BC Licensing, LLC v. DMD Chicken, LLC

1 || JOSEPH A. LIEBMAN Nevada Bar No. 10125 || JAROD B. PENNIMAN Nevada Bar No. 16299 | BAILEY*KENNEDY 8984 Spanish Ridge Avenue | Las Vegas, Nevada 89148-1302 Telephone: 702.562.8820 || Facsimile: 702.562.8821 JLiebman @ BaileyKennedy.com | [email protected] || XAVIER M. BAILLIARD (ADMITTED PRO HAC VICE) || MARISA RAUCHWAY (ADMITTED PRO HAC VICE) g | CHIESA SHAHINIAN & GIANTOMASI PC Eisenhower Parkway || Roseland, New Jersey 07068 Telephone: 973.325.1500 | [email protected] mrauchway @csglaw.com = Attorneys for Defendant/Counterclaim Plaintiff <3 13 || DMD Chicken, LLC; and Defendants Frederick Burgess and Jack Flechner As 14 > 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 DISTRICT OF NEVADA | BC LICENSING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, 18 Case No. 2:25-cv-00453-JAD-NJK Plaintiff, 19 STIPULATION AND ORDER TO SET VS. NEW MOTION BRIEFING SCHEDULE 20 DUE TO FILING OF AMENDED DMD CHICKEN, LLC, a Florida limited liability | COUNTERCLAIM [ECF 44] || company; FREDERICK BURGESS, an individual; and JACK FLECHNER, an | individual, (FIRST REQUEST) 23 Defendants.

24 ECF Nos. 32, 34, 36 DMD CHICKEN, LLC, a Florida limited liability || company; FREDERICK BURGESS, an individual; and JACK FLECHNER, an | individual, 27 Counterclaim Plaintiffs, 28 VS. Page 1 of 4 Error! Unknown document property name.

BC LICENSING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability || company; BCIP, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company; JRS HOSPITALITY, LLC, a Nevada || limited liability company; PERRY ROGERS, an individual; SHAQUILLE O’NEAL, an | individual; COREY JENKINS, an individual; JOSHUA HALPERN, an individual; MATTHEW SILVERMAN, an individual; SAMUEL STANOVICH, an individual; and MATTHEW PIEKARSKI, an individual, 7 Counterclaim Defendants.

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO SET NEW MOTION BRIEFING SCHEDULE DUE TO 9 FILING OF AMENDED COUNTERCLAIM [ECF NO. 44] 10 Defendants/Counterclaim Plaintiffs DMD CHICKEN, LLC (“DMD”), FREDERIC | BURGESS (“Burgess”) AND JACK FLECHNER (“Flechner’’), and Counterclaim Defendants BC | LICENSING, LLC (“BC Licensing”); BCIP, LLC (“BCIP”); JRS HOSPITALITY, LLC (“JRS”); | PERRY ROGERS (“Rogers”); SHAQUILLE O’NEAL (“O’Neal’”); COREY JENKINS □□□□□□□□□□□□ Z 14 | JOSHUA HALPERN (“Halpern”); MATTHEW SILVERMAN (“Silverman”); and SAMUEL | STANOVICH (‘Stanovich”) (collectively, the “Counterclaim Defendants”), by and through their || respective counsel of record, hereby stipulate and agree as follows: 17 1. On April 30, 2025, BC Licensing, BCIP, Halpern, Silverman, and Stanovich filed || their Motion to Dismiss DMD’s Counterclaims [ECF No. 32] (the “BC Licensing Motion’).

19 2. On April 30, 2025, O’Neal and JRS filed their Motion to Dismiss DMD’s || Counterclaims [ECF No. 34] (the “JRS Motion’) (along with the BC Licensing Motion, the || “Motions’”).

22 3. On May 2, 2025, Jenkins and Rogers filed their Joinder to the BC Licensing Motion || [ECF No. 37].

24 4. On May 5, 2025, the Court set the Motions for hearing on June 3, 2025, at 1:30 p.m.

25 || [ECF No. 38].

26 5, On March 12, 2025, the Court granted a Stipulation and Order to extend the || Opposition deadline to the Motions to May 30, 2025, and to reset the hearing on the Motions to July | 7, 2025, at 1:30 p.m.

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1 6. On May 21, 2025, Counterclaim Plaintiffs DMD, Burgess, and Flechner filed an || Amended Counterclaim against the Counterclaim Defendants, along with one additional || counterclaim defendant Matthew Piekarski [ECF No. 44] (the ‘““Amended Counterclaim’). The | Amended Counterclaim was filed as a matter of course under FRCP 15(a)(1)(B).

5 7. “The filing of an amended complaint generally moots a pending motion to dismiss | unless the amended complaint is substantially identical to the original complaint.” Zimmerman v. || PeaceHealth, 701 F.Supp.3d 1099, 1108 (W.D. Wash. 2023). Although the Parties disagree whether | the Amended Counterclaim is substantially identical to DMD’s original Counterclaim, and | “defendants should not be required to file a new motion to dismiss simply because an amended || pleading was introduced while their motion was pending,” id. (internal quotation marks and citation | omitted), Counterclaim Defendants agree to re-file their Motions and Joinder based on the Amended | Counterclaim.

25 13 8. Counterclaim Defendants will file their Motions to Dismiss the Amended | Counterclaim on or before Monday June 9, 2025. Counterclaimants will file their Opposition on or || before June 23, 2025. Counterclaim Defendants will file their Reply on or before June 30, 2025.

16 9. This briefing schedule will not impact the current hearing of the Motions on July 7, | 2025.

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1 10. This stipulation is made in good faith and not to delay the proceedings.

2 IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

3 || DATED this 29th day of May, 2025. DATED this 29th day of May, 2025.

4 | BAILEY“#KENNEDY GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP | By: 4s/ Joseph A. Liebman By: /s/Akke Levin JOSEPH A. LIEBMAN MARK E. FERRARIO, ESQ.

6 JAROD B. PENNIMAN Nevada Bar No. 01625 AKKE LEVIN, ESQ.

7 | CHIESA SHAHINIAN Nevada Bar No. 09102 & GIANTOMASI PC 10845 Griffith Peak Drive, Suite 600 || XAVIER M. BAILLIARD Las Vegas, Nevada 89135 (ADMITTED PRO HAC VICE) | MARISA RAUCHWAY Attorneys for Counterclaim Defendants BC (ADMITTED PRO HAC VICE) Licensing, LLC; Shaquille O’Neal; and JRS 10 Hospitality, LLC Attorneys for Defendants/Counterclaim | Plaintiffs DMD Chicken, LLC, Frederick : Burgess and Jack Flechner DATED this 29th day of May, 2025.

GORDON REES SCULLY 13 MANSUKHANI, LLP 14 By: 4/ Bradley G. Taylor = BRADLEY G. TAYLOR, ESQ.

15 Nevada Bar No. 13778 3 300 So. 4" Street, Suite 1550 16 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 17 Attorneys for Counterclaim Defendants BC Licensing, LLC; BCIP, LLC; Joshua Halpern; 18 Matthew Silverman; Samuel Stanovich; Corey Jenkins; and Perry Rogers ORDER 20 . . . . .

Based on the parties’ stipulation [ECF No. 46] and with good cause appearing, IT | IS SOORDERED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the motions to dismiss the || now-superseded counterclaims [ECF Nos. 32, 34] are DENIED as moot. The motions to dismiss the amended counterclaim will be heard at the already scheduled 23 July 7, 2025, hearing.

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