Ucharima Alvarado v. Western Range Association

D. Nevada

Ucharima Alvarado v. Western Range Association

District Court, D. Nevada·Decided January 22, 2025·No. 3:22-cv-00249·Unknown

Opinion

LEAH L. JONES, Nev. Bar No. 13161 YAMAN SALAHI, ESQ. (Pro Hac Vice) leah@thiermanbuck.com yaman@salahilaw.com 7287 Lakeside Drive 505 Montgomery Street, 11th Floor Reno, Nevada 89511 San Francisco, California 94111 Telephone: 775-284-1500 Facsimile: 775-703-5027 Tel: (415) 236-2352 FAIRMARK PARTNERS, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff and the Putative Class JAMIE CROOKS, ESQ. (Pro Hac Vice) jamie@fairmarklaw.com FISHER & PHILLIPS LLP RUCHA DESAI, ESQ. (Pro Hac Vice) Rebecca Hause-Schultz, Pro Hac Vice rdesai@fairmarklaw.com E-Mail: rhause-schultz@fisherphillips.com 1825 7th Street NW, #821 Dennis Cuneo, Pro Hac Vice Washington, DC 20001 E-Mail: dcueno@fisherphillips.com David B. Witkin, Pro Hac Vice TOWARDS JUSTICE E-Mail: dwitkin@fisherphillips.com DAVID H. SELIGMAN, ESQ. (Pro Hac 621 Capitol Mall, Suite 2400 Vice) Sacramento, California 95814 david@towardsjustice.org Telephone: (916) 210-0400 ALEXANDER HOOD, ESQ. (Pro Hac Facsimile: (916) 210-0401 Vice) alex@towardsjustice.org LEWIS BRISBOIS PO Box 371680, PMB 44465 Ellen Jean Winograd (Nev. Bar No. 815) Denver, Colorado 80237 5555 Kietzke Lane, Suite 200 E-Mail: ellen.winograd@lewisbrisbois.com Telephone: (775) 399-6377 Facsimile: (775) 827-9256 Attorneys for Defendant WESTERN RANGE ASSOCIATION [Additional Counsel on Next Page] DISTRICT OF NEVADA CIRILO UCHARIMA ALVARADO, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated; Case No. 3:22-cv-00249-MMD-CLB , ORDER GRANTING JOINT v. STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER TO SET WESTERN RANGE ASSOCIATION, a BRIEFING SCHEDULE FOR DEFENDANTS’ RESPONSIVE California non-profit corporation; ELLISON PLEADINGS RANCHING COMPANY, a Nevada corporation; JOHN ESPIL SHEEP CO., INC., a Nevada corporation; F.I.M. CORP., a Nevada corporation; LLC, a Nevada limited liability company; BORDA LAND & SHEEP COMPANY, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company; HOLLAND RANCH, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company; NEED MORE SHEEP CO., LLC, a Nevada limited liability company; and FAULKNER LAND AND LIVESTOCK COMPANY, INC., an Idaho corporation, . FABIAN VANCOTT HOLLAND & HART LLP Scott M. Petersen Joshua M. Halen Email: spetersen@fabianvancott.com Email: jmhalen@hollandhart.com Tanner J. Bean 5470 Kietzke Lane, Suite 100 Email: tbean@fabianvancott.com Reno, NV 89511 Kirsten R. Allen Email: kallen@fabianvancott.com Cory A. Talbot, Pro Hac Vice 95 S. State Street, Ste. 2300 catalbot@hollandhart.com Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 April M. Medley, Pro Hac Vice ammedley@hollandhart.com Bryan Dixon 222 S. Main Street, Suite 2200 Email: bdixson@fabianvancott.com Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 411 E. Bonneville Ave., Ste. 400 Las Vegas, NV 89101 Attorneys for Defendant The Little Paris Sheep Co., LLC Attorneys for Defendant Ellison Ranching Co. JERRY SNYDER LAW SIMONS HALL JOHNSTON PC Jerry M. Snyder Anthony L. Hall, Esq. Email: nevadajerrysnyder@gmail.com Email: ahall@shjnevada.com 429 Plumb Ln. Duncan G. Burke, Esq. Reno, NV 89509 Email: dburke@shjnevada.com 690 Sierra Rose Dr. Attorneys for