Reed v. Dzurenda

AARON D. FORD

Attorney General

DOUGLAS R. RANDS, Bar No. 3572

Senior Deputy Attorney General

State of Nevada

100 N. Carson Street

Carson City, NV 89701-4717

Tel: (775) 684-1150

E-mail: [email protected]

Attorneys for Defendants

Henry Grant, Jonathan Rivera,

Guy Brown, Aaron Dicus,

Brandon Stubbs, and Patrick Moreda

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF NEVADA

DAVID LEVOYD REED,

Case No. 2:19-cv-00326-JAD-BNW Plaintiff, vs. MOTION TO CONTINUE SETTLEMENT

CONFERENCE

JAMES DZURENDA, et al.

Defendants.

Defendants, Henry Grant, Jonathan Rivera, Guy Brown, Aaron Dicus, Brandon Stubbs, and Patrick Moreda, by and through counsel, Aaron D. Ford, Attorney General of the State of Nevada, and Douglas R. Rands, Senior Deputy Attorney General, hereby move this Court for an order continuing the Settlement Conference currently set for November 5, 2021. Counsel has, this day, taken over the handling of the case from the prior attorney who has left the public safety division of the Office of the Attorney General for other opportunities. An attorney from this office contacted Plaintiff, for a meet and confer conference regarding a stipulation to continue the Settlement Conference. Plaintiff was not in agreement. Therefore, Counsel requests the continuance to become more familiar with this case to participate in a productive settlement process.

Courts have inherent powers to control their dockets, see Ready Transp., Inc. v. AAR Mfg, Inc., 627 F.3d 402, 404 (citations omitted), and to “achieve the orderly and expeditious disposition court’s ability to enforce its orders, manage its docket, and regulate insubordinate [ ] conduct. Id. (citing Mazzeo v. Gibbons, No. 2:08-cv01387-RLH-PAL, 2010 WL 3910072, at *2 (D.Nev. 2010)). LR JA 6-1 discusses requests for continuances. The rule states: (a) A motion or stipulation to extend time must state the reasons for the extension requested and must inform the court of all previous extensions of the subject deadline the court granted. (Examples: “This is the first stipulation for extension of time to file motions.” “This is the third motion to extend time to take discovery.”)

This is the first request, and is requested for good cause. Counsel has only, today, taken over this matter for further litigation. Therefore, it is requested that the Settlement Conference be g || continued to a date convenient to this Court’s calendar.

DATED this 4th day of November, 2021.

AARON D. FORD

Attorney General

By: /s/ Douglas R. Rands DOUGLAS R. RANDS, Bar No. 3572 Senior Deputy Attorney General Attorneys for Defendants

Order

Good cause appearing, IT |S ORDERED that

ECF No. 132 is GRANTED. The Settlement

Conference is RESCHEDULED to 12/28/2021 at

9:00 a.m.

99 IT IS SO ORDERED

DATED: 4:21 pm, November 04, 2021

BRENDA WEKSLER

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that I am an employee of the State of Nevada, Office of the Attorney General, and that on November 4, 2021, I electronically filed the foregoing, MOTION TO CONTINUE SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE, via this Court’s electronic filing system. Parties that are registered with this Court’s electronic filing system will be served electronically. For those parties not registered, service was made by depositing a copy for mailing in the United States Mail, first- class postage prepaid, at Carson City, Nevada, addressed to the following: David Reed, #79594

High Desert State Prison

P.O. Box 650

Indian Springs, Nevada 89070

Plaintiff, Pro Se :

Honest WW), BGse

An employee of the

Office of the Nevada Attorney General