Fitzgearld v. Martin et al

Filing 49

ORDER - Appointed counsel shall file a status report on or before Monday, November 30, 2020 advising if they will be withdrawing from this matter or remaining on as counsel of record. Thereafter, the stay will be lifted and this case will proceed in the normal course. Signed by Magistrate Judge Carla Baldwin on 11/12/2020. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - LW)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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MARTY FITZGERALD,
3:17-cv-0278-MMD-CLB

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Plaintiffs,
v.

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ORDER
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LPN MARTIN, et al.,

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Defendants.

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In 2019, this case was stayed (ECF No. 41), and pro bono counsel was appointed

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(ECF No. 40). This case was consolidated for the purposes of discovery only with a group

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of other cases that involved at least one or more claims alleging that the Nevada Department

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of Correction’s policy for treating hepatitis C amounts to deliberate indifference in violation of

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the Eighth Amendment. A master docket and case filed under the caption “IN RE: HCV

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PRISON LITIGATION” master file number 3:19-CV-0577-MMD-CLB was thereafter created.

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A class of persons with HCV was then certified in February 20, 2020 (3:19-CV-0577-

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MMD-CLB – ECF No. 21). Following settlement negotiations and a fairness hearing, a

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consent decree was entered in 3:19-CV-0577 and the class action was terminated (ECF No.

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80).

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Appointed counsel shall file a status report on or before Monday, November 30, 2020

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advising if they will be withdrawing from this matter or remaining on as counsel of record.

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Thereafter, the stay will be lifted and this case will proceed in the normal course.
November 12, 2020
DATED: __________________.

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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