Oravetz v. Parr

Filing 10

ORDER denying ECF No. 9 Motion for leave to Enter Discovery. Signed by Magistrate Judge William G. Cobb on 11/16/2020. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - LW)

Case 3:19-cv-00530-MMD-WGC Document 10 Filed 11/16/20 Page 1 of 2

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA
Case No.: 3:19-cv-00530-MMD-WGC

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BRANDON M. ORAVETZ,

Order

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Plaintiff

Re: ECF No. 9

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v.
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J. PARR, et. al.,
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Defendants
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Before the court is Plaintiff's Motion for leave to Enter Discovery. (ECF No. 9.)
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The court has concurrently entered its post-stay order following the unsuccessful efforts
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to settle this case at an early mediation conference, and ordered the complaint served on the
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Office of the Attorney General. The court gave the Attorney General's Office 21 days to file a
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notice advising the court of the defendants for whom it may accept service, and filing under seal
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the last known address of those defendants for whom it does not accept service so that they may
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be served.
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Plaintiff's motion seeking discovery (ECF No. 9) is premature as no defendant has yet
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formally appeared in this case. Moreover, once a defendant(s) does appear in the case, Plaintiff
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should consult the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Local Rules pertaining to discovery and
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should direct any discovery requests to the defendant's counsel, instead of filing it with the court.
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See Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(d)(1)(A) and Local Rule 26-7 (providing that discovery requests and
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responses must not be filed with the court until they are used in the proceeding (i.e., to support a
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motion to compel discovery or a motion for protective order) or the court orders the filing).
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For these reasons, Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to Enter Discovery (ECF No. 9) is

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4 IT IS SO ORDERED.
5 Dated: November 16, 2020
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William G. Cobb
United States Magistrate Judge

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