D.M., et al v. County of Merced, et al.

Filing 115

Order re stipulated motion to modify scheduling order, signed by Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone on 1/17/2023. (Nonexpert Discovery due by 5/29/2023; Expert Disclosure due by 6/26/2023; Supplemental Expert Disclosure due by 7/24/2023; Expert D iscovery due by 9/11/2023; Dispositive Motions filed by 10/23/2023; Pretrial Conference set for 4/12/2024 at 01:30 PM in Courtroom 4 (DAD) before District Judge Jennifer L. Thurston; Jury Trial set for 7/29/2024 at 08:30 AM in Courtroom 4 (JLT) before District Judge Jennifer L. Thurston)(Rosales, O.)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 D.M., et al., 12 ORDER RE: STIPULATED MOTION TO MODIFY SCHEDULING ORDER Plaintiffs, 13 14 Case No. 1:20-cv-00409-JLT-SAB v. (ECF Nos. 35, 47, 74, 98, 114) COUNTY OF MERCED, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 18 A scheduling order for this matter originally issued on September 29, 2020, which was 19 subsequently amended numerous times pending adjudication of multiple discovery disputes and 20 motions. (See ECF Nos. 35, 47, 74, 98.) The pretrial conference and trial dates have also been 21 reset a number of times; currently, the pretrial conference is scheduled for December 15, 2023, 1 22 and trial is set to commence on March 18, 2024. (See ECF Nos. 35, 47, 74, 98.) On November 1, 23 2022, the Court vacated Plaintiffs’ most recent motion to compel production of documents 24 pursuant to the parties’ stipulated request that Defendants would produce documents within thirty 25 days of the Court’s order. (ECF Nos. 112, 113.) On January 17, 2023, the parties filed a stipulated request to extend the discovery 26 27 28 1 The parties indicate in their stipulated motion that the pretrial conference is set for December 14, 2023. The Court presumes this is a typographical error, as all other information regarding the pretrial conference and trial dates remain consistent with the amended scheduling order. 1 1 deadlines, which the Court construes as a motion to modify the schedule. (ECF No. 114.) The 2 parties proffer they jointly agreed to extend Defendants’ time to complete the most recent 3 production, and this production was finalized on January 13, 2022. Accordingly, the parties 4 request an extension of the existing discovery deadlines to permit Plaintiffs time to review the 5 production of documents and conduct depositions. Though they do not expressly discuss the 6 pretrial and trial dates, it is clear the parties seek to extend these deadlines as well. The Court 7 finds good cause exists to grant the parties’ stipulated motion. 8 Accordingly, good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the parties’ 9 stipulated motion to modify the schedule (ECF No. 114) is GRANTED. The scheduling order is 10 further modified as follows: 11 1. Nonexpert Discovery Deadline: May 29, 2023; 12 2. Expert Disclosure Deadline: June 26, 2023; 13 3. Supplemental Expert Disclosure Deadline: July 24, 2023; 14 4. Expert Discovery Deadline: September 11, 2023; 15 5. Dispositive Motion Deadline: October 23, 2023; 16 6. Pretrial conference: April 12, 2024 at 1:30 p.m. in Courtroom 6 before District 17 Judge Jennifer L. Thurston; and 18 7. 19 Trial: July 29, 2024 at 8:30 a.m. in Courtroom 6 before District Judge Jennifer L. Thurston. 20 21 22 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: January 17, 2023 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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