Cervantes v. Marnell Gaming, LLC

          CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

          HONORABLE WILLIAM G. COBB, U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE.

         MINUTE ORDER IN CHAMBERS:

         Pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 16 and Local Rule (“LR”)16-2, the Court believes that a Rule 16 case management conference in this matter will assist the parties, counsel and the Court. Therefore, a case management conference is set for Wednesday, January 17, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. in Reno Courtroom 2 before United States Magistrate Judge William G. Cobb. Counsel wishing to appear telephonically shall dial 1-877-873-8017, enter the access code 3416460, and enter the security code 11718 approximately five (5) minutes prior to the hearing.

         In preparation for this case management conference, it is hereby ordered as follows:

         A. Case Management Report

         The parties shall jointly file the case management report with the Clerk of the Court not less than seven (7) court days before the case management conference. It is Plaintiff's responsibility to initiate and prepare the joint case management report, and it is Defendants' responsibility to assist in preparation of the case management report. If the parties cannot agree on the subject matters of the case management report, a statement of each party's position on the disputed topic shall be provided; separate reports shall not be filed.

         The proposed case management report shall address the following information in separately numbered paragraphs:

1. A short statement of the nature of the case (three pages or less), including a description of each claim or defense;

2. A description of the principal factual and legal disputes in the case;

3. The jurisdictional basis for the case, citing specific jurisdictional statutes;^[1]

4. Identification of any parties who have not been served and an explanation why they have not been served; and any parties which have been served but have not answered or otherwise appeared;

5. A statement whether any party expects to add additional parties to the case or otherwise amend the pleadings (the Court will set a deadline to join parties or amend pleadings at the case management conference);

6. Whether there are any pending motions that may affect the parties' abilities to comply with a case management order, including a brief description of those motions;

7. A list of contemplated motions, if any, and an overview statement of issues to be ...