Henzel v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., No. 2:2022cv00529 - Document 110 (D. Nev. 2023)
Court Description: ORDER Granting 94 Joint Stipulation regarding discovery coordination and case schedule. Discovery due by 10/6/2023. Dispositive Motions due by 2/23/2024. Proposed Joint Pretrial Order due by 3/30/2024. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nancy J. Koppe on 6/27/2023. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - AF)
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Henzel v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Doc. 110 Case 2:22-cv-00529-GMN-NJK Document 110 Filed 06/27/23 Page 1 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Daniel C. Girard (pro hac vice) Jordan Elias (pro hac vice) Tom Watts (pro hac vice) GIRARD SHARP LLP 601 California Street, Suite 1400 San Francisco, California 94108 Telephone: (415) 981-4800 Facsimile: (415) 981-4846 dgirard@girardsharp.com apolk@girardsharp.com jelias@girardsharp.com tomw@girardsharp.com Eric Gibbs (pro hac vice) David K. Stein (pro hac vice) Kyla Gibboney (pro hac vice) GIBBS LAW GROUP LLP 1111 Broadway, Suite 2100 Oakland, CA 94607 Telephone: (510) 350-9700 Facsimile: (510) 350-9701 ehg@classlawgroup.com ds@classlawgroup.com Interim Co-Lead Counsel kjg@classlawgroup.com [Additional Counsel listed on signature page] 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA 11 12 13 In re J&J Investment Litigation Assigned for All Purposes to: Hon. Gloria M. Navarro 14 15 16 17 18 GEOFF WINKLER, as court-appointed receiver for J&J Consulting Services, Inc., an Alaska corporation; J&J Consulting Services, Inc., a Nevada corporation, and J and J Purchasing LLC, Florida limited liability company, 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Case No. 2:22-cv-00529-GMN-NJK Plaintiff, v. Case No. 2:23-cv-00703-APG-NJK JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING DISCOVERY COORDINATION AND CASE SCHEDULE (SECOND REQUEST) WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Defendant. Plaintiffs Barrett Henzel, Allan Carso, Gary Lundin, Joshua Luekenga, Craig Rodney Michaelis, Bryce Kelly, Clint McDaniel, and Dan Michael (collectively, “Class Plaintiffs”); Plaintiff Geoff Winkler, as court-appointed receiver for J&J Consulting Services, Inc., J&J Consulting Services, Inc., and J and J Purchasing LLC (“Receiver”; with the Class Plaintiffs, “Plaintiffs”); and Defendant Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (“Wells Fargo”) (collectively, the “Parties”) hereby stipulate as STIPULATION REGARDING DISCOVERY COORDINATION AND CASE SCHEDULE Case No. 2:22-CV-00529-GMN-NJK Case No. 2:23-cv-00703-APG-NJK Dockets.Justia.com Case 2:22-cv-00529-GMN-NJK Document 110 Filed 06/27/23 Page 2 of 7 1 2 3 follows: WHEREAS, on May 4, 2023, the Receiver filed a complaint against Wells Fargo (the “Receiver Action”); 4 WHEREAS, the Receiver Action involves allegations, claims, and theories of liability similar 5 to those in In re J&J Investment Litigation, No. 2:22-cv-00529-GMN-NJK (D. Nevada) (the “Class 6 Action”; with the Receiver Action, the “Actions”), including allegations that: Matthew Beasley ran 7 a massive Ponzi scheme centered in Las Vegas, Nevada, Wells Fargo was allegedly aware of 8 Beasley’s tortious conduct, and Wells Fargo allegedly accepted deposits and processed transactions 9 that substantially assisted the scheme; 10 11 WHEREAS, the Parties anticipate that discovery will substantially overlap between the two Actions; 12 WHEREAS, in the absence of coordination, certain witnesses deposed in the Class Action 13 may need to be deposed again in the Receiver Action, leading to duplication of effort and increasing 14 overall discovery cost; 15 WHEREAS, to minimize burdens on the Court and the Parties, the Parties propose to 16 coordinate discovery between the cases to the extent practicable in order to avoid the unnecessary 17 expenditure of time, effort, and expense by the parties, courts, and witnesses associated with 18 duplicative discovery, see Manual Complex Lit. § 10.22 (4th ed.) (“Traditional procedures in which 19 . . . each attorney files motions, presents arguments, and examines witnesses, may waste time and 20 money, confuse and misdirect the litigation, and burden the court unnecessarily. Instituting special 21 procedures for coordination of counsel early in the litigation will help to avoid these problems.”); 22 WHEREAS, the parties to the Class Action have completed an initial