Jazlene Baez v. Libra LLC

• Court: District Court, D. Nevada
• Decided: April 28, 2026
• Docket: 2:24-cv-02096
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

1 || Diana S. Cline, Esq. 5 Nevada Bar No. 10580 CLINE LEGAL SOLUTIONS, LLC 3 || 7625 Dean Martin Drive, Ste 115 Las Vegas, Nevada, 89139 4 ||Phone: 702-790-0525 5 diana@clinelegalnv.com Attorney for Defendant Libra LLC 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 OF NEVADA

9 Jazlene Baez, Case No. 2:24-cv-02096-JAD-EJY Plaintiff, 10 vs. MOTION TO EXTEND DEADLINE TO gl FILE PRETRIAL ORDER 2 1 || Libra LLC, (Second Request)

2 Defendant.

9 13 Defendant Libra, LLC (“Libra”), by and through its newly substituted counsel, Diana S. 14 Cline, Esq. of the law firm Cline Legal Solutions, LLC hereby requests to extend the pre-trial 15 3 order deadline for a period of thirty (30) days from the current deadline of April 27, 2026.

S Defendant recently retained new counsel. Further, ongoing settlement discussions may lead to 217 the resolution of this case. The parties intend to continue to negotiate in good faith during the 18 9 extended time period before filing the pretrial order with a goal of reaching settlement of the

This is the second request to extend the deadline. This request is made in good faith and 41 not meant to prejudice or to cause delay to any party. District courts have inherent power to control their dockets, including any requests by the 33 Parties to continue an existing trial setting (Hamilton Copper & Steel Corp., v. Primary Steel, 94 898 F.2d 1428, 1429 (9th Cir. 1990); Oliva v. Sullivan, 958 F.2d 272, 273 9th Cir. 1992)). 25 || A motion for continuance of trial should be granted for good cause (Fed.R.Civ.P. 16(b)(4). The 26 court has discretion as to what constitutes good cause (See U.S. v. Makley, 468 F.2d 916, 27 ||917 (9th Cir. 1972)). The good-cause standard is met where a deadline cannot be met despite the 28

1 moving party’s diligence (Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 609 (9th Cir. 2 1992)). In determining whether to grant a continuance of a trial date, the Court considers four 3 factors: (1) the movant’s diligence in preparing for the date set for trial; (2) the likelihood that a 4 continuance will address the need giving rise to the motion for a continuance; (3) the extent to 5 ‘ which a continuance will inconvenience the court and the opposing party, including its

witnesses; and (4) whether the movant will suffer prejudice if the continuance is denied (United States v. Flynt, 756 F.2d 1352, 1358 (9th Cir.), amended, 764 F.2d 675 (9th Cir. 1985)). The 9 weight attributed to any single factor may vary with the extent of the showings on the other 19 || factors. 11 Here, the parties have been preparing for the date set for trial and the parties have been > 12 actively involved in settlement discussions. A continuance will allow the parties to possibly 3 13 || settle the matter. A continuance will further allow the parties, including newly substituted 14 counsel, to stipulate to certain factual matters and limit issues for trial. A continuance will not a 15 ||inconvenience the court or the opposing party. If a continuance is denied, Defendant will suffer 16 || prejudice that could be cured with a short continuance to allow newly substituted counsel to get 217 to speed. = 18 Based on the foregoing, Defendant requests the deadline for filing the pretrial order be 19 | extended up to and including Wednesday May 27, 2026 20 21 Dated: April 27, 2026 22 CLINE LEGAL SOLUTIONS, LLC /s/ Diana S. Cline Diana S. Cline 24 Nevada Bar No. 10580 35 IT IS SO ORDERED. 7625 Dean Martin Drive, Ste 115 Las Vegas, Nevada, 89139 2%6 702-790-0525 Ak . diana@clinelegalnv.com 27 || US. GIS ‘E JUDGE Attorneys for Defendant Libra LLC 28 Date: April 28, 2026