Opinion
2:22-cv-00626-GMN-EJY
10-12-2022
SFR INVESTMENTS POOL 1, LLC, Plaintiff, v. NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING; DOES I through X; and ROE BUSINESS ENTITIES I through X, inclusive, Defendants.
HANKS LAW GROUP KAREN L. HANKS, ESQ. ATTORNEYS FOR SFR INVESTMENTS POOL 1, LLC AKERMAN, LLP PAIGE MAGASTER, ESQ. ATTORNEYS FOR NEWREZ, LLC DBA SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING
HANKS LAW GROUP KAREN L. HANKS, ESQ. ATTORNEYS FOR SFR INVESTMENTS POOL 1, LLC
AKERMAN, LLP PAIGE MAGASTER, ESQ. ATTORNEYS FOR NEWREZ, LLC DBA SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING
STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND EXPERT DISCLOSURE DEADLINES
The parties, by and through their undersigned counsel, stipulate and agree as follows:
A. A statement specifying the discovery completed by the parties as of the date of the motion or stipulation
The parties have exchanged initial disclosures.
B. A specific description of the discovery that remains to be completed
Exchange of written discovery
SFR's deposition
Shellpoint's deposition
Deposition of any prior servicer
Disclosure of expert witnesses
C. The reasons why the remaining discovery was not completed within the time limit of the existing discovery deadline
SFR began searching for an expert in August 2022 and it was in late September that SFR settled on a particular expert. On September 23, 2022, SFR retained Stan Smith as an expert for this matter, but then the following week, Mr. Smith advised his office could not meet the October 20, 2022 deadline and requested an additional three weeks. As a result, on October 3, 2022, SFR's counsel emailed Shellpoint's counsel advising her of the same and requesting a three-week extension of the expert deadline. On October 4, 2022, Shellpoint's counsel responded and agreed. This stipulation is submitted 15 days prior to the expert deadline as opposed to 21 days because SFR did not learn until right at the 21-day mark that its expert needed additional time, and Shellpoint's counsel was out of the jurisdiction for several days after agreeing to the extension on October 4, 2022.
D. A proposed schedule for the completion of all remaining discovery
Current Deadline
Proposed Deadline
Discovery Cut-Off: December 19, 2022
No Change
Amending/Adding Parties: September 20, 2022
No change
Initial Experts: October 20, 2022
November 10, 2022
Rebuttal Experts: November 21, 2022
December 8, 2022
Dispositive Motions: January 18, 2023
No change
Pre-Trial Order: February 17, 2023
No Change
ORDER
IT IS ORDERED: