Myers v. County of Fresno et al

Filing 45

ORDER GRANTING Joint 44 Motion to Extend Certain Case Management and Scheduling Deadlines; ORDER Mooting 40 Motion to Compel signed by Magistrate Judge Helena M. Barch-Kuchta on 10/25/2024. Final Pretrial Conference set for 9/15/2026 at 01:30 PM in Courtroom 6 (KES) before District Judge Kirk E. Sherriff; Jury Trial set for 11/18/2026 at 08:30 AM in Courtroom 6 (KES) before District Judge Kirk E. Sherriff. (Flores, E)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 NATHANIEL MYERS, 12 13 Plaintiff, v. 14 COUNTY OF FRESNO, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 Case No. 1:22-cv-00173-KES-HBK ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION TO EXTEND CERTAIN CASE MANAGEMENT AND SCHEDULING DEADLINES (Doc. No. 44) ORDER MOOTING MOTION TO COMPEL (Doc. No. 40) 17 18 19 Pending before the Court is the parties’ Joint Motion to Extend Case Management and 20 Scheduling Deadlines, filed on October 23, 2024. (Doc. No. 44). The Court previously granted 21 extensions to certain case management deadlines on October 5, 2023 and May 21, 2024. (Doc. 22 Nos. 25, 38). Due to Plaintiff’s criminal prosecution, which the parties expect will conclude 23 within six to twelve months, the parties request further extensions to the case management 24 deadlines. (Doc. No. 44). The parties also advise that Plaintiff has agreed to submit to mental 25 examination upon the conclusion of his criminal case, thus resolving Defendants’ pending Motion 26 to Compel (Id.). (Id. at 2 ¶ 5). Finally, the parties advise that Plaintiff also will submit to a 27 deposition upon the conclusion of his criminal matter. (Id. ¶ 6). Based on the foregoing, the 28 Court finds good cause to grant an extension to certain of the deadlines in the Case Management 1 Scheduling Order. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4).1 2 Accordingly, it is ORDERED: 3 1. The Parties’ Joint Motion to Extend Case Management and Scheduling Deadlines 4 (Doc. No. 44) is GRANTED to the extent set forth herein. 5 2. The following amended dates shall govern the management of this action. 6 7 Action or Event Date Deadline to complete non-expert discovery. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 37. 11/28/2025 10 Deadline for all parties to disclose expert report(s). See Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2). 12/19/2025 11 Deadline to disclose any expert rebuttal report(s). 01/16/2026 Deadline to complete expert discovery. 02/20/2026 Deadline to advise court of status of settlement, mediation, ADR or VDRP. See Local Rule 270, 271. 02/27/2026 Deadline to file pretrial dispositive motions. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 56, Local Rule 230. 04/10/2026 Deadline to file final joint pretrial statement, motion(s) in limine, proposed jury instructions, and verdict form. 09/08/2026 Final pretrial conference 9/15/2026 at 1:30 p.m. Trial date 11/18/2026 at 8:30 a.m. 8 9 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 3. The procedures set forth in the December 8, 2022 Case Management and Scheduling 23 24 25 26 27 28 Order (Doc. No. 20) will continue to govern this action. While Plaintiff’s criminal case does not arise out of the same incident as his civil case against Defendants, his Fifth Amendment rights are nevertheless implicated because admissions made in this proceeding could be prejudicial to his criminal prosecution. See Fed. Sav. & Loan Ins. Corp. v. Molinaro, 889 F.2d 899, 902–03 (9th Cir. 1989) (whether a stay of a civil action is prudent requires the court to balance whether “the [criminal] defendant’s fifth amendment rights are implicated” and whether the interest of the civil plaintiff, the public, and the court favor a stay); see also Wallace v. Kato, 549 U.S. 384, 394, (2007) (it is “common practice” when pending civil and criminal actions stem from the same incident “to stay the civil action until the criminal case or the likelihood of a criminal case is ended.”). 1 2 4. Defendants’ Motion to Compel (Doc. No. 40) is moot.2 1 2 3 Dated: October 25, 2024 HELENA M. BARCH-KUCHTA UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 To the extent necessary, Defendants may refile the motion after Plaintiff’s criminal case is resolved if he refuses to submit to a mental examination at that time. 2 28 3

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