deposition, but propose 23 to defer additional depositions of party witnesses for approximately 30 days to allow for Wells 24 Fargo’s expedited production and review of documents in the possession of the Receiver and the 25 Receiver’s expedited production and review of documents in the possession of Wells Fargo, pursuant 26 to agreements among the parties, thereby giving the parties to the Receiver Action the opportunity 27 to participate in depositions in the Class Action on a coordinated basis; 28 2 STIPULATION REGARDING DISCOVERY COORDINATION AND CASE SCHEDULE Case No. 2:22-CV-00529-GMN-NJK Case No. 2:23-cv-00703-APG-NJK Case 2:22-cv-00529-GMN-NJK Document 110 Filed 06/27/23 Page 3 of 7 1 WHEREAS, during the 30-day time period when the Receiver and Wells Fargo exchange 2 documents, the Parties will only be holding party depositions in abeyance so that the Receiver might 3 participate in those depositions, and the Parties in the Class Action will continue with written 4 discovery, the production of documents and any third party depositions agreed to by all parties; 5 WHEREAS, the parties respectfully submit that good cause exists to modify the case 6 schedule by extending all deadlines by 30 to 40 days as set forth in the chart below, because absent 7 modification, certain witnesses may need to be deposed twice, and other discovery may need to be 8 duplicated, wasting the resources of the Parties and the Court; 9 WHEREAS, the parties respectfully submit that the good cause for the proposed modification 10 to the schedule exists, in that the changes will expedite resolution of the Receiver Action, further the 11 efficient adjudication of both actions, avoid possible motion practice, and eliminate the potential 12 prejudice and added expense associated with duplicative discovery; 13 14 NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, between the Parties by and through their counsel, subject to the Court’s approval, that: 15 1. On an agreed date, all documents and written discovery previously produced by Wells 16 Fargo in the Class Action will be reproduced to the Receiver and the Receiver will likewise 17 produce to Wells Fargo the categories of documents agreed to by the Receiver and Wells 18 Fargo in a letter dated May 30, 2023. 19 2. Wells Fargo will be permitted to take up to 20 depositions, excluding expert depositions. 20 3. Class Plaintiffs and the Receiver, collectively, will be permitted to take up to 20 21 depositions, excluding expert depositions. If either Class Plaintiffs or the Receiver notices 22 a deposition, it will count towards the 20 deposition limit even if either Class Plaintiffs’ 23 counsel or the Receiver’s counsel does not attend. 24 4. Expert depositions will not count toward any party’s 20 fact witness deposition limit. 25 5. No witness shall be deposed more than once, absent agreement of all parties or by order 26 of the Court. 27 28 3 STIPULATION REGARDING DISCOVERY COORDINATION AND CASE SCHEDULE Case No. 2:22-CV-00529-GMN-NJK Case No. 2:23-cv-00703-APG-NJK Case 2:22-cv-00529-GMN-NJK Document 110 Filed 06/27/23 Page 4 of 7 1 2 3 4 6. Deposition notices shall be served on all parties in the Receiver Action and the Class Action, and testimony shall be admissible to the same extent in either action. 7. Depositions shall be limited to 7.5 hours. Receiver counsel and Class counsel will allocate time for questioning by mutual agreement. 5 8. Wells Fargo and the Receiver agree to a limited waiver of Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(d)(1)’s 6 requirement that no discovery be propounded prior to the Rule 26(f) conference. 7 However, discovery in the Receiver Action will otherwise proceed normally under the 8 Federal Rules of Civil Procedures and Local Rules. 9 9. The Receiver and Wells Fargo stipulate and agree that this stipulation will not be deemed 10 a waiver of any of Wells Fargo’s defenses, or Wells Fargo’s right to move to dismiss the 11 Receiver’s Complaint, or right to move for a stay of discovery other than the discovery set 12 forth above. 13 10. In the Receiver Action, Wells Fargo and the Receiver will file a protective order 14 substantively identical to the one entered by the Court in the Class Action to govern the 15 use of confidential information. 16 11. Case deadlines in the Class Action will be extended as shown below: 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 4 STIPULATION REGARDING DISCOVERY COORDINATION AND CASE SCHEDULE Case No. 2:22-CV-00529-GMN-NJK Case No. 2:23-cv-00703-APG-NJK Case 2:22-cv-00529-GMN-NJK Document 110 Filed 06/27/23 Page 5 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1. Fact Discovery Cutoff 2. Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2) Expert Disclosures 3. Rebuttal Expert Disclosures 4. Expert Discovery Cut-off 5. Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification Deadline 6. Defendant’s Deadline to Respond to Motion for Class Certification 7. Dispositive Motions Deadline 8. Joint Pretrial Order 9. Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(3) Pretrial Disclosures Current Deadline New Deadline August 29, 2023 October 6, 2023 July 31, 2023 September 7, 2023 August 29, 2023 October 6, 2023 September 28, 2023 November 6, 2023 October 9, 2023 November 15, 2023 November 8, 2023 December 22, 2023 January 18, 2024 February 23, 2024 February 20, 2024 March 30, 2024 February 20, 2024 March 30, 2024 IT IS SO STIPULATED. Dated: May 30, 2023 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: June 27, 2023 . . ______________________________ Nancy J. Koppe United States Magistrate Judge 26 27 28 5 STIPULATION REGARDING DISCOVERY COORDINATION AND CASE SCHEDULE Case No. 2:22-CV-00529-GMN-NJK Case No. 2:23-cv-00703-APG-NJK Case 2:22-cv-00529-GMN-NJK Document 110 Filed 06/27/23 Page 6 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 By: /s/ Joseph G. Went Joseph G. Went, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 9220 Sydney R. Gambee Nevada Bar No. 14201 HOLLAND & HART LLP 9555 Hillwood Drive, 2nd Floor Las Vegas, NV 89134 Phone: 702.669.4600 Fax: 702.669.4650 jgwent@hollandhart.com srgambee@hollandhart.com By: /s/ Daniel C. Girard Daniel C. Girard, Esq. (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) Tom Watts, Esq. (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) GIRARD SHARP LLP 601 California Street, Suite 1400 San Francisco, California 94108 Telephone: (415) 981-4800 Facsimile: (415) 981-4846 dgirard@girardsharp.com tomw@girardsharp.com By: /s/ K. Issac deVyver K. Issac deVyver, Esq. (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) Alicia A. Baiardo, Esq. (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) Anthony Q. Le, Esq. (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) MCGUIREWOODS 1800 Century Park East, 8th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067 Phone: 310.315.8200 Fax: 310.315.8210 KdeVyver@mcguirewoods.com ABaiardo@mcguirewoods.com ALe@mcguirewoods.com By: /s/ David K. Stein Eric Gibbs (pro hac vice) David K. Stein (pro hac vice) Kyla Gibboney (pro hac vice) GIBBS LAW GROUP LLP 1111 Broadway, Suite 2100 Oakland, CA 94607 Telephone: (510) 350-9700 Facsimile: (510) 350-9701 ehg@classlawgroup.com ds@classlawgroup.com kjg@classlawgroup.com Attorneys for Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Emily Beale (pro hac vice) GIBBS LAW GROUP LLP 43 W 43rd Street, Suite 52 New York, NY 10036 Telephone: (510) 350-9700 Facsimile: (510) 350-9701 eb@classlawgroup.com By: /s/ Robert L. Brace Robert L. Brace (pro hac vice) Maria F. Elosu (pro hac vice) LAW OFFICES OF ROBERT L. BRACE 1807 Santa Barbara St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Telephone: (805) 886-8458 rlbrace@rusty.lawyer mariaelosulaw@gmail.com Interim Co-Lead Counsel 6 STIPULATION REGARDING DISCOVERY COORDINATION AND CASE SCHEDULE Case No. 2:22-CV-00529-GMN-NJK Case No. 2:23-cv-00703-APG-NJK Case 2:22-cv-00529-GMN-NJK Document 110 Filed 06/27/23 Page 7 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 By: /s/ Miles N. Clark Miles N. Clark (NBN 13848) LAW OFFICES OF MILES N. CLARK LLC 5510 S. Fort Apache Rd., Suite 30 Las Vegas, NV 89148-7700 (702) 856-7430 miles@milesclarklaw.com Liaison Counsel /s/ Jarrod L. Rickard Jarrod L. Rickard, Bar No. 10203 Katie L. Cannata, Bar No. 14848 SEMENZA KIRCHER RICKARD 10161 Park Run Drive, Suite 150 Las Vegas, Nevada 89145 By: /s/ Jason Kellogg Jeffrey C. Schneider (pro hac vice) Jason K. Kellogg (pro hac vice) Marcelo Diaz-Cortes (pro hac vice) LEVINE KELLOGG LEHMAN SCHNEIDER + GROSSMAN LLP 100 SE 2nd Street Miami Tower, 36th Floor Miami, FL 33131 Telephone: (305) 403-8788 Facsimile: (305) 403-8789 jcs@lklsg.com jk@lklsg.com md@lklsg.com Counsel for Geoff Winkler, as court-appointed receiver 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 7 STIPULATION REGARDING DISCOVERY COORDINATION AND CASE SCHEDULE Case No. 2:22-CV-00529-GMN-NJK Case No. 2:23-cv-00703-APG-NJK
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