Reflex Media, Inc. v. RichMeetBeautiful Holding LTD.

Opinion

1 Mark L. Smith (#14762) Jacob L. Fonnesbeck (#11961) 2 SMITH WASHBURN, LLP 6871 Eastern Avenue., Suite 101 3 Las Vegas, NV 89119 Telephone: (725) 666-8700 4 Facsimile: (725) 666-8710 msmith@smithwashburn.com 5 jfonnesbeck@smithwashburn.com 6 Attorneys for Reflex Media, Inc. and Clover8 Investments PTE. LTD. 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 10 REFLEX MEDIA INC., a Nevada Case No. 2:18-cv-01476-APG-EJY Corporation, et al., 11 JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] Plaintiffs, ORDER TO STAY DISCOVERY 12 PENDING THE COURT’S DECISION ON v. DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS 13 RICHMEETBEAUTIFUL HOLDING (First Request) 14 LTD., a Maltese corporation d/b/a RichMeetBeautiful.com, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiffs Reflex Media, Inc. (“Reflex”) and Clover8 Investments PTE. LTD. (“Clover8,” 18 and together with Reflex, “RMI”), and Defendants RichMeetBeautiful Holding LTD., d/b/a 19 RichMeetBeautiful.com (“RichMeetBeautiful”); Digisec Media Limited (“Digisec”), and Sigurd 20 Vedal’s (Vedal, and together with RichMeetBeautiful and Digisec, the “RMB Defendants”), by 21 and through their respective counsel of record, hereby respectfully stipulate to stay all discovery 22 in this action pending the Court’s decision on the RMB Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Amended 23 Complaint (ECF No. 37), as set forth below: 24 WHEREAS, on June 20, 2019, the RMB Defendants filed their Motion to Dismiss 25 Amended Complaint (ECF No. 37) (“Motion to Dismiss”), which has not yet been decided or set 26 for hearing by this Court. 27 1 WHEREAS the pending Motion to Dismiss includes issues of personal jurisdiction that, 2 once resolved, could require serial rather than simultaneous discovery exchanges on all parties. 3 In the context of a pending motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction, “courts are more 4 inclined to stay discovery because it presents a critical preliminary question.” Hologram USA, 5 Inc. v. Pulse Evolution Corp., No. 2:14-CV-00772-GMN, 2015 WL 1600768, at *1 (D. Nev. Apr. 6 8, 2015) (quotations and citations omitted). 7 WHEREAS to avoid potentially inefficient discovery, the parties have met and conferred 8 and agree that a stay of discovery pending the Court’s decision on RMB Defendants’ Motion to 9 Dismiss Amended Complaint is appropriate and will conserve Judicial and party resources. Once 10 the Motion to Dismiss is resolved, the parties will meet and confer and submit a Joint Proposed 11 Discovery Plan. 12 WHEREAS this is the first stipulation to stay discovery. 13 THEREFORE, THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE AND PROPOSE THE 14 FOLLOWING ORDER: 15 All discovery in this action shall be stayed pending the Court’s decision on the RMB 16 Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint (ECF No. 37). 17 Once the Motion to Dismiss is resolved, the parties will meet and confer and submit a Joint 18 Proposed Discovery Plan. Respectfully submitted, 19 DATED: March 6, 2020 SMITH WASHBURN, LLP 20 /s/ Mark L. Smith Mark L. Smith 21 6871 Eastern Avenue., Suite 101 Las Vegas, NV 89119 22 Telephone: (725) 666-8701 Facsimile: (725) 666-8710 23 msmith@smithwashburn.com 24 25 /// 26 /// 27 DATED: March 6, 2020 LEWIS ROCA ROTHGERBER CHRISTIE LLP 1 /s/ Meng Zhong 2 Michael J. McCue Meng Zhong 3 3993 Howard Hughes Pkwy., Suite 600 4 Las Vegas, NV 89169 Telephone: (702) 949-8200 5 mmccue@lrrc.com mzhong@lrrc.com 6 7 Attorneys for Defendants Richmeetbeautiful Holding Ltd. Dba RichMeetBeautiful.com, 8 Digisec Media Limited, and Sigurd Vedal 9 10 IT IS SO ORDERED. 11 12 ___________________________________ 13 ELAYNA J. YOUCHAH, 14 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 15 16 DATED: March 9, 2020 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27