JENNIFER A. DORSEY, District Judge.
Pursuant to LR 6-1 and LR 26-4, the parties, by and through their respective counsel of record, hereby stipulate and request that this Court extend the deadline to file the oppositions to motions for summary judgment in the above-captioned case thirty (30) days, up to and including June 6, 2018.
This Request for an extension of time is not sought for any improper purpose or other purpose of delay. This request for extension is based upon the following:
Counsel for defendants initiated this request due to family matters and competing deadlines. Counsel for defendants has been occupied with preparing a Motion for Summary Judgment in Murry v. NLV et al., 2:17-cv-0157-APG-CWH. In addition, the defendants have been occupied in preparing reply briefs in Mitchell v. City of North Las Vegas, 17-16552, and Weathers v. Loumakis, 17-17074. Finally, counsel has been out of town attending to a family matter.
Counsel for plaintiffs also has had competing deadlines, including a Response to Appellant/Cross-Respondent's Emergency Motion for Stay Pending Appeal, or in the Alternative Stay Pending Petition for Writ of Mandamus or Prohibition due on April 25, 2018 in Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department v. American Broadcast Company et al., Nevada Supreme Court Case No. 75518. Counsel for plaintiffs also had a Motion to Alter of Amend an Order Granting Summary Judgment due on April 27, 2018 in Gurshin v. Bank of America, N.A., Case No. 2:15cv-00323-GMN-VCF. Plaintiffs' counsel also has a competing deadline to file a Reply to Opposition to Special Motion to Dismiss Pursuant to Nev. Rev. Stat. § 41.660 (anti-SLAPP) in Hartfield v. Office of Clark County Coroner, Eighth Judicial District Court Case No. A-18-768781-C.
WHEREFORE, the parties respectfully request that this Court extend the time for the parties to file their oppositions to motions for summary judgment by thirty (30) days from the current deadline of May 7, 2018 up to and including June 6, 2018.
IT IS SO ORDERED. The parties are cautioned, however, that the workload of counsel will notIT IS SO ORDERED. constitute good cause for additional extensions of this deadline.