Gerwaski v. State of Nevada et al

Filing 40

ORDER granting 39 Stipulation TO EXTEND DEADLINE FOR RESPONSE TO MOTION TO DISMISS ECF 37 . IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Plaintiff COREY GERWASKI shall have up and until January 2, 2025, to file a Response to Defendants special motion to dismiss pursuant to NRS 41.660. Signed by Chief Judge Andrew P. Gordon on 11/26/2024. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - CAH)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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COREY GERWASKI,

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Plaintiff,

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v.
Case No. 2:24-cv-00985- APG-MDC

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STATE OF NEVADA, ex rel. BOARD
OF REGENTS of the NEVADA
SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION,
on behalf of the UNIVERSITY OF
NEVADA, LAS VEGAS; KEITH
WHITFIELD, individually; AJP
EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC.,
a California Non-Profit Corporation;
STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE OF
PALESTINE-UNLV; NATIONAL
STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE OF
PALESTINE; NEVADANS FOR
PALESTINIAN LIBERATION;
DOES I-XX and ROE entities I-XX,

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO
EXTEND DEADLINE FOR
RESPONSE TO MOTION TO
DISMISS [ECF 37]

Defendants.

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED between Plaintiff COREY GERWASKI, and

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Defendant AJP EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, INC., by and through their respective

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counsel, regarding Defendant AJP EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, INC.’s SPECIAL

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MOTION TO DISMISS PURSUANT TO NRS NEV. REV. STAT §41.660 [ECF 37]

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On or about November 18, 2024, Defendants AJP EDUCATIONAL

FOUNDATION INC., filed their Motion to Dismiss under Nevada’s anti-SLAPP statute.
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Plaintiff was served with said Motion on the same day with a Response to

same due on December 2, 2024.

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Counsel for Plaintiff was unavailable to commence response to this

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Motion the week it was filed as a result of completing depositions throughout the week in

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Northern Nevada.

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Thereafter, the Thanksgiving Holiday and Counsel’s scheduled oral

arguments in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals1 thereafter provides good cause for

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extending the briefing period herein.

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Defendants’ Counsel has graciously extended the briefing period for 30-

day as a professional courtesy and this stipulation follows with the briefing schedule to be

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modified as to allow Plaintiff’s Response to Defendant AJP Educational Foundation to be

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due January 2, 2025.

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As this case remains in its early stages, this short extension will not create

undue delay or burden any parties or the Court.

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The additional time requested herein is not sought for the purposes of

delay, but merely to allow Plaintiff’s Counsel adequate time to respond to the subject

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Motion, taking into account the exercise of due diligence.

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nature.

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The Parties confirm that this stipulated first extension is not dilatory in

Dated this 25th day of November, 2024.

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/s/ Sigal Chattah
SIGAL CHATTAH, ESQ.
5875 South Rainbow Blvd. #205
Las Vegas, NV 89118
[phone]
Counsel for Plaintiff
Corey Gerwaski

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Plaintiff’s Counsel is scheduled for oral argument in San Francisco on December 3, 2024 in Doe v. Washoe
County School District, et al. 24-945 – 033.
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/s/ Christina Jump
Christina A. Jump (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
Samira Elhosary (admitted pro
hac vice)
[e-mail]
Constitutional Law Center for
Muslims in America*
100 N. Central Expy, Suite 1010
Richardson, TX 75080
[phone]
Counsel for Defendant AJP
Educational Foundation, Inc.
/s Margaret A. McLetchie
Margaret A. McLetchie (NV Bar
No. 10931)
[e-mail]
Leo S. Wolpert (NV Bar No.
12658)
[e-mail]
McLetchie Law
602 S. 10th St.
Las Vegas, NV 89101
[phone]
Local Counsel for Defendant AJP
Educational Foundation, Inc.

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ORDER

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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Plaintiff COREY GERWASKI shall have up

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and until January 2, 2025, to file a Response to Defendant’s special motion to dismiss

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pursuant to NRS 41.660. [ECF 37]

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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_______________________________
ANDREW P. GORDON
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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DATED: November 26, 2024

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