Vontress v. State of Nevada

Opinion

Jacob B. Lee Nevada Bar No. 012428 3100 West Ray Road, Suite 300 Chandler, Arizona 85226 Telephone: (480) 420-1600 Fax: (480) 420-1695 JLee@strucklove.com Gina G. Winspear Nevada Bar No. 005552 DENNETT WINSPEAR, LLP 3301 North Buffalo Drive, Suite 195 Las Vegas, Nevada 89129 Telephone: (702) 839-1100 Fax: (702) 839-1113 GWinspear@dennettwinspear.com Attorneys for Defendants Hininger, Thomas, Fuller, Williams, and CoreCivic GEORGE L. VONTRESS, Case No. 2:18-cv-01746-RFB-BNW Plaintiff, CORECIVIC DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY DISPOSITION OF v. MOTION TO STAY DISCOVERY AND BRIEFING DEADLINES (DOC. 154) STATE OF NEVADA, et al., Defendants. Defendants Hininger (incorrectly sued as Defendant Henninger), Thomas, Fuller, Williams, and CoreCivic (collectively, “CoreCivic Defendants”),1 through counsel, respectfully request the Court grant their Motion to Stay Discovery and Briefing Deadlines (“Motion to Stay”) (Doc. 154) as unopposed. The CoreCivic Defendants’ Motion to Stay requested the Court stay all discovery and briefing deadlines in this matter until after the Court rules on their Motion for Reconsideration (Doc. 138). (Doc. 154.) The CoreCivic Defendants filed their Motion to Stay on 1 Upon information and belief, Defendant Marr has not yet been served. By filing this Motion for Summary Disposition, the CoreCivic Defendants make no appearance on his behalf. March 5, 2020. (Doc. 154.) LR 7-2(b) provided Plaintiff 14 days to respond to the Motion to Stay, but Plaintiff failed to respond by the March 23, 2020 deadline. Under LR 7-2(d), Plaintiff's failure to file points and authorities in opposition to the Motion to Stay constitutes a consent to granting the Motion. See HP Tuners, LLC y. Cannata, No. 318CVO00527LRHWGC, 2019 WL 3848792, at *2 (D. Nev. Aug. 15, 2019) (granting unopposed motion to supplement briefing under LR 7-2(d)). The CoreCivic Defendants request this Court treat Plaintiff's failure to respond as silent acquiescence to the granting of the CoreCivic Defendants’ Motion to Stay, and stay all discovery and dispositive motion deadlines in this case until after the Court has ruled on the CoreCivic Defendants’ Motion for Reconsideration (Doc. 138). DATED this 26th day of March 2020. ITIS ORDERED that ECF STRUCK LOVE BOJANOWSKI & ACEDO, PLC No. 154 is GRANTED under LOR 47-3. By /s/ Jacob B. Lee FURTHER ORDERED Jacob B. Lee . 3100 West Ray Road, Suite 300 that ECF No. 160 is DENIED Chandler, Arizona 85226 as moot. JLee @strucklove.com Gina G. Winspear IT IS SO ORDERED DENNETT WINSPEAR 3301 North Buffalo Dr., Suite 195 Las Vegas, NV 89129 DATED: March 27, 2020 GWinspear @ dennettwinspear.com Attorneys for Defendants Hininger, Thomas, Fuller, Williams, and CoreCivic la Are fet, BRENDA WEKSLER UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 3687366 -2-

I hereby certify that on March 26, 2020, I electronically transmitted the attached document to the Clerk’s Office using the CM/ECF System for filing and transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing to the following CM/ECF registrants:

Aaron D. Ford Attorney General Henry H. Kim (Bar No. 14390) Deputy Attorney General State of Nevada Office of the Attorney General 555 E. Washington Ave., Ste. 3900 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 (702) 486-3095 (phone) (702) 486-3773 (fax) Email: hkim@ag.nv.gov

Attorneys for Defendants Frank Dreesen, James Dzurenda, Dwight Neven, and Rene Pena I hereby certify that on this same date, I served the attached document by U.S. Mail, postage prepaid, on the following, who is not a registered participant of the CM/ECF System: George Vontress (NDOC #96499) High Desert State Prison (HDSP) P.O. Box 650 Indian Springs, Nevada 89070-0650

Plaintiff Pro Se

/s/ Allen Rowley