Ansara et al v. Maldonado et al, No. 2:2019cv01394 - Document 86 (D. Nev. 2020)
Court Description: ORDER granting 85 Stipulation to Extend Discovery Deadlines. Discovery due by 4/14/2021. Motions due by 5/14/2021. Proposed Joint Pretrial Order due by 6/14/2021. Signed by Magistrate Judge Cam Ferenbach on 8/31/2020. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - DRS)
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Ansara et al v. Maldonado et al Doc. 86 Case 2:19-cv-01394-GMN-VCF Document 86 Filed 08/31/20 Page 1 of 8 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 BENJAMIN CLOWARD, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 11087 SAMANTHA A. MARTIN, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 12998 RICHARD HARRIS LAW FIRM 801 South Fourth Street Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Telephone: (702) 444-4444 Fax: (702) 444-4455 E-Mail: SMartin@richardharrislaw.com Attorneys for Plaintiffs 9 UNITED STATE DISTRICT COURT 10 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ROBERT ANSARA, as Special Administrator of the estate of D.B., born December 18, 2015 and died August 15, 2017 and GABRIELLE BRANONCHESLEY, individually, as the Natural Mother of D.B., DAVID BANKS, individually and as the Natural Father of D.B., ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) GLORIA MALDONADO, individually; ) AUDRA GUITERREZ, individually; ) CLARK COUNTY, a Political Subdivision ) of the State of Nevada, DOE individuals I) XX; ROE CLARK COUNTY ) DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY SERVICES ) EMPLOYEES I-XX, individually and in ) their official capacities; TROPICANA DE, ) LLC, d/b/a SIEGAL SUITES OF ) TROPICANA, a Foreign Limited Liability ) Corporation; AND DOE SECURITY ) COMPANY and ZOE CORPORATIONS ) XXI-XXX, ) ) Defendants. ____________________________________ ) CASE NO.: 2:19-CV-01394-GMN-VCF STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND DISCOVERY (Second Request) 1 Dockets.Justia.com Case 2:19-cv-01394-GMN-VCF Document 86 Filed 08/31/20 Page 2 of 8 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties that discovery shall be 1 2 extended ninety (90) days. 3 This litigation arose out of a wrongful death that occurred on August 15, 2017. The parties 5 have engaged in extensive motion work during the pendency of this litigation, as summarized 6 below: 7 1. Plaintiffs filed their original Complaint on (ECF No. 5) on August 14, 2019. 8 9 2. A First Amended Complaint (ECF No. 5) was filed on August 15, 2019. 10 3. Defendant Tropicana DE, LLC filed their Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 16) on September 9, 2019. 11 12 4. No. 21) on September 30, 2019. 13 14 5. 6. 7. Defendant Richard Whitley filed a Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 41) on October 24, 2019. 19 20 Plaintiffs filed a Motion for leave to file a Second Amended Complaint (ECF no. 31) on October 8, 2019. 17 18 Defendant Tropicana filed their Reply (ECF no. 28) thereto on October 7, 2019. 15 16 Plaintiffs filed their Opposition to Defendant Tropicana’s Motion (ECF 8. Defendants Clark County, Gloria Maldonado, Audra Gutierrez/Guerro, 21 Yolanda King and Tim Burch filed their Joinder to Richard Whitley’s 22 Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 42); and their Separate Motion to Dismiss 23 (ECF No.45) on October 31, 2019. 24 9. to Dismiss on November 8, 2019. 25 26 10. Defendant Richard Whitley filed a Reply to Plaintiff’s Opposition (ECF No. 50) on November 13, 2019. 27 28 Plaintiffs filed an Opposition (ECF No. 48) to Richard Whitley’s Motion 11. Defendant Clark County, Gloria Maldonado, Audra Gutierez/Guerro, Yolanda King and Tim Burch filed their Joinder to Richard Whitley’s 2 Case 2:19-cv-01394-GMN-VCF Document 86 Filed 08/31/20 Page 3 of 8 1 Reply to Response to Motion to Dismiss (ECF. No. 52) on November 14, 2 2019. 3 12. Defendant Clark County, Gloria Maldonado, Audra Gutierez/Guerro, 5 Yolanda King and Tim Burch filed their Reply to Plaintiffs’ Opposition to 6 Dismiss Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint (ECF no. 56) on November 7 26, 2019. 8 13. The Court entered an Order (ECF No. 63) regarding the Motions to 9 Dismiss filed by all Defendants (ECF Nos. 16, 41, and 45) as well as 10 Plaintiffs Motion to Amend (ECF No. 31) on May 7, 2020. In that Order, 11 the Court granted in part and denied in part Defendants’ Motions as well 12 as Plaintiffs’ Motion to Amend. Specifically, the Court held that the claims 13 against the Defendants were dismissed without prejudice but that 14 Plaintiffs’ Motion to Amend was granted in part and denied in part. ECF 15 No. 63 P. 20:1-20. Plaintiffs were awarded twenty-one (21) days from the 16 date of the Order to file a Second Amended Complaint. 17 14. 28, 2020. 18 19 Plaintiffs filed their Second Amended Complaint (ECF No. 64) on May 15. A Stipulation and Order of Dismissal of Defendants Yolanda King and 20 Timothy Burch with Prejudice was signed and entered on June 5, 2020 21 (ECF No. 69). 22 15. Amended Complaint (ECF No. 70) on June 11, 2020. 