Hakan v. MGM Resorts International

Filing 31

ORDER Granting in part and Denying in part #27 STIPULATION Request to Reassign ENE Conferences in Related Cases. 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. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court is kindly directed to randomly reassign the ENEs in this case and in Taylor v. MGM Grand Hotel, LLC, No. 2:22-cv-02069-CDS-DJA to either Judge Weksler or Judge Ferenbach such that the judges split the two ENEs. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the ENE scheduled for Monday, May 22, 2023 before the undersigned is VACATED. Signed by Magistrate Judge Daniel J. Albregts on 5/18/2023. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - ALZ)

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Case 2:22-cv-02097-CDS-DJA Document 31 Filed 05/18/23 Page 1 of 2 1 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 3 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 4 5 6 *** Inga Hakan, Plaintiff, 7 8 9 Case No. 2:22-cv-02097-CDS-DJA v. Order MGM Resorts International, Defendant. 10 11 12 Before the Court is the parties’ stipulation to reassign the early neutral evaluation (“ENE”) 13 conferences in the instant case and related case—Taylor v. MGM Grand Hotel, LLC, No. 2:22-cv- 14 02069-CDS-DJA—to the Honorable Magistrate Judge Cam Ferenbach. (ECF No. 27). The 15 parties explain that “the fundamental legal issues of both cases are the same, and Magistrate 16 Judge Ferenbach has already conducted the ENE in two of the five related cases…” (Id. at 2). 17 However, since the parties filed their stipulation, the Honorable Magistrate Judge Brenda Weksler 18 conducted an ENE in the related case Koonce v. MGM Grand Hotel, LLC, No. 2:22-cv-02061- 19 CDS-DJA. (Koonce, ECF No. 30). After conferring with Judge Weksler and Judge Ferenbach 20 regarding the reassignment of the remaining two ENEs, the Court finds it appropriate to reassign 21 the remaining ENEs to both Judge Ferenbach and Judge Weksler so that the judges split the two 22 ENEs. 23 24 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the parties’ stipulation (ECF No. 27) is granted in 25 part and denied in part. It is granted in part regarding the parties’ request to reassign the ENE. 26 It is denied in part regarding the parties’ request that the ENEs in both cases be conducted by 27 Judge Ferenbach alone. 28 Case 2:22-cv-02097-CDS-DJA Document 31 Filed 05/18/23 Page 2 of 2 1 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court is kindly directed to randomly 2 reassign the ENEs in this case and in Taylor v. MGM Grand Hotel, LLC, No. 2:22-cv-02069- 3 CDS-DJA to either Judge Weksler or Judge Ferenbach such that the judges split the two ENEs. 4 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the ENE scheduled for Monday, May 22, 2023 before 5 the undersigned is VACATED. 6 DATED: May 18, 2023 7 8 DANIEL J. ALBREGTS UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Page 2 of 2

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