Diamond Resorts International, Inc. et al v. Reed Hein & Associates, LLC et al, No. 2:2017cv03007 - Document 270 (D. Nev. 2020)
Court Description: ORDER granting 269 STIPULATION re Discovery (Remote Depositions Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 30). Signed by Magistrate Judge Cam Ferenbach on 8/5/2020. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - DRS)
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Diamond Resorts International, Inc. et al v. Reed Hein & Associates, LLC et al Doc. 270 Case 2:17-cv-03007-APG-VCF Document 270 Filed 08/06/20 Page 1 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 3993 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 400 Las Vegas, Nevada 89169 Phone: (702) 978-4249/ Fax: (945) 333-4256 GREENSPOON MARDER LLP 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Richard W. Epstein, Esq. (admitted Pro Hac Vice) Jeffrey Backman, Esq. (admitted Pro Hac Vice) Michelle Durieux, Esq. (admitted Pro Hac Vice) GREENSPOON MARDER LLP 200 East Broward Blvd., Ste. 1800 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 Tel: 954 491-1120 Facsimile: 954-343-5624 Richard.Epstein@gmlaw.com Jeffrey.Backman@gmlaw.com Michelle.Durieux@gmlaw.com Phillip A. Silvestri, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 11276 GREENSPOON MARDER LLP 3993 Howard Hughes Parkway, Ste. 400 Las Vegas, NV 89169 Tel: 702-978-4249 Fax: 954-333-4256 Phillip.Silvestri@gmlaw.com Kimberly Maxson-Rushton Nevada Bar No. 5065 Gregory Kraemer COOPER LEVENSON, P.A. 1835 Village Center Circle Las Vegas, NV 89134 T: (702) 366-1125 F: (702) 366-1857 krushton@cooperlevenson.com gkraemer@cooperlevenson.com 18 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 19 20 21 22 23 24 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA 2:17-cv-3007-APG-VCF DIAMOND RESORTS U.S. COLLECTION Case No.: 2:16-cv-02722-JCM-DJA DEVELOPMENT, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company, Plaintiff, STIPULATION TO TAKE FED. R. CIV. P. 31 DEPOSITIONS BY REMOTE MEANS 30 v. 25 26 27 28 REED HEIN & ASSOCIATES, LLC d/b/a TIMESHARE EXIT TEAM, a Washington Limited Liability Company; BRANDON REED, an individual and citizen of the State of Washington; TREVOR HEIN, an individual and citizen of Canada; THOMAS 1 Dockets.Justia.com Case 2:17-cv-03007-APG-VCF Document 270 Filed 08/06/20 Page 2 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 PARENTEAU, an individual and citizen of the State of Washington; HAPPY HOUR MEDIA GROUP, LLC, a Washington Limited Liability Company; MITCHELL R. SUSSMAN, ESQ. d/b/a THE LAW OFFICES OF MITCHELL REED SUSSMAN & ASSOCIATES, an individual and citizen of the State of California; SCHROETER, GOLDMARK & BENDER, P.S., a Washington Professional Services Corporation; and KEN B. PRIVETT, ESQ., a citizen of the State of Oklahoma, 3993 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 400 Las Vegas, Nevada 89169 Phone: (702) 978-4249/ Fax: (945) 333-4256 GREENSPOON MARDER LLP 8 Defendants. 9 Plaintiff, Diamond Resorts US Collection, LLC (“Diamond” or “Plaintiff”), and 10 Defendants Reed Hein & Associates, LLC d/b/a Timeshare Exit Team, Brandon Reed, Trevor 11 Hein, Thomas Parenteau, Happy Hour Media Group, LLC, Mitchell Reed Sussman, Esq. d/b/a The 12 Law Offices Of Mitchell Reed Sussman & Associates, Schroeter Goldmark & Bender, P.S., and 13 Ken B. Privett, Esq. (collectively, the “Defendants” and with Diamond, the “Parties”), pursuant 14 to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(b)(4), hereby agree and stipulate as follows: 15 1. On March 13, 2020, the Federal Government declared a national emergency arising 16 out of the global pandemic brought on by the spread of the novel Coronavirus Disease, COVID- 17 19. 18 2. On June 26, 2020, this Court granted Diamond’s Motion to exceed the deposition 19 limit, and allowed Diamond to depose all of the Identified Owners (as defined in the operative 20 Complaint) via deposition on written questions pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 31, with the exception 21 of twenty-five (25) who will be deposed live pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 30. 