CMB Infrastructure Group IX, LP et al v. Cobra Energy Investment Finance, Inc. et al

Filing 10

ORDER granting #9 Stipulation to Extend time to Answer #1 Complaint within Petition for Removal. ACS Servicios Comunicaciones y Energia S.L., Banco Santander, S.A., Cobra Energy Investment Finance, Inc., Cobra Energy Investment, LLC, Cobra Industrial Services, Inc., Cobra Instalaciones Y Servicios SA, and Cobra Thermosolar Plants, Inc. answer due 5/17/2021. Signed by Magistrate Judge Daniel J. Albregts on 2/16/2021. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - DRS) Modified answer due date on 2/17/2021 (DRS).

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J Christopher Jorgensen
Nevada Bar No. 5382
LEWIS ROCA ROTHGERBER CHRISTIE LLP
3993 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Suite 600
Las Vegas, NV 89169-5996
Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

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Attorneys for Banco Santander, S.A.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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3993 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Suite 600
Las Vegas, NV 89169-5996

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CMB INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP IX,
LP, a California limited partnership;
CMB INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP XI,
LP, a California limited partnership;
CMB EXPORT, LLC, a Texas limited
liability company,

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Plaintiffs,

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vs.

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COBRA ENERGY INVESTMENT
FINANCE, INC., a Delaware
corporation, COBRA ENERGY
INVESTMENT, LLC, a Delaware
corporation, COBRA INDUSTRIAL
SERVICES, INC., a Delaware
corporation, COBRA THERMOSOLAR
PLANTS, INC., a Nevada corporation,
COBRA INSTALACIONES Y
SERVICIOS S.A., a Spanish corporation,
ACS SERVICIOS COMUNICACIONES
Y ENERGIA, S.L., a Spanish
corporation, BANCO SANTANDER,
S.A., a Spanish Corporation, TONOPAH
SOLAR ENERGY, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company, and DOES I
through 50, inclusive,

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Case No.: 2:21-CV-00214-JAD-DJA

JOINT STIPULATION AND
[PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND
TIME FOR DEFENDANTS TO
RESPOND TO FIRST AMENDED
COMPLAINT
[FIRST REQUEST]

Defendants.

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Plaintiffs CMB Infrastructure Group IX, LP, CMB Infrastructure Group XI, LP, and

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CMB Export, LLC (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendants Cobra Energy Investment Finance Inc.,

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Cobra Energy Investment, LLC, Cobra Industrial Services, Inc., Cobra Thermosolar Plants,

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Inc., Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios, S.A., ACS Servicios Comunicaciones y Energia, S.L.,
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and Banco Santander, S.A. (“Removing Defendants”), by and through their respective

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counsel, have met and conferred and hereby stipulate and agree as follows:

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WHEREAS, on May 19, 2020, Plaintiffs filed their original Complaint in this action
the District Court of Clark County, Nevada;

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WHEREAS, on September 1, 2020, Plaintiffs filed their First Amended Complaint
in this action;

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WHEREAS, on February 9, 2021, Removing Defendants removed the Complaint
(“Complaint”) to this Court (Dkt. No. 1);

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NOW, THEREFORE, Plaintiffs and Removing Defendants hereby stipulate and
agree that:

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response to the First Amended Complaint of February 16, 2021 is vacated;

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Removing Defendants’ current deadline to file an answer or motion in

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Removing Defendants will file an answer or motion in response to the First

Amended Complaint no later than Monday, May 17, 2021;

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Removing Defendants agree to waive any challenge as to the sufficiency of

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Plaintiffs’ service of the summons and the complaint. This waiver as to the sufficiency of

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service shall not be construed to extend to any other potential defense or objection, including

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but not limited to objections to personal jurisdiction or to venue. For the avoidance of doubt,

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all other defenses are expressly preserved and may be asserted by any defendant in either

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its forthcoming answer or motion to dismiss.

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If any Defendant files a motion to dismiss Plaintiffs’ First Amended

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Complaint instead of an Answer, the Parties will submit a joint proposed briefing schedule

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to the Court for approval.

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Nothing in this stipulation shall operate as a waiver, bar or limitation on

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Plaintiffs’ right to file a motion for remand, which is due to be filed, if at all, by March 11,

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2021.

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This is the Parties’ first request for an extension of time, and is made before the

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expiration of any deadline to answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint by any
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Removing Defendant. This Stipulation is made in good faith and is not intended for

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purposes of delay.

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SO STIPULATED AND AGREED TO this 12th day of February, 2021.

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3993 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Suite 600
Las Vegas, NV 89169-5996

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LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD
& SMITH LLP

LEWIS ROCA
ROTHGERBER CHRISTIE LLP

/s/ John S. Poulos
John S. Poulos
Nevada Bar No. 154689
2020 W. El Camino Avenue, Suite 700
Sacramento, CA 95833
Tel. [phone]

/s/ J Christopher Jorgensen
J Christopher Jorgensen
Nevada Bar No. 5382
Matthew R. Tsai
Nevada Bar No. 14290
3993 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Suite 600
Las Vegas, NV 89169-599

John S. Poulos
Nevada Bar No. 15085
6385 South Rainbow Blvd., Suite 600
Las Vegas, NV 89118
Tel. [phone]

Attorneys for Defendant
BANCO SANTANDER, S.A.
WEIL & DRAGE, APC

Attorneys for Plaintiffs
CMB INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP IX, LP;
CMB INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP XI, LP;
and CMB EXPORT, LLC

/s/ Jeremy R. Kilber
Geoffrey Crisp, Esq.
Jeremy R. Kilber, Esq.
861 Coronado Center Drive, Suite 231
Henderson, Nevada 89052
Telephone: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Attorneys for Defendants
COBRA ENERGY INVESTMENT
FINANCE, INC.; COBRA ENERGY
INVESTMENT, LLC; COBRA
INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC.;
COBRA THERMOSOLAR PLANTS,
INC.; COBRA INSTALACIONES Y
SERVICIOS, S.A.; ACS SERVICIOS
COMUNICACIONES Y ENERGIA, S.L

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ORDER
IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DANIEL J. ALBREGTS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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DATED: February 16, 2021

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DATED

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

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I hereby certify that on this 12th day of February, 2021, I caused a true and

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accurate copy of the foregoing document entitled Joint Stipulation and [Proposed] Order

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to Extend Time for Removing Defendants to Respond To First Amended Complaint to be

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filed with the Clerk of the Court via the CM/ECF system, which will send an electronic

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copy to all registered participants.

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DATED this 12th day of February, 2021.

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/s/ Jessie M. Helm
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP

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Las Vegas, NV 89169-5996

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