Ling Cai v. Enterprise Leasing Company-West LLC

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA

LING CAI, et al., Case No. 2:23-cv-00050-NJK Plaintiff(s), Order v. [Docket No. 76] ENTERPRISE LEASING COMPANY- WEST LLC, et al.,

Defendant(s). Pending before the Court is a stipulation to stay the case pending mediation. Docket No. 76; see also Docket No. 78 (corrected image). That mediation is set for July 10, 2024. Docket No. 78 at 3. The Court finds sufficient justification to stay the case pending that mediation. See Williams v. James River Grp. Inc., 627 F. Supp. 3d 1172, 1181 n.8 (D. Nev. 2022). Although not fashioned as such, the pending stipulation also seeks to extend this stay preemptively so as to cover another two months based on counsel’s trial schedule in state court. See Docket No. 78 at 3. No legal authority or meaningful argument is advanced as to why counsel’s competing professional obligations justify such extraordinary relief. But see, e.g., Williams, 627 F. Supp. 3d at 1179. Accordingly, the stipulation to stay the case pending mediation is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. The case is hereby STAYED until July 11, 2024. A joint status report regarding mediation must be filed by July 18, 2024. Case management deadlines are RESET as follows:  Amend pleadings/ add parties: closed  Initial experts: August 7, 2024  Rebuttal experts: September 6, 2024  Discovery cutoff: October 7, 2024  Dispositive motions: November 6, 2024 1 e Joint proposed pretrial order: December 6, 2024, or 30 days after resolution of dispositive motions Dated: June 20, 2024

Nancy J. > United States Magistrate Judge