Opinion
3:23-cv-00003-ART-CLB
06-23-2023
TERRANCE DAVIS, Plaintiff, v. UNDERWOOD, et al., Defendants.
AARON D. FORD Attorney General VICTORIA C. COREY (Bar No. 16364C) Deputy Attorney General Attorneys for Interested Party Nevada Department of Corrections
AARON D. FORD Attorney General
VICTORIA C. COREY (Bar No. 16364C) Deputy Attorney General Attorneys for Interested Party Nevada Department of Corrections
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO CONTINUE EARLY MEDIATION CONFERENCE TO AUGUST 25, 2023
Interested Party Nevada Department of Corrections, by and through counsel, Aaron D. Ford, Nevada Attorney General, and Victoria C. Corey, Deputy Attorney General, of the State of Nevada, Office of the Attorney General, hereby submit their motion to continue the Early Mediation Conference to August 25, 2023 and respectfully request that the Court continue the Early Mediation Conference (EMC). Defendants' request is supported by good cause.
District courts have the inherent power to control their dockets. Thompson v. Hous. Auth. of City of Los Angeles, 782 F.2d 829, 831 (9th Cir. 1986). Good cause to continue the Early Mediation Conference exists. This is one of the four (4) cases that was scheduled for a quadruple EMC for July 11, 2023. ECF No. 9. Plaintiff has a pro bono appointed counsel in one of his other cases, Davis v. Cooke et al., USDC 3:22-cv-00473-ART-CLB, and when counsel for both Plaintiff and Interested Party spoke during their meet and confer on June 21, 2023, as required by the Order Setting Inmate Early Mediation Conference (see ECF No. 25 in 3:22-cv-00473-ART-CLB), counsel for Plaintiff was unaware that Plaintiff has three (3) other cases and the EMC scheduled for July 11, 2023 is a quadruple EMC for purposes of a global settlement. Plaintiff's counsel expressed that she would look into the possibility of representing Plaintiff in this case, as well as the other two cases for purposes of the EMC only. Interested Party's counsel is more than happy to continue the quadruple EMC, with the idea that a global settlement may be reached.
Mr. Davis has a total of four pending cases: Davis v. C/O Little et al., USDC 3:23-cv-00033-RCJ-CLB; Davis v. Underwood et al., USDC 3:23-cv-00003-ART-CLB; Davis v. Gonzalaz et al., USDC 3:22-cv-00188-RCJ-CLB; and Davis v. Cooke et al., USDC 3:22-cv-00473-ART-CLB
Plaintiff's Counsel in 3:22-cv-00473-ART-CLB, and Counsel for Interest Party's have emailed Ms. Ashlyn Bye to inquire on a potential new (and earliest) date for a global EMC, and parties have agreed to August 25, 2023 at 8:30am. Based on the foregoing, the Parties submit that good cause exists to grant the requested continuance and that the EMC be continued to Friday, August 25, 2023 at 8:30am, or the Court's earliest available date.
IT IS SO ORDERED.