22 3. Under these circumstances, video conferencing and other remote means are 23 reasonable arrangements to continue discovery and avoid the prejudice of further delays in the trial 24 schedule. See e.g., United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division, 25 Standing Order Regarding the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) (providing guidance and directing 26 parties to “meet and confer regarding the appropriate means to conduct [impacted] . . . trial[s]” and 27 to “consider, among other things . . . [w]hether video conferencing would be appropriate and 28 effective”). 2 Case 2:17-cv-03007-APG-VCF Document 270 Filed 08/06/20 Page 3 of 6 1 4. 2 on the Identified Owners and court reporters, the Parties have agreed to implement protocols to 3 allow for remote depositions as follows: 4 IT IS THEREFORE STIPULATED by and between the Parties that for all depositions 30 noticed pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 31: 5 6 1. 7 8 3993 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 400 Las Vegas, Nevada 89169 Phone: (702) 978-4249/ Fax: (945) 333-4256 10 Depositions shall be conducted via video, unless otherwise specified herein, with the court reporter also appearing remotely. 2. 9 GREENSPOON MARDER LLP In order to mitigate the risk of spread of COVID-19, and to minimize the burden The Court Reporter shall require the deponent to produce sufficient evidence of identity prior to beginning the deposition, and will administer the oath remotely. 3. In the event that the deponent is either (1) unable to appear via video, or (2) unable 11 to produce sufficient evidence of identity, the deposition shall continue, however 12 the court reporter will not administer an oath, and the deposition will proceed under 13 penalty of perjury. 14 4. In the event that a deposition is conducted in accordance with the preceding 15 paragraph, the court reporter, prior to taking any testimony, shall read the following 16 statement into the record: 17 The attorneys that have arranged for this deposition are aware of and acknowledge 18 that I am not physically present in the deposition room and that I will be reporting 19 this deposition remotely. They further acknowledge that, in lieu of an oath 20 administered in person, the witness will verbally declare his/her testimony in this 21 matter is under penalty of perjury. The parties and their counsel consent to this 22 arrangement and waive any objections to this manner of reporting. 23 5. By entering into this stipulation the parties waive all objections regarding the court 24 reporter’s remote appearance, and the form of any oath administered, or lack 25 thereof, so long as the deposition is conducted pursuant to the terms of this 26 stipulation. 27 28 6. Depositions conducted pursuant to this stipulation shall be admissible for any reason permitted by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as if they had been 3 Case 2:17-cv-03007-APG-VCF Document 270 Filed 08/06/20 Page 4 of 6 1 conducted by conventional means, with a conventional oath administered, unless 2 there is some other basis to exclude the deponent’s testimony or any portion thereof. 7. 3993 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 400 Las Vegas, Nevada 89169 Phone: (702) 978-4249/ Fax: (945) 333-4256 GREENSPOON MARDER LLP 3 In the event that a deposition proceeds, and the foregoing stipulations are not 4 followed by the court reporter, the Parties shall meet and confer in good faith to 5 determine whether the court reporter’s failure to comply with these stipulations had 6 a material effect on the deposition, and whether the deposition should be 7 admissible, or be vacated and taken again. In the event that the deposition must be 8 taken more than once, the parties stipulate that the deposition shall be permitted 9 without further stipulation, regardless of the number of depositions taken to date, 10 and will not reduce the number of depositions permitted by Rule or any other Court 11 Order. 