Defendants F.I.M. Corp., Need Reno, NV 89511 More Sheep Co., LLC, and Faulkner Land & Livestock Co. Attorneys for Defendants John Espil Sheep Co., Inc., Borda Land & Sheep Co., LLC, and Holland Ranch, LLC Plaintiff Cirilo Ucharima Alvarado (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants Western Range Association, Ellison Ranching Co., John Espil Sheep Co., Inc., Borda Land & Sheep Co., LLC, Holland Ranch, LLC, F.I.M. Corp., Need More Sheep Co., LLC, Faulkner Land & Livestock Co., and The Little Paris Sheep Co., LLC, (collectively, “Defendants”), by and through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate to an alternative briefing schedule for Defendants’ Responsive Motion(s) to Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint, pursuant to Local Rules IA 6-2, LR 7-1, and LCR 45- 1. 1. Plaintiff filed his Third Amended Complaint on January 14, 2025. (ECF No. 254); 2. Defendants’ Responsive Motion(s) are currently due January 28, 2025. Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(3); 3. The Parties respectfully submit that setting an alternative briefing schedule is warranted due to the number of parties, the complexity of the issues, and the desire to avoid taxing the Court’s limited resources with unnecessary motion practice; 4. The Parties respectfully submit that setting an alternative briefing schedule will maximize efficiency and serve the interests of justice and judicial economy; 5. The Parties propose the following alternative briefing schedule:  Defendants’ Responsive Motion(s) deadline: February 11, 2025;  Plaintiff’s Opposition deadline: March 11, 2025;  Defendants’ Reply to Opposition deadline: March 25, 2025; 6. Further, the Parties propose that, if Defendants file more than one motion to dismiss, Plaintiff be permitted to file a single consolidated opposition brief to such motion(s), the length of which shall not exceed the combined maximum length that would have been allowable to Defendants under the local rules based on the number of motions filed. 7. This Stipulation is made in good faith and not for the purpose of delay; 8. Nothing in this Stipulation, nor the fact of entering into same, shall be construed as a waiver of any claim or defense held by any party; 9. For all of the aforementioned reasons, the parties stipulate and request the Court issue an alternative briefing schedule for Defendants’ Responsive Motion(s) to Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint, as set forth herein. Dated: January 17, 2025 SALAHI PC /s/ Yaman Salahi YAMAN SALAHI, ESQ. (Pro Hac Vice) yaman@salahilaw.com 505 Montgomery Street, 11th Floor San Francisco, California 94111 Tel: (415) 236-2352 JAMIE CROOKS, ESQ. (Pro Hac Vice) jamie@fairmarklaw.com 1825 7th Street NW, #821 Washington, DC 20001 TOWARDS JUSTICE DAVID SELIGMAN, ESQ. (Pro Hac Vice) david@towardsjustice.org PO Box 371680, PMB 44465 Denver, Colorado 80237 Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiff and the Putative Class Dated: January 21, 2025 FISHER & PHILLIPS LLP /s/ David B. Witkin Rebecca Hause-Schultz, Pro Hac Vice E-Mail: rhause-schultz@fisherphillips.com Dennis Cuneo, Pro Hac Vice E-Mail: dcueno@fisherphillips.com David B. Witkin, Pro Hac Vice E-Mail: dwitkin@fisherphillips.com 621 Capitol Mall, Suite 2400 Sacramento, California 95714 Telephone: (916) 210-0400 Facsimile: (916) 210-0401 /s/Ellen Jean Winograd Ellen Jean Winograd (Nev. Bar No. 815) 5555 Kietzke Lane, Suite 200 E-Mail: ellen.winograd@lewisbrisbois.com Telephone: (775) 3099-6377 Facsimile: (775) 827-9256 Attorneys for Defendant Western Range Association FABIAN VANCOTT /s/ Tanner J. Bean Scott M. Petersen E-Mail: spetersen@fabianvancott.com Tanner J. Bean E-Mail: tbean@fabianvancott.com Kirsten R. Allen E-Mail: kallen@fabianvancott.com Bryan Dixon E-Mail: bdixson@fabianvancott.com Attorneys for Defendant Ellison Ranching Co. JERRY SNYDER LAW /s/ Jerry M. Snyder Jerry M. Snyder E-Mail: nevadajerrysnyder@gmail.com Attorneys for Defendants F.I.M. Corp., Need More Sheep Co., LLC, and Faulkner Land & Livestock Co. SIMONS HALL JOHNSTON PC /s/ Duncan G. Burke Anthony L. Hall, Esq. E-Mail: ahall@shjnevada.com Duncan G. Burke, Esq. E-Mail: dburke@shjnevada.com 690 Sierra Rose Dr. Reno, Nevada 89519 Telephone: (775) 785-0088 Attorneys for Defendants John Espil Sheep Co., Inc., Borda Land & Sheep Co., LLC, and Holland Ranch, LLC HOLLAND & HART LLP /s/ Cory A. Talbot Joshua M. Halen E-Mail: jmhalen@hollandhart.com Cory A. Talbot, Pro Hac Vice catalbot@hollandhart.com April M. Medley, Pro Hac Vice ammedley@hollandhart.com Attorneys for Defendant The Little Paris Sheep Co., LLC ORDER Based on the stipulation of the parties, the Court finds good cause to modify the briefin Schedule and structure as follows: ° Defendants’ Responsive Motion(s) deadline: February 11, 2025; ° Plaintiff's Opposition deadline: March 11, 2025; ° Defendants’ Reply to Opposition deadline: March 25, 2025; Further, if Defendants file more than one motion to dismiss, Plaintiff shall be permitted to fil

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LEAH L. JONES, Nev. Bar No. 13161 YAMAN SALAHI, ESQ. (Pro Hac Vice) leah@thiermanbuck.com yaman@salahilaw.com 7287 Lakeside Drive 505 Montgomery Street, 11th Floor Reno, Nevada 89511 San Francisco, California 94111 Telephone: 775-284-1500 Facsimile: 775-703-5027 Tel: (415) 236-2352 FAIRMARK PARTNERS, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff and the Putative Class JAMIE CROOKS, ESQ. (Pro Hac Vice) jamie@fairmarklaw.com FISHER & PHILLIPS LLP RUCHA DESAI, ESQ. (Pro Hac Vice) Rebecca Hause-Schultz, Pro Hac Vice rdesai@fairmarklaw.com E-Mail: rhause-schultz@fisherphillips.com 1825 7th Street NW, #821 Dennis Cuneo, Pro Hac Vice Washington, DC 20001 E-Mail: dcueno@fisherphillips.com David B. Witkin, Pro Hac Vice TOWARDS JUSTICE E-Mail: dwitkin@fisherphillips.com DAVID H. SELIGMAN, ESQ. (Pro Hac 621 Capitol Mall, Suite 2400 Vice) Sacramento, California 95814 david@towardsjustice.org Telephone: (916) 210-0400 ALEXANDER HOOD, ESQ. (Pro Hac Facsimile: (916) 210-0401 Vice) alex@towardsjustice.org LEWIS BRISBOIS PO Box 371680, PMB 44465 Ellen Jean Winograd (Nev. Bar No. 815) Denver, Colorado 80237 5555 Kietzke Lane, Suite 200 E-Mail: ellen.winograd@lewisbrisbois.com Telephone: (775) 399-6377 Facsimile: (775) 827-9256 Attorneys for Defendant WESTERN RANGE ASSOCIATION [Additional Counsel on Next Page] DISTRICT OF NEVADA CIRILO UCHARIMA ALVARADO, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated; Case No. 3:22-cv-00249-MMD-CLB , ORDER GRANTING JOINT v. STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER TO SET WESTERN RANGE ASSOCIATION, a