23 24 16. Defendant Clark County, et. al., filed their Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ Second Amended Complaint (ECF No. 72) on June 25, 2020. 25 26 Defendant Tropicana filed their Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ Second 17. The Stipulation and Order for Extension to Respond to Defendant 27 Tropicana DE, LLC Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 74) was entered on June 28 26, 2020. This stipulation granted Plaintiffs until July 27, 2020 to Oppose Defendant’s Motion. 3 Case 2:19-cv-01394-GMN-VCF Document 86 Filed 08/31/20 Page 4 of 8 18. 1 A second Stipulation and Order for Extension of Time was entered in to 2 by Plaintiffs and counsel for Defendant Tropicana. 3 extended Plaintiffs time to oppose Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss 5 Plaintiffs Second Amended Complaint from July 27, 2020 until September 6 10, 2020. This Order was entered on July 21, 2020 (ECF No. 82). 19. 7 This Stipulation On July 23, 2020, the Court entered an Order on the Stipulation for 8 Extension to Respond to Defendant Clark County et. al.’s Motion to 9 Dismiss Plaintiffs Second Amended Complaint (ECF No. 84). This Order 10 granted Plaintiffs an extension until August 31, 2020 to respond to said 11 Motion. 12 While the parties have been participating in the exchange of written discovery and 13 documents (as summarized below) during the pendency of the Defendant’s Motions to Dismiss, 14 no depositions have been taken. Depositions have been postponed or continued as a result of an 15 agreement amongst the parties in order to ensure that all parties and their counsel are safe during 16 the COVID-19 quarantine and in an effort to negate the need to present certain parties or witnesses 17 multiple times for their depositions. Without certain key depositions, the parties are unable to 18 retain or disclose their expert witnesses. Additionally, depending on the Court’s decision with 19 respect to Defendant Tropicana and Defendant Clark County, et. al.’s respective Motions to 20 Dismiss, one or more party may no longer be in the current litigation. Until there is an operative 21 complaint in force and effect and until the remaining parties are fully aware of all claims and 22 defenses, they are unable to proceed with party depositions and expert disclosures. As such, the 23 parties agree that an additional ninety (90) days are needed to disclose experts, complete party 24 and witness depositions and complete discovery. 25 26 27 28 I. Discovery Completed to Date 1. A Joint Discovery Plan and Scheduling Order (ECF No. 39) was filed on October 23, 2019. 2. Plaintiff served their Initial FRCP Disclosures on October 28, 2019. 4 Case 2:19-cv-01394-GMN-VCF Document 86 Filed 08/31/20 Page 5 of 8 1 2 3 5 6 7 3. Defendant Tropicana De, LLC served their Initial FRCP Disclosures on October 29, 2019. 4. Defendant Clark County, et. al. served their FRCP 26 Initial Disclosures on October 30, 2019. 5. Defendant Clark County, et. al served their FRCP 26 First Supplemental Disclosures with exhibits on February 25, 2020. 8 6. Plaintiffs propounded their First Set of Discovery to Defendant Tropicana on 9 February 12, 2020and received Tropicana’s Responses on April 27, 2020. 10 7. Plaintiffs propounded their First Set of Written Discovery to Defendant Clark 11 County, et. al. on February 12, 2020 and received their response on April 29, 12 2020. 13 14 15 16 17 18 8. Defendant Clark County, et. al. served their Second Supplemental FRCP26 disclosures and exhibits on April 29, 2020. 9. Defendant Clark County, et. al. propounded their first set of written discovery on Plaintiffs on April 21, 2020 and received their response on June 9, 2020. 10. Plaintiffs propounded Second Set of written discovery on Defendant Clark County on April 13, 2020 and received their response on ________ 19 11. Plaintiffs propounded Third Set of written discovery on Defendant Clark County 20 on June 9, 2020 and received their response on April 10, 2020 and received their 21 response on July 30, 2020. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 12. Plaintiffs propounded Second Set of written discovery on Defendant Tropicana on June 11, 2020 and received their responses on August 21, 2020. 13. Defendant Clark County, et. al. served their Third Supplemental FRCP26 disclosures and exhibits on June 26, 2020, 14. Defendant Clark County, et. al. served their Fourth Supplemental FRCP26 disclosures and exhibits on July 30, 2020, 14. The deposition of Terry Kukyendoll is set for October 6, 2020. 15. The deposition of Recccah Taylor is set for October 7, 2020. 5 Case 2:19-cv-01394-GMN-VCF Document 86 Filed 08/31/20 Page 6 of 8 1 16. The deposition of Sasha Scott is set for October 7, 2020. 