Johnson v. Powers et al

Filing 41

ORDER signed by Senior Judge William B. Shubb on 9/27/17 ORDERING that Defendants' MOTION for an Extension of time 40 is DENIED; The court reiterates that defendants are required to participate in the VDRP process with plaintiff. ECF No. 38 . (Mena-Sanchez, L)

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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 SCOTT JOHNSON, 12 Plaintiff, 13 14 15 No. 2:15-cv-00245-WBS-AC v. ORDER STANLEY O POWERS and SANDRA KAYE POWERS, Defendants. 16 17 18 This matter is before the court on defendants’ motion for a 180 day extension of time to 19 respond to plaintiff’s complaint on the grounds that defendants have not been served. ECF No. 20 40. The court addressed the issue of service in its July 31, 2017 order, and found that defendants 21 have been properly served by publication pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure § 22 415.50. ECF No. 38 at 1. In that same order, the court stayed this case and ordered the parties to 23 participate in the Voluntary Dispute Resolution Program (“VDRP”). The issuance of an extension of time is within the sound discretion of the court. Local 24 25 Civil Rule 144(c). This case is already stayed pending further order of the court, and thus 26 //// 27 //// 28 //// 1 1 defendants’ motion for an extension of time, ECF No. 40, is DENIED. The court reiterates that 2 defendants are required to participate in the VDRP process with plaintiff. ECF No. 38. 3 IT IS SO ORDERED. 4 DATED: September 27, 2017 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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