Administrative Order 20-09 (Court Operations of Civil Matters in Response to COVID-19)

The record

Jurisdiction

Clark County, Nevada (Eighth Judicial District) · Las Vegas and Reno · Nevada

Level

Court

Authority

EDCR 1.30(b)

Issued

2020-03-20 Mar. 20, 2020

Effective

2020-03-20

End

Continued by AO 20-13; superseded by AO 20-17 (June 1, 2020) (read as 2020-06-01)

In force

Mar. 20, 2020 to June 1, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Courts and public offices

Addressees

• civil litigants and counsel

Functions reached

• CT litigation functions of law firms, lenders, collection and insurance operations
• SV collections (writs stayed)
• CL closings dependent on court process

Collection

Las Vegas and Reno MET-LAS

Operative words

For the 30 days following the entry of this order, no subpoena may be issued by an attorney under NRCP 45 without advance approval of the discovery commissioner.... No early case conference shall be conducted in-person within 30 days from the date of this order. All deadlines pursuant to NRCP 16.1... shall be stayed for 30 days... if no stipulation or other agreement can be reached by the parties, there shall be no in-person deposition conducted within 30 days from the date of this order. All pending, unexpired discovery deadlines pursuant to NRCP 31, 33, 34, and/or 36 shall be stayed for 30 days... all judicial settlement conferences scheduled through the District Court Judicial Settlement Conference are vacated... the time to respond to any offers of judgment submitted pursuant to NRCP 68 is suspended... Any writs of execution or writs of garnishment ordered by the court prior to this order will be stayed. Writs of execution or garnishment issued on or after the date of this order will also be stayed until this order is lifted.

Enforcement

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