Opinion
2:20-cv-01905-KJD-DJA
02-27-2023
DEBBIE SIEGFRIED, individually, Plaintiff, v. LOYA INSURANCE COMPANY, a Foreign Corporation; and JESS LOPEZ, individually; DOES I through X; and ROE BUSINESS ENTITIES I through X, inclusive, Defendants.
PRINCE LAW GROUP DENNIS M. PRINCE Nevada Bar No. 5092 KEVIN T. STRONG Nevada Bar No. 12107 Attorneys for Plaintiff Debbie Siegfried KRAVITZ, SCHNITZER JOHNSON & WATSON, CHTD. M. BRADLEY JOHNSON Nevada Bar No. 4646 Attorneys for Defendant Loya Insurance Company
PRINCE LAW GROUP DENNIS M. PRINCE Nevada Bar No. 5092 KEVIN T. STRONG Nevada Bar No. 12107 Attorneys for Plaintiff Debbie Siegfried
KRAVITZ, SCHNITZER JOHNSON & WATSON, CHTD. M. BRADLEY JOHNSON Nevada Bar No. 4646 Attorneys for Defendant Loya Insurance Company
ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION TO CONTINUE HEARING ON PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO COMPEL (ECF No. 50) AND DEFENDANT LOYA INSURANCE COMPANY'S MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER (ECF NO. 51)
DANIEL J. ALBREGTS UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Plaintiff DEBBIE SIEGFRIED (“Siegfried”), by and through her counsel of record, Dennis M. Prince and Kevin T. Strong of PRINCE LAW GROUP, and Defendant LOYA INSURANCE COMPANY (“Loya”), by and through its counsel of record, M. Bradley Johnson of KRAVITZ SCHNITZER JOHNSON & WATSON, CHTD., hereby file their Joint Motion to Continue Hearing on Plaintiff's Motion to Compel (ECF No. 50) and Defendant Loya Insurance Company's Motion for Protective Order (ECF No. 51).
MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES
I.
LEGAL ARGUMENT
“[D]istrict courts . . . retain broad discretion to control their dockets ....” Shahrokhi v. Harter, No. 2:21-cv-01126-RFB-NJK, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 247936, at *4 (D. Nev. Dec. 30, 2021). On February 13, 2023, this Court scheduled a hearing on Siegfried's Motion to Compel Defendant Loya Insurance Company's Responses to Plaintiff's Third Set of Requests for Production of Documents and Fourth Set of Requests for Production of Documents (ECF No. 50) and Defendant Loya Insurance Company's Motion for Protective Order Regarding Plaintiff Debbie Siegfried's Deposition Subpoena to the F.R.C.P. 30(b)(6) Representative for Loya Insurance Company (ECF No. 51) for Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. Siegfried and Loya hereby respectfully request this Court to continue the March 2, 2023 hearing to March 9, 2023 or any date thereafter that may be more convenient for this Court. The parties request this continuation because counsel for Siegfried are scheduled to attend a full-day mediation in an unrelated matter that was scheduled prior to this Court's Order setting the hearing.
Siegfried and Loya hereby file this joint motion in lieu of a stipulation because Defendant Jess Lopez is a Defendant in this action who has not filed an answer or otherwise made an appearance. See LR 7-1(c) (“A stipulation that has been signed by fewer than all the parties or their attorneys will be treated-and must be filed-as a joint motion).
II.
CONCLUSION
Based on the foregoing, the parties respectfully request this Court to grant their motion and continue the March 2, 2023 hearing to March 9, 2023 or any date thereafter that is more convenient for this Court.
ORDER
Having reviewed the parties' joint motion [ECF No. 69], the Court finds good cause to grant it. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the motions hearing scheduled for March 2, 2023 is VACATED and RESET to Monday, March 20, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 3A.