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

Filing 335

ORDER Granting 332 Stipulation for Extension of Time re 318 Motion to Seal, 321 Motion for Sanctions (First Request). See Order for details/deadlines. Signed by Judge Richard F. Boulware, II on 4/2/2021. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - MR)

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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 89119
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]

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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]

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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]

Attorneys for Plaintiff/Counter-Defendants

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT
CORPORATION, a Japanese corporation,

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

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(FIRST REQUEST)

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

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO
EXTEND TIME FOR BRIEFING
SCHEDULE, PAGE LIMITS, AND
RESPONSE TO ASSOCIATED MOTION
TO SEAL RE: DEFENDANS’ MOTION
FOR SANCTIONS AGAINST UEC AND
FUJIMOTO

Plaintiff,

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Case No.: 2:18-CV-00585 (RFB)(NJK)

Counter-Claimants,
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 the parties, that the time

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for Plaintiff Universal Entertainment Corporation (“UEC”) to file its Response to Defendants’

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Motion for Sanctions Against UEC and Fujimoto (“Motion for Sanction,” filed under seal on March

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26, 2021 – ECF No. 321) is extended for fourteen (14) days, from April 9, 2021 to April 23, 2021.

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Likewise, the time for Defendants to file their Reply in Support of the Motion for Sanctions is

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extended fourteen (14) days, from April 30, 2021 to May 14, 2021. The parties further agree that the

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time for UEC to respond1 to the associated Motion to Seal (filed on March 26, 2021 – ECF No. 318)

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is extended for seven (7) days from April 2, 2021 to April 9, 2021. Finally, the parties agree that the

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page limits provided in LR 7-3(b) shall be extended to thirty-nine (39) total pages for UEC’s

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Response to the Motion for Sanctions, the same as Defendants’ request for fifteen (15) additional

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pages in their Motion to Exceed Page Limit (filed on March 26, 2021 – ECF No. 319), and eight (8)

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additional pages for Defendants’ Reply in Support of the Motion for Sanctions. This is the first

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stipulation for extension of time regarding UEC’s Response to the Motion for Sanctions, Defendants’

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Reply in Support of Motion for Sanctions, or UEC’s Response to the Motion to Seal. This is also the

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first stipulation for extension of page limits for UEC’s Response to the Motion for Sanctions and

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Defendant’s Reply in Support of the Motion for Sanctions. The above extension requests are to

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provide counsel additional time to evaluate the voluminous allegations and exhibits associated with

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the Motion for Sanction and Motion to Seal, and to provide additional pages and time for their

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respective filings. In particular, additional time is necessary for the parties to evaluate and coordinate

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1Pursuant to the Court’s December 16, 2019 Order, UEC is required within seven days of the filing
of the Motion to Seal to file “either (1) a declaration establishing sufficient justification for sealing
each document at issue or (2) a notice of withdrawal of the designation(s) and consent to unsealing.”
ECF No. 132 at 2.
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their filings with Japanese-based clients. Accordingly, for good cause showing, the parties have

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agreed to the foregoing extensions.
Dated this 1st day of April, 2021.

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EVANS FEARS & SCHUTTERT LLP

HOLLAND & HART LLP

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By:

By:

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/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
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)
BUCKLEY LLP
2001 M Street NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20036
Attorneys for Plaintiff/CounterDefendants

Attorneys for Defendant Aruze Gaming
America, Inc.

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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 Briefing Schedule, Page Limits, and Response to
Associated Motion to Seal Re: Defendants’ Motion for Sanctions Against UEC and Fujimoto
(First Request)

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ORDER
IT IS SO ORDERED.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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April 2, 2021
DATED: _______________________________

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

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