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`Gustavo Ponce, Esq.
`Nevada Bar No. 15084
`Mona Amini, Esq.
`Nevada Bar No. 15381
`KAZEROUNI LAW GROUP, APC
`6069 South Fort Apache Road, Suite 100
`Las Vegas, Nevada 89148
`Telephone: (800) 400-6808
`Facsimile: (800) 520-5523
`E-mail: gustavo@kazlg.com
`E-mail: mona@kazlg.com
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`Scott Edelsberg, Esq. (pro hac vice)
`Florida Bar No. 0100537
`Christopher Gold, Esq. (pro hac vice)
`Florida Bar No. 088733
`EDELSBERG LAW, P.A.
`20900 NE 30th Ave.
`Suite 417
`Aventura, FL 33180
`786-673-2405
`scott@edelsberglaw.com
`chris@edelsberglaw.com
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`Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the Putative Class
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEVADA
`GARY YAGHYAZARIAN and ELENA
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` Case No.: 2:22-cv-01339-CDS-VCF
`THORMAHLEN, individually and on
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`behalf of all others similarly situated,
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`JOINT STIPULATION FOR
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`EXTENSION OF TIME FOR CLASS
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`CERTIFICATION BRIEFING,
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`EXPERT DISCLOSURES, AND TO
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`AMEND THE CASE
`PROGRESSIVE DIRECT INSURANCE
`MANAGEMENT ORDER
`COMPANY and PROGRESSIVE
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`NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY,
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`Ohio corporations,
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` Defendants.
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`Case 2:22-cv-01339-CDS-VCF Document 77 Filed 12/06/23 Page 2 of 6
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`Plaintiffs Gary Yaghyazarian and Elena Thormahlen and Defendants
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`Progressive Direct Insurance Company and Progressive Northern Insurance Company
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`jointly move to modify the Amended Case Management Order entered by this Court
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`on June 16, 2023 [D.E. 62], and state as follows:
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`1.
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`District courts have inherent power to control their own dockets.
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`Hamilton Copper & Stell Corp. v. Primary Steel, Inc., 898 F.2d 1428, 1429 (9th Cir.
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`1990).
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`2.
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`This case is one of 35 related class actions Progressive and its affiliates
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`challenging the calculation of the Projected Sold Adjustment (“PSA”) in valuing
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`total-loss claims (the “PSA Cases”). King & Spalding LLP represents the defendants
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`in all the PSA Cases, and Shamis & Gentile P.A., Edelsberg Law P.A., Normand
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`PLLC, and Carney Bates & Pulliam represent nearly all plaintiffs in the PSA Cases.
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`3.
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`On June 16, 2023, this Court granted the Parties’ Motion to Amend the
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`Case Management Order to allow sufficient time for the voluminous and time-
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`intensive document production of a sample of 150 claim files Plaintiffs requested
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`from Defendants and to conduct depositions. The Amended Case Management Order
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`extended, inter alia, the deadline for Plaintiffs’ to file their Motion for Class
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`Certification and serve their Expert Disclosures to December 7, 2023. Id.
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`4.
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`The Parties have been diligently working to meet the deadlines
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`transcribed in the Amended Case Management Order, however, Plaintiffs’ require
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`Case 2:22-cv-01339-CDS-VCF Document 77 Filed 12/06/23 Page 3 of 6
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`additional time to review and analyze the 150 sample claim files Defendants
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`produced, confer with experts, and to file their Motion for Class Certification.
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`5.
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`By this Motion, the Parties respectfully seek a 55-day extension of the
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`deadline for Plaintiffs’ to file their Motion for Class Certification and serve their
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`Expert Disclosures.
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`6.
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`Accordingly, to allow the same amount of time as the Case Management
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`order allotted, the Parties also respectfully request a 55-day extension to the other
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`deadlines below.
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`7.
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`Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6(b) permits a court to grant an
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`extension of time for good cause and, “like all the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,
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`‘[is] to be liberally construed to effectuate the general purpose of seeing that cases
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`are tried on the merits.” Ahanchian v. Xenon Pictures, Inc., 624 F.3d 1254, 1258-59
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`(9th Cir. 2010) (quoting Rodgers v. Watt, 722 F.2d 456, 459 (9th Cir.1983)).
