Adherence v. CVS Health Corporation

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA

Case No. 2:24-cv-01590-JCM-NJK Plaintiff(s), Order v. [Docket No. 90] CVS HEALTH CORPORATION, et al., Defendant(s). Pending before the Court is Defendants’ motion to stay discovery pending resolution of their motion for summary judgment. Docket No. 90; see also Docket No. 85 (motion for summary judgment). Plaintiff filed a response in opposition. Docket No. 95. The Court does not require a reply or a hearing. See Local Rule 78-1. Deciding whether to stay discovery involves a preliminary peek at the merits of the underlying dispositive motion. See, e.g., Kor Media Grp., LLC v. Green, 294 F.R.D. 579, 582-83 (D. Nev. 2013). In this case, Defendants’ motion for summary judgment was filed on July 15, 2025, Docket No. 85 (notice of electronic filing), and is not set to be fully briefed until August 19, 2025, see Local Rule 7-2(b). Discovery is set to close a few weeks thereafter, on September 9, 2025. See Docket No. 62. Hence, in the time for this motion practice to become ripe for resolution and for the Court to decide such a resolution, at most there will be a few days left in the discovery period. It does not advance the goals in Rule 1 for the just, speedy, and inexpensive resolution of the case to (potentially) stay discovery after discovery has already been underway for months and should be wrapping up. See, e.g., JoshCo Tech, LLC v.MJJ&L Holdings, LLC, 2020 WL 8254262, at *2 (D. Nev. Sept. 2, 2020) (citing Ross-Nash v. Almond, 2020 U.S. Dist. Lexis 27461, at *3 (D. Nev. Feb. 18, 2020)). ] Accordingly, the motion to stay discovery is DENIED. Dated: August 1, 2025 A. Nancy oppe, United States Magistrate Judge 1]