Western Cab Company v. Permian Resources Corp. et al, No. 2:2024cv00401 - Document 36 (D. Nev. 2024)
Court Description: ORDER Granting 32 Stipulation to Suspend Deadline for Defendants to Respond to the Complaint. Signed by Magistrate Judge Maximiliano D. Couvillier, III on 3/25/2024. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - RJDG)
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Western Cab Company v. Permian Resources Corp. et al 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP SAMUEL G. LIVERSIDGE (pro hac vice) JAY P. SRINIVASAN (pro hac vice) S. CHRISTOPHER WHITTAKER (pro hac vice) 333 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90071-3197 Telephone: 213.229.7000 Facsimile: 213.229.7520 sliversidge@gibsondunn.com jsrinivasan@gibsondunn.com cwhittaker@gibsondunn.com Attorneys for Defendant PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 16 18 19 FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEVADA 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP CASE NO. 2:24-cv-00401-GMN-MDC WESTERN CAB COMPANY, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, STIPULATION AND ORDER TO SUSPEND DEADLINE FOR DEFENDANTS TO RESPOND TO THE COMPLAINT Plaintiff, 20 21 HOWARD & HOWARD ATTORNEYS PLLC W. WEST ALLEN (NV Bar No. 5566) 3800 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 1000 Las Vegas, NV 89169 Telephone: 702.667.4843 Facsimile: 702.567.1568 wwa@h2law.com SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP BORIS BERSHTEYN (pro hac vice) KAREN HOFFMAN LENT (pro hac vice forthcoming) One Manhattan West New York, NY 10001-8602 Telephone: 212.735.3000 Facsimile: 917.777.2000 15 17 Doc. 36 v. (FIRST REQUEST) PERMIAN RESOURCES CORP. f/k/a CENTENNIAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT, INC.; CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION; CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC.; DIAMONDBACK ENERGY, INC.; EOG RESOURCES, INC.; HESS CORPORATION; OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION; and PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY, Defendants. 1 Dockets.Justia.com 1 2 Pursuant to Local Rules 7-1 and IA 6-1, Plaintiff Western Cab Company (“Western Cab”), 3 and all Defendants in this action, Permian Resources Corp. f/k/a Centennial Resource 4 Development, Inc., Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Continental Resources Inc., Diamondback 5 Energy, Inc., EOG Resources, Inc., Hess Corporation, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, and 6 Pioneer Natural Resources Company (together, “Defendants”)1, by and through their respective 7 counsel and pending the Court’s approval, hereby stipulate as follows: WHEREAS, Western Cab filed its Complaint against Defendants on February 28, 2024 8 9 (ECF No. 1); 10 WHEREAS, certain Defendants were served with the Complaint on March 7 and 8, 2024; 11 WHEREAS, the instant action was reassigned to this Court on March 7, 2024, on the basis 12 that it “asserts substantially overlapping claims, names similar defendants, involves similar 13 questions of fact, and shares a common question of law” as eight other actions2 (the “Related 14 Cases”) filed in this District, and accordingly is “related to the others filed in this district within 15 the meaning of Local Rule 42-1” (ECF No. 9 at 1); 16 WHEREAS, on March 4, 2024, this Court conducted a hearing in the Related Cases 17 concerning “whether venue is proper in Nevada and whether this Court may properly exercise 18 personal jurisdiction over the Defendants.” Case No. 2:24-cv-00103, ECF Nos. 34, 147. During 19 the hearing, Defendants informed the Court that they plan to file a motion to transfer venue, and 20 the Court set a briefing schedule on that motion. Case No. 2:24-cv-00103, ECF No. 147. The 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP By entering into this stipulation, none of the Defendants are waiving any of their potential defenses or arguments to this action, including but not limited to those related to personal jurisdiction and venue. 1 2 The eight other related cases assigned to this Court are: Rosenbaum et al. v. Permian Resources Corp. et al., No. 2:24-cv-00103-GMN-MDC; Andrew Caplen Installations LLC et al. v. Permian Resources Corp. et al., No. 2:24-cv-00150-GMN-MDC; These Paws Were Made for Walkin’ LLC v. Permian Resources Corp. et al., No. 2:24-cv-00164-GMN-MDC; Courtmanche et al. v Permian Resources Corp. et al., No. 2:24-cv-00198-GMN-MDC; Mellor et al. v. Permian Resources Corp. et al., No. 2:24-cv-00253-GMN-MDC; Santillo et al. v. Permian Resources Corp. et al., No. 2:24cv-00279-GMN-MDC; Beaumont et al. v. Permian Resources Corp. et al., No. 2:24-cv-00298GMN-MDC; and MacDowell et al. v. Permian Resources Corp. et al., No. 2:24-cv-00325-GMNMDC. 