Jacobs v. Quinones et al

Filing 44

ORDER GRANTING Defendants' Motion for Extension of Time and Modifying the Discovery and Scheduling Order Nunc Pro Tunc, signed by Magistrate Judge Jennifer L. Thurston on 12/19/2013. (Discovery Responses: 2/14/2014, Discovery due by 4/11/2014, Dispositive Motions filed by 5/16/2014) (Martin-Gill, S)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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GEORGE E. JACOBS, IV,

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Plaintiff,
v.

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Case No. 1:10-cv-02349-AWI-JLT (PC)
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTION
FOR EXTENSION OF TIME and MODIFYING
THE DISCOVERY AND SCHEDULING ORDER
NUNC PRO TUNC

A.C. QUINONES, et al.,
(Doc. 42)
Defendants.

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Defendants' Discovery Responses Due -- 02/14/2014
Discovery Cut−Off Date -- 04/11/2014
Dispositive Motion Deadline -- 05/16/2014

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Plaintiff is proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On

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November 26, 2013, Defendants filed a motion seeking an extension of time to respond to

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Plaintiff's discovery requests and modification of the scheduling order. (Doc. 42.) In this motion,

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based on voluminous1 discovery propounded by Plaintiff, Defendants request that the discovery

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cut-off date be extended from December 17, 2013 to February 14, 2014, that they be granted an

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extension of time up February 14, 2014 to serve their responses to Plaintiff's outstanding

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discovery, and that the dispositive motion deadline be moved from January 16, 2014 to March 17,

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2014. (Id.) The time line requested by Defendants would not leave Plaintiff any opportunity to

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file a motion to compel further responses should he find deficiencies in any of Defendants'

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Plaintiff has served Defendants with over 850 discrete discovery requests.

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discovery responses. While Plaintiff has not yet responded to this motion, he will not be

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prejudiced by it being granted with a proportional additional allowance of time for filing of

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motion(s) to compel and the like, if necessary.

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The burden on Defendants of responding to voluminous discovery propounded by

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Plaintiff, coupled with an adequate time-line to protect Plaintiff's discovery interests, qualifies as

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good cause to grant the extensions of time that Defendants seek.

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Accordingly, good cause having been found, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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14, 2014, nunc pro tunc;

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the discovery cut-off date is rescheduled from December 17, 2013 up to and
including April 11, 2014, nunc pro tunc; and

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Defendants' responses to discovery propounded by Plaintiff are due on February

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the dispositive motion deadline is rescheduled from January 16, 2014 up to and
including May 16, 2014.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

December 19, 2013

/s/ Jennifer L. Thurston
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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