Czudar v. Pro-Vigil, Inc.

Filing 43

ORDER granting 42 Stipulation to Extend Discovery. Discovery due by 5/10/2021. Motions due by 6/9/2021. Proposed Joint Pretrial Order due by 7/9/2021. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nancy J. Koppe on 2/18/2021. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - DRS)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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JULIUS CZUDAR,

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Case No.: 2:19-cv-01784-GMN-NJK

Plaintiff,

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ORDER

v.

[Docket No. 42]

PRO-VIGIL, INC.,
Defendant.
Pending before the Court is the parties’ fourth stipulation to extend discovery deadlines.

13 Docket No. 42. The parties request a 60-day extension of discovery deadlines. Id. at 3.
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A request to extend deadlines in the Court’s scheduling order must be supported by a

15 showing of good cause for the extension. LR 26-3; see also Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations,
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17 Coleman v. Quaker Oats Co., 232 F.3d 1271, 1294–95 (9th Cir. 2000). Good cause to extend a
18 discovery deadline exists “if it cannot reasonably be met despite the diligence of the party seeking
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20 considered, when the movant “fail[s] to show diligence, ‘the inquiry should end.’” Coleman, 232
21 F.3d at 1295 (quoting Johnson, 975 F.2d at 609). The Court has broad discretion in supervising
22 pretrial litigation. Zivkovic v. S. Cal. Edison Co., 302 F.3d 1080, 1087 (9th Cir. 2002).
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On November 20, 2020, the Court issued an order granting the parties’ request for a 90-

24 day extension of discovery deadlines. Docket No. 38. The parties submit that discovery has not
25 moved forward on schedule because an individual residing at the home of Plaintiff’s counsel
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The “good cause” standard in Local Rule 26-3 is the same as the standard governing
28 modification of the scheduling order under Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b).

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1 office. Docket No. 42 at 2. The parties, however, fail to comply with the Court’s Local Rules
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3 Nonetheless, in light of the specific difficulties the COVID-19 pandemic has caused in this case,
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Accordingly, the parties’ stipulation, Docket No. 42, is hereby GRANTED. The Court

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Amend pleadings/add parties: Closed

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Initial experts: Closed

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Rebuttal experts: Closed

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Discovery cutoff: May 10, 2021

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Dispositive motions: June 9, 2021

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Joint proposed pretrial order: July 9, 2021 2

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: February 18, 2021
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Nancy J. Koppe
United States Magistrate Judge

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If dispositive motions are filed, this date will be suspended until 30 days after the
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