2 1 Court ordered “that any answer or motion to dismiss shall be filed 21 days after an order on the 2 motion to transfer has been filed.” Id. 3 4 WHEREAS, Defendants intend to file a motion to transfer venue in the instant action pursuant to the briefing schedule set by the Court in the Related Cases; 5 WHEREAS, good cause exists to suspend Defendants’ obligations to answer or otherwise 6 respond to the Complaint until 21 days after an order on Defendants’ forthcoming motion to 7 transfer has been filed. This is the first request related to the deadline for Defendants to respond 8 to the Complaint, and this request is not made for the purpose of delay. 9 10 11 12 NOW, THEREFORE, the parties have agreed, and respectfully submit for approval by the Court the following: 1. The current deadline for Defendants to answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint is suspended. 13 2. Defendants’ deadline to answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint shall be 21 14 days after the Court’s ruling on Defendants’ forthcoming motion to transfer venue 15 is filed. 16 IT IS SO STIPULATED. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 3 1 Dated: March 21, 2024 Dated: March 21, 2024 2 GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL PLLC 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 By: /s/ Samuel G. Liversidge Samuel G. Liversidge By: /s/ Michael Eisenkraft Michael Eisenkraft Samuel G. Liversidge (pro hac vice) Jay P. Srinivasan (pro hac vice) S. Christopher Whittaker (pro hac vice) GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 333 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90071-3197 Telephone: 213.229.7000 Facsimile: 213.229.7520 sliversidge@gibsondunn.com jsrinivasan@gibsondunn.com cwhittaker@gibsondunn.com Michael Eisenkraft (pro hac vice) COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL PLLC 88 Pine Street, 14th Floor New York, New York 10005 Telephone: (212) 883-7797 meisenkraft@cohenmilstein.com Boris Bershteyn (pro hac vice) Karen Hoffman Lent (pro hac vice forthcoming) SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP One Manhattan West New York, NY 10001-8602 Telephone: 212.735.3000 Facsimile: 917.777.2000 W. West Allen (NV Bar No. 5566) HOWARD & HOWARD ATTORNEYS PLLC 3800 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 1000 Las Vegas, NV 89169 Telephone: 702.667.4843 Facsimile: 702.567.1568 wwa@h2law.com Attorneys for Defendant PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY 22 23 Dated: March 21, 2024 24 LEWIS ROCA LLP E. Leif Reid 25 26 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Robert T. Eglet (NV Bar No. 3402) Artemus W. Ham, IV; NV Bar No. 7001 Erica D. Entsminger; NV Bar No. 7432 EGLET ADAMS EGLET HAM & HENRIOD 400 South Street, Suite 400 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Telephone: (702): 450-5400 Facsimile: (702) 450-5451 eservice@egletlaw.com Counsel for Plaintiff By: /s/ E. Leif Reid 27 28 Brent W. Johnson (pro hac vice pending) Robert W. Cobbs (pro hac vice) COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL PLLC 1100 New York Avenue NW, 5th Floor Washington, DC 20005 Telephone: (202) 408-4600 Facsimile: (202) 408-4699 bjohnson@cohenmilstein.com rcobbs@cohenmilstein.com 3993 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 600 Las Vegas , NV 89169 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Tel: (775) 321-3415 lreid@lewisroca.com Jeffrey L. Kessler (pro hac vice forthcoming) Jeffrey J. Amato (pro hac vice forthcoming) WINSTON & STRAWN LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, New York 10166 Tel: (212) 294-6700 jkessler@winston.com jamato@winston.com Thomas M. Melsheimer (pro hac vice forthcoming) Thomas B. Walsh, IV (pro hac vice forthcoming) WINSTON & STRAWN LLP 2121 N. Pearl Street, Suite 900 Dallas, TX 75201 Tel: (212) 294-6700 tmelsheimer@winston.com twalsh@winston.com Attorneys for Defendant DIAMONDBACK ENERGY, INC. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Dated: March 21, 2024 CAMPBELL & WILLIAMS J. Colby Williams, Esq. (5549) Phillip R. Erwin, Esq. (11563) By: /s/ J. Colby Williams J. Colby Williams, Esq. 710 South Seventh Street, Suite A Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Telephone: (702) 382-5222 jcw@cwlawlv.com pre@cwlawlv.com Marguerite M. Sullivan (pro hac vice forthcoming) Jason D. Cruise (pro hac vice forthcoming) LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 555 Eleventh Street, N.W., Suite 1000 Washington, D.C. 20004 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Telephone: (202) 637-2200 Marguerite.Sullivan@lw.com Jason.Cruise@lw.com Lawrence E. Buterman (pro hac vice forthcoming) LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 