Blessing-Alvarado v. Geico Indemnity Company

Filing 22

ORDER re 21 Status Report. Signed by Magistrate Judge Cam Ferenbach on 9/19/2022. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - YAW)

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1 McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard,
Wayte & Carruth LLP
2 Jonathan W. Carlson
Nevada Bar No. 10536
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[e-mail]
Frank A. Toddre, II
4 Nevada Bar No. 11474
[e-mail]
5 Julianne M. Ference
Nevada Bar No. 16164C
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[e-mail]
8337 West Sunset Road, Suite 350
7 Las Vegas, Nevada 89113
Telephone: [phone]
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9 Attorneys for Defendant
GEICO Indemnity Company
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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DISTRICT OF NEVADA
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TANIA BLESSING-ALVARADO,

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Plaintiff,
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JOINT STATUS REPORT REGARDING
MEDIATION AND LIFTING STAY

v.
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GEICO INDEMNITY COMPANY, a Foreign
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ENTITIES 1 through 10, inclusive,
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Defendants.
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Plaintiff, Tania Blessing-Alvarado (“Plaintiff”), and Defendant, GEICO Indemnity

21 Company (“GEICO”), by and through their respective counsel of record, submit the following Joint
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On August 12, 2022, the Parties attended Mediation with Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez

24 (Ret.) at Advanced Resolution Mediation. While the session was productive, it became clear that
25 the Parties were further from resolution than anticipated. Although no final settlement was reached,
26 Judge Gonzalez informally extended the Mediation to allow both sides to consider new
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MCCORMICK, BARSTOW,
SHEPPARD, W AYTE &
CARRUTH LLP
8337 WEST SUNSET ROAD, SUITE 350
LAS VEGAS, NV 89113

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JOINT STATUS REPORT REGARDING UNSUCCESSFUL MEDIATION AND RESUMING THE
SCHEDULING ORDER

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Judge Gonzalez met with both Parties following the formal mediation in an attempt

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The Parties agree that they are unable to reach a resolution at this time, and are

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The parties will complete written discovery and re-notice depositions that had been

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Out of an abundance of caution, the parties will be requesting a brief sixty day

8 enlargement to the present stipulated discovery plan and scheduling order that the Court ordered on
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Based upon the current schedule the parties would likely be hard pressed to conduct

11 the depositions, and have time sufficient for the transcripts to get produced and reviewed by their
12 experts within the current time frames. The parties will submit a separate proposed stipulation in
13 compliance with LR IA 6-1 and LR 26-3 forthwith.
Dated: September 13, 2022

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RICHARD HARRIS LAW FIRM

McCORMICK, BARSTOW, SHEPPARD,
WAYTE & CARRUTH LLP

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By /s/ Frank A. Toddre, II

By /s/ Jonathan B. Lee
Jonathan B. Lee, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 13524
Richard Harris Law Firm
801 South 4th Street
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorney for Plaintiff

Jonathan W. Carlson
Nevada Bar No. 10536
Frank A Toddre, II
Nevada Bar No. 11474
8337 West Sunset Road, Suite 350
Las Vegas, Nevada 89113
Tel. [phone]
Attorneys for Defendant

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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MCCORMICK, BARSTOW,
SHEPPARD, W AYTE &
CARRUTH LLP
8337 WEST SUNSET ROAD, SUITE 350
LAS VEGAS, NV 89113

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______________________________
Cam Ferenbach
United States Magistrate Judge
9-19-2022
DATED ________________________

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on this 13th day of September, 2022, a true and correct copy of JOINT

3 STATUS REPORT REGARDING UNSUCCESSFUL MEDIATION AND RESUMING THE
4 SCHEDULING ORDER was served via the United States District Court CM/ECF system on all
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By /s/ Susan Kingsbury
Susan A Kingsbury, an Employee of
McCORMICK, BARSTOW, SHEPPARD,
WAYTE & CARRUTH LLP

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SHEPPARD, W AYTE &
CARRUTH LLP
8337 WEST SUNSET ROAD, SUITE 350
LAS VEGAS, NV 89113

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