Jones v. Russell, No. 2:2022cv00123 - Document 15 (D. Nev. 2023)
Court Description: ORDER Granting 14 Stipulated discovery plan and scheduling order. Discovery due by 10/20/2023. Motions due by 11/17/2023. Proposed Joint Pretrial Order due by 12/18/2023. Signed by Magistrate Judge Daniel J. Albregts on 4/21/2023. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - LOE) Modified on 4/21/2023 (LOE).
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Jones v. Russell 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Doc. 15 AARON D. FORD Attorney General LORIN M. TAYLOR (Bar No. 14958) Deputy Attorney General State of Nevada Office of the Attorney General 555 E. Washington Ave., Ste. 3900 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 (702) 486-2389 (phone) (702) 486-3773 (fax) Email: lmtaylor@ag.nv.gov Attorneys for Defendant Perry Russell 9 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 11 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 12 CHRISTOPHER A. JONES, 13 Plaintiff, 14 v. 15 PERRY RUSSELL, et al., 16 Defendants. 17 Case No. 2:22-cv-00123-CDS-DJA STIPULATED DISCOVERY PLAN AND PROPOSED SCHEDULING ORDER SPECIAL SCHEDULING REVIEW REQUESTED As amended on page 5 18 Defendant Perry Russell, by and through counsel, Aaron D. Ford, Nevada Attorney 19 General, and Lorin M. Taylor, Deputy Attorney General, of the State of Nevada, Office of 20 the Attorney General, and Plaintiff, Christopher A. Jones, in pro se, hereby respectfully 21 submit the following Stipulated Discovery Plan and Proposed Scheduling Order: 22 I. MEETING 23 The parties’ counsel met via audio visual conference for a the FRCP 26(f) conference 24 on January 10, 2023, and have been in telephone, mail, and email communication since 25 that time finalizing this discovery plan. 26 A. Christopher A. Jones, Plaintiff pro se. 27 B. Deputy Attorney General Lorin M. Taylor, on behalf of Defendant. 28 30 31 /// Page 1 of 7 Dockets.Justia.com 1 II. 2 INITIAL DISCLOSURES Defendant’s Initial Disclosures of Witnesses and Documents Pursuant to FRCP 3 26(a)(1) were made on January 30, 2023. 4 III. 5 6 PROTECTIVE ORDER The parties do not believe that a protective order is needed at this time. IV. DISCOVERY PLAN 7 The parties jointly propose the following discovery plan: 8 1. Any and all pleadings that may be brought under Fed. R. Civ. P. 13 and 14, 9 or joining additional parties under Fed. R. Civ. P. 19 and 20, shall be filed 90 days prior to 10 the close of discovery, which is Saturday, July 22, 2023. Therefore, the deadline to add 11 parties is Friday, July 21, 2023. Any party causing additional parties to be joined or 12 brought into this action shall contemporaneously therewith serve a copy of this Order upon 13 the new party or parties. 14 2. Amendments to pleadings as provided for under Fed. R. Civ. P. 15, if the same 15 are allowed without leave of Court, or motions for leave to amend, shall comply with 16 LR 15-1 and shall be filed 90-days prior to the close of discovery, which is Saturday, July 22, 17 2023. Therefore, the deadline to amend pleadings or add parties is Friday, July 21, 2023. 18 19 3. DISCOVERY: a) Discovery in this action shall be completed on or before one hundred 20 and eighty-one days from April 24, 2023, which is Saturday, October 21, 21 2023. Therefore, all discovery must be completed no later than Friday, 22 October 20, 2023. 23 b) 24 25 The Parties’ last day to serve written discovery will be Wednesday, September 20, 2023. c) Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 33 (a)(1), unless otherwise stipulated by the 26 parties or ordered by the court, a party may serve on any other party 27 no more than twenty-five (25) written interrogatories, including 28 discreet subparts. 30 31 Page 2 of 7 1 d) Pursuant to LR 26-7, unless otherwise ordered by the Court, written 2 discovery, including responses thereto, certificates of service pertaining 3 thereto and deposition transcripts, shall not be filed with the Court 4 unless such discovery is submitted in support of or in response to a 5 motion. Originals of responses to written discovery requests shall be 6 served on the party who served the discovery request, and that party 7 shall make such originals available at the pretrial hearing, at trial, or 8 on order of the Court. Likewise, the deposing party shall make the 9 original transcript of a deposition available at any pretrial hearing, at 10 trial, or on order of the Court. 11 4. EXTENSIONS OF DISCOVERY: Pursuant to LR 26-3, an extension of the 12 discovery deadline will not be allowed without a showing of good cause. All motions or 13 stipulations to extend discovery shall be received by the Court at least twenty-one (21) days 14 prior to the expiration of the subject deadline and no later than Friday, September 29, 15 2023. The motion or stipulation shall include: 16 a) 17 A statement specifying the discovery completed by the parties as of the date of the motion or stipulation; 18 b) A specific description of the discovery which remains to be completed; 19 c) The reasons why such remaining discovery was not completed within 20 the time limit of the existing discovery deadline; and 21 d) 22 5. 23 A proposed schedule for the completion of all remaining discovery. DISCOVERY MOTIONS: a) Discovery motions shall be filed and served no later than no later than 24 fifteen days after the close of discovery, which is 25 November 4, 2023. Therefore, any discovery motion must be filed on or 26 before Friday November 3, 2023. 