1271 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 Telephone: (212) 906-1200 Lawrence.Buterman@lw.com Attorneys for Defendant CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Dated: March 21, 2024 HOLLEY DRIGGS LTD Nicholas J Santoro (NV Bar No. 532) F. Thomas Edwards (NV Bar No. 9549) By: /s/ Nicholas J. Santoro Nicholas J. Santoro 300 South 4th Street, Ste 1600 Las Vegas, NV 89101 Telephone : 702-791-0308 Fax: 702-791-1912 nsantoro@nevadafirm.com Kevin S. Schwartz (pro hac vice forthcoming) David A. Papirnik (pro hac vice forthcoming) WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ 51 West 52nd Street New York, NY 10019 Telephone: 212-403-1062 kschwartz@wlrk.com Attorneys for Defendant HESS CORPORATION 26 27 Dated: March 21, 2024 28 SNELL & WILMER L.L.P. Patrick G. Byrne (NV Bar No. 7636) Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 6 1 Bradley T. Austin (NV Bar No. 13064) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 By: /s/ Bradley T. Austin 3883 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 1100 Las Vegas, Nevada 89169 Telephone: (702) 784-5200 Facsimile: (702) 784-5252 pbyrne@swlaw.com baustin@swlaw.com Devora W. Allon (pro hac vice forthcoming) KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 601 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10022 devora.allon@kirkland.com Telephone: 212-446-5967 Facsimile: 212-446-4900 Jeffrey J. Zeiger (pro hac vice forthcoming) KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 300 North LaSalle Chicago, IL 60654 jzeiger@kirkland.com Telephone: 312-862-3237 Facsimile: 312-862-2200 Akhil K. Gola (pro hac vice forthcoming) KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004 akhil.gola@kirkland.com Telephone: 202-389-3256 Facsimile: 202-389-5200 21 22 23 Attorneys for Defendant OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION 24 25 26 27 28 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Dated: March 21, 2024 By: /s/ Christopher E. Ondeck Christopher E. Ondeck (pro hac vice forthcoming) 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Stephen R. Chuk (pro hac vice forthcoming) PROSKAUER ROSE LLP 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20004 Telephone: (202) 416-6800 condeck@proskauer.com schuk@proskauer.com Kyle A. Casazza (pro hac vice forthcoming) PROSKAUER ROSE LLP 2029 Century Park East, Suite 2400 Los Angeles, CA 90067-3010 Telephone: (310) 284-5677 kcasazza@proskauer.com Michael Burrage (pro hac vice forthcoming) WHITTEN BURRAGE 512 North Broadway Avenue, Ste 300 Oklahoma City, OK 73102 Telephone: (888) 783-0351 mburrage@whittenburragelaw.com Attorneys for Defendant CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC. 15 16 17 18 Dated: March 21, 2024 McDONALD CARANO LLP Kristen T. Gallagher (NV Bar No. 9561) 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP By: /s/ Kristen t. Gallagher Kristen T. Gallagher 2300 West Sahara Ave., Suite 1200 Las Vegas, NV 89102 kgallagher@mcdonaldcarano.com Michael W. Scarborough (pro hac vice forthcoming) Dylan I. Ballard (pro hac vice forthcoming) VINSON & ELKINS LLP 555 Mission Street, Suite 2000 San Francisco, CA 94105 Telephone: (415) 979–6900 Facsimile: (415) 651-8786 mscarborough@velaw.com 8 1 dballard@velaw.com 2 Craig P. Seebald (pro hac vice forthcoming) Adam L. Hudes (pro hac vice forthcoming) Stephen M. Medlock (pro hac vice forthcoming) VINSON & ELKINS LLP 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Suite 500 West Washington, DC 20037 Telephone: (202) 639-6500 Facsimile: (202) 639-6604 cseebald@velaw.com ahudes@velaw.com smedlock@velaw.com 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Attorneys for Defendant PERMIAN RESOURCES CORPORATION 11 12 Dated: March 21, 2024 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 By: /s/ John M. Taladay John M. Taladay (pro hac vice forthcoming) Christopher Wilson (pro hac vice forthcoming) Kelsey Paine (pro hac vice forthcoming) Megan Tankel (pro hac vice forthcoming) BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. 700 K Street N.W. Washington, D.C. 20001-5692 Phone (202) 639-7909 Fax (202) 639-1165 IT IS SO ORDERED: john.taladay@bakerbotts.com christopher.wilson@bakerbotts.com kelsey.paine@bakerbotts.com megan.tankel@bakerbotts.com 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Counsel for Defendant EOG RESOURCES, INC. PISANELLI BICE PLLC By: /s/ James J. Pisanelli ____________________________________ UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Dated:3-25-24 James J. Pisanelli, Esq., #4027 Debra L. Spinelli, Esq., #9695 400 South 7th Street, Suite 300 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 9
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