Curro v. United States of America ex rel United States Postal Service

Filing 17

ORDER Granting 16 Motion to Stay Case. Status Report due by 11/19/2018. Signed by Chief Judge Gloria M. Navarro on 10/18/2018. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - ADR)

1 DAYLE ELIESON
United States Attorney
2 District of Nevada
3 LINDSY M. ROBERTS
Assistant United States Attorney
4 501 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Suite 1100
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
5 Telephone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
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Attorneys for the United States.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

10 ROBERT ANSARA, Special Administrator
of the Estate of Travis Curro,
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Plaintiff,
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v.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ex rel
14 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE,
Defendant.

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) Case No. 2:18-cv-00658-GMN-PAL
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UNOPPOSED MOTION TO STAY
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PROCEEDINGS PENDING
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COMPROMISE SETTLEMENT
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Federal Defendant United States of America respectfully requests this Court enter a stay

17 of all proceedings and deadlines, including all motion and discovery deadlines, until November
18 19, 2018, in order to allow the parties to finalize the terms of a settlement agreement and to
19 execute and enter a Stipulation to Dismiss with Prejudice. Plaintiff does not oppose this request.
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In support of this motion, the United States submits as follows:

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The parties have been engaged in settlement negotiations and have recently

22 agreed in principal to a compromise settlement which will resolve all outstanding claims
23 between the parties. Documents supporting this settlement are being prepared and the parties
24 expect that the matter will be concluded within the next month.
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2.

Courts have broad discretion to stay proceedings for a limited time. See Landis v.

26 N. Am. Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254-55 (1936); see also Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681, 706 (1997)
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The instant motion is filed in good faith and not for the purposes of delay.

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If the matter is not concluded by November 19, 2018, the parties will file a status

3 report advising of reasons that it is not concluded.
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For the above reasons, the United States respectfully requests this Court stay the

5 proceedings and deadlines in this matter until November 19, 2018.
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Respectfully submitted this 16th day of October 2018.

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DAYLE ELIESON
United States Attorney

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/s/ Lindsy M. Roberts
LINDSY M. ROBERTS
Assistant United States Attorney

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Attorneys for the United States
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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED this ____ day of October, 2018.

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Gloria M. Navarro, Chief Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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PROOF OF SERVICE

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I, Lindsy M. Roberts, certify that all parties were served with the UNOPPOSED
MOTION TO STAY PROCEEDINGS PENDING COMPROMISE SETTLEMENT on
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Dated this 16th day of October 2018.

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/s/ Lindsy M Roberts
LINDSY M. ROBERTS
Assistant United States Attorney

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