Stiger v. Muhammad

Opinion

1 || AARON D. FORD Attorney General 2 ||JOHN REGALIA (ar No. 16969) Deputy Attorney General 3 || State of Nevada Office of the Attorney General 4 || 1 State of Nevada Way, Suite 100 Las Vegas, Nevada 89119 5 || (702) 486-3106 (phone) (702) 486-3768 (fax) 6 || Email: jregalia@ag.nv.gov 7 || Attorneys for Defendants 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 10 || ANTHONY STIGER, Case No. 3:23-cev-00653-CSD ORDER GRANTING 11 Plaintiff, STIPULATION OF WITHDRAWAL OF MOTION TO COMPEL [ECF 37] 12 v. 13 ||} MUHAMMAD, et al., et al. 14 Defendants. 15 Plaintiff, Anthony Stiger (Stiger), pro se, and Defendants Bradely Bergren, Robert 16 ||Jimenez, and Yasser Mohamed, by and through counsel, Aaron D. Ford, Nevada Attorney 17 General, and John Regalia, Deputy Attorney General, of the State of Nevada, Office of the 18 Attorney General, (collectively “The Parties”) hereby respectfully submit the following 19 || Stipulation of withdrawal to Plaintiffs Motion to Compel (ECF 37). 20 MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES 21 |/1. INTRODUCTION 22 This is an offender civil rights matter filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintif 23 || Stiger is an offender in the custody of the Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC) and is 24 currently housed at Lovelock Correctional Center. 25 Plaintiff filed a Motion to Compel on September 12, 2025 (ECF 41). The Parties 26 || participated in a telephonic meet-and-confer on September 18, 2025, and agreed that good 27 ||cause exists to withdraw Plaintiffs Motion to Compel and attempt to resolve the issue 28 || without court intervention.

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1 |. LEGAL ARGUMENT 2 A stipulation is an agreement between the parties as to a fact of the case, and, as such, 3 is evidence introduced by both of the parties. U.S. v. Hawkins, 215 F.3d 858, 860 (8th Cir. 4 || 2000). Stipulations relating to proceedings before the court... must be in writing and signed 5 || by all parties who have appeared or their attorneys. LR 7-1(a). No stipulation relating to 6 |/proceedings before the court ... are effective until approved by the court. 7 || LR 7-10). 8 Parties are obligated under LR 26-6. To meet and confer regarding discovery disputes. 9 ANALYSIS 10 Parties were able to meet and confer on September 18, 2025, to discuss the discovery 11 || disputes related to Plaintiffs meet and confer. Parties have come to an agreement regarding 12 || the outstanding discovery made in Plaintiffs Motion to Compel. Pursuant to that agreement, 13 || Plaintiff has agreed to withdraw his motion to compel at this time to allow 14 || Defendant to provide the discovery in question. Defendant does not object to this 15 || voluntary withdrawal.! 16 |} /// 17 18 |} /// 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 /// 1 Plaintiff is currently dealing with death in his family and expressed a wish to 27 || minimize filings. Defendant agreed to file this stipulation notifying the court of the withdraw in order to ease the burden on Plaintiff rather than Plaintiff filing his own Motion to 28 || Withdraw.

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i This stipulation was agreed upon to attempt to resolve the issue outside of court. 2 Parties believe they will be able to resolve the discovery issue without the need for court 3 ||intervention at this time. However, Defendant acknowledges Plaintiff is able to bring a 4 || Motion to Compel at a later time if he believes the discovery issue is not resolved. 5 || DATED this 18th day of September, 2025. DATED this 18th day of September, 2025. 6 AARON D. FORD 5 i Attorney General 8 —— By: /s/ John Regalia Anthony Stier John Regalia (Bar No. 16969) 9 Playntiff,_ pro se Deputy Attorney General Attorneys for Defendants 10 il ORDER 12 IT IS SO ORDERED. CS Or 14 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE DATE: September 23, 2025 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 20 26 27 28

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