Allen v. Vocatus, LLC

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 3 ERIN ALLEN, Case No.: 2:21-cv-00377-APG-DJA 4 Plaintiff Order for Supplemental Briefs 5 v. 6 VOCATUS, LLC and SHAMOUN’S, LLC, 7 Defendants 8 The defendants move for summary judgment on, among other things, plaintiff Erin 9 Allen’s claim for wrongful termination under Nevada law. To establish a wrongful termination 10 or tortious discharge claim under Nevada law, Allen must show that the defendants terminated 11 her for “refusing to engage in conduct that was violative of public policy” or because she 12 engaged “in conduct which public policy favors.” Bigelow v. Bullard, 901 P.2d 630, 632 (Nev. 13 1995). However, the Supreme Court of Nevada “will not recognize an action for tortious 14 discharge when a plaintiff has an adequate, comprehensive, statutory remedy.” Ozawa v. Vision 15 Airlines, Inc., 216 P.3d 788, 791 (Nev. 2009). 16 The defendants mentioned this legal principle in their motion but did not address whether 17 Allen has an adequate statutory remedy, such as her retaliatory discharge claim under the Fair 18 Labor Standards Act. Allen likewise did not address the issue. Because the parties have not 19 sufficiently briefed this issue, I direct them to file supplemental briefs. 20 / / / / 21 / / / / 22 / / / / 23 / / / / 1 I THEREFORE ORDER that by December 2, 2022, the parties shall each file briefs of no more than five pages addressing whether, for Allen’s wrongful discharge claim, she has an 3|| adequate, comprehensive statutory remedy. 4 DATED this 18th day of November, 2022. 5 OLA. 6 ANDREW P.GORDON sits 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE — 8 — — 9 — — 10 — 1] — 12 — — 13 — — 14 — — 15 — — 16 — — 17 — — 18 — — 19 — — 20 — — 21 — — 22 — — 23 —