Justice v. County of Yuba et al

Filing 31

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman on 9/20/2011 DENYING without prejudice Defendant's 30 Motion to Compel. (Michel, G)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 TOMEKA JUSTICE, individually, and as Guardian ad Litem for ACQUCER HILL, a minor, 12 Plaintiff, 10 13 14 No. 2:10-cv-0915 KJM KJN v. COUNTY OF YUBA AND THOMAS OAKES, 15 Defendant. ORDER / 16 On September 19, 2011, defendants filed a motion to compel plaintiff’s responses 17 18 to discovery requests, and noticed that motion for a hearing to take place before the undersigned 19 on October 20, 2011.1 (Notice of Mot. & Mot. to Compel, Dkt. No. 30.) However, the 20 applicable scheduling order requires that all discovery be “completed by September 30, 2011.”2 21 (Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order at 2, Dkt. No. 27.) The term “completed” is defined in the 22 scheduling order to mean that “all discovery shall have been conducted so that all depositions 23 1 24 25 26 This case was referred to the undersigned pursuant to Eastern District of California Local Rule 302(c)(1) and 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). 2 Although some of the dates in the original scheduling order were subsequently modified on September 1, 2011, the discovery completion deadline was not modified. (See Minute Order, Sept. 1, 2011, Dkt. No. 29.) 1 1 have been taken and any disputes relative to discovery shall have been resolved by appropriate 2 order if necessary and, where discovery has been ordered, the order has been obeyed.” (Id.) 3 Because plaintiff’s motion, as noticed, necessarily violates the discovery completion deadline set 4 in the district judge’s scheduling order in this case, plaintiff’s motion is denied. However, such 5 denial is without prejudice to the re-noticing of the motion if defendants successfully move the 6 district judge in this case to modify the September 30, 2011 discovery completion upon a 7 showing of “good cause.” See Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4) (providing that “[a] schedule may be 8 modified only for good cause and with the judge’s consent”); Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, 9 Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 609-10 (9th Cir. 1992) (discussing the meaning of “good cause” in the 10 11 12 13 14 context of modification of a scheduling order). Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that defendants’ motion to compel (Dkt. No. 30) is denied without prejudice. IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED: September 20, 2011 15 16 17 _____________________________________ KENDALL J. NEWMAN UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2

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