12 STIPULATED AND AGREED this _____ day of August, 2020: 13 14 GREENSPOON MARDER, LLP GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI, LLP /s/ Phillip Silvestri, Esq. _____________________________ PHILLIP A. SILVESTRI, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 11276 3993 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 400 Las Vegas, NV 89169 /s/ Robert Larsen, Esq. _____________________________ ROBERT S. LARSEN, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 7785 DAVID T. GLUTH, II, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 10596 DIONE C. WRENN, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 13285 300 South 4th Street, Suite 1550 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 15 16 17 18 19 20 and 25 RICHARD W. EPSTEIN, ESQ. Admitted Pro Hac Vice JEFFREY BACKMAN, ESQ. Admitted Pro Hac Vice MICHELLE E DURIEUX, ESQ. Admitted Pro Hac Vice 200 East Broward Blvd., Suite 1800 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 26 and LIPSON NEILSON, P.C. COOPER LEVENSON, P.A. KIMBERLY MAXON-RUSHTON, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 5065 /s/ Megan Hummel, Esq. _____________________________ JOSEPH P. GARIN, ESQ. 21 22 23 24 27 28 Attorneys for Defendants Reed Hein & Associates, LLC dba Timeshare Exit Team, Brandon Reed, Trevor Hein, Thomas Parenteau, and Happy Hour Media Group, LLC 4 Case 2:17-cv-03007-APG-VCF Document 270 Filed 08/06/20 Page 5 of 6 1 2 GREGORY KRAEMER, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 10911 1835 Village Center Circle Las Vegas, NV 89134 Nevada Bar No. 6653 MEGAN H. HUMMEL, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 12404 9900 Covington Cross Drive, Suite 120 Las Vegas, NV 89144-7052 3 4 Attorneys for Plaintiff Diamond Resorts Corporation Attorneys for Defendant Schroeter, Goldmark & Bender, P.S. 5 6 7 8 9 3993 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 400 Las Vegas, Nevada 89169 Phone: (702) 978-4249/ Fax: (945) 333-4256 GREENSPOON MARDER LLP 10 11 12 13 14 THE LAW OFFICES OF MITCHELL REED SUSSMAN & ASSOCIATES ALVERSON TAYLOR & SANDERS /s/ Joseph Liebman, Esq. _____________________________ MITCHELL REED SUSSMAN, ESQ. (Pro Hac Vice) California Bar No. 75107 LESLIE BENJAMIN, ESQ. (Pro Hac Vice) California Bar No. 297440 1053 S. Palm Canyon Drive Palm Springs, California 92264 /s/ LeAnn Sanders, Esq. _____________________________ LEANN SANDERS, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 000390 COURTNEY CHRISTOPHER, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 012717 6605 Grand Montecito Parkway, Suite 200 Las Vegas, Nevada 89149 Attorney for Defendant Ken B. Privett, Esq. and 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 BAILEY KENNEDY, LLP JOSEPH A. LIEBMAN, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 10125 8984 Spanish River Avenue Las Vegas, Nevada 89148 Attorneys for Defendant Mitchell Reed Sussman Esq. d/b/a The Law Offices of Mitchell Reed Sussman & Associates IT IS SO ORDERED. ___________________________________ Cam Ferenbach United States Magistrate Judge 8-5-2020 Dated:_____________________________ 23 24 25 26 27 28 5 Case 2:17-cv-03007-APG-VCF Document 270 269 Filed 08/06/20 08/04/20 Page 6 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of the Court by using the CM/ECF system on this 4th day of August, 2020. I also certify that the foregoing document is being served this day on all counsel of record or pro se parties identified on the Court’s Service List via transmission of Notices of Electronic Filing generated by CM/ECF. For any counsel or parties who are not are not authorized to receive Notices of Electronic Filing electronically, I certify that I served those parties via First Class U.S. Mail. /s/ Phillip Silvestri An employee of Greenspoon Marder LLP 3993 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 400 Las Vegas, Nevada 89169 Phone: (702) 978-4249/ Fax: (945) 333-4256 GREENSPOON MARDER LLP 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 6
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