Heath v. United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Filing 10

ORDER Granting 9 Stipulation for Extension of Time to File Response to Complaint. United States of America answer due 6/13/2024. Signed by Magistrate Judge Brenda Weksler on 5/10/2024. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - ABG)

1 JASON M. FRIERSON
United States Attorney
2 District of Nevada
Nevada Bar No. 7709
3 VIRGINIA T. TOMOVA
Assistant United States Attorney
4 Nevada Bar Number 12504
501 Las Vegas Blvd. So., Suite 1100
5 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
[phone]
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7 Attorneys for the United States of America
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEVADA
KIM LISA HEATH,
Plaintiff,
v.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Defendant.

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Case No. 2:24-cv-00155-CDS-BNW
Stipulation and Order to Extend Time
to File a Response to Plaintiff’s First
Amended Complaint
(First Request)

Plaintiff Kim Lisa Heath and Defendant United States of America (“United

16 States”), through undersigned counsel, hereby submit this stipulation to extend the date to
17 file a responsive pleading.
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Plaintiff filed her Complaint on January 23, 2024.

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Plaintiff filed her First Amended Complaint on March 1, 2024.

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The United States was served with Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint on March

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The current deadline for the United States to respond to Plaintiffs’ First Amended

23 Complaint is May 13, 2024.
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Plaintiff and the United States, through undersigned counsel, agree and stipulate

25 that the United States’ time to respond to the Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint be
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The extension of time is necessary due to a leave of the undersigned, heavy

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Therefore, the parties request that the Court extend the deadline for the United States

2 to answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint to June 13, 2024.
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This stipulated request is filed in good faith and not for the purposes of undue delay.

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Respectfully submitted this 8th day of May 2024.

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THE COTTLE LAW FIRM

U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE

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/s/Hayden R. Cottle, Esq.________ ______

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ROBERT W. COTTLE, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 4576
HAYDEN R. COTTLE, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 16219
8635 South Eastern Ave.
Las Vegas, Nevada 89123

JASON M. FRIERSON
United States Attorney

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/s/ Virginia T. Tomova
VIRGINIA T. TOMOVA
Assistant United States Attorney
501 South Las Vegas Blvd., Suite #1100
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Attorneys for the United States

IT IS SO ORDERED:

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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DATED: _____________________________
5/10/2024

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