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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Personal Injury

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THORNDAL, AR M ST RONG,

DELK , BA LK E N B U SH

& EISINGER

6 5 9 0 S.

McCarran, Suite

B

Reno, Nevada

89509

(775) 786-2882

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Clayeo C. Armold

A Professional Corporation

Kirk J. Wolden, SBN 138902

608 University Avenue

Sacramento, CA 95825

Telephone: (916) 924-3100 

Fax: (916) 924-1829

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Robert Martin and Christy Mercado-Martin

Katherine F. Parks, Esq. 

State Bar No. 200605

Thorndal, Armstrong, Delk, Balkenbush & Eisinger

6590 S. McCarran, Suite B

Reno, Nevada 89509 

Attorneys for Defendant

FITZGERALD’S CASINO and HOTEL

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT MARTIN and CHRISTY

MERCADO-MARTIN, 

Plaintiffs,

vs.

FITZGERALD’S CASINO and HOTEL,

RENO a business of unknown form and

origin, and DOES 1 through 50, inclusive, 

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 06-CV-01018-WBS-DAD

REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO

COMPLETE DISCOVERY

(First Request)

COME NOW, Plaintiffs, ROBERT MARTIN AND CHRISTY MERCADO-MARTIN,

and Defendant, FITZGERALD’S RENO, INC., improperly named as FITZGERALD’S CASINO

and HOTEL, RENO, by and through its attorneys, Thorndal, Armstrong, Delk, Balkenbush &

Eisinger, and pursuant to Local Rule 6-144 and hereby request an extension of time in which to

complete discovery in this matter. 

This case is set for trial on October 2, 2007. The discovery deadline is currently set for

January 31, 2007, and the deadline for completion of expert discovery for March 30, 2007. 

Plaintiff Christy Mercado-Martin recently had a baby and the parties’ discovery efforts have been

somewhat delayed due to same. The parties hereby request an extension of the discovery 

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deadline to March 30, 2007, and an extension of the deadline for completion of expert discovery

to April 30, 2007.

 This is the parties’ first request for a continuance and counsel for both parties hereby

submit that this request is not made in bad faith for the purposes of delay or for any other dilatory

reason. Rather, the requested extension of the discovery deadlines may serve to avoid the

imposition of discovery costs on both parties as settlement negotiations are undertaken. 

The requested extension of time will not delay any other deadlines set forth in this

Court’s Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order. 

Dated: 1/9 , 2007

By: /s/ 

 Kirk J. Wolden, Esq.

 608 University Avenue

 Sacramento, CA 95825

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs

 Robert Martin and Christy Mercado-

 Martin

Dated: 1/10 ,2007

By: /s/ 

 Katherine F. Parks, Esq.

 6590 South McCarran Blvd, Ste. B

 Reno, NV 89509

 Attorneys for Defendant

 Fitzgerald’s Reno, Inc.

IT IS SO ORDERED:

DATED: January 10, 2007.

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