BRIEFING SCHEDULE FOR DEFENDANTS’ RESPONSIVE California non-profit corporation; ELLISON PLEADINGS RANCHING COMPANY, a Nevada corporation; JOHN ESPIL SHEEP CO., INC., a Nevada corporation; F.I.M. CORP., a Nevada corporation; LLC, a Nevada limited liability company; BORDA LAND & SHEEP COMPANY, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company; HOLLAND RANCH, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company; NEED MORE SHEEP CO., LLC, a Nevada limited liability company; and FAULKNER LAND AND LIVESTOCK COMPANY, INC., an Idaho corporation, . FABIAN VANCOTT HOLLAND & HART LLP Scott M. Petersen Joshua M. Halen Email: spetersen@fabianvancott.com Email: jmhalen@hollandhart.com Tanner J. Bean 5470 Kietzke Lane, Suite 100 Email: tbean@fabianvancott.com Reno, NV 89511 Kirsten R. Allen Email: kallen@fabianvancott.com Cory A. Talbot, Pro Hac Vice 95 S. State Street, Ste. 2300 catalbot@hollandhart.com Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 April M. Medley, Pro Hac Vice ammedley@hollandhart.com Bryan Dixon 222 S. Main Street, Suite 2200 Email: bdixson@fabianvancott.com Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 411 E. Bonneville Ave., Ste. 400 Las Vegas, NV 89101 Attorneys for Defendant The Little Paris Sheep Co., LLC Attorneys for Defendant Ellison Ranching Co. JERRY SNYDER LAW SIMONS HALL JOHNSTON PC Jerry M. Snyder Anthony L. Hall, Esq. Email: nevadajerrysnyder@gmail.com Email: ahall@shjnevada.com 429 Plumb Ln. Duncan G. Burke, Esq. Reno, NV 89509 Email: dburke@shjnevada.com 690 Sierra Rose Dr. Attorneys for Defendants F.I.M. Corp., Need Reno, NV 89511 More Sheep Co., LLC, and Faulkner Land & Livestock Co. Attorneys for Defendants John Espil Sheep Co., Inc., Borda Land & Sheep Co., LLC, and Holland Ranch, LLC Plaintiff Cirilo Ucharima Alvarado (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants Western Range Association, Ellison Ranching Co., John Espil Sheep Co., Inc., Borda Land & Sheep Co., LLC, Holland Ranch, LLC, F.I.M. Corp., Need More Sheep Co., LLC, Faulkner Land & Livestock Co., and The Little Paris Sheep Co., LLC, (collectively, “Defendants”), by and through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate to an alternative briefing schedule for Defendants’ Responsive Motion(s) to Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint, pursuant to Local Rules IA 6-2, LR 7-1, and LCR 45- 1. 1. Plaintiff filed his Third Amended Complaint on January 14, 2025. (ECF No. 254); 2. Defendants’ Responsive Motion(s) are currently due January 28, 2025. Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(3); 3. The Parties respectfully submit that setting an alternative briefing schedule is warranted due to the number of parties, the complexity of the issues, and the desire to avoid taxing the Court’s limited resources with unnecessary motion practice; 4. The Parties respectfully submit that setting an alternative briefing schedule will maximize efficiency and serve the interests of justice and judicial economy; 5. The Parties propose the following alternative briefing schedule:  Defendants’ Responsive Motion(s) deadline: February 11, 2025;  Plaintiff’s Opposition deadline: March 11, 2025;  Defendants’ Reply to Opposition deadline: March 25, 2025; 6. Further, the Parties propose that, if Defendants file more than one motion to dismiss, Plaintiff be permitted to file a single consolidated opposition brief to such motion(s), the length of which shall not exceed the combined maximum length that would have been allowable to Defendants under the local rules based on the number of motions filed. 