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`Consequently, requests for extensions of time made before the applicable deadline
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`has passed should ‘normally … be granted in the absence of bad faith on the part of
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`the party seeking relief or prejudice to the adverse party.” Id. (quoting 4B Charles
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`Alan Wright & Arthur R. Miller, Federal Practice and Procedure § 1165 (3d ed.
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`2004)).
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`8.
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`Further, “Plaintiff[s’] request for an extension of less than two months
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`…is
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`reasonable.” Godinez
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`v.
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`L. Offs.
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`of Clark Garen, No.
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`Case 2:22-cv-01339-CDS-VCF Document 77 Filed 12/06/23 Page 4 of 6
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`SACV1600828CJCDFMX, 2016 WL 4527512, at *2 (C.D. Cal. Aug. 30, 2016)
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`9.
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`Thus, the Parties request that the Court amend the case management
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`order to set new deadlines for expert reports and class certification briefing.
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`10.
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` The Parties have worked diligently to meet all deadlines set by the
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`scheduling order, and have made significant strides, including the completion of fact
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`discovery and depositions. However, due to the demands of the other PSA Cases,
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`accounting for the travel schedules of Counsel and Plaintiffs’ experts during the
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`holiday season, and the multitude of discovery that still needs to be reviewed, the
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`Parties respectfully request a slight modification to the Amended Case Management
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`Order.
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`11. For the reasons discussed above, good cause exists for modifying the
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`Amended Case Management Order.
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`12. This Motion is made in good faith, not for delay or any dilatory tactic,
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`and no party will be unduly prejudiced or harmed by the grant of this Motion.
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` WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs and Defendants respectfully request the following
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`modifications detailed below:
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`Current Deadline
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`Proposed Deadline
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`Plaintiffs’ Expert
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`Plaintiffs’ Motion for
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`December 7, 2023
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`January 31, 2024
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`December 7, 2023
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`Case 2:22-cv-01339-CDS-VCF Document 77 Filed 12/06/23 Page 5 of 6
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`Defendants’ Expert
`Disclosures
`Defendants’ Opposition
`to Class Certification
`Plaintiffs’ Reply in
`Support of Class
`Certification
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`February 12, 2024
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`February 12, 2024
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`April 8, 2024
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`April 8, 2024
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`March 26, 2024
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`May 20, 2024
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`Respectfully submitted,
`KAZEROUNI LAW GROUP, APC
`/s/ Gustavo Ponce
`Gustavo Ponce, Esq.
`Mona Amini, Esq.
`6069 S. Fort Apache Rd., Suite 100
`Las Vegas, Nevada 89148
`Scott Edelsberg, Esq. (pro hac vice)
`Florida Bar No. 0100537
`Christopher Gold, Esq. (pro hac vice)
`Florida Bar No. 088733
`EDELSBERG LAW, P.A.
`20900 NE 30th Ave.
`Suite 417
`Aventura, FL 33180
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`Counsel for Plaintiffs
`and the Proposed Class
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`IT IS SO ORDERED:
`12-6-2023
`DATED: _________________
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`KING & SPALDING LLP
`/s/ Allison Hill White
`Allison Hill White (pro hac vice)
`Jeffrey S. Cashdan (pro hac vice)
`Zachary A. McEntyre (pro hac vice)
`J. Matthew Brigman (pro hac vice)
`1180 Peachtree Street, N.E.
`Atlanta, Georgia 30309
`SANTORO WHITMIRE
`James E. Whitmire, Esq.
`Nevada State Bar No. 6533
`10100 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 250
`KING &SPALDING LLP
`Julia C. Barrett (pro hac vice)
`500 W. 2nd Street
`Austin, TX 78701
`Counsel for Defendants
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`___________________________________
`Hon. Cam Ferenbach
`UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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`Case 2:22-cv-01339-CDS-VCF Document 77 Filed 12/06/23 Page 6 of 6
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on December 5, 2023, I electronically filed the foregoing
`document with the Clerk of the Court using CM/ECF. I also certify that the foregoing
`document is being served this day on all counsel identified below via transmission of
`Notices of Electronic Filing generated by CM/ECF or in some other authorized manner.
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`Respectfully submitted,
`KAZEROUNI LAW GROUP, APC
`/s/ Gustavo Ponce
`Gustavo Ponce, Esq.
`Mona Amini, Esq.
`6069 S. Fort Apache Rd., Suite 100
`Las Vegas, Nevada 89148
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