Paher et al v. Nevada Secretary of State et al, No. 3:2020cv00243 - Document 84 (D. Nev. 2020)
Court Description: ORDER granting ECF No. 81 Motion to Extend Time. Responses to the Motions to Dismiss (ECF Nos. 71 , 77 ) are due by July 3,2020. Signed by Chief Judge Miranda M. Du on 6/1/2020. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - AB)
Download PDF
<![CDATA[
Paher et al v. Nevada Secretary of State et al Doc. 84 Case 3:20-cv-00243-MMD-WGC Document 84 Filed 06/01/20 Page 1 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 David O’Mara (Nev. bar #8599) The O’Mara Law Firm, P.C. 311 E. Liberty Street Reno, NV 89501 Telephone: 775/323-1321 David@omaralaw.net Local Counsel for Plaintiffs James Bopp, Jr. (Ind. bar #2838-84)* jboppjr@aol.com Richard E. Coleson (Ind. bar #11527-70)* rcoleson@bopplaww.com Corrine L. Youngs (Ind. bar #32725-49)* cyoungs@bopplaw.com Amanda L. Narog (Ind. bar #35118-84)* anarog@bopplaw.com True the Vote, Inc. Voters’ Rights Initiative The Bopp Law Firm, PC 1 South Sixth St. Terre Haute, IN 47807!3510 Telephone: 812/877-4745 *Appearing Pro hac vice Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA 14 Case No.: 3:20-cv-00243 Stanley William Paher et al., Plaintiffs 15 Plaintiffs’ First Motion to Extend Time to Respond to Motions to Dismiss Amended Complaint v. 16 Barbara Cegavske et al., Defendants 17 (First Request) 18 This is Plaintiffs’ first motion to extend time to respond to all current motions to dismiss 19 ECF No. 64 (Amended Verified Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief), and Plaintiffs 20 seek an extension until July 3, 2020 to file oppositions to all dismissal motions. The filing due 21 dates for oppositions to the current dismissal motions are as follows (as listed on the docket): 22 23 Motions • 24 25 28 ECF No. 71 (Intervenor Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ Amended Complaint). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 2 • 26 27 Filing Due Date for Oppositions (all 2020) ECF No. 73 (Washoe County Registrar of Voters’ Joinder in IntervenorDefendants’ Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint (ECF #71)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 2 • ECF No. 76 (Opposition of Defendant Joseph P. Gloria to Second Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Joinder to Motion to Dismiss Filed by Defendants 1 Dockets.Justia.com Case 3:20-cv-00243-MMD-WGC Document 84 Filed 06/01/20 Page 2 of 7 1 2 3 [now moot] and Intervenor-Defendants) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 2 • ECF No. 77 (Nevada Secretary of State’s Consolidated Motion to Dismiss and Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Second Motion for Preliminary Injunction) . . . . . . . . . . June 3 4 For the reasons set forth in the following Memorandum, Plaintiffs request that they be granted 5 until July 3, 2020 to respond to the foregoing dismissal motions. 6 7 May 26, 2020 Respectfully submitted, 8 /s/ Amanda L. Narog Amanda L. Narog (Ind. bar #35118-84)* Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs *Appearing Pro Hac Vice 9 10 11 12 13 14 IT IS SO ORDERED: 15 16 17 18 Hon. Miranda M. Du Chief United States District Judge 19 20 21 DATED: 6/1/2020 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2 Case 3:20-cv-00243-MMD-WGC Document 84 81 Filed 06/01/20 05/26/20 Page 3 of 7 Memorandum of Points and Authorities 1 2 In the Motion above, Plaintiffs seek until July 3, 2020 to file their oppositions the listed dis- 3 missal motions. As stated in the docket, those oppositions are due on June 2 and 3. See Docket 4 Nos. 71 and 77 (entries stating filing due dates).1 5 Plaintiffs require the requested extension for at least four reasons. First, the dismissal mo- 6 tions were filed on May 19 (ECF No. 71) and May 20 (ECF No. 77), as Plaintiffs were rushing to 7 meet a May 21 deadline to reply in support of Plaintiffs’ Second Motion for Preliminary Injunc- 8 tion (ECF No. 65) to multiple briefs in opposition (ECF Nos. 72, 74, 75, 77). So some of the 9 time to prepare an opposition to dismissal motions was consumed with responding to preliminary 10 injunction oppositions. 