-3, that the time for the UEC Parties to produce certain documents and logs

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of other documents not being produced, as required by the Court’s Order dated September 1, 2020

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(ECF No. 223) (“the Order”), shall be extended from December 1, 2020 to February 1, 2021. This is

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the first stipulation for extension of time regarding compliance with the Order.

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There is good cause for this extension. Since the hearing held on September 1, 2020, the UEC

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Parties represent that their attorneys and employees have devoted thousands of hours to compliance

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with the Order. As of the date of this stipulation, UEC has produced more than 6,700 documents and

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logged more than 3,800 documents pursuant to the Order, including documents and logs produced on

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the date of this stipulation. While the UEC Parties represent they will be close to completing their

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production of documents required by the Order from corporate-owned accounts and devices by

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December 1, the UEC Parties represent that they primarily need additional time to complete their

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production of documents required by the Order from Mr. Fujimoto’s personal accounts and devices

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as well as from devices under his care, custody or control, due to the number of accounts at issue and

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various technical and logistical difficulties that have been encountered. The UEC Parties agree that

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they will make rolling productions of documents and logs required by the Order every 20 days during

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the time remaining for compliance with the Order, beginning on the date of this stipulation.

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Finally, while the Order also requires that the limited deposition of Counter-Defendant Jun

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Fujimoto be taken by March 1, 2021, and overall fact discovery is scheduled to end on April 30,

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2021, the Parties are simultaneously submitting a Joint Status Report addressing the fact that

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depositions are highly unlikely to be possible by either March 1 or April 30 due to the Covid-19

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pandemic and will be seeking the Court’s guidance regarding deadlines for depositions. The Parties

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respectfully submit, therefore, that the extension sought here will not adversely affect the remainder

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of the schedule in this case.

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Accordingly, for good cause showing, the parties have agreed to the foregoing extension.

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Dated this 24th day of November, 2020.

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EVANS FEARS & SCHUTTERT LLP

HOLLAND & HART LLP

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By:

/s/ Jay J. Schuttert
Jay J. Schuttert, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 8656
David W. Gutke, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 9820
6720 Via Austi Parkway, Suite 300
Las Vegas, NV 89119

By:

Andrew Z. Weaver, Esq. (pro hac vice)
Michael D. Pegues (pro hac vice)
POLSINELLI, PC
1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 6400
Houston, TX 77002

/s/ Bryce K. Kunimoto
J. Stephen Peek, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 1758
Bryce K. Kunimoto, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 7781
Robert J. Cassity, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 9779
9555 Hillwood Drive, 2nd Floor
Las Vegas, NV 89134
Attorneys for Defendants Aruze Gaming
America, Inc. and Kazuo Okada
Jeffrey S. Love (pro hac vice)
Kristin L. Cleveland (pro hac vice)
Klarquist Sparkman, LLP
121 SW Salmon St., Ste. 1600
Portland, OR 97204

David S. Krakoff (pro hac vice)
Benjamin B. Klubes (pro hac vice)
Lauren R. Randell (pro hac vice)
Adam Miller (pro hac vice)
BUCKLEY LLP
2001 M Street NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20036

Attorneys for Defendant Aruze Gaming
America, Inc.

Attorneys for Plaintiff/CounterDefendants

IT IS SO ORDERED:

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__________________________
RICHARD F. BOULWARE, II
United States District Judge

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DATED this 25th day of November, 2020.

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Universal Entertainment Corporation v. Aruze Gaming America, Inc., et al.
Case No. 2:18-cv-00585-RFB-NJK
Stipulation and Order to Extend Time For Plaintiff to Produce Documents Required by the Court’s
Order Dated September 1, 2020 (ECF No. 223)
(First Request)

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ORDER

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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_____________________________________
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE/
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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DATED: _______________________________
Case No.: 2:18-CV-00585-RFB-NJK

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