Henzel v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., No. 2:2022cv00529 - Document 66 (D. Nev. 2023)

Court Description: ORDER Granting 65 Stipulation for extension of time to file response and reply to 62 Motion to Compel. Responses due by 2/7/2023. Replies due by 2/14/2023. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nancy J. Koppe on 1/30/2023. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - LOE)

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Henzel v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Doc. 66 Case 2:22-cv-00529-GMN-NJK Document 66 Filed 01/30/23 Page 1 of 6 1 Joseph G. Went Nevada Bar No. 9220 2 Sydney R. Gambee Nevada Bar No. 14201 3 HOLLAND & HART LLP 9555 Hillwood Drive, 2nd Floor 4 Las Vegas, NV 89134 Phone: 702-669-4600 5 Fax: 702-669-4650 jgwent@hollandhart.com 6 srgambee@hollandhart.com 7 K. Issac deVyver (pro hac vice) Alicia A. Baiardo (pro hac vice) 8 Anthony Q. Le (pro hac vice) MCGUIREWOODS 9 1800 Century Park East, 8th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067 10 Phone: 310.315.8200 Fax: 310.315.8210 11 KdeVyver@mcguirewoods.com ABaiardo@mcguirewoods.com 12 ALe@mcguirewoods.com 13 Attorneys for Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 14 15 16 17 18 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA In re J&J Investment Litigation Case No. 2:22-cv-00529-GMN-NJK 19 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING MOTION TO COMPEL BRIEFING SCHEDULE 20 First Request 21 Judge: The Hon. Gloria M. Navarro The Hon. Nancy J. Koppe 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING MOTION TO COMPEL BRIEFING SCHEDULE CASE NO. 2:22-CV-00529-GMN-NJK Dockets.Justia.com Case 2:22-cv-00529-GMN-NJK Document 66 Filed 01/30/23 Page 2 of 6 1 Plaintiffs Barret Henzel, Allan Carso, Gary Lundin, Joshua Luekenga, Craig Rodney 2 Michaelis, Bryce Kelly, Clint McDaniel, and Dan Michael (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) and 3 Defendant Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (“Wells Fargo”) (collectively, the “Parties”) jointly submit this 4 Stipulation and [Proposed] Order for its first request to modify the briefing schedule on Plaintiff’s 5 Motion to Compel Discovery Under Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(a)(3)(B)(iv) (ECF No. 62). Wells Fargo 6 has requested a modification to the briefing schedule because the disputes implicate the Bank 7 Secrecy Act (“BSA”) and requirements relating to the federal suspicious activity report (“SAR”) 8 privilege—issues of significant importance to Wells Fargo and its regulators that enforce these 9 requirements. Plaintiffs do not oppose this request, but otherwise do not take a position on Wells 10 Fargo’s request. Plaintiffs withdraw their request for an extension on the reply brief. In support 11 of the stipulation and request for modification of the briefing schedule, and pursuant LR 7-1 and 12 LR IA 6-2, the Parties state as follows: 13 1. On January 17, 2023, Plaintiffs filed a Motion to Compel Discovery under Fed. R 14 Civ. P. 37(a)(3)(B)(iv) (“Motion”). 15 2. Plaintiffs’ Motion places at issue seven requests (Nos. 1, 13-17, 19) from their First 16 Set of Production of Documents and seeks discovery regarding (i) account-opening procedures, 17 (ii) account-monitoring systems, (iii) account reviews and investigations by bank personnel, and 18 (iv) corporate policies and procedures. See Motion at 8. 19 3. In Wells Fargo’s responses to Plaintiff’s First Set of Requests for Production of 20 Documents (“RFP Responses”), Wells Fargo objected and asserted the SAR privilege, stating that 21 Plaintiffs sought disclosure of information relating to statutory and regulatory requirements for 22 detecting and reporting potentially suspicious transaction activity as described in the BSA, 31 23 U.S.C. § 5318, pursuant to 12 C.F.R. § 21.11, 31 C.F.R. § 103.18, 31 U.S.C. § 5318(g)(2)(A)(i), 24 and applicable regulatory guidance. 25 4. Wells Fargo contends that under the BSA, banks are required to file a SAR when 26 they detect a known or suspected violation of federal law or a suspicious transaction relating to 27 money laundering or terrorist financing. See 12 C.F.R. § 21.11. It is Wells Fargo’s position tha 28 the scope of the SAR privilege implicates extremely sensitive information that should be given the 2 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING MOTION TO COMPEL BRIEFING SCHEDULE CASE NO. 2:22-CV-00529-GMN-NJK Case 2:22-cv-00529-GMN-NJK Document 66 Filed 01/30/23 Page 3 of 6 Case 2:22-cv-00529-GMN-NJK Document 66 Filed 01/30/23 Page 4 of 6 1 2 2. Plaintiffs’ deadline to reply to Wells Fargo’s response, consistent with the time allocated for reply in the Local Rules, is due February 14, 2023. 3 4 Dated: January 27, 2023 By: /s/ Miles N. Clark (with permission) 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 5 6 7 8 9 10 By: /s/ Daniel C. Girard (with permission) Daniel C. Girard (pro hac vice) Jordan Elias (pro hac vice) Makenna Cox (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 mcox@girardsharp.com 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 By: /s/ Eric Gibbs (with permission) Eric Gibbs (pro hac vice) David K. Stein (pro hac vice) Emily Beale (pro hac vice) GIBBS LAW GROUP LLP 1111 Broadway, Suite 2100 Oakland, CA 94607 Telephone: (510) 350-9700 Facsimile: (510) 350-9701 ds@classlawgroup.com eg@classlawgroup.com eb@classlawgroup.com 20 21 22 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: January 30, 2023 23 . 24 . _______________________________ 25 Nancy J. Koppe United States Magistrate Judge 26 27 28 4 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING MOTION TO COMPEL BRIEFING SCHEDULE CASE NO. 2:22-CV-00529-GMN-NJK Case 2:22-cv-00529-GMN-NJK Document 66 Filed 01/30/23 Page 5 of 6 1 By: /s/ Jeffrey C. Schneider (with permission) 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 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 By: /s/ Robert L. Brace (with permission) Robert L. Brace (pro hac vice) LAW OFFICES OF ROBERT L. BRACE 1807 Santa Barbara St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Telephone: (805) 886-8458 rlbrace@rusty.lawyer Interim Co-Lead Counsel 11 12 13 14 15 16 Dated: January 27, 2023 By: /s/ Joseph G. Went (with permission) Joseph G. Went 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 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 By: /s/ Anthony Q. Le K. Issac deVyver (pro hac vice) Alicia A. Baiardo (pro hac vice) Anthony Q. Le (pro hac vice) MCGUIREWOODS 1800 Century Park East, 8th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067 Phone: 310.315.8200 24 25 26 27 28 5 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING MOTION TO COMPEL BRIEFING SCHEDULE CASE NO. 2:22-CV-00529-GMN-NJK Case 2:22-cv-00529-GMN-NJK Document 66 Filed 01/30/23 Page 6 of 6 1 Fax: 310.315.8210 KdeVyver@mcguirewoods.com ABaiardo@mcguirewoods.com ALe@mcguirewoods.com 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 6 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING MOTION TO COMPEL BRIEFING SCHEDULE CASE NO. 2:22-CV-00529-GMN-NJK

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