11 Second, other pressing litigation has and will consume part of the time presently allowed for 12 opposing the dismissal motions. For example, attorneys Bopp and Coleson (who will be drafting 13 the dismissal oppositions at issue and drafted the preliminary injunction briefing recited above) 14 had a preliminary-injunction opposition due Friday, May 22 in Curtin v. Virginia State Board of 15 Elections, No. 1:20-cv-00546 (E.D. Va. compl. filed May 13, 2020). In that same case, a hearing 16 is set for May 27, 2020 on that preliminary injunction hearing, the preparation for which likewise 17 has precluded work on the present case. In addition, attorneys Bopp and Coleson have appellate 18 briefs in reply to five appellate briefs that are due June 2 in Indiana Family Institute v. City of 19 Carmel, No. 19A-MI-2991 (Ind. Ct. Appeals). Attorneys Corrine L. Youngs and Amanda L. 20 Narog have an appellate brief in reply due May 29 in The Bopp Law Firm v. Schock for Con- 21 gress, No. 19A-CC-02421 (Ind. Ct. Appeals). Attorneys Bopp and Narog have an appellate brief 22 in response due June 1 in Dimondstein v. Stidman, No. 19-7161 (D.C.C.). Attorneys Bopp and 23 Coleson are also preparing to file other cases in relation to elections happening in the near future 24 and in November. The current press of these other cases requires that Plaintiffs have the re- 25 26 27 28 1 The Washoe County Registrar joined Intervenor-Defendants’ dismissal motion, ECF No. 73), so opposition to that joinder is due the same date as the opposition to Intervernor-Defendants’ dismissal motion.. The Clark County Registrar joined a mooted Defendants’ dismissal motion (ECF No. 62) and Intervenor-Defendants dismissal motion, ECF No. 75, so opposition to that joinder is due the same date as the opposition to Intervenor-Defendants’ dismissal motion. 3 Case 3:20-cv-00243-MMD-WGC Document 84 81 Filed 06/01/20 05/26/20 Page 4 of 7 1 quested extension so their counsel has an opportunity to do their briefing justice and assist this 2 Court with their best arguments. 3 Third, Defendants have filed two dismissal motions that incorporate further briefing so that 4 additional time is needed for Plaintiffs’ counsel to consider and respond to a great deal of argu- 5 mentation. Intervenor-Defendants’ dismissal brief is fifteen pages and references other briefing. 6 ECF No. 71. The Secretary of State’s dismissal brief is ten pages and incorporates by reference 7 other briefing. ECF No. 77 at 3 n.1, 7 n.2. This volume of opposition briefing requires more time 8 for Plaintiffs’ counsel to prepare appropriate opposition briefing than is currently allowed. 9 Fourth, dismissal motions are of course dispositive. It is one thing to deny a preliminary in- 10 junction, quite another to dismiss a whole case with prejudice as requested. Given this circum- 11 stance Plaintiffs’ counsel should be given the adequate time they require and request to prepare 12 fully developed arguments in defense of their case. 13 Conclusion 14 For the reasons shown, Plaintiffs request that they be given the requested extension until 15 July 3 to file oppositions to the current dismissal motions. 