Lucas v. MGM Resorts International

Opinion

LMAarWtin O LF.F WICeEls hO, FE HsqAuiYreE S & WELSCH Nevada Attorney (NV Bar #8720) 199 North Arroyo Grand Boulevard Suite 200 Henderson, NV 89074 mwelsch@lvlaw.com (702)509-7310 Fax (702) 434-3739 Counsel for Plaintiffs and the Putative Class CHRISTOPHER MANLONGAT and SHAWNDREA STAFFORD, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:20-cv-01750 Plaintiffs, v. MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL, COMMITTEE OF MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL, THE O PR END DER IN G GR UA NN IT TI EN DG SS TT AIP TU EL SA ST UE PD R EST MA EY ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE OF COURT DECISION MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL, and JOHN DOES 1-30 ECF NosE. C29F, N44o,. 5545, 55 Defendants. Plaintiffs, Eboni D. Lucas, Jeremy Goard, Christopher Manlongat and Shawndrea Stafford and Defendants MGM Resorts International and The Internal Compensation Committee of MGM Resorts International, the Administrative Committee of MGM Resorts International have moved the Court to stay and suspend all deadlines under the Joint Discovery Plan (ECF 38) pending a decision from this court on Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss and the United States Supreme Court in the case captioned Hughes v. Northwestern University, No. 19-1401, 141 S. Ct. 2882 (July 2, 2021) (the “Hughes Case”). After considering the Parties’ Stipulated Motion, [ECF No. 55] the Motion is hereby GRANTED. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this action is STAYED for all purposes pending the United States Supreme Court's decision in Hughes v. Northwestern University, No. 19-1401. Within 14 days of that ruling, the parties must meet and confer and submit a proposed Amended Joint Discovery Schedule to the Court that will include revised dates for an Amended Complaint, should Plaintiffs opt to amend, a revised deadline for a Motion to Dismiss, if necessary, and other revised scheduling dates. The parties must submit a joint motion to lift stay along with that proposed schedule. g IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Motion to Dismiss [ECF No. 29] is DENIED g | without prejudice to its prompt refiling after the stay is lifted, and the original motion to stay and request to supplement that motion [ECF Nos. 44, 54] are DENIED as moot. 6th BY THE COURT D ATED this day of January, 2022.

The Honorable Jennifer A Dorsey United States District Court Judge