Ramirez v. Reeve-Woods Eye Center

Filing 16

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 3/20/14 DENYING WITHOUT PREJUDICE 10 Motion to Compel. (Meuleman, A)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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LUZ R. RAMIREZ,

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No. 2:13-cv-429-JAM-EFB

Plaintiff,
v.

ORDER

REEVE-WOODS EYE CENTER,
Defendant.

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On March 5, 2014, plaintiff filed a motion to compel defendant to provide further

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responses to plaintiff’s Special Interrogatories, Set two. ECF No. 10. The motion was originally

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noticed for hearing on April 2, 2014. Id. On March 10, 2014, plaintiff re-noticed the hearing on

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her motion for April 9, 2014. ECF No. 11.

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On August 12, 2013, the assigned district judge issued a Status (Pretrial Scheduling)

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Order, which provides that all discovery shall be completed by March 31, 2014. ECF No. 9 at 3.

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The order further provides that “‘completed’ means that all discovery shall have been conducted

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so that all depositions have been taken and any disputes related to discovery shall have been

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resolved by appropriate order if necessary, and, where discovery has been ordered, the order has

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been complied with.” Id.

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In light of the March 31, 2014 deadline, this court will have no authority to consider the

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motion to compel on April 9, 2014. While the parties may file a motion or stipulation to further
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modify the pretrial scheduling order, that motion and/or stipulation must be heard and decided by

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the district judge. Accordingly, the motion to compel, ECF No. 10, is denied without prejudice

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and the April 9, 2014 hearing thereon is vacated.

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So Ordered

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DATED: March 20, 2014.

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