Tlatelpa v. Amazon.com Services LLC

Filing 14

ORDER GRANTING STIPULATED REQUEST TO CONTINUE PRE-TRIAL DEADLINES AND AMENDING SCHEDULING ORDER AS MODIFIED (Doc. 13 ) signed by Magistrate Judge Christopher D. Baker on 3/5/2025: Discovery Deadlines: Non-Expert 8/4/2025; Expert 10/15/2025. M id-Discovery Status Conference set for 7/2/2025 at 09:30 AM in Bakersfield (CDB) before Magistrate Judge Christopher D. Baker. Non-Dispositive Motions filed by 10/1/2025. Dispositive Motions filed by 12/22/2025. Pretrial Conference set for 6/8/2026 at 01:30 PM in Courtroom 6 (KES) before District Judge Kirk E. Sherriff. Jury Trial set for 9/4/2026 at 08:30 AM in Courtroom 6 (KES) before District Judge Kirk E. Sherriff. (Deputy Clerk CLA)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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CESAR TLATELPA,

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Plaintiff,
v.
AMAZON.COM SERVICES, LLC,

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Defendant.

Case No. 1:24-cv-00605-KES-CDB
ORDER GRANTING STIPULATED
REQUEST TO CONTINUE PRE-TRIAL
DEADLINES AND AMENDING
SCHEDULING ORDER AS MODIFIED
(Doc. 13)

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Background
Pending before the Court is the parties’ stipulated request to continue pre-trial deadlines.
(Doc. 13).

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In support of the request, the parties represent that, to reduce costs, they agreed to delay

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formal discovery pending their participation in private mediation, which they engaged in on

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February 6, 2025, but did not reach a settlement. Thereafter, Defendant retained new counsel

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(Docs. 7-9). Defendant’s new counsel requires additional time to familiarize themselves with the

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case. After the private mediation, the parties began engaging in formal written discovery and

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anticipate beginning depositions at the end of April 2025. Id. at 2.

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The parties, therefore, stipulate to modify the scheduling order and assert that these facts
present good cause to do so. Id. at 3.

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Discussion

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The parties propose the following extended deadlines (id. at 3):

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Event

Current Date

New Date

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Non-Expert Discovery Deadline

05/06/2025

08/04/2025

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Expert Disclosure Deadline

05/20/2025

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Rebuttal Disclosure Deadline

06/17/2025

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Expert Discovery Deadline

07/17/2025

10/15/2025

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Mid-Discovery Status Conference

04/02/2025

07/02/2025

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Non-Dispositive Motion Filing Deadline

07/31/2025

10/01/2025

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Non-Dispositive Motion Hearing

09/08/2025

12/08/2025

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Dispositive Motion Filing Deadline

09/22/2025

12/22/2025

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Dispositive Motion Hearing

011/03/2025

02/02/2026

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Pre-Trial Conference

03/09/2026

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Trial

05/05/2026

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For good cause shown, the parties’ stipulated request to continue case management dates
(Doc. 13) will be granted, as modified below.

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Given the extension of all pretrial deadlines, it is impractical to grant the parties’ request

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while maintaining the current expert disclosure and rebuttal expert disclosure deadlines, as well as

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the pre-trial conference and trial dates. As such, and to comport with the assigned district judge’s

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scheduling protocols, all related deadlines as well as the pre-trial conference and trial dates will be

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extended.

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In light of the significant extensions of time granted herein, the Court admonishes the parties
that it is unlikely to grant further extensions of time. As the Court of Appeals has observed:
In these days of heavy caseloads, trial courts in both the federal and state systems
routinely set schedules and establish deadlines to foster efficient treatment and
resolution of cases. Those efforts will be successful only if the deadlines are taken
seriously by the parties, and the best way to encourage that is to enforce the
deadlines. Parties must understand that they will pay a price for failure to comply
strictly with scheduling and other orders . . .
Wong v. Regents of Univ. of Cal., 410 F.3d 1052, 1060 (9th Cir. 2005).
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The Court admonishes the parties that any further extensions of case management deadlines

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to accommodate possible settlement discussions (which the Court expects to be undertaken in

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parallel with the extended case management dates below) will not be granted absent extraordinary

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circumstances.

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Conclusion and Order

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In light of the parties’ representations and good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY
ORDERED that the scheduling order (Doc. 6) be amended as follows:

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Event

Prior Date

Amended Date

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1. Non-Expert Discovery Deadline

05/06/2025

08/04/2025

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2. Expert Disclosure Deadline

05/20/2025

08/18/2025

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3. Rebuttal Disclosure Deadline

06/17/2025

09/08/2025

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4. Expert Discovery Deadline

07/17/2025

10/15/2025

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5. Mid-Discovery Status Conference

04/02/2025

07/02/2025

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6. Non-Dispositive Motion Filing Deadline

07/31/2025

10/01/2025

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7. Non-Dispositive Motion Hearing

09/08/2025

12/08/2025

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8. Dispositive Motion Filing Deadline

09/22/2025

12/22/2025

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9. Dispositive Motion Hearing

011/03/2025

02/02/2026

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10. Pre-Trial Conference

03/09/2026

06/08/2026

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11. Trial

05/05/2026

09/04/2026

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

March 5, 2025

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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