Stauffer et al v. Chase Home Finance LLC et al, No. 2:2011cv01155 - Document 64 (D. Nev. 2012)
Court Description: ORDER Granting 63 Joint Status Report filed by Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corp., and Chase Home Finance LLC. to stay all litigation and discovery proceedings in this action for 45 days pending settlement negotiations. Signed by Judge Philip M. Pro on 10/29/2012. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - SLD)
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Stauffer et al v. Chase Home Finance LLC et al Doc. 64 Case 2:11-cv-01155-PMP-GWF Document 63 1 2 3 4 5 6 Filed 10/29/12 Page 1 of 6 Kent F. Larsen, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 3463 Katie M. Weber, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 11736 SMITH LARSEN & WIXOM Hills Center Business Park 1935 Village Center Circle Las Vegas, Nevada 89134 Tel: (702) 252-5002 Fax: (702) 252-5006 kfl@slwlaw.com kw@slwlaw.com 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Ben Suter, Esq. (pro hac vice) David D. Piper, Esq. (pro hac vice) James F. Kuhne, Jr., Esq. (pro hac vice) KEESAL, YOUNG & LOGAN 400 Oceangate Long Beach, CA 90802 P.O. Box 1730 Long Beach, CA 90801-1730 Phone: (562) 436-2000 Fax:: (562) 436-7416 ben.suter@kyl.com david.piper@kyl.com j ames.kuhne@kyl.com Attorneys for Defendant JPMorgan Chase Bank, N .A., as successor by merger to Chase Home Finance LLC, as successor by merger to Chase Manhattan MOl1gage Corp. and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation 17 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 18 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 19 20 STEVEN and SYLVIA STAUFFER, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, 21 22 23 24 vs. CHASE HOME FINANCE, LLC; CHASE MANHATTAN MORTGAGE CORP., COOPER CASTLE LAW FIRM; and FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORP., 25 Defendants. 26 CASE NO. 2:11-CV-01155-PMP-GWF PARTIES JOINT STATUS REPORT AND STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO STAY ALL LITIGATION AND DISCOVERY PROCEEDINGS FOR 45 DAYS PENDING SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS 27 28 Dockets.Justia.com Case 2:11-cv-01155-PMP-GWF Document 63 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Filed 10/29/12 Page 2 of 6 Defendants JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as successor by merger to Chase Home Finance LLC, as successor by merger to Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corp. ("Chase"), Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("Freddie Mac"), and The Cooper Castle Law Firm ("Cooper Castle") (collectively, "Defendants"), and Plaintiffs Steven Stauffer and Sylvia Stauffer ("Plaintiffs") (Defendants and Plaintiffs collectively referred to as "the Parties"), hereby submit this Joint Status Report to provide the Court with an update regarding the status of these proceedings and, in particular, the Parties' efforts toward achieving a settlement of the claims at issue therein. 8 Further, in light of the ongoing good faith settlement discussions, the Parties hereby stipulate to 9 and respectfully request that this Court grant a forty-five (45) day stay of all litigation and 10 discovery proceedings herein so that the Parties may continue to focus their efforts on achieving a 11 resolution of this matter outside of litigation. As grounds for this stipulated stay of proceedings, 12 the Parties submit the following: 13 14 15 1. This Court entered its Scheduling Order on May 15, 2012 (the "Order"), setting a discovery cut-off deadline of December 31, 2012. 2. Since that time, the Parties have each served their initial disclosures pursuant to 16 Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1), and Plaintiffs have propounded interrogatories and requests for 17 production of documents upon each of the Defendants. 18 3. The Parties have and continue to work In good faith to make reasonable 19 accommodations to their respective obligations under the Order. 20 currently engaged in good faith settlement negotiations which may result in dismissal of all 21 claims asserted herein. 22 regarding· the timing of their respective obligations under the Order and agreed to extend the 23 deadlines to respond to their written discovery requests and seek a forty-five (45) day stay of all 24 pre-trial dates and deadlines while settlement discussions continue. 25 4. However, the Parties are Accordingly, on October 16, 2012, the Parties met and conferred In light of the ongoing settlement negotiations, the Parties believe that good cause 26 exists to grant a forty-five (45) day stay of all proceedings herein. This request is not made for 27 the purposes of delay. Instead, the Parties agree and acknowledge that a temporary stay of all 28 proceedings herein will serve the interests of judicial economy and may allow the Parties to 2 Case 2:11-cv-01155-PMP-GWF Document 63 1 2 3 4 5 6 Filed 10/29/12 Page 3 of 6 resolve this lawsuit without incurring unnecessary additional fees and costs. See, e.g., Mediterranean Enterprises, Inc. v. Ssangyong Corp., 708 F.2d 1458, 1465 (9th Cir. 1983) (temporary stay of proceedings applicable to preserve judicial efficiency and fairness). 5. Accordingly, the Parties respectfully request that this Court grant the Parties a stay of litigation and discovery proceedings in this action for forty-five (45) days from the date the Court enters its order approving this stipulation. 