Jacobs v. CSR Reps et al

Filing 20

ORDER regarding 19 Stipulation for Extension of Time signed by Magistrate Judge Michael J. Seng on 6/19/2017. (Filing Deadline: 6/26/2017).(Lundstrom, T)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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GEORGE E. JACOBS,

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Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 1:16-cv-00791-DAD-MJS (PC)
ORDER REGARDING STIPULATION FOR
EXTENSION OF TIME

v.
(ECF No. 19)
CSR REPS, et al.,
SEVEN DAY DEADLINE
Defendants.

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Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil

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rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On March 28, 2017, Plaintiff

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participated in a settlement conference in Case No. 1:05-cv-01625-SAB, in which he

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agreed to a global settlement of several actions, including the instant action.

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Dispositional documents were to be filed within forty five days. (ECF No. 18.)

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The forty five day deadline passed with no action from the parties. On May 22,

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2017, the parties filed a stipulation and proposed order for a thirty-day extension of time

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to file dispositional documents. (ECF No. 19.) Therein, the parties represented that the

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global settlement was predicated on setting aside the jury verdict in Case No. 1:05-cv-

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01625-SAB, but that, as of the date of filing their stipulation, their request to set aside the

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jury verdict had not been granted. However, a review of the docket in Case No. 1:05-cv-

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01625-SAB reflects that the request to set aside the jury verdict was granted on May 15,

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2017, seven days prior to the filing of the stipulation.

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Now, more than thirty days have passed since the stipulation was filed, and no

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further action has been taken by the parties. A review of the docket in Case No. 1:05-cv-

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01625-SAB reflects that the parties have therein requested a further extension of time to

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file dispositional documents in that case. (ECF No. 280 in Case No. 1:05-cv-01625-

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SAB). In at least one of the other cases subject to the “global settlement,” No. 1:06-cv-

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01280 AWI-EPG (PC), dispositional documents were filed and the matter was closed.

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In this action, however, the parties have failed to abide by Court deadlines or

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request an extension of time supported by good cause. Indeed, the stipulated extension

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of time was filed after the deadline and misrepresented the status of another case.

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Based on the foregoing, the parties are HEREBY ORDERED to file dispositional

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documents within seven days. Any request for extension of time must be supported by

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facts that accurately describe the status of settlement of the instant action. Because

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other cases subject to the “global settlement” have already been closed, representations

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with regard to the status of other cases will not justify an extension of time in this case.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

June 19, 2017

/s/

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Michael J. Seng

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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