Lorentzen v. Department of Transportation et al

Filing 14

ORDER granting 13 STIPULATION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME (First Request) for Extension of Time to Respond re: 12 Amended Complaint. Response/Answer is due by 3/20/2025. Signed by Magistrate Judge Carla Baldwin on 3/6/2025. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - GA)

1 SUE FAHAMI
Acting United States Attorney
2 District of Nevada
Nevada Bar No. 5634
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KARISSA D. NEFF
4 Assistant United States Attorney
Nevada Bar No. 9133
5 501 Las Vegas Blvd. So., Suite 1100
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
6 Phone: [phone]
[e-mail]
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Attorneys for the United States
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEVADA
Martha Lorentzen,
Complainant,
vs.

Pete Buttigieg, Secretary, Department of
14 Transportation, Federal Aviation
Administration, a Federal Agency; and
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Case No. 3:24-cv-00453-MMD-CLB
ORDER GRANTING
STIPULATION FOR EXTENSION
OF TIME TO RESPOND TO
AMENDED COMPLAINT
(FIRST REQUEST)

Defendants

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Plaintiff, Martha Lorentzen, and the United States of America, on behalf of federal

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1. Plaintiff filed this employment discrimination action on October 2, 2024 (ECF 1).

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2. Plaintiff filed her amended complaint eliminating an individually named

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defendant on February 14, 2025 (ECF No. 12).
3. The current deadline for the United States to respond to the amended complaint
is March 6, 2025 (ECF No. 11).

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4. Plaintiff and the United States, through undersigned counsel, agree and stipulate

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that the United States’ time to respond to Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint shall be

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extended through March 20, 2025.

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5. The extension of time is necessary because counsel for the United States has been

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out of the office on sick leave such that she needs more time to review

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information obtained from the agency and draft a response.

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Therefore, the parties request that the Court extend the deadline for the United

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This stipulated request is filed in good faith and not for the purpose of undue delay.

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Respectfully submitted this 5th day of March 2025.

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AMENS LAW, Ltd.

SUE FAHAMI
Acting United States Attorney

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/s/ Debra M. Amens
Debra M. Amens, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 12681
P.O. Box 488
Battle Mountain, NV 89820

/s/ Karissa D. Neff
KARISSA D. NEFF
Assistant United States Attorney
Attorneys for Federal Defendants

Attorney for Plaintiff
IT IS SO ORDERED:

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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March 6, 2025
DATED: _____________________________

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