27 /// 28 /// 30 31 Page 3 of 7 Saturday, 1 b) Prior to filing a discovery motion, the parties must first undertake a 2 good faith effort to resolve any dispute among the parties. The parties 3 are further advised that: 4 (1) Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(a)(1) mandates that any discovery motion 5 “must include a certification that the movant has in good faith 6 conferred or attempted to confer with the person or party failing 7 to make disclosure or discovery in an effort to obtain it without 8 court order;” and that, 9 (2) Local Rule 26-6(c) states that a discovery motion “will not be 10 considered unless the movant (1) has made a good-faith effort to 11 meet and confer as defined in LR IA 1-3(f) before filing the 12 motion, and (2) includes a declaration setting forth the details 13 and results of the meet-and-confer conference about each 14 disputed discovery request.” 15 These two rules apply to any inmate civil right action brought under 42 U.S.C. 16 § 1983. While the court recognizes an inmate might not be able to meet personally with 17 opposing counsel, nevertheless an inmate will still be required to attempt to resolve any 18 discovery dispute either by a telephone consultation or a written communication whereby 19 the inmate sincerely attempted to resolve the discovery dispute. 20 c) Text of Discovery Materials in Dispute 21 Local Rule 26-6(b) requires that all motions to compel discovery or for protective 22 order shall set forth in full the text of the discovery originally sought and the responses 23 thereto, if any. The court prefers that the actual discovery response which is the subject of 24 a discovery dispute be submitted to the court. 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// 28 /// 30 31 Page 4 of 7 1 6. Motions for summary judgment shall comply with the requirements of 2 LR 56-1 and shall be filed and served no later than thirty (30) days after the close of 3 discovery, which is Sunday, November 19, 2023. Therefore, any Motion for Summary 4 Judgment must be filed on or before Friday, November 17, 2023. 5 6 7. No motion filed beyond the time limit fixed by this Scheduling Order shall be considered by the Court unless the Court grants an exception for good cause shown. 7 8. In the event that the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provide for any shorter 8 time periods for the filing of motions or pleadings, said shorter time limits shall apply 9 notwithstanding the time limits set forth in this Scheduling Order. Pursuant to the 10 authority given to the Court in Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b), motions for summary judgment under 11 Fed. R. Civ. P. 56 must be filed no later than the time provided in paragraph 6 of this Order. 12 13 9. PRETRIAL: Pursuant to LR 16-3(b), the parties shall file a Joint Pretrial on or before December 18, 2023 Order thirty (30) days past the date for filing motions for summary judgment. In the event 14 dispositive motions are filed, the date for filing the joint pretrial order shall be suspended 15 until thirty (30) days after a decision of the dispositive motions or until further order of the 16 court. 17 10. Any party who seeks to amend this Scheduling Order shall file and serve a 18 motion, not later than twenty-one (21) days prior to the deadline for which the party seeks 19 amendment, stating the proposed amendments and the reasons therefore. After expiration 20 of the twenty-one (21) day period, any amendment of this Scheduling Order shall be 21 granted only upon a showing of good cause and excusable neglect. 22 V. JUSTIFICATION FOR LONGER DISCOVERY PERIOD 23 The parties believe the Court should permit a longer period for discovery than 24 provided in LR 26-1(b)(1) because Plaintiff and Defendant’s Counsel communicate through 25 the United States Postal Service and have experienced delays as a result. The Parties wish 26 to include additional time to make sure there is sufficient time to account for the mails. 27 The parties respectfully submit that the proposed discovery plan is an efficient and realistic 28 schedule for completing the significant amount of discovery contemplated in this case. 30 31 Page 5 of 7 1 VI. OTHER ISSUES 2 1. 3 The parties have conferred about the possibility of using alternative dispute 4 resolution processes. The Parties agree that the Early Mediation Conference held in this 5 matter on September 30, 2022, was quite helpful. However, the Parties believe that it is 6 necessary to conduct discovery before attempting to resolve this case. The Parties further 7 agree that a settlement conference will be beneficial after discovery is concluded. Finally, 8 the Parties are not interested in submitting this case to arbitration. 9 2. Alternative Dispute Resolution Alternative Forms Of Case Disposition 10 The parties have considered trial by magistrate judge under 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) and 11 FRCP 73, and the use of the short trial program. The parties do not consent to either at 12 this time. 13 3. 14 The parties have considered the possibility of presenting evidence to the jury in 15 electronic format. The Parties will ensure that any evidence presented in an electronic 16 format shall be compatible with the Court’s electronic jury evidence display system. At 17 present, the parties have not agreed upon any stipulations regarding use of electronic 18 evidence but reserve the right to address this issue again in a Joint Pre Trial Order. 19 /// 20 /// 21 /// 22 /// 23 /// 24 /// 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// 28 /// 30 31 Electronic Evidence Page 6 of 7 April 20, 2023 April 20, 2023 /s/ Lorin M. Taylor DANIEL J. ALBREGTS UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE DATED: April 21, 2023
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