2 17. The deposition of Gloria Maldonado is TBD. 3 18. The deposition of Audra Gutierrez is TBD. 5 19. The deposition of Tim Burch is TBD. 6 20. The deposition of Anthony Diggs is TBD. 7 21. The deposition of Valerie Shyface is TBD. 8 22. The deposition of Anne Sullivan is TBD. 9 23. The deposition of Michelle Brown is TBD. 10 24. The deposition of Traci Silva is TBD. 11 25. The deposition of Mark Perkinson is TBD. 12 II. Description of Additional Proposed Discovery 13 The parties discussed what additional discovery needs to be completed in this matter. It 14 was determined that, in order to fully litigate and investigate all alleged claims and defenses, the 15 parties needed to engage in the following: 16 1. Depositions of parties and witnesses. 17 2. Retention of experts. 18 3. Disclosure of all experts and their reports as well as depositions of the same. 19 Proposed Schedule for Completing All Remaining Discovery The parties wish to extend the dates for discovery as follows: 20 21 Current Dates Proposed Dates 22 Last day to amend pleadings or add parties Closed Closed 23 Last day to serve Initial Expert Disclosures October 15, 2020 January 14, 2021 24 Last day to serve Rebuttal Expert Disclosures November 13, 2020 February 12, 2021 25 Last day to complete discovery January 14, 2021 April 14, 2021 26 Last day to file dispositive motions February 12, 2020 May 14, 2021 27 /// Joint Pretrial Order June 14, 2021 28 /// 6 Case 2:19-cv-01394-GMN-VCF Document 86 Filed 08/31/20 Page 7 of 8 1 III. Reasons Why Good Cause Exists to Extend Expert Discovery Deadlines 2 FRCP 16(b)(5) provides that the scheduling order “shall not be modified” except upon 3 a showing of good cause. The purpose of this rule is “to offer a measure of certainty in pretrial 5 proceedings, ensuring that at some point both the parties and pleadings will be fixed.” Nutton v. 6 Sunset Station, Inc., Nev. Adv. Rep. 34, 357 P.3d 966, 971 (Nev. App. 2015). Good cause is 7 established by showing that the current deadline cannot be met despite the requesting party’s 8 diligence in attempting to meet said deadline. Diligence in attempting to meet a deadline may be 9 determined by considering the explanation for the untimely conduct; the importance of the 10 requested untimely action; the potential prejudice in allowing the untimely conduct; and the 11 availability of a continuance to cure such prejudice. Id. at 971-72. 12 The parties have had difficulty getting answers to discovery, including because some of 13 the individuals and organizations involved in this lawsuit are either county and State entities or 14 employees, some of whom have been ordered to stay home as nonessential and/or are working 15 remotely making access to documents and participating in discovery difficult as a result of the 16 COVID-19 quarantine. Additionally, although the parties have been diligently trying to 17 conduct discovery and schedule depositions, their good faith efforts have been frustrated 18 because of the current quarantine. Furthermore, as outlined above, the parties have been 19 engaged in extensive motion work relating to Plaintiffs various claims and the defenses to the 20 same. Without an operative complaint that fully outlines the parties involved in the litigation 21 and the claims against them, the parties have been unable to retain experts or depose the 22 individuals involved. The parties believe that a decision must be made on the outstanding 23 Motions to Dismiss prior to discovery continuing in this matter. 24 The parties recognize that this is the second discovery extension requested. However, 25 given the nature of this case and the extensive motion work up to this point, the parties agree 26 that additional time is needed to complete discovery and to fully litigate this matter. This 27 request is not being made in an attempt to delay the litigation of this matter but instead is being 28 requested as a result of the current global pandemic and the party’s inability to fully litigate the 7 Case 2:19-cv-01394-GMN-VCF Document 86 Filed 08/31/20 Page 8 of 8 1 claim at this time. A brief extension of time for discovery will allow the parties and their 2 counsel to fully litigate this matter. 3 5 6 Date:__August 27, 2020 RICHARD HARRIS LAW FIRM Date:__August 27, 2020__ THE SIEGEL GROUP /s/ Samantha A. Martin _____________________________ SAMANTHA A. MARTIN, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 12998 801 South Fourth Street Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Attorneys for Plaintiffs /s/ Brandon J. Trout ____________________________ Brandon J. Trout, Esq. 3790 Paradise Road, Suite 250 Las Vegas, Nevada 89169 Attorneys for Defendant Tropicana DE, LLC 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Date:___August 27, 2020______ OLSONCANNON GORMLEY & STOBERSKI /s/ Felicia Galati ____________________________ Felicia Galati, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 7341 9950 West Cheyenne Avenue Las Vegas, NV 89129 Attorneys for Defendants Clark County, Gloria Maldonado, Audra Guitierrez/Guerro, 21 ORDER 22 23 24 IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED this 31st day of August, 2020. 25 26 27 _________________________ UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 28 8
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