Opinion
2:20-cv-01761-CDS-BNW
04-10-2023
LaTesha Watson, Plaintiff v. City of Henderson, et al., Defendants
COOK & KELESIS, LTD. Marc P. Cook, Julie L. Sanpei Attorneys for Plaintiff Latesha Watson. SNELL & WILMER, LLP Patrick G. Byrne Richard C. Gordon Paul Swenson Prior Christian P. Ogata Attorneys for Defendant City of Henderson. CLARK HILL PLLC Nicholas M. Wieczorek, Esq. Attorneys for Defendant Kevin Abernathy.
COOK & KELESIS, LTD. Marc P. Cook, Julie L. Sanpei Attorneys for Plaintiff Latesha Watson.
SNELL & WILMER, LLP Patrick G. Byrne Richard C. Gordon Paul Swenson Prior Christian P. Ogata Attorneys for Defendant City of Henderson.
CLARK HILL PLLC Nicholas M. Wieczorek, Esq. Attorneys for Defendant Kevin Abernathy.
STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING DEADLINES FOR RESPONSES AND REPLIES TO MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (SECOND REQUEST)
Defendants City of Henderson (the “City”), Kevin Abernathy, and plaintiff LaTesha Watson (collectively the “Parties”) stipulate to extend the deadline for the Parties' to respond to the motions for summary judgment up to and including April 14, 2023, and the replies in support of those motions up to and including May 5, 2023. The Parties make the following stipulation for good cause, not for the purpose of delay, and for the following reasons:
1. On November 1, 2021, Watson amended her complaint, asserting nine causes of action against the City, Abernathy, and several previously named individual defendants.
2. During discovery, Watson voluntarily dismissed five of those defendants and another after it had closed.
3. On February 16, 2023, Judge Weksler granted the Parties' stipulation to extend the dispositive motion deadline to February 22, 2023.
4. Watson then filed two motions for partial summary judgment: one against the Cityand one against Abernathy.
5. The City and Abernathy both also filed motions for summary judgment.
6. After the motions for summary judgment were filed, Judge Weksler granted Abernathy's motion to compel additional deposition testimony from Watson. That deposition took place on March 23, 2023, and the transcript for that deposition became available on April 2, 2023.
7. This Court previously granted an extension for these briefing deadlines, setting the responses for April 7, 2023, and the replies for April 28, 2023.
8. Given the number of claims still at issue in this dispute and on which the Parties have moved for summary judgment on, and the complex legal issues involved within each, the conclusion of Watson's recent deposition, and because of a recent family emergency, the Parties need additional time to complete responses and their replies to the motions.
9. The Parties have agreed to the extensions requested.
10. This stipulation is made in good faith and not for the purpose of delay.
ECF No. 155.
ECF No. 157.
ECF No. 158.
ECF Nos. 162, 164.
Therefore, the Parties respectfully request an extension for the Parties to file their responses to the pending motions for summary judgment, up to and including April 14, 2023, and the replies in support of those motions up to and including May 5, 2023.
ORDER
Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the parties' stipulation is GRANTED. Responses to the motions for summary judgment [ECF Nos. 157, 158, 162, 164] shall be due on April 14, 2023. The replies in support of those motions shall be due on May 5, 2023.
IT IS SO ORDERED.