Hill v. King County Jail et al

Filing 27

ORDER denying plaintiff's 24 Motion for Extension of Time; Dispositive motions filing deadline EXTENDED to 12/11/2017, signed by Hon. James P. Donohue.**2 PAGE(S), PRINT ALL**(Kevin Hill, Prisoner ID: 333860)(SWT)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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KEVIN JAMES HILL,
Plaintiff,

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Case No. C17-0042-RAJ-JPD

Defendants.

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ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S
MOTION TO EXTEND DISCOVERY
DEADLINE, BUT EXTENDING
DISPOSITIVE MOTION FILING
DEADLINE

v.
KING COUNTY, et al.,

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This is a civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This matter comes

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before the Court at the present time on plaintiff’s motion for an extension of the discovery

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deadline. Defendants have filed a response to plaintiff’s motion. The Court, having reviewed

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plaintiff’s motion, defendants’ response thereto, and the balance of the record, hereby ORDERS

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as follows:

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(1)

Plaintiff’s motion for an extension of the discovery deadline (Dkt. 24) is

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DENIED. Plaintiff requests in his motion that the discovery deadline be extended from

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September 25, 2017 to December 24, 2017. However, in defendants’ response to plaintiff’s

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motion for extension of time, defendants’ counsel represents to the Court that the parties had a

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ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO EXTEND
DISCOVERY DEADLINE, BUT EXTENDING
DISPOSITIVE MOTION FILING DEADLINE - 1

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discovery conference on September 11, 2017 during which they agreed that an extension of the

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discovery deadline was not necessary. (See Dkt. 25 at 1; Dkt. 26 at 2.) Counsel further

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represents that the parties also agreed a 45-day extension of the dispositive motion filing

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deadline would be appropriate to allow plaintiff time to receive records he had requested, but had

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not yet received, from Harborview Medical Center and the Department of Corrections. (See id.)

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Plaintiff has not refuted counsel’s representations.

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Given that plaintiff has apparently not yet received records he deems necessary to his

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case, the Court deems it appropriate to extend the dispositive motion filing deadline, as agreed

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by the parties, to allow plaintiff ample time to receive and review those records. Accordingly,

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the dispositive motion filing deadline is extended from October 25, 2017 to December 11, 2017.1
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The Clerk is directed to send copies of this Order to plaintiff, to counsel for

defendants, and to the Honorable Richard A. Jones.
DATED this 29th day of September, 2017.

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JAMES P. DONOHUE
Chief United States Magistrate Judge

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Defendants indicate in their response that the agreed upon 45-day extension would result in a new
dispositive motion deadline of December 9, 2017. (See Dkt. 25 at 2.) However, December 9, 2017 is a Saturday
and, thus, the requested 45-day period runs until Monday, December 11, 2017. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(a)(1)(C).

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO EXTEND
DISCOVERY DEADLINE, BUT EXTENDING
DISPOSITIVE MOTION FILING DEADLINE - 2