(PC) Brownlee v. Burnes et al

Filing 47

ORDER granting Defendant's Motion for Administrative Relief 46 signed by Magistrate Judge Helena M. Barch-Kuchta on 9/24/2024. (Lundstrom, T)

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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 BENJAMIN JUSTIN BROWNLEE, 12 Plaintiff, 13 14 Case No. 1:23-cv-00376-JLT-HBK (PC) ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE RELIEF v. (Doc. No. 46) J. BURNES, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Pending before the Court is Defendants’ Motion for Administrative Relief filed September 18 23, 2024. (Doc. No. 46). Defendants seek a 14-day extension of time to the current September 19 23, 2024 deadline1 to respond to Plaintiff’s discovery requests. (Id. at 3-4). In a declaration, 20 defense counsel asserts that good cause for the extension exists because the four defendants have 21 had various preplanned and unplanned trips (including one emergency international trip) since 22 Plaintiff propounded his discovery requests on August 5, 2024, and as a result coordinating 23 responses to the discovery responses has been delayed. (Id. at 3 ¶¶ 7-8). 24 The Court may grant an extension of time “with or without motion or notice if the court 25 acts, or if a request is made, before the original time or its extension expires.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 The Case Management Scheduling Order advises the parties that “Eleventh hour[] motions, i.e. motions filed on the eve of the deadline expiration, to extend a deadline will only be granted . . . upon a showing of extraordinary circumstances.” (Doc. No. 38 at 4-5). The Parties are reminded that any further eleventhhour filings will be held to the stringent standard set forth in the Case Management Scheduling Order. 1 27 28 1 6(b)(1)(A). The Court finds good cause to grant the requested extension. 2 ACCORDINGLY, it is ORDERED: 3 1. Defendants’ Motion for Administrative Relief (Doc. No. 46) is GRANTED. 4 2. The deadline for Defendants to respond to Plaintiff’s discovery requests is extended 5 from September 23, 2024 to October 7, 2024. 6 3. Defendants shall return the Consent/Decline to Magistrate Judge Jurisdiction form 7 (Doc. No. 6-1 at 3) as previously directed in the June 20, 2024 Case Management and 8 Scheduling Order (Doc. No. 38 at 4, ¶ V) within fourteen (14) days of this Order. 9 10 Dated: September 24, 2024 HELENA M. BARCH-KUCHTA UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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