Opinion
Case No.: 2:15-cv-01032-RFB-PAL
07-06-2017
JULIE SANTOVITO, Plaintiff, v. ELDORADO RESORTS CORPORATION, a Florida Corporation; MICHAEL MARRS; BRUCE POLANSKY; KRISTEN BECK; DOMINIC TALEGHANI; JAMES GRIMES; and DOES 1-50, inclusive, Defendants.
ANTHONY L. MARTIN Nevada Bar No. 8177 anthony.martin@ogletreedeakins.com JILL GARCIA Nevada Bar No. 7805 jill.garcia@ogletreedeakins.com BRIAN L. BRADFORD Nevada Bar No. 9518 brian.bradford@ogletreedeakins.com OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & STEWART, P.C. Wells Fargo Tower Suite 1500 3800 Howard Hughes Parkway Las Vegas, NV 89169 Telephone: 702.369.6800 Fax: 702.369.6888 Attorneys for Defendants Eldorado Resorts Corporation, Michael Marrs, Kristen Beck and Dominic Taleghani
ANTHONY L. MARTIN
Nevada Bar No. 8177
anthony.martin@ogletreedeakins.com
JILL GARCIA
Nevada Bar No. 7805
jill.garcia@ogletreedeakins.com
BRIAN L. BRADFORD
Nevada Bar No. 9518
brian.bradford@ogletreedeakins.com
OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & STEWART, P.C.
Wells Fargo Tower
Suite 1500
3800 Howard Hughes Parkway
Las Vegas, NV 89169
Telephone: 702.369.6800
Fax: 702.369.6888 Attorneys for Defendants Eldorado Resorts Corporation,
Michael Marrs, Kristen Beck and Dominic Taleghani
DEFENDANTS' STATEMENT OF NON-OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF'S REQUEST FOR AN EXTENSION TO FILE AN OPPOSITION TO THE MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
Defendant Eldorado Resorts Corporation ("Eldorado") and Individual Defendants Michael Marrs ("Marrs"), Kristen Beck ("Beck") and Dominic Taleghani ("Taleghani") (the "Individual Defendants") (collectively, the "Defendants"), respectfully submit this Non-Opposition to Plaintiff's Request for an Extension to File An Opposition to the Motion for Summary Judgment in order to address Plaintiff's Counsel's failure to comply with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
In compliance with the current Scheduling Order, Defendants' filed four Motions for Summary Judgment on May 31, 2017. Despite the Scheduling Order setting out the time frame for all dispositive motion deadlines in the Related Actions, Plaintiff has sought an extension on almost every response date and continues to unilaterally seek extensions from the Court, without regard to the procedural meet and confer rules and filing deadlines contained in the Local Rules and/or the overall impact on the remaining dispositive motion deadlines. These repeated requests continue to delay these matters.
In addition to this matter, Motions for Summary Judgment were also filed in Coury v. Eldorado Resorts Corporation, et al., Case No.: 2:15-cv-01488-RFB-PAL; Harel v. Eldorado Resorts Corporation, et al., Case No.: 2:15-cv-01497-RFB-PAL; and Newman v. Eldorado Resorts Corporation, et al., Case No. 2:15-cv-01486-RFB-PAL
Arora v. Eldorado Resorts Corporation, et al., Case No.: 2:15-cv-00751-RFB-PAL; Azizi v. Eldorado Resorts Corporation, et al., Case No.: 2:15-cv-00755-RFB-PAL; Baccala v. Eldorado Resorts Corporation, et al., Case No.: 2:15-cv-00752-RFB-PAL; Moser v. Eldorado Resorts Corporation, et al., Case No.: 2:15-cv-00757-RFB-PAL; Saak v. Eldorado Resorts Corporation, et al., Case No.: 2:15-cv-00754-RFB-PAL; Wells v. Eldorado Resorts Corporation, et al., Case No.: 2:15-cv-01006-RFB-PAL; Barnes v. Eldorado Resorts Corp., Case No. 2:15-cv-01026-RFB-PAL; Bouch v. Eldorado Resorts Corp., Case No. 2:15-cv-01023-RFB-PAL; Olshansky v. Eldorado Resorts Corporation, et al., Case No.: 2:15-cv-01017-RFB-PAL; Parr, D. v. Eldorado Resorts Corporation, et al., Case No.: 2:15-cv-01028-RFB-PAL; Parr, M. v. Eldorado Resorts Corporation, et al., Case No.: 2:15-cv-01030-RFB-PAL; Scheinberg v. Eldorado Resorts Corporation, et al., Case No.: 2:15-cv-01031-RFB-PAL; Sekkat v. Eldorado Resorts Corporation, et al., Case No.: 2:15-cv-01029-RFB-PAL; Cardinale v. Eldorado Resorts Corporation, et al., Case No. 2:15-cv-01492-RFB-PAL; Iannazzo v. Eldorado Resorts Corporation, et al., Case No. 2:15-cv-01497-RFB-PAL; Prussak v. Eldorado Resorts Corporation, et al., Case No. 2:15-cv-01414-RFB-PAL; Bagsby v. Eldorado Resorts Corporation, et al., Case No. 2:15-cv-02330-RFB-PAL; Browne v. Eldorado Resorts Corporation et al., Case No. 2:15-cv-02328-RFB-PAL; Eldor v. Eldorado Resorts Corporation, et al., Case No. 2:15-cv-02331-RFB-PAL; and Heckendorn v. Eldorado Resorts Corporation, et al., Case No. 2:15-cv-02332-RFB-PAL.
Defendants do not oppose Plaintiff's request, provided: (1) Plaintiff complies with her requested deadline of July 14, 2017, and no further extensions are requested; (2) Defendants have thirty (30) days from the date the responses are filed to prepare replies; and (3) the deadlines for filing dispositive motions in the Group V Related Cases which are currently scheduled to be filed on August 30, 2017, are extended by thirty (30) days to September 29, 2017.
DATED this 6th day of July, 2017.
OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & STEWART, P.C.
/s/ Jill Garcia
Anthony L. Martin
Jill Garcia
Brian L. Bradford
Wells Fargo Tower
Suite 1500
3800 Howard Hughes Parkway
Las Vegas, NV 89169
Tel ephone: 702.369.6800
Attorneys for Defendants Eldorado Resorts Corporation,
Michael Marrs, Kristen Beck and Dominic Taleghani
IT IS SO ORDERED:
/s/_________
RICHARD F. BOULWARE, II
United States District Judge
DATED this 11th day of July, 2017.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that I electronically transmitted the attached DEFENDANTS' STATEMENT OF NON-OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF'S REQUEST FOR AN EXTENSION TO FILE AN OPPOSITION TO THE MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT to the Clerk's Office using the CM/ECF System for filing and transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing to the following CM/ECF registrant:
Daniel R. Watkins, Esq.
Brian S. Letofsky, Esq.
Pursuant to FRCP 5(b), I hereby further certify that service of the foregoing DEFENDANTS' STATEMENT OF NON-OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF'S REQUEST FOR AN EXTENSION TO FILE AN OPPOSITION TO THE MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT was also made this day by depositing a true and correct copy of same for mailing, first class mail, postage prepaid thereon, at Las Vegas, Nevada, addressed to the following: Daniel R. Watkins, Esq.
Brian S. Letofsky, Esq.
Watkins & Letofsky, LLP
8215 S. Eastern Avenue
Suite 265
Las Vegas, NV 89123
Attorneys for Plaintiff Julie Santovito
DATED this 6th day of July, 2017.
/s/ Darhyl Kerr
An Employee of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash,
Smoak & Stewart, P.C.