Tsatas et al v. Airborne Wireless Network, Inc. et al, No. 2:2020cv02045 - Document 221 (D. Nev. 2023)

Court Description: ORDER granting 220 Stipulation FOR EXTENSION OF DISCOVERY DEADLINES BY APPROXIMATELY 30 DAYS. Discovery due by 12/11/2023. Motions due by 1/11/2024. Proposed Joint Pretrial Order due by 2/12/2024. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that given that this is the parties' tenth request for an extension, the Court will not be inclined to grant further extensions. Signed by Magistrate Judge Brenda Weksler on 10/20/2023. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - CAH)

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Tsatas et al v. Airborne Wireless Network, Inc. et al Doc. 221 1 Patrick M. Maloney, Esq., CSBN 197844 Gregory M. Smith, Esq., CSBN 259971 2 Betzy Y. Bras-Gonzalez, Esq., CSBN 328716 THE MALONEY FIRM, APC 3 2381 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 405 El Segundo, California 90245 4 T: (310) 540-1505 F: (310) 540-1507 5 E: pmaloney@maloneyfirm.com E: gsmith@maloneyfirm.com 6 E: bgonzalez@maloneyfirm.com THE MALONEY FIRM, APC 2381 ROSECRANS AVENUE, SUITE 405 EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA 90245 T: (310) 540-1505 F: (310) 540-1507 7 Attorneys for Defendants, AIRBORNE WIRELESS NETWORK, INC., 8 APCENTIVE, INC., MICHAEL J. WARREN, J. EDWARD DANIELS, MARIUS DE MOS, 9 JASON DE MOS, ROBERT BRUCE HARRIS, AND KELLY KABILAFKAS 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 11 FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEVADA 12 MARIA TSATAS, an individual; LEONIDAS Case No.: 2:20-cv-02045-RFB-BNW 13 VALKANAS, as trustee of the KEET TRUST Judge: Hon. Richard F. Boulware, II dated August 1, 2015; RAYMOND BARAZ, Magistrate: Hon. Brenda N. Weksler 14 an individual; PASCAL ABDALLAH, an Complaint Filed: November 5, 2020 15 individual; JIMMY TSOUTSOURAS, an individual; FOTINI VENETIS, an individual; STIPULATED REQUEST FOR 16 NICHOLAS TSOUTSOURAS, an individual; EXTENSION OF DISCOVERY CONNIE TSOUTSOURAS, an individual; DEADLINES BY APPROXIMATELY 30 17 RAYMONDE KANHA, an individual; DAYS 18 ALFRED BEKHIT, an individual; JACQUEZ ELBAZ, an individual; MARTINE 19 BENEZRA, an individual; JAMES P. (Tenth Request) CARROLL, an individual; DAVID CHIN, an 20 individual; JENNIFER MILLS, an individual; 21 PAUL SUBLETT, an individual; ANDREW SUBLETT, an individual; MANOLIS 22 KOSTAKIS, an individual; ESTHER GEORGAKOPOULOS, an individual; 23 EVAGELIA KOSTAKIS, an individual; DENIS PARSONS, an individual; SOFIA 24 KARDARAS, an individual; JIMMY 25 ASMAKLIS, an individual; CORRADINO GALUPPO, an individual; DENIS KOPITAS, 26 an individual; TERRY TSATAS, an individual; GEORGE TSATAS, an individual; 27 PANAGIOTA TSATAS, an individual; OURANIA TSATAS, an individual; 28 KIRIAKOS PRIMBAS, an individual; 00212983.docx 1 STIPULATED REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF DISCOVERY DEADLINES BY APPROXIMATELY 30 DAYS Dockets.Justia.com 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 EVANTHIA PRIMBAS, an individual; PATRICK AYOUB, an individual; MICHAEL BESCEC, an individual; ERNEST LEBOEUF, an individual; PHILIPPE LEGAULT, an individual; EFTIHIOS LITSAKIS, an individual; GIOVANNI MONCADA, an individual; MARC RIEL, an individual; JARADEH SALIM, an individual; HANI HAMAM, an individual; CONSTANTIN ZISSIS, an individual; BESSIE PEPPAS, an individual; NIKI PALIOVRAKAS, an individual, 8 9 10 THE MALONEY FIRM, APC 2381 ROSECRANS AVENUE, SUITE 405 EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA 90245 T: (310) 540-1505 F: (310) 540-1507 11 12 13 14 15 16 Plaintiff, vs. AIRBORNE WIRELESS NETWORK, INC., a Nevada Corporation; MICHAEL J. WARREN, an individual; J. EDWARD DANIELS, an individual; MARIUS DE MOS, an individual; JASON DE MOS, an individual; ROBERT BRUCE HARRIS, an individual; KELLY KABILAFKAS, an individual; and APCENTIVE, INC., a Nevada Corporation, Defendants. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 00212983.docx 2 STIPULATED REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF DISCOVERY DEADLINES BY APPROXIMATELY 30 DAYS 1 STIPULATED REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF DISCOVERY DEADLINES 2 Plaintiffs (as listed in the above caption) and Defendants (as listed in the above caption) 3 (collectively, the “Parties”), by and through their undersigned counsel of record, submit this 4 Stipulated Request for Extension of Discovery by Approximately 30 Days, pursuant to FRCP 6(b) 5 and 16(b), as well as LR 26-3 and LR IA 6-1. 6 WHEREAS, this is the Parties’ tenth request for an extension of discovery deadlines. 7 WHEREAS, on August 16, 2023, the Court granted Plaintiffs’ most recent stipulated request 8 for an extension of the scheduling order (ECF No. 217), such that the following cutoff dates currently 9 apply: Discovery Cut-Off – November 10, 2023 11 Dispositive Motions – December 12, 2023 12 Proposed Joint Pretrial Order – January 11, 2024, or 30 days after the final dispositive THE MALONEY FIRM, APC 2381 ROSECRANS AVENUE, SUITE 405 EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA 90245 T: (310) 540-1505 F: (310) 540-1507 10 13 motions is ruled upon. 14 WHEREAS, pursuant to LR 26-3, the Parties agree on the following: 15 (a) Statement of discovery completed: The Parties incorporate by reference the 16 statement of discovery completed, as set forth in the Parties’ August 15, 2023 17 Stipulation (ECF No. 216 at pp. 3:17-4:10); July 25, 2023 Stipulation (ECF No. 18 214 at pp. 3:17-4:6); and Plaintiffs’ June 9, 2023 (ultimately unopposed) Motion 19 to Modify Scheduling Order (ECF No. 207 at p. 8:10-19 (referencing ECF No. 20 204 at pp. 3:17-4:19, which also referenced ECF No. 182 at pp. 14:21-19:22). 21 Since August 17, 2023, the following additional discovery has been completed: 22 • Depositions of Plaintiffs: 23 o Marc Riel (September 1, 2023) 24 o Corradino Galuppo (October 6, 2023) 25 • 26 o Discovery Responses from all Plaintiffs to set two of RFAs and 27 28 Written Discovery RFPs served on September 8, 2023 • Plaintiffs’ Expert Disclosures (September 11, 2023) 00212983.docx 3 STIPULATED REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF DISCOVERY DEADLINES BY APPROXIMATELY 30 DAYS 1 • Defendants’ Expert Disclosures (September 11, 2023) 2 • Defendants’ Rebuttal Expert Disclosures (October 11, 2023) 3 (b) Discovery that remains to be completed: The discovery that remains to be 4 completed includes the following primary items (without prejudice to additional 5 items that may arise as discovery continues): 6 • Depositions of remaining Plaintiffs: o James P. Carroll (dates offered for October 30, 2023 and October 7 31, 2023) 8 o Sofia Kardaras 9 o Jimmy Asmaklis 11 o Michael Besec 12 o Ernest Leboeuf 13 o Phillipe Legault 14 o Eftihios Listakis 15 o Giovanni Moncada 16 o Jaradeh Salim 17 o Hani Hamam 18 o Constantin Zissis THE MALONEY FIRM, APC 2381 ROSECRANS AVENUE, SUITE 405 EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA 90245 T: (310) 540-1505 F: (310) 540-1507 10 19 • 20 21 22 Discovery responses from all Plaintiffs to set two of Interrogatories from Defendants served on October 3, 2023. • Four expert depositions of Plaintiffs’ experts, Defendants’ expert, and Defendants’ rebuttal expert. 23 (c) Reasons why deadline not satisfied or remaining discovery not completed: 24 Defendants have made diligent efforts to pursue discovery they need to 25 meaningfully prepare for trial, take expert depositions, and/or to draft dispositive 26 motions. Defendants have diligently taken the depositions of 32 out of the 43 27 plaintiffs. Defendants have requested availability for each of the remaining 28 Plaintiffs’ depositions. Plaintiffs’ counsel have advised that plaintiff James P. 00212983.docx 4 STIPULATED REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF DISCOVERY DEADLINES BY APPROXIMATELY 30 DAYS 1 Carroll will be available for deposition on October 30, 2023 and October 31, 2023. 