16 May 26, 2020 Respectfully submitted, 17 David O’Mara (Nev. bar #8599) The O’Mara Law Firm, P.C. 311 E. Liberty Street Reno, NV 89501 Telephone: 775/323-1321 David@omaralaw.net Local Counsel for Plaintiffs /s/ Amanda L. Narog James Bopp, Jr. (Ind. bar #2838-84)* jboppjr@aol.com Richard E. Coleson (Ind. bar #11527-70)* rcoleson@bopplaww.com Corrine L. Youngs (Ind. bar #32725-49)* cyoungs@bopplaw.com Amanda L. Narog (Ind. bar #35118-84)* anarog@bopplaw.com True the Vote, Inc. Voters’ Rights Initiative The Bopp Law Firm, PC 1 South Sixth St. Terre Haute, IN 47807!3510 Telephone: 812/877-4745 *Appearing Pro hac vice Counsel for Plaintiffs 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 4 Case 3:20-cv-00243-MMD-WGC Document 84 81 Filed 06/01/20 05/26/20 Page 5 of 7 1 2 IT IS SO ORDERED: 3 4 5 6 Hon. Miranda M. Du Chief United States District Judge 7 8 DATED: 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 5 Case 3:20-cv-00243-MMD-WGC Document 84 81 Filed 06/01/20 05/26/20 Page 6 of 7 1 Certificate of Service 2 I hereby certify on May 26, 2020, I served a true and correct copy of the foregoing on the 3 following parties via this Court’s CM/ECF electronic filing system to the addresses listed below. 4 Gregory Louis Zunino Nevada State Attorney Generals Office 100 N Carson Street Carson City, NV 89701 775-684-1137 Fax: 775-684-1108 Email: GZunino@ag.nv.gov Courtney A. Elgart Perkins Coie LLP 700 Thirteenth St, NW Ste 800 Washington, DC 20005-3960 202 654 6200 celgart@perkinscoie.com Craig A. Newby Office of the Attorney General 100 N. Carson Street Carson City, NV 89701 (775) 684-1206 Email: cnewby@ag.nv.gov Daniel Bravo Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman, & Rabkin, LLP 3556 E. Russell Road, 2nd Floor Las Vegas, NV 89120-2234 702-341-5200 Fax: 702-341-5300 Email: dbravo@wrslawyers.com 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Herbert B. Kaplan One South Sierra Street Reno, NV 89501 775-337-5700 Fax: 775-337-5732 Email: hkaplan@da.washoecounty.us Abha Khanna Perkins Coie LLP 1201 Third Avenue Ste 4900 Seattle, WA 98101-3099 206 359 8000 akhanna@perkinscoie.com Henry J. Brewster Perkins Coie LLP 700 Thirteenth St, NW Ste 800 Washington, DC 2005-3960 202 654 6200 Jonathan P. Hawley Perkins Coie LLP 1201 Third Avenue Ste 4900 Seattle, WA 98101-3099 206 359 8000 JHawley@perkinscoie.com Marc Erik Elias Perkins Coie LLP 700 13th Street, NW., Ste. 600 Washington, DC 20005 202-654-6200 Email: melias@perkinscoie.com Mary-Anne Miller, County Counsel 500 S. Grand Central Parkway Las Vegas, NV 89106 Mary-Anne.Miller@ClarkCountyDA.com 22 23 24 25 Bradley Scott Schrager Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin 3556 E. Russell Rd Las Vegas, NV 89120 702-341-5200 Fax: 702-341-5300 Email: bschrager@wrslawyers.com 26 27 28 6 Case 3:20-cv-00243-MMD-WGC Document 84 81 Filed 06/01/20 05/26/20 Page 7 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 David O’Mara 311 E. Liberty Street Reno, NV 89501 Telephone: 775/323-1321 David@omaralaw.net Local Counsel for Plaintiffs Respectfully submitted, /s/Amanda Narog James Bopp, Jr. (Ind. bar #2838-84)* jboppjr@aol.com Richard E. Coleson (Ind. bar #11527-70)* rcoleson@bopplaww.com Corrine L. Youngs (Ind. bar #32725-49)* cyoungs@bopplaw.com Amanda L. Narog (Ind. bar #36118-84)* anarog@bopplaw.com True the Vote, Inc. Voters’ Rights Initiative The Bopp Law Firm, PC 1 South Sixth St. Terre Haute, IN 47807!3510 Telephone: 812/877-4745 *Pro hac vice application pending Counsel for Plaintiffs 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 7
]]>
Some case metadata and case summaries were written with the help of AI, which can produce inaccuracies. You
should read the full case before relying on it for legal research purposes.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google
Privacy Policy and
Terms of Service apply.
