Opinion
Case No. 2:12-cv-01523-APG-CWH
05-07-2013
GORDON J. LAWES, Plaintiff, v. LAS VEGAS METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT, et al., Defendants.
ORDER
This matter is before the Court on Defendants' Motion for Reconsideration or, alternatively, Motion to Extend Discovery Deadlines (#38), filed May 1, 2013. The Court has reviewed the motion and will not reconsider its prior order. However, the Court will grant the requested alternative relief to the extent that discovery deadlines will be extended for an additional sixty (60) days. The extension is not limited to Defendants but applies to all parties. Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendants' Motion for Reconsideration or, alternatively, Motion to Extend Discovery Deadlines (#38) is granted in part and denied in part.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Scheduling Order be modified as follows:
+----------------------------------------------------+ ¦1.¦Discovery cutoff ¦September 30, 2013 ¦ +--+----------------------------+--------------------¦ ¦2.¦Expert designations ¦July 30, 2013 ¦ +--+----------------------------+--------------------¦ ¦3.¦Rebuttal expert designations¦August 30, 2013 ¦ +--+----------------------------+--------------------¦ ¦4.¦Interim status report ¦July 30, 2013 ¦ +--+----------------------------+--------------------¦ ¦5.¦Dispositive motions ¦October 30, 2013 ¦ +----------------------------------------------------+
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that any extension of the discovery deadline will not be allowed without a showing of good cause as to why all discovery was not completed within the time allotted. All motions or stipulations to extend discovery shall be received by the Court at least twenty-one (21) days prior to the date fixed for completion of discovery or at least twenty-one (21) days prior to the expiration of any extension thereof that may have been approved by the Court. All motions or stipulations to extend a deadline set forth in a discovery plan shall be received no later than twenty-one (21) days before expiration of the subject deadline or at least twenty-one (21) days prior to the expiration of any extension thereof that may have been approved by the Court. Any extension or modification of a discovery deadline or subject deadline not filed at least twenty-one (21) days prior to the date fixed for completion of discovery or the expiration of the subject deadline must be supported by a showing that the failure to act was the result of excusable neglect. The motion or stipulation shall include:
a. A statement specifying the discovery completed by the parties as of the date of the motion or stipulation;
b. A specific description of the discovery which remains to be completed;
c. The reasons why such remaining discovery was not completed within the time limit of the existing discovery deadline; and,
d. A proposed schedule for the completion of all remaining discovery.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if no dispositive motions have been filed within the time frame specified in this Order, then the parties shall file a written, joint proposed Pretrial Order by December 2, 2013. If dispositive motions are filed, then the parties shall file a written, joint proposed Pretrial Order within 30 days of the date the Court enters a ruling on said dispositive motions.
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C.W. Hoffman, Jr.
United States Magistrate Judge