2 There is an outstanding ten (10) Plaintiffs whose availability has yet to be 3 identified. On October 16, 2023, VC2 Law and Novian & Novian, LLP filed a 4 Motion to Withdraw as Counsel for Ten Named Plaintiffs (ECF No. 218) – the 5 same ten who have not yet been deposed. The Court granted the Motion to 6 Withdraw on October 18, 2023 and set a status check hearing for November 8, 7 2023 at 10:00 a.m. ECF No. 219. In the event that some of the ten plaintiffs 8 continue with new counsel or in pro per, Defendants will need additional time to 9 complete their depositions. (d) Proposed schedule for completing all remaining discovery: In light of the 11 above, and for good cause showing, the Parties propose the following schedule for 12 completing all remaining discovery: THE MALONEY FIRM, APC 2381 ROSECRANS AVENUE, SUITE 405 EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA 90245 T: (310) 540-1505 F: (310) 540-1507 10 13 • Discovery Cut-Off – December 11, 2023 14 • Dispositive Motions – January 11, 2024 15 • Proposed Joint Pretrial Order – February 12, 2024, or 30 days after the final 16 dispositive motions is ruled upon. 17 WHEREAS, the Parties do not dispute that both sides have acted diligently since the last 18 request for an extension, and good cause supports an extension of approximately 30 days to each 19 remaining cutoff date, 20 THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED between the Parties, by and 21 through their respective attorneys of record, that the below-listed proposed schedule should govern 22 this case, without prejudice to requests for further extensions for good cause: 23 Discovery Cut-Off – December 11, 2023 24 Dispositive Motions – January 11, 2024 25 Proposed Joint Pretrial Order – February 12, 2024, or 30 days after the final dispositive 26 motions is ruled upon. 27 / / / 28 / / / 00212983.docx 5 STIPULATED REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF DISCOVERY DEADLINES BY APPROXIMATELY 30 DAYS 1 IT IS SO STIPULATED. 2 3 Date: October 19, 2023 GREENSPOON MARDER, LLP THE MALONEY FIRM, APC 4 5 /s/ Gregory M. Smith By: PHILLIP SILVESTRI, ESQ. PATRICK M. MALONEY, ESQ. GREGORY M. SMITH, ESQ. BETZY Y. BRAS-GONZALEZ, ESQ. Attorneys for Defendants 6 7 8 9 10 THE MALONEY FIRM, APC 2381 ROSECRANS AVENUE, SUITE 405 EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA 90245 T: (310) 540-1505 F: (310) 540-1507 11 12 13 14 15 16 Date: October 19, 2023 VC2 LAW NOVIAN & NOVIAN, LLP By: /s/ Andrew B. Goodman (electronically signed with permission to Gregory M. Smith) MICHAEL C. VAN, ESQ. GARRETT R. CHASE, ESQ. FARHAD NOVIAN, ESQ. ANDREW B. GOODMAN, ESQ. Attorneys for Plaintiffs 17 IT IS SO ORDERED: 18 19 20 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 10/20/2023 DATED:________________________ 21 22 23 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that given that this is the parties' tenth request for an extension, the Court will not be inclined to grant further extensions. 24 25 26 27 28 00212983.docx 6 STIPULATED REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF DISCOVERY DEADLINES BY APPROXIMATELY 30 DAYS 1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 2 I certify that all counsel of record who are deemed to have consented to electronic service are 3 being served with a true and correct copy of the above document on October 19, 2023, via the Court’s 4 CM/ECF system. Any other parties or counsel of record will be served by regular and/or electronic 5 mail. 6 7 8 By: /s/ Gregory M. Smith GREGORY M. SMITH 9 10 THE MALONEY FIRM, APC 2381 ROSECRANS AVENUE, SUITE 405 EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA 90245 T: (310) 540-1505 F: (310) 540-1507 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 00212983.docx 7 STIPULATED REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF DISCOVERY DEADLINES BY APPROXIMATELY 30 DAYS 2 PROOF OF SERVICE Tsatas v. Airborne Wireless Network, Inc., et al. Case No.: 2:20-cv-02045-RFB-BNW 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEVADA 1 4 THE MALONEY FIRM, APC 2381 ROSECRANS AVENUE, SUITE 405 EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA 90245 T: (310) 540-1505 F: (310) 540-1507 At the time of service, I was over 18 years of age and not a party to this action. I am employed 5 in the County of Los Angeles, State of California. My business address is 2381 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 405, El Segundo, CA 90245. 