Felix et al v. The State of California et al

Filing 31

ORDER DENYING REQUEST TO CONTINUE PRETRIAL CONFERENCE AND TRIAL DATE signed by District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill on July 28, 2014. (Munoz, I)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ROBERT FELIX and JACK PHELPS,
individuals,

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v.
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
DEPARTMENT OF DEVELPMENTAL
SERVICES, OFFICE OF PROTECTIVE
SERVICES, et al.,
Defendants.

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ORDER DENYING REQUEST TO
CONTINUE PRETRIAL
CONFERENCE AND TRIAL DATE
(Doc. 30)

Plaintiffs,

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1:13-cv-00561 LJO SKO

The Court has carefully reviewed the Parties’ stipulation for an order continuing the trial date
and pretrial dates. Doc. 30. Due to this Court’s impacted calendar, it will only reschedule trial dates if

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good cause is shown. The Court does not believe the parties have made such a showing. This is not an
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extraordinarily complex matter. The current discovery deadlines, set at a September 16, 2013 scheduling
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conference, provided the Parties with approximately one year to complete discovery. The parties have
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not presented any compelling reason why an additional year is needed. Nor have the parties presented
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any compelling reason why the scheduling of mediation “on or about December[] 2014 to February[]
2015” warrants continuing the pretrial conference or trial date, currently set for May 7, 2015 and June

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23, 2015, respectively. Accordingly, the request to continue the pretrial conference and trial date is
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DENIED. The Court will defer to the Magistrate Judge as to whether there is good cause to modify any
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of the other deadlines, including the dispositive motions deadline. Alternatively, the Parties are
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encouraged to reconsider consent to the Magistrate Judge, whose schedule is far more accommodating
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than the undersigned’s.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
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Dated:
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/s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill

July 28, 2014

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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