Carroll v. City of Las Vegas

Opinion

2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 3 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 4 * * * 5 Marian Blue, et al., Case No. 2:21-cv-00372-RFB-DJA 6 Plaintiffs, 7 Order v. 8 City of Las Vegas, et al., 9 Defendants. 10 11 Before the Court is the parties’ stipulation to stay proceedings pending the finalization of 12 their settlement. (ECF No. 154). The parties explain that they reached a settlement at a 13 mediation and have a few items to complete before they can finalize dismissing the instant action. 14 (Id.). As a result, they ask that the Court stay discovery deadlines and all rulings on any pending 15 motions indefinitely. (Id.). The Court grants in part and denies in part the parties’ stipulation. 16 The Court grants the parties’ request that it stay discovery. The Court finds a stay of 17 discovery appropriate under the good cause analysis in Scharder v. Wynn, No. 2:19-cv-02159- 18 JCM-BNW, 2021 WL 4810324, at *4 (D. Nev. Oct. 14, 2021) and Federal Rule of Civil 19 Procedure 1. However, the Court will not grant the parties’ request for an indefinite stay. It will 20 instead require the parties to either file their settlement documents by April 24, 2023 or file a 21 status report with the Court regarding the settlement process. 22 The Court denies the parties’ request to stay rulings on motions. The Court is aware of 23 the parties’ potential settlement and will manage the pending motions accordingly. Given the 24 parties’ pending settlement, the Court also vacates the hearing set for March 28, 2023. 25 26 /// 27 /// 1 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the parties’ stipulation (ECF No. 154) is granted 2 in part and denied in part. Discovery is stayed. The parties shall file their settlement documents 3 or a status report regarding settlement on or before April 24, 2023. The Court denies the parties’ 4 request to stay its rulings on motions. 5 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the hearing set for March 28, 2023 is vacated. 6 7 DATED: February 23, 2023 8 DANIEL J. ALBREGTS 9 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27