Paramount Promotions, LLC v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company

5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 DISTRICT OF NEVADA PARAMOUNT PROMOTIONS, LLC, et al., 8 Case No.: 2:20-cv-00846-JAD-NJK Plaintiff(s), 9 Order v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, 12 Defendant(s).

13 The parties filed a discovery plan months after the deadline for doing so. See Docket No. 16; Local Rule 26-1(a).1 Counsel represent that the violation arose out of their belief that the pendency of a motion for partial summary judgment automatically stayed their discovery obligations. Docket No. 17 at 2. Such a position is completely frivolous. “The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure do not provide for automatic or blanket stays of discovery when a potentially dispositive motion is pending.” Tradebay, LLC v. eBay, Inc., 278 F.R.D. 597, 601 (D. Nev. 2011).

19 Moreover, the pending motion in this case is not even potentially case-dispositive, see Docket No. 5 (challenging only the second and third causes of action), so it could not justify a case-wide stay of discovery even if such relief had been properly sought, Tradebay, 278 F.R.D. at 602.

22 Litigants are required to comply with the local rules. Local Rule IA 11-8(c). Litigants also have a responsibility to ensure the just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of cases. Fed. R. Civ. P. 1. All counsel of record in this case are hereby ADMONISHED for violating the local rules. The Court expects strict compliance with all governing rules and all deadlines moving 28 1 The Court is entering a scheduling order concurrently herewith.

1] forward. FAILURE TO COMPLY MAY RESULT IN THE IMPOSITION OF 2) SANCTIONS.

3 IT IS SO ORDERED.

4 Dated: October 7, 2020 Nancy J. Koppes \, 6 United States Magistrate Judge