Opinion
3:20-cv-00284-MMD-CLB
04-27-2022
EDWARD LONDON, v. CHARLES DANIELS, et al., Defendants
AARON D. FORD Attorney General LAURA M. GINN Deputy Attorney General Attorneys for Defendant.
AARON D. FORD Attorney General LAURA M. GINN Deputy Attorney General Attorneys for Defendant.
MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE A MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT [FIRST REQUEST]
Defendants Skyler Sheeks and Luis Sencion-Gonzalez (collectively, NDOC Employees), by and through counsel Aaron D. Ford, Attorney General for the State of Nevada, and Laura M. Ginn, Deputy Attorney General, hereby move this Court for an extension of time file a Motion for Summary Judgment. This Motion is made and based upon Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6(b)(1)(A), the attached Points and Authorities, the papers, and pleadings on file herein, and such other and further information as this Court may deem appropriate.
MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES
Courts have inherent powers to control their dockets, see Ready Transp., Inc. v. AAR Mfg, Inc., 627 F.3d 402, 404 (citations omitted), and to “achieve the orderly and expeditious disposition of cases.” Chambers v. NASCO, Inc., 501 U.S. 32, 43 (1991) Such power is indispensable to the court's ability to enforce its orders, manage its docket, and regulate insubordinate conduct. Id. (See also Mazzeo v. Gibbons, No. 2:08-cv-01387-RLH-PAL, 2010 WL 3910072, at *2 (D.Nev.2010)). LRIA 6-1 discusses requests for continuances. The rule states:
(a) A motion or stipulation to extend time must state the reasons for the extension requested and must inform the court of all previous extensions of the subject deadline the court granted. (Examples: “This is the first stipulation for extension of time to file motions.” “This is the third motion to extend time to take discovery.”)
This is the first request, filed timely, and is requested for good cause. The parties engaged in a meet and confer on April 14, 2022 to discuss Defendant Sheeks' Requests for Admission and Interrogatories propounded on London. London was given an extension to complete the Requests for Admission and Interrogatories on or before April 19, 2022. NDOC Employees filed a Motion to Compel (ECF No. 26) requesting this Court to order London to respond to the Interrogatories and deem the Requests for Admission admitted. London has not responded to NDOC Employees Motion to Compel yet. NDOC Employees respectfully request an extension to allow this Court to rule on the Motion to Compel and London to respond.
NDOC Employees provide the following information in accordance with Local Rule 26-3. London failed to respond to Defendant Sheeks' Interrogatories and failed to respond to the Requests for Admission. Discovery closed on April 4, 2022.
The proposed deadlines are:
Dispositive motion deadline: July 7, 2022
Joint pretrial order (if no dispositive motions filed): August 8, 20221
Counsel submits that the recent Motion to Compel and outstanding discovery in this case constitutes good cause for granting this extension of time to file a Motion for Summary Judgment.
Therefore, Defendants request this Court to extend the deadline from May 4, 2022, to July 7, 2022, to file a Motion for Summary Judgment.
IT IS SO ORDERED.