Opinion
2:20-cv-01965-JAD-DJA
04-28-2023
TERRI MOORE, an individual, Plaintiff, v. BJ'S RESTAURANTS OPERATIONS COMPANY; ROES I-X; and DOE CORPORATIONS I-X; inclusive, Defendants.
Jack P. Burden, Esq. Jacquelyn Franco, Esq. Nevada State Bar No. 13484 Attorneys for Defendants BJS Restaurants Operations Company STOVALL & ASSOCIATES Leslie Mark Stovall, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 2566 Ross H. Moynihan, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 11848 Attorneys for Plaintiff
Jack P. Burden, Esq. Jacquelyn Franco, Esq. Nevada State Bar No. 13484 Attorneys for Defendants BJS Restaurants Operations Company
STOVALL & ASSOCIATES Leslie Mark Stovall, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 2566 Ross H. Moynihan, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 11848 Attorneys for Plaintiff
JOINT MOTION FOR THE PARTIES TO APPEAR REMOTELY AT SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE [AND PROPOSED ORDER]
DANIEL J. ALIBREGTS UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Defendant BJ'S RESTAURANTS OPERATIONS COMPANY and Plaintiff TERRI MOORE, hereby jointly request that they and their counsel be permitted to appear remotely at the Settlement Conference, scheduled for Friday, May 5 at 10:00am, via Zoom or other electronic means. Defendant's Corporate Representative Debbie Nichols, Senior Vice President, Risk Management for BJ's Restaurants, Inc. resides in California and Rick Barrett, Senior Claim Examiner for Broadspire Services, Inc. resides in Texas. In addition, Plaintiff's counsel Ross Moynihan is currently out of the state on a family matter and cannot travel back to Nevada to attend settlement conference in person. • • • •
This Request is stipulated and agreed to by both parties.
ORDER
Good cause appearing therein, the parties' joint motion [48] is GRANTED. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the settlement conference scheduled for Friday, May 5, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. will be conducted via Zoom video conference for ALL participants. Counsel must send the preferred email addresses for themselves and their respective participants to courtroom deputy Jerry Ries at JerryRies@nvd.uscourts.gov by Noon on Wednesday, May 3, 2023.
The Court reminds the parties that although the conference is proceeding via videoconference, the same decorum expected at in-person hearings will be expected here. Specifically, the parties are expected to appear via video (not just via audio) and must not engage in any distracting behavior like driving, walking around, and completing other tasks. The Court may end the conference if the parties do not abide by this directive.