Stewart v. Aranas, et al.

Filing 137

ORDER granting ECF No. 136 Stipulation to Continue Trial Date : Jury Trial is continued and re-set on a stacked calendar set for 10/17/2023. Calendar Call set for 10/10/2023 at 1:00 PM by telephone. Signed by Chief Judge Miranda M. Du on 8/15/2023. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - DRM)

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AARON D. FORD
Attorney General
LEO T. HENDGES (Bar No. 16034)
Deputy Attorney General
State of Nevada
Office of the Attorney General
555 E. Washington Ave., Ste. 3900
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
[phone] (phone)
[phone] (fax)
Email: [e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendants
Romeo Aranas, James Cox,
Francisco Sanchez, and
Brian Williams

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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LEWIS WILLIAM STEWART,

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Plaintiff,

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v.

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ROMEO ARANAS, et al.,

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Case No. 3:17-cv-00132-MMD-CLB

STIPULATION AND
[PROPOSED] ORDER TO
CONTINUE TRIAL DATE

Defendants.

(First Request)

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Pursuant to LR 7-1, LR IA 6-1 and 6-2, the parties, by and through their respective

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counsel of record, stipulate and request that this Court continue the trial date in this

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matter, which is currently set for September 12, 2023. (ECF No. 120.) This stipulation

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serves as the parties’ first request to continue the trial date. This request is made in good

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faith and is not intended for purposes of delay. The parties do not intend to request

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additional extensions to re-open discovery or further delay trial upon this stipulation’s

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approval by the Court.

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On August 11, 2023, Defendants’ counsel reached out to Plaintiff’s counsel to discuss

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continuing the trial date. The parties scheduled a phone call to discuss the matter on

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August 14, 2023. During that call, it was revealed that Defendant James Cox’s wife is

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experiencing unexpected health problems related to a stroke that require his care and

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preclude him from attending trial as scheduled. Additionally, Plaintiff’s counsel is involved

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in a month-long trial in Los Angeles, which is currently scheduled to conclude on August

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28, 2023. Though the parties are prepared to proceed with trial as scheduled, it was

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determined to be in the parties’ best interest to continue the trial date to ensure the trial

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runs as efficiently as possible and to allow Defendant Cox the opportunity to attend trial

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and testify as originally planned.

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For these reasons the parties jointly offer the following three trial dates:

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October 16, 2023

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The parties further stipulate that they be excused from their appearances at the

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Master Trial Scheduling Conference set for August 21, 2023, at 9:00 AM, (ECF. No. 127),

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and from the Calendar Call set for September 5, 2023, at 1:00 PM. (ECF No. 120 at 2.) It

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is expressly understood by the undersigned that the Court will set the trial of this matter

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on one of the agreed-upon dates if possible. If not, the trial will be set at the convenience of

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the Court’s calendar after such dates. The parties estimate that the trial will take a total

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of 5-8 court days.

October 30, 2023

November 6, 2023

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IT IS SO STIPULATED.

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DATED this 15th day of August, 2023

DATED this 15th day of August, 2023

LAGOMARSINO LAW

AARON D. FORD
Attorney General

By: Cristina A. Phipps
Andre M. Lagomarsino, Esq. (#6711)
Cory M. Ford, Esq. (#15042)
Taylor M. Jorgensen, Esq. (#16259)
Cristina A. Phipps, Esq. (#16440)
3005 W. Horizon Ridge Pkwy., #241
Henderson, Nevada 89052
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Plaintiff

By: Leo T. Hendges
LEO T. HENDGES (#16034)
Senior Deputy Attorney General
555 E. Washington Ave., Ste. 3900
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Attorneys for Defendants

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ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the trial in this case is continued and re-set for

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jury trial on a stacked calendar on ____________________________.
Calendar call will be
October 17, 2023

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October 10, 2023 at 1:00 PM by telephone.
held at___________________________.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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______________________________________
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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August 15, 2023
DATED: __________________________

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