Casteel v. Aranas

Filing 89

ORDER Granting ECF No. 88 Motion to Extend Time (First Request) Re: ECF No. 85 Order on Motion to Extend/Shorten Time. Response to ECF No. 81 Plaintiff's Motion due on 7/30/2021 Signed by Magistrate Judge Carla Baldwin on 7/15/2021. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - SMR) Modified on 7/16/2021 to include deadline (SMR).

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AARON D. FORD
Attorney General
DOUGLAS R. RANDS, Bar No. 3572
Senior Deputy Attorney General
State of Nevada
100 N. Carson Street
Carson City, NV 89701-4717
Tel: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendants
Romeo Aranas, John Borrowman
and Michael Minev

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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SCOTT CASTEEL,

Case No. 3:20-cv-00381-GMN-CLB
Plaintiff,

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MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME
(ECF NO. 85)

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vs.

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ROMEO ARANAS, et al.,

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Defendants.

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Defendants, Romeo Aranas, John Borrowman and Michael Minev, by and through counsel,

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Aaron D. Ford, Attorney General of the State of Nevada, and Douglas R. Rands, Senior Deputy

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Attorney General, hereby move this Court for an extension of time to respond to Plaintiff’s Motion

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for extension of time to file a motion to amend. (ECF No. 79). This Court Ordered, by ECF No. 85,

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Defendants Counsel to respond to the Motion by July 20, 2021. Counsel is scheduled to be out of

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state that week on a pre-planned family vacation. Therefore, the Defendants respectfully request the

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Court extend the deadline by 10 days, to July 30, 2021. This request is made and based on the

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attached points and authorities, the papers and pleadings on file herein, and such other and further

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information as this Court may deem appropriate.

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MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES

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Courts have inherent powers to control their dockets, see Ready Transp., Inc. v. AAR Mfg,

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Inc., 627 F.3d 402, 404 (citations omitted), and to “achieve the orderly and expeditious disposition

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of cases.” Chambers v. NASCO, Inc., 501 U.S. 32, 43 (1991) “Such power is indispensable to the
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court’s ability to enforce its orders, manage its docket, and regulate insubordinate [] conduct. Id.

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(citing Mazzeo v. Gibbons, No. 2:08–cv01387–RLH–PAL, 2010 WL 3910072, at *2 (D.Nev.2010)).

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LR IA 6-1 discusses requests for continuances. The rule states:

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(a) A motion or stipulation to extend time must state the reasons for the extension
requested and must inform the court of all previous extensions of the subject
deadline the court granted. (Examples: “This is the first stipulation for extension of
time to file motions.” “This is the third motion to extend time to take discovery.”)

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This is the first request, and is requested for good cause. Counsel is currently scheduled to

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be out of state on a pre-planned family vacation during the week of July 19, 2021. Therefore, it will

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be difficult to research and file the response in this timeframe. There will be no prejudice to Plaintiff

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because if his motion is granted, deadlines for discovery and motion practice will need to be

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revisited.

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Therefore, it is requested that the Defendant have an additional 10 days to file their response to
Plaintiff’s motion, which would then be due on July 30, 2021.
DATED this 15th day of July, 2021.
AARON D. FORD
Attorney General
By:

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/s/ Douglas R. Rands
DOUGLAS R. RANDS, Bar No. 3572
Deputy Attorney General

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Attorneys for Defendants

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: July 15, 2021

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________________________________________
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

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I certify that I am an employee of the Office of the Attorney General, State of Nevada and

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that on this 15th day of July, 2021, I caused a copy of the foregoing, MOTION FOR EXTENSION

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OF TIME (ECF NO. 85), to be served, by U.S. District Court CM/ECF Electronic Filing on the

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following:

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Scott Casteel, #82403
Care of ESP Law Librarian
Ely State Prison
P.O. Box 1989
Ely, NV 89301
[e-mail]

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__/s/ Roberta W. Bibee__________
An employee of the Office
of the Attorney General

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