Freeman v. Equifax, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA YAUSMENDA FREEMAN, Case No. 2:21-cv-01137-APG-NJK 8 Plaintiff(s), Order 9] v. [Docket Nos. 14, 15, 23, 29] EQUIFAX, INC., 11 Defendant(s).

12 On August 6, 2021, the Court ordered that Petitioner was granted leave to file an amended 13] petition. Docket No. 9. On August 20, 2021, Petitioner filed an amended petition. Docket No. 14] 12. Rather than simply brief that petition with a response and a reply, the parties have engaged in 15] ancillary motion practice. Docket No. 14 (Respondent’s motion to strike); Docket No. 15 16] (Petitioner’s motion to strike); Docket No. 23 (Petitioner’s motion for sanctions related to service 17] issues); Docket No. 29 (Petitioner’s motion to strike). Having reviewed that motion practice, the 18] Court does not find that it should exercise its discretion to strike these filings or award sanctions, 19] cf. Jones v. Skolnik, 2015 WL 685228, at *2 (D. Nev. Feb. 18, 2015), so all of these ancillary motions are DENIED.

21 The Court hereby ORDERS Respondent to file a brief responsive to the amended petition (at Docket No. 12) by December 8, 2021. The Court ORDERS Petitioner to file any reply thereto 23|| by December 22, 2021. The parties must focus their papers on the operative request to perpetuate 24] testimony as the Court will not entertain any ancillary motion practice at this time.

25 IT IS SO ORDERED.

26 Dated: November 22, 2021 Nancy J. Koppe', 28 United States Magistrate Judge