TAYLOR v. MGM GRAND HOTEL, LLC

Filing 26

ORDER. IT IS ORDERED that 22 the Parties' Stipulation is Granted in part and Denied in part. It is Granted in part regarding the parties' request to reassign the ENE. It is Denied in part regarding the parties' request that the ENEs in both cases be conducted by Judge Ferenbach alone. Signed by Magistrate Judge Daniel J. Albregts on 5/18/2023. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - JQC)

Case 2:22-cv-02069-CDS-DJA Document 26 Filed 05/18/23 Page 1 of 2

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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Paul Taylor,
Plaintiff,

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Case No. 2:22-cv-02069-CDS-DJA

v.

Order

MGM Grand Hotel, LLC,
Defendant.

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Before the Court is the parties’ stipulation to reassign the early neutral evaluation (“ENE”)

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conferences in the instant case and related case—Hakan v. MGM Resorts International, No. 2:22-

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cv-2097-CDS-DJA—to the Honorable Magistrate Judge Cam Ferenbach. (ECF No. 22). The

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parties explain that “the fundamental legal issues of both cases are the same, and Magistrate

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Judge Ferenbach has already conducted the ENE in two of the five related cases…” (Id. at 2).

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However, since the parties filed their stipulation, the Honorable Magistrate Judge Brenda Weksler

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conducted an ENE in the related case Koonce v. MGM Grand Hotel, LLC, No. 2:22-cv-02061-

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CDS-DJA. (Koonce, ECF No. 30). After conferring with Judge Weksler and Judge Ferenbach

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regarding the reassignment of the remaining two ENEs, the Court finds it appropriate to reassign

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the remaining ENEs to both Judge Ferenbach and Judge Weksler so that the judges split the two

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ENEs.

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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the parties’ stipulation (ECF No. 22) is granted in

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part and denied in part. It is granted in part regarding the parties’ request to reassign the ENE.

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It is denied in part regarding the parties’ request that the ENEs in both cases be conducted by

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Judge Ferenbach alone.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court is kindly directed to randomly

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reassign the ENEs in this case and in Hakan v. MGM Resorts International, No. 2:22-cv-2097-

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CDS-DJA to either Judge Weksler or Judge Ferenbach such that the judges split the two ENEs.

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DATED: May 18, 2023
DANIEL J. ALBREGTS
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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