Henderson v. Lankford et al
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ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman on 7/31/14 ORDERING that Defendants request for extension of time to respond to discovery 46 is granted; Defendant shall serve responses to plaintiffs discovery requests on or before September 8, 2014; and Defendants request to modify the scheduling order 46 is denied without prejudice. (Dillon, M)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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JEFFREY HENDERSON,
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Plaintiff,
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No. 2:12-cv-2317 KJN P
v.
ORDER
DR. R. LANKFORD, et al.,
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Defendants.
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Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel. On July 17, 2014, defendant
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Lankford filed a document entitled “Request for Extension of Time to Respond to Discovery
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Requests.”1 On July 28, 2014, plaintiff filed a statement of no objection to defendant’s request
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for extension of time to respond to plaintiff’s discovery requests. Good cause appearing,
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defendant’s request is granted. Defendant is granted up to and including September 8, 2014, to
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serve responses to plaintiff’s discovery requests.
Buried within defendant’s request was a request that the court modify the discovery and
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scheduling order to continue the deadline for filing pretrial motions to November 20, 2014. (ECF
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Counsel for defendant is advised that Local Rule 137(b) requires the separate filing of a
proposed order in .pdf format, as well as submission by email of a separate proposed order in
Word format to the appropriate judges’ email box listed on the Court’s website. “Both the
submission of the .pdf version and the submission via email to the email box of the assigned
Judge or Magistrate Judge must be accomplished.” L.R. 137(b). Here, counsel for defendant did
not file a proposed order on the court docket, and did not email a proposed order in Word format.
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No. 46 at 2.) Plaintiff’s response did not address defendant’s request to continue the pretrial
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motions deadline. (ECF No. 48.)
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Requests to modify scheduling orders are not routinely addressed as requests for
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extensions of time; rather, Rule 16(b) provides that “[a] schedule may be modified only for good
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cause and with the judge’s consent.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4). “The schedule may be modified
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‘if it cannot reasonably be met despite the diligence of the party seeking the extension.’”
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Zivkovic v. Southern California Edison Co., 302 F.3d 1080, 1087 (9th Cir. 2002) (quoting
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Johnson, 975 F.2d at 607).
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Defendant failed to address Rule 16(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and failed
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to address the fact that the court previously modified the scheduling order on June 26, 2014.
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(ECF No. 39.) Therefore, defendant Lankford’s request to modify the scheduling order is denied
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without prejudice.
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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
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1. Defendant’s request for extension of time to respond to discovery (ECF No. 46) is
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granted;
2. Defendant shall serve responses to plaintiff’s discovery requests on or before
September 8, 2014; and
3. Defendant’s request to modify the scheduling order (ECF No. 46) is denied without
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prejudice.
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Dated: July 31, 2014
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