7. This Stipulation is made in good faith and not for the purpose of delay; 8. Nothing in this Stipulation, nor the fact of entering into same, shall be construed as a waiver of any claim or defense held by any party; 9. For all of the aforementioned reasons, the parties stipulate and request the Court issue an alternative briefing schedule for Defendants’ Responsive Motion(s) to Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint, as set forth herein. Dated: January 17, 2025 SALAHI PC /s/ Yaman Salahi YAMAN SALAHI, ESQ. (Pro Hac Vice) yaman@salahilaw.com 505 Montgomery Street, 11th Floor San Francisco, California 94111 Tel: (415) 236-2352 JAMIE CROOKS, ESQ. (Pro Hac Vice) jamie@fairmarklaw.com 1825 7th Street NW, #821 Washington, DC 20001 TOWARDS JUSTICE DAVID SELIGMAN, ESQ. (Pro Hac Vice) david@towardsjustice.org PO Box 371680, PMB 44465 Denver, Colorado 80237 Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiff and the Putative Class Dated: January 21, 2025 FISHER & PHILLIPS LLP /s/ David B. Witkin Rebecca Hause-Schultz, Pro Hac Vice E-Mail: rhause-schultz@fisherphillips.com Dennis Cuneo, Pro Hac Vice E-Mail: dcueno@fisherphillips.com David B. Witkin, Pro Hac Vice E-Mail: dwitkin@fisherphillips.com 621 Capitol Mall, Suite 2400 Sacramento, California 95714 Telephone: (916) 210-0400 Facsimile: (916) 210-0401 /s/Ellen Jean Winograd Ellen Jean Winograd (Nev. Bar No. 815) 5555 Kietzke Lane, Suite 200 E-Mail: ellen.winograd@lewisbrisbois.com Telephone: (775) 3099-6377 Facsimile: (775) 827-9256 Attorneys for Defendant Western Range Association FABIAN VANCOTT /s/ Tanner J. Bean Scott M. Petersen E-Mail: spetersen@fabianvancott.com Tanner J. Bean E-Mail: tbean@fabianvancott.com Kirsten R. Allen E-Mail: kallen@fabianvancott.com Bryan Dixon E-Mail: bdixson@fabianvancott.com Attorneys for Defendant Ellison Ranching Co. JERRY SNYDER LAW /s/ Jerry M. Snyder Jerry M. Snyder E-Mail: nevadajerrysnyder@gmail.com Attorneys for Defendants F.I.M. Corp., Need More Sheep Co., LLC, and Faulkner Land & Livestock Co. SIMONS HALL JOHNSTON PC /s/ Duncan G. Burke Anthony L. Hall, Esq. E-Mail: ahall@shjnevada.com Duncan G. Burke, Esq. E-Mail: dburke@shjnevada.com 690 Sierra Rose Dr. Reno, Nevada 89519 Telephone: (775) 785-0088 Attorneys for Defendants John Espil Sheep Co., Inc., Borda Land & Sheep Co., LLC, and Holland Ranch, LLC HOLLAND & HART LLP /s/ Cory A. Talbot Joshua M. Halen E-Mail: jmhalen@hollandhart.com Cory A. Talbot, Pro Hac Vice catalbot@hollandhart.com April M. Medley, Pro Hac Vice ammedley@hollandhart.com Attorneys for Defendant The Little Paris Sheep Co., LLC ORDER Based on the stipulation of the parties, the Court finds good cause to modify the briefin Schedule and structure as follows: ° Defendants’ Responsive Motion(s) deadline: February 11, 2025; ° Plaintiff's Opposition deadline: March 11, 2025; ° Defendants’ Reply to Opposition deadline: March 25, 2025; Further, if Defendants file more than one motion to dismiss, Plaintiff shall be permitted to file

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