Williams v. Coalinga State Hospital et al

Filing 49

ORDER GRANTING Defendants' 48 Motion to Modify Discovery and Scheduling Order, signed by Magistrate Judge Jennifer L. Thurston on 2/7/2020. (Dispositive Motions filed by 2/14/2020). (Orozco, A)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ROBERT C. WILLIAMS,

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Plaintiff,

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v.
RUBEN CASANOVA, et al.,

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Defendants.

Case No. 1:17-cv-00917-JLT (PC)
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’
MOTION TO MODIFY DISCOVERY
AND SCHEDULING ORDER
(Doc. 48)
Dispositive Motion Deadline: 2/14/2020

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Defendants move to modify the Court’s discovery and scheduling order (Doc. 47) to

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extend the dispositive motion deadline by 7 days. (Doc. 48.) The current deadline is February 7,

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2020. (Doc. 47.) This is Defendants’ third motion to extend the dispositive motion deadline. The

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Court granted Defendants a 9-day extension on January 30, 2020. (Id.) Defense counsel declares

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that the additional time is required for the defendant agency, the Department of State Hospitals

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(DSH), to review and approve Defendants’ motion for summary judgment, and the supporting

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declarations. (Doc. 48 at 4.) Counsel states that, due to her “lack of experience in representing

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DSH,” she did not know the agency’s time requirements; had she known, she would have

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requested an extension longer than the 9 days she requested in her prior motion. (See id.; Doc.

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46.)

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Good cause appearing, the Court GRANTS Defendants’ motion (Doc. 48). The Court

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modifies the discovery and scheduling order to set February 14, 2020, as the new deadline for

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filing pretrial dispositive motions. All other deadlines remain in effect. This is the Court’s final

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extension of time of the pretrial dispositive motion deadline.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

February 7, 2020

/s/ Jennifer L. Thurston
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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