Schrader v. Wynn

District Court, D. Nevada·Decided September 13, 2022·No. 2:19-cv-02159·Unknown

Opinion

1 || TRACY A. EGLET, ESQ. 3 Nevada Bar No. 6419 BRITTNEY R. GLOVER, ESQ. 3 || Nevada Bar No. 15412 EGLET ADAMS 4 || 400 South 7® Street, 4" Floor 5 || Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Tel.: 702-450-5400 6 || Fax: 702-450-5451 eservice@egletlaw.com 7 and g || RICHARD A. HARRIS, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 000505 9 || BURKE L. HUBER, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 010902 yy |” | RICHARD HARRIS LAW FIRM 11 || 8015S. 4™ St. Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 12 || Tel.: 702-444-4444 Q 1B Fax: 702-444-4455 < burke@richardharrislaw.com 14 || Attorneys for Plaintiff a 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 16 DISTRICT OF NEVADA — 17 |) BRENNA SCHRADER, an individual, on behalf | Case No. 2:19-cv-02159-JCM-BNW co 18 of herself and all others similarly situated, 19 Plaintiff, DISCOVERY PLAN AND SCHEDULIN( ORDER PURSUANT TO THE COURT?’S 20 vs. ORDER REGARDING ECF #151 21 || STEPHEN ALAN WYNN; $an_ individual; MAURICE WOODEN, an individual, WYNN 22 || LAS VEGAS, LLC dba WYNN LAS VEGAS a 23 || Nevada Limited Liability, WYNN RESORTS, LTD, a Nevada Limited Liability Company; and 24 || DOES 1-20, inclusive; ROE CORPORATIONS 1-20, inclusive, 25 26 Defendants. 27 Plaintiff Brenna Schrader (“Plaintiff”), by and through her counsel of record, Eglet Adan 28 || and Richard Harris Law Firm, Defendants Wynn Las Vegas, LLC (““WLV”) and Wynn Resort Limited (““WRL”), by and through their counsel of record, Jackson Lewis P.C., and Defenda

1 || Stephen Alan Wynn (“Mr. Wynn”), by and through his counsel of record, Peterson Baker, PLL‘ 2 || hereby submits the following Discovery Plan and Scheduling Order Pursuant to the Court’s Ord 3 || Regarding ECF #151. I SUMMARY OF THE CASE This is a putative class action that arises from Plaintiff Brenna Schrader’s employment wi 4 Defendant WLV as a Massage Therapist. ECF No. 90, § 46. Defendant WRL is the indirect pare 2 company of WLYV. Plaintiff alleged various sexual misconduct that occurred during h 9 employment, from approximately 2012 to 2018. ECF No. 90. Plaintiff further alleges that she w: 10 subjected to co-worker harassment in 2019 and 2020. /d. at § 76. A. Procedural History. 11 12 On September 26, 2019, Plaintiff filed a putative Class Action Complaint in the Eigh Q 13 || Judicial District Court, Clark County, Nevada. The Summons and Complaint were served « 14 || Defendants WRL and WLV on November 25, 2019, and were attempted to be served upon M 15 || Wynn on December 11, 2019.1 ECF No. 1. The Complaint alleged six causes of action: ( 16 || discrimination and harassment in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et. seq. (Title VID and NR ml 17 11 608.017 (the Nevada Equal Pay Act); (2) violations of the Trafficking Victims Protection A 0 18 (TVPA) of 2000 (18 U.S.C. § 1589); (3) violations of the Federal Racketeer and Influence 19 Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) (18 U.S.C. §§ 1962(b), (c), (d)); (4) Intentional Inflictions | 20 Emotional Distress (IED); (5) Conspiracy; and (6) violation of the Fair Labor Standards A 21 (FLSA) (29 U.S.C. § 206). Defendants removed this case to this Court on December 16, 2019. / 22 On March 6, 2020, Defendants filed numerous motions regarding Plaintiff’s Complai 23 and addressing potential discovery in this matter. WLV and WRL moved to dismiss Plaintiff 24 Complaint pursuant to FRCP 12(b)(6). ECF Nos. 35 (WLV’s Motion to Dismiss), 36 (WRL 25 26 'Mr. Wynn disputed service of process because the process server did not comply with Nevada law and did not lea 27 || acopy of the summons and complaint with a person who resided at Mr. Wynn's usual place of abode at the time. \ Wynn did not waive any issues regarding defective and/or insufficient service of process. ECF No. 11. □□□□□□□□ 28 || Wynn's counsel offered to accept service of the Summons and Complaint. Jd. Subsequently, the parties agreed tc date certain for Mr. Wynn's answer or other response to the Complaint. ECF No. 11.

