Ashcraft v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc., 2:16-cv-02978-JAD-NJK. (2018)
Court: District Court, D. Nevada
Number: infdco20181119b73
Visitors: 16
Filed: Nov. 16, 2018
Latest Update: Nov. 16, 2018
Summary: Order [Docket No. 102, 109] NANCY J. KOPPE , Magistrate Judge . Pending before the Court are two motions to compel class-related discovery. Docket Nos. 102, 109. Days after briefing was completed on the discovery motions, Plaintiff filed a motion for class certification. Docket No. 114. The Court declines to engage in a two-track process in which discovery is being sought that relates to already-filed motion practice. 1 Plaintiff should either pursue class discovery that he believes is ne
Summary: Order [Docket No. 102, 109] NANCY J. KOPPE , Magistrate Judge . Pending before the Court are two motions to compel class-related discovery. Docket Nos. 102, 109. Days after briefing was completed on the discovery motions, Plaintiff filed a motion for class certification. Docket No. 114. The Court declines to engage in a two-track process in which discovery is being sought that relates to already-filed motion practice. 1 Plaintiff should either pursue class discovery that he believes is nec..
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Order
[Docket No. 102, 109]
NANCY J. KOPPE, Magistrate Judge.
Pending before the Court are two motions to compel class-related discovery. Docket Nos. 102, 109. Days after briefing was completed on the discovery motions, Plaintiff filed a motion for class certification. Docket No. 114. The Court declines to engage in a two-track process in which discovery is being sought that relates to already-filed motion practice.1 Plaintiff should either pursue class discovery that he believes is necessary to meet the applicable standards or pursue class certification if he believes he already has what he needs.
No later than November 21, 2018, Plaintiff shall either: (1) withdraw his discovery motions as unnecessary given the filing of his motion for class certification; or (2) withdraw his motion for class certification, in which case the Court will extend the deadline for seeking class certification.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
FootNotes
1. In filing the second motion to compel, Plaintiff sought to delay resolution of the first motion to compel and to expedite briefing on the second motion to compel. Docket No. 110 at 7. Plaintiff then stated without elaboration that "[b]oth motions will likely be heard before the presently scheduled dispositive motion and class-certification deadlines of November 14, 2018." Docket No. 110. In an effort to enable resolution of these discovery disputes prior to the substantive motion practice, the Court shortened time to brief the second motion to compel and extended the deadline for dispositive motions. Docket No. 111. The Court inadvertently omitted an extension to the deadline for class certification. See id. Rather than seek clarification or an extension of that deadline, Plaintiff filed his motion for class certification signaling implicitly that he can meet the applicable standards regardless of the discovery currently in dispute, while purportedly "reserv[ing] the right to supplement" his motion if the discovery was compelled. See Docket No. 114 at 2 n.1.
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