pro se plaintiffs are not excused from holding a case conference). Given these undisputed facts, 1 the district court was within its discretion when it found that compelling and extraordinary circumstances did not exist to justify an extension of NRCP 16.1(e)'s 180-day time frame We therefore ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.

arraguirre

Douglas

OnnA, J.

cc: Hon. Jim C. Shirley, District Judge Ronald Alex Stevenson Attorney General/Carson City Pershing County Clerk

'Because these facts were undisputed, they were not "contentions" needing the support of an affidavit under DCR 13(6).

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