Clemons v. Brandt, et al.

Filing 61

ORDER granting 60 Stipulation; Proposed Joint Pretrial Order due by 5/1/2022. Signed by Magistrate Judge Brenda Weksler on 1/6/2022. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - HAM)

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1 CHRISTOPHER CHIOU
Acting United States Attorney
2 District of Nevada
Nevada Bar No. 14853
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BRIANNA SMITH
4 Assistant United States Attorney
Nevada Bar No. 11795
5 ALLISON REPPOND
Assistant United States Attorney
6 501 Las Vegas Blvd. So., Suite 1100
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
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[e-mail]
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9 Attorneys for the United States
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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Julie A. Clemons,
Plaintiff,

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Case No. 2:19-cv-00248-RFB-BNW
Stipulation and Order to Extend
Pretrial Order Deadline
(Ninth Request)

v.
United States of America,
Defendant.

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6 and the LR IA 6-1 and LR 26-4, the

19 parties respectfully request that the Court approve this stipulation to extend the joint pretrial
20 order deadline by 90 days. This is the parties’ ninth request for an extension of the
21 scheduling order deadlines but is only seeking to extend the deadline for the pretrial order
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The history of the previous extensions are laid out in the prior discovery stipulations.

24 The parties acknowledge that this Court has previously granted multiple extensions, and
25 that the Court indicated that no further extensions would be permitted. However, recently
26 the lead attorney for Defendant has left the Nevada USAO and another AUSA in the Civil
27 Division has recently retired. The cases for both of these newly departed AUSAs were
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time. In addition to this case, the undersigned is getting up to speed on other matters, some

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more pressing than others. The parties seek this final extension to accommodate the staffing

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issue within the Nevada USAO and believes the 90-day extension will assist newly assigned

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AUSAs to get up to speed in this case to prepare for trial and in alleviate some of the current

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backlog.

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The parties, therefore, agree to the following modification of the scheduling order,

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and respectfully propose that the pretrial deadline of January 31, 2022, be extended 90 days

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to May 1, 2022.

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Respectfully submitted this 5th day of January 2022.
/s/ Brianna Smith___________________
Brianna Smith
Assistant United States Attorney
United States Attorney’s Office
501 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Suite 1100
Las Vegas, Nevada 89103
Tele: [phone]

/s/ Srilata Shah
Srilata Shah
Paul Padda Law
4560 South Decatur Blvd., Suite 300
Las Vegas, Nevada 89103
Tele: [phone]
Attorney for Plaintiff

Attorney for Defendant

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IT IS SO ORDERED:

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
DATED: __________________

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ORDER
IT IS ORDERED that ECF No. 60 is GRANTED.
Parties are advised that this will be the final extension,
and no further extensions will be granted.
IT IS SO ORDERED

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DATED: 4:56 pm, January 06, 2022

BRENDA WEKSLER
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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