Malone et al v. Depositors Insurance Company et al

Filing 27

ORDER Granting #24 Stipulation to Stay Discovery. Signed by Magistrate Judge Brenda Weksler on 6/4/2021. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - DRS)

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LAW OFFICES
3883 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 1100
Las Vegas, Nevada 89169
702.784.5200

Snell & Wilmer
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Richard C. Gordon, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 9036
Michael Paretti, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 13926
SNELL & WILMER L.L.P.
3883 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 1100
Las Vegas, NV 89169
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Michael H. Carpenter (pro hac vice
forthcoming)
Carpenter Lipps & Leland LLP
280 Plaza, Suite 1300
280 North High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]

Attorneys for Defendants Depositors Insurance
Company, Nationwide Affinity Insurance
Company of America, Nationwide Assurance
Company, Nationwide General Insurance
Company, Nationwide Insurance Company of
America, and Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Company

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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HABAKKUIA MALONE, RICHARD
MOYER, individually and on behalf of all
those similarly situated,

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Aneca E. Lasley (pro hac vice forthcoming)
SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP
2000 Huntington Center
41 South High Street
Columbus, OH 43215
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]

Case No.: 2:21-cv-00574-RFB-BNW

Plaintiffs,
STIPULATION AND ORDER TO
STAY DISCOVERY

v.
DEPOSITORS INSURANCE COMPANY,
NATIONWIDE AFFINITY INSURANCE
COMPANY OF AMERICA, NATIONWIDE
ASSURANCE COMPANY, NATIONWIDE
GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY,
NATIONWIDE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF AMERICA, NATIONWIDE MUTUAL
INSURANCE COMPANY, DOES 1 through
10,
Defendants.

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Plaintiffs Habakkuia Malone and Richard Moyer (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendants Depositors

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Insurance Company, Nationwide Affinity Insurance Company of America, Nationwide Assurance

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Company, Nationwide General Insurance Company, Nationwide Insurance Company of America,

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and Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company (collectively, “Nationwide”), by and through their

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respective counsel (collectively the “Parties”), for good cause shown, hereby stipulate and agree as

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follows:

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(the “Motion”).

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Plaintiffs filed their Response to Nationwide’s Motion on May 4, 2021 [ECF No.

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Nationwide filed a Reply in support of the Motion on May 6, 2021. [ECF No. 18].

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Pending resolution of Nationwide’s Motion, the Parties agree and stipulate to a stay

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On April 9, 2021, Nationwide moved to dismiss Plaintiffs’ Complaint [ECF No. 7]

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of discovery including, but not limited to, any discovery obligations set forth in Fed. R. Civ. P. 26

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and LR 26-1, in order to preserve judicial and party resources. The Parties are in agreement that a

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stay of discovery is warranted at this time. Moreover, discovery is not required to resolve the

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pending Motion.

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If the Court denies Nationwide’s Motion, in whole or in part, the Parties agree to

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submit a discovery plan and scheduling order within 30 days after entry of the Court’s order on the

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Motion.

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Good cause exists to enter the Parties’ stipulated stay of discovery.

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purposes of delay.

The Parties represent that this stipulation is sought in good faith and not for the

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DATED this 1st day of June 2021.

DATED this 1st day of June 2021.

EGLET ADAMS

SNELL & WILMER L.L.P.

/s/ Danielle C. Miller
Robert T. Eglet
Nevada Bar No. 3402
Cassandra S.M. Cummings
Nevada Bar No. 11944
Danielle C. Miller
Nevada Bar No. 9127
400 S. Seventh St., Suite 400
Las Vegas, NV 89101

/s/ Richard C. Gordon
Richard C. Gordon, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 9036
Michael Paretti, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 13926
3883 Howard Hughes Pkwy., Ste. 1100
Las Vegas, NV 89169
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Attorneys for Defendants

Matthew L. Sharp, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 4746
432 Ridge Street
Reno, NV 89501
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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ORDER

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED: June 4, 2021.

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Respectfully submitted,
SNELL & WILMER L.L.P.
By: /s/ Richard C. Gordon
Richard C. Gordon, Esq. (NV Bar No. 9036)
Michael Paretti, Esq. (NV Bar No. 13926)
3883 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 1100
Las Vegas, Nevada 89169
Attorneys for Defendants

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