Rogers v. C R Bard Incorporated et al

Filing 53

ORDER Granting 51 Stipulation re Discovery Stipulation to Take Deposition of Dr. Ravishankar Konchada Outside Fact Discovery Deadline. Signed by Magistrate Judge Brenda Weksler on 2/16/2021. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - JQC)

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ERIC W. SWANIS, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 6840
GLENN F. MEIER, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 006059
GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
10845 Griffith Peak Drive, Suite 600
Las Vegas, Nevada 89135
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
[e-mail]

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CASEY SHPALL, ESQ.*
GREGORY R. TAN, ESQ.*
*Admitted Pro Hac Vice
GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
1144 15th Street, Suite 3300
Denver, Colorado 80202
Telephone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Counsel for Defendants

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10845 Griffith Peak Drive
Suite 600
Las Vegas, Nevada 89135
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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CRISS L. ROGERS,

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Plaintiff,

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Case No. 2:19-cv-01581-APG-BNW
STIPULATION TO TAKE DEPOSITION
OF DR. RAVISHANKAR KONCHADA
OUTSIDE FACT DISCOVERY
DEADLINE

v.
C. R. BARD, INCORPORATED and BARD
PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INCORPORATED,

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Defendants.

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Plaintiff Criss L. Rogers (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants C. R. Bard, Inc. and Bard Peripheral

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Vascular, Inc. (“Defendants” and collectively with Plaintiff, the “Parties”), by and through their

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undersigned attorneys, hereby stipulate to take deposition of Dr. Ravishankar Konchada outside the

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fact discovery deadline for the following reasons:

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1. Last October, the depositions set to be taken for the Plaintiff and treating physicians

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were

put

on

hold

when

the

Parties

entered

into

mediation

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October 28, 2020. On November 20, 2020, this Court granted the Parties’ Stipulation

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to Stay Discovery and All Pretrial Deadlines until January 4, 2021, to allow the Parties

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time to engage in settlement discussions. [ECF 46.]

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2. On January 8, 2021, the Parties informed the Court they were unable to come to an

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agreement on settlement although the 21 other cases that were part of the mediation

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were settled. The Parties requested until January 15, 2021, to file an Amended

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Stipulated Discovery Plan and Scheduling Order. [ECF 47].

January 15, 2021, which the Court denied on January 20, 2021, finding that the

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10845 Griffith Peak Drive
Suite 600
Las Vegas, Nevada 89135
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

3. The Parties filed an Amended Stipulated Discovery Plan and Scheduling Order on

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GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP

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Parties had not established good cause for the requested extended discovery period.

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The Court granted the Parties until March 1, 2021 to complete fact discovery.

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Minute Order (January 20, 2021).

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4. One of the fact witnesses in the case, Dr. Ravishankar Konchada (who implanted the

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Bard IVC Filter in Plaintiff), is currently working and traveling out of the country for

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the month of February 2021. Dr. Konchada’s attorney, Patricia Daehnke, of the law

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firm Collinson, Daehnke, Inlow & Greco, has informed the Parties that Dr.

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Konchada is available to sit for his deposition in March 2021. The Parties would

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therefore like to schedule Dr. Konchada’s deposition for a date he is available prior

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to March 19, 2021, with the Court’s permission.

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WHEREFORE, the Parties respectfully request that they be permitted to conduct
Dr. Konchada’s deposition on a date he is available prior to March 19, 2021.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED.

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Submitted February 10, 2021.

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10845 Griffith Peak Drive
Suite 600
Las Vegas, Nevada 89135
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP

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FLEMING, NOLEN & JEZ, LLP
By:

GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP

/s/ Rand P. Nolen
RAND P. NOLEN, ESQ.*
*Admitted Pro Hac Vice
[e-mail]
2800 Post Oak Blvd., Ste. 4000
Houston, TX 77056-6109

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PETER C. WETHERALL, ESQ.
WETHERALL GROUP LTD.
Nevada Bar No. 4414
[e-mail]
9345 West Sunset Road, Suite 100
Las Vegas, Nevada 89148

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By:

Counsel for Plaintiff

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/s/ Eric W. Swanis
ERIC W. SWANIS, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 6840
[e-mail]
GLENN F. MEIER, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 006059
[e-mail]
10845 Griffith Peak Drive, Suite 600
Las Vegas, Nevada 89135
CASEY SHPALL, ESQ.*
GREGORY R. TAN, ESQ.*
*Admitted Pro Hac Vice
GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
1144 15th Street, Suite 3300
Denver, Colorado 80202
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Counsel for Defendants

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated this 16th of February 2021.
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BRENDA WEKSLER
United States Magistrate Judge

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