Opinion
Case No. 2:18-cv-01421-RFB-BNW
08-11-2020
Louis Marks, Plaintiff, v. State of Nevada, et al., Defendants.
AARON D. FORD Attorney General HENRY H. KIM (Bar No. 14390) Deputy Attorney General State of Nevada Office of the Attorney General 555 E. Washington Ave., Ste. 3900 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 (702) 486-3095 (phone) (702) 486-3773 (fax) Email: hkim@ag.nv.gov Attorneys for Defendant Vincent Lorenz
AARON D. FORD
Attorney General
HENRY H. KIM (Bar No. 14390)
Deputy Attorney General
State of Nevada
Office of the Attorney General
555 E. Washington Ave., Ste. 3900
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
(702) 486-3095 (phone)
(702) 486-3773 (fax)
Email: hkim@ag.nv.gov
Attorneys for Defendant Vincent Lorenz
DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO SUBMIT A MEDIATION STATEMENT
Defendant Vincent Lorenz, by and through counsel, Aaron D. Ford, Attorney General for the State of Nevada, and Henry H. Kim, Deputy Attorney General, hereby files this Motion to Extend Time to submit a mediation statement.
I. INTRODUCTION
On July 30, 2020, this Court issued an Order setting an inmate early mediation conference on September 25, 2020. ECF No. 16 at 1:15-6. Ordinarily, mediation statements are due one week before the mediation conference. However, this Court ordered that the mediation statements be submitted to the Court by 4:00 p.m. on Friday, August 18, 2020.
II. APPLICABLE LAW
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6(b)(1) governs extensions of time and provides as follows: /// ///
When an act may or must be done within a specified time, the court may, for good cause, extend the time: (A) with or without motion or notice if the court acts, or if a request is made, before the original time or its extension expires; or (B) on motion made after the time has expired if the party failed to act because of excusable neglect.
Any request to change deadlines established in the scheduling order must be supported by a showing of good cause pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4), which turns primarily on a showing that the deadlines currently in place could not reasonably be met despite the diligent of the movant. Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 609 (9th Cir. 1992).
III. ARGUMENT
Lorenz respectfully requests that this Court grant a 30-day extension on the deadline to submit a mediation statement. The undersigned has a mediation statement in another matter due on August 18, 2020, with the mediation conference set on August 25, 2020. Additionally, the undersigned is working remotely due to the pandemic and has limited access to the office data and resources. A 30-day extension would afford the undersigned and Lorenz an opportunity to submit a more thorough and meaningful mediation statement.
IV. CONCLUSION
For the foregoing reasons, Defendant Lorenz respectfully requests that this Court grant a 30-day extension on the deadline to submit a mediation statement.
DATED this 7th day of August, 2020.
Respectfully submitted,
AARON D. FORD
Attorney General
By: /s/ Henry H. Kim
HENRY H. KIM (Bar No. 14390)
Deputy Attorney General
Attorneys for Defendant Vincent Lorenz
IT IS SO ORDERED
DATED: August 11, 2020 /s/ _________
BRENDA WEKSLER
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I certify that I am an employee of the State of Nevada, Office of the Attorney General, and that on August 7, 2020, I electronically filed the foregoing DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO SUBMIT A MEDIATION STATEMENT, via this Court's electronic filing system. Parties that are registered with this Court's electronic filing system will be served electronically. For those parties not registered, service was made by emailing a copy to the following:
Louis Marks #94433
Southern Desert Correctional Center
PO Box 208
Indian Springs, NV 89070
sdcclawlibrary@doc.nv.gov
Plaintiff, Pro Se
/s/ Sheri Regalado
Sheri Regalado, an employee of the
Office of the Nevada Attorney General