1 || Motion to Dismiss), 37 (WRL’s Joinder to WLV’s MTD). WLV and WRL moved to stay discover 2 || pending resolution of their motions to dismiss. ECF No. 38. Mr. Wynn separately moved to dismi 3 || Plaintiff's Complaint and filed a joinder to WLV and WRL’s Motions to Dismiss. ECF No. 3 4 || Defendant Wooden filed a Motion for More Definite Statement, and alternatively joined in tl 5 Motions to Dismiss filed by WLV, WRL, and Mr. Wynn. ECF No. 33. On March 9, 202 6 Defendant Wooden joined WLV and WRL’s Motion to Stay Discovery. ECF No. 40. On Mar 10, 2020, Mr. Wynn also joined WLV and WRL's Motion to Stay Discovery. ECF No. 42. 8 Plaintiff filed her oppositions to Defendants’ Motions on May 8, 2020. ECF No. 54 (Op ° to WLV’s MTD) and 55 (Opp. to WRL’s MTD). On May 11, 2020, the Court granted WLV a1 " WRL’s Motion to Stay Discovery following Plaintiff’s non-opposition (ECF No. 56), directing tl 3 parties to file a joint proposed discovery plan and scheduling order within 14 days after the moti Q 3 to dismiss was decided. ECF No. 57. < 14 Defendants filed their respective Replies on June 19, 2020. ECF Nos. 63 (WLV’s Reply 15 ECF No. 64 (WRL’s Reply); ECF No. 66 (Defendant Wooden’s Reply); and ECF No. 67 (M 16 || Wynn’s Reply). BS 17 On July 27, 2020, in response to Defendants’ then-pending motions to dismiss, Plaint 18 || moved for leave to file a First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) consisting of 234 paragraphs spannit 19 || 42 pages, plus 253 pages of exhibits attached. ECF No. 69. The FAC included claims for: ( 20 || discrimination and harassment in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et. seq. (Title VII); (2) violatio: 21 || of the TVPA (18 U.S.C. § 1589); (3) violations of Federal RICO (18 U.S.C. §§ 1962(c); ¢ 22 || violations of Federal RICO (18 U.S.C. §§ 1962(b); (5) violations of Federal RICO (18 U.S.C. § 23 || 1962(d); (6) violation of Nevada RICO (NRS § 207.400); (7) ITED; (8) Conspiracy; and ( 24 |! violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (29 U.S.C. § 206) and NRS 608, et seq.). Aft 25 full briefing on the matter, the Magistrate Judge issued a Report and Recommendation ¢ 26 December 9, 2020 granting Plaintiff’s motion except as to any claims under Nevada RIC 27 predicated on sex trafficking. ECF No. 81. °8 On December 23, 2020, Defendants filed objections to the Report and Recommendatio

1 || ECF Nos. 82 (Defendant Wooden’s Objection), 83 (Mr. Wynn’s Objection), and 84 (WLV ar 2 || WRL’s Objection). On February 17, 2021, the Court issued an order resolving the objections a1 3 || dismissing all of Plaintiffs claims except Title VII (against WLV and WRL), Nevada RIC 4 (against all defendants), ITED (against WLV, WRL, and Mr. Wynn), and Civil Conspiracy (again 5 |) Mr. Wynn).

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