6 I served true copies of the following document on the date listed below, described as 7 STIPULATED REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF DISCOVERY DEADLINES BY APPROXIMATELY 30 DAYS (TENTH REQUEST) 8 on the interested parties in this action as follows: 9 SEE SERVICE LIST 10 For Collection. By placing a true copy(ies) thereof enclosed in a sealed envelope(s), to the 11 address(es) listed above and by placing said sealed envelope(s) for collection and mailing on that date following ordinary business practices. I am “readily familiar” with the business 12 practice for collection and processing of correspondence for mailing the U.S. Postal Service. 13 Under that practice, it would be deposited with the U.S. Postal Service on that same day with postage thereon fully prepaid at Los Angeles, California, in the ordinary course of business. 14 Overnight Delivery. By placing a true copy(ies) thereof enclosed in a sealed envelope(s) or 15 package(s) to the address(es) listed above and placing said envelope(s) or package(s) for collection with delivery fees provided for. 16 Electronic Service. 17 Via e-mail transmission to the email address(es) listed herein. 18 Electronic Service [CM/ECF]. Via electronic service to the email address(es)/registered 19 20 21 22 23 participants with the CM/ECF System. Personal Delivery. I caused to be served by messenger for personal delivery that same day the foregoing documents in a sealed envelope to the persons at the address(es) listed above. State. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on October 19, 2023, at El Segundo, California. /s/ Sugheiy Gonzalez 24 Sugheiy Gonzalez 25 26 27 28 00212983.docx i PROOF OF SERVICE SERVICE LIST Tsatas v. Airborne Wireless Network, Inc., et al. Case No.: 2:20-cv-02045-RFB-BNW 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Michael C. Van, Esq. Garrett R. Chase, Esq. SHUMWAY VAN 8985 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 100 Las Vegas, Nevada 89123 T: (702) 478-7770 | F: (702) 478-7779 E: michael@shumwayvan.com E: garrett@shumwayvan.com Attorneys and Local Counsel for Plaintiffs Farhad Novian -(admitted pro hac vice) Andrew B. Goodman -(admitted pro hac vice) Alexander B. Gura -(admitted pro hac vice) NOVIAN & NOVIAN, LLP 1801 Century Park East, Suite 1201 Los Angeles, California 90067 T: (310) 553-1222 | F: (310) 553-0222 E: farhad@novianlaw.com E: agoodman@novianlaw.com E: gura@novianlaw.com Attorneys for Plaintiffs Sofia Kardaras Email: sophiakard@gmail.com Plaintiff Jimmy Asmaklis Email: jda86@outlook.com Plaintiff Michael Bescec Email: mbescec@outlook.com Plaintiff Ernest Leboeuf Email: erniejleboeuf@gmail.com Plaintiff Constantin Zissis Email: kostazissis@live.ca Plaintiff Eftihios Listakis Email: information@constructionleandre.com Plaintiff Phillipe Legault 4031 Rue Oliver Laval, Quebec, Canada H7R5Y6 Plaintiff Giovanni Moncada 204 Ivy Jay Crescent Aurora, Ontario, Canada L4G-0E9 Plaintiff 8 9 10 THE MALONEY FIRM, APC 2381 ROSECRANS AVENUE, SUITE 405 EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA 90245 T: (310) 540-1505 F: (310) 540-1507 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 00212983.docx ii PROOF OF SERVICE SERVICE LIST Tsatas v. Airborne Wireless Network, Inc., et al. Case No.: 2:20-cv-02045-RFB-BNW 1 2 3 4 5 6 Jaradeh Salim 11515 Rue LaForest Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3M2W5 Plaintiff Hani Hamam 7550 Querbes Ave. Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3N 2B6 Plaintiff 7 8 9 10 THE MALONEY FIRM, APC 2381 ROSECRANS AVENUE, SUITE 405 EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA 90245 T: (310) 540-1505 F: (310) 540-1507 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 00212983.docx iii PROOF OF SERVICE

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