7 8 DATED this 9 SMITH LARSEN & WIXOM 10 day of October, 2012. /t-------- 20 KeJftF:LafSen, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 3463 Katie M. Weber, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 11736 1935 Village Center Circle Las Vegas, Nevada 89134 and Ben Suter, Esq. (pro hac vice) David D. Piper, Esq. (pro hac vice) James F. Kuhne, Jr., Esq. (pro hac vice) KEESAL, YOUNG & LOGAN 400 Oceangate Long Beach, California 90801-1730 Attorneys for Defendants JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as successor by merger to Chase Home Finance LLC, as successor by merger to Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corp., and Federal National Mortgage Corporation 21 See attached Benjamin B. Childs, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 3946 318 S. Maryland Pkwy. Las Vegas, NV 89101 and Paul Grobman, Esq. (pro hac vice) 555 5th Ave., 17th Floor New York, NY 10017 Attorneys for Plaintiffs DATED this _ _ day of October, 2012 22 DATED this _ _ day of October, 2012. LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 23 24 25 26 27 28 See attached Josh Cole Aiklen, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 7254 Mark J. Brown, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 3687 6385 S. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 600 Las Vegas, NV 89118 Attorneys for Defendant The Cooper Castle Law Firm 3 Case 2:11-cv-01155-PMP-GWF Document 63 Filed 10/29/12 Page 4 of 6 proceedings herein will serve the interests of judicial economy and may allow the Parties to 2 3 4 resolve this lawsuit without incurring unnecessary additional fees and costs. 7 (temporary stay of proceedings applicable to preserve judicial efficiency and fairness). 5. Accordingly, the Parties respectfully request that this Court grant the Patties a stay of litigation and discovery proceedings in this action for forty-five (45) days from the date the Court enters its order approving this stipulation. 8 9 10 DATED this ___ day of October, 2012. DATED this _ _ day of October, 2012. SMITH LARSEN & WIXOM 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Kent F. [arsen, Esg. Nevada Bar No. 3463 Katie M. Weber, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 11736 1935 Village Center Circle Las Vegas, 'Nevada 89134 and Ben Suter, Esq. (pro hac vice) David D. Piper, Esq. (pro hac vice) James F. Kuhne, Jr., Esq. (pro hac vice) KEESAL, YOUNG & LOGAN 4000cea..1'Igate Long Beach, California Attorneys for Defendants JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as successor by luerger to Chase Home Finance LLC, as successor by merger to Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corp., and Federal National Mortgage Corporation DA TED this day of October, Benjamin B. Childs, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 3946 318 S. Maryland Pkwy. Las Vegas, NV 89101 and Paul Grobman, Esq. (pro hac vice) 555 5th Ave., 17 r11 Floor New York, NY ]0017 Attorneys for Plaintiffs LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH 24 25 26 LLP Josh Cole Aiklen, Esq. Nevada Bar N'o. 7254 27 28 e.g. , Mediterranean Entelprises, Inc. v. Ssangyong Corp., 708 F.2d 1458, 1465 (9th CiT. 1983) 5 6 T 15 ee) Mark 1. Brown, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 3687 6385 S. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 600 Las Vegas, NV'· 89118 Attorneys for Defendant The Cooper Castie Law Firm 3 Case 2:11-cv-01155-PMP-GWF Document 63 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Filed 10/29/12 Page 5 of 6 proceedings herein will serve the interests of judicial and may allow the Parties to resolve this lawsuit without incurring unnecessary apditional fees and costs. See, e.g., Mediterranean Enterprises, Inc. v. Ssangyong Corp., fl08 F.2d 1458, 1465 (9th Cir. 1983) (temporary stay of proceedings applicable to preserve judicial efficiency and fairness). 5. Accordingly, the Parties respectfully that this Court grant the Parties a stay of litigation and discovery proceedings in this action fot forty-five (45) days from the date the Court enters its order approving this stipulation. 8 9 10 DATED this _ _ day of October, 2012. SMITH LARSEN & WIXOM 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Kent F. Larsen, Esq. Nevada BarNo. 3463 Katie M. Weber, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 11736 1935 Village Center Circle Las Vegas, Nevada 89134 and Ben Suter, Esq. (pro hac vice) David D. Piper, Esq. (pro hac vice) James F. Kuhne, Jr., Esq. (pro hac vice) KEESAL, YOUNG & LOGAN 400 Oceangate Long Beach, California 90801-1730 Attorneys for Defendants JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as successor by merger to Chase Home Finance LLC, as successor by merger to Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corp., and Federal National Mortgage Corporation DATED this _ _ day of October, 2012. LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP 25 26 27 28 Josh Cole Aiklen, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 7254 Mark J. Brown, Esq. Nevada BarNo. 3687 6385 S. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 600 Las Vegas, NV 89118 Attorneys for Defendant The Cooper Castie Law Finn . . . '& Benjami . Childs, Esq. Nevada l3 No. 3946 318 S. Maryland Pkwy. Las Vegas, NY 89101 and Pa1l:1 Grqbman, Esq. (pro hac vice) h 555 5th Ave., 1i Floor New York, NY 10017 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 23 24 day of October, 2012. 3 .. , j. Case 2:11-cv-01155-PMP-GWF Document 63 1 Filed 10/29/12 Page 6 of 6 IT IS SO ORDERED: 2 3 4 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE PHILIP M. PRO, U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE DATED: 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 4 October 29, 2012.
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