Opinion
Case No. 2:12-cv-02094-LRH-NJK
02-27-2013
KATHLEEN ALLGOOD, et al., Plaintiffs, v. WEST ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC., et al., Defendants.
ORDER DENYING PROPOSED
DISCOVERY PLAN (Docket No. 31)
Pending before the Court is the proposed discovery plan (Docket No. 31), which is hereby DENIED. The proposed discovery plan seeks a discovery period of 180 days from the date of the Rule 26(f) conference. See Docket No. 31 at 1-2. The presumptively reasonable discovery period is 180 days from the date the first defendant answers or otherwise appears. See Local Rule 26-1(e)(1). Hence, the parties actually seek a discovery period of roughly 225 days. The parties provide no explanation as to why they require a discovery period beyond the presumptively reasonable 180-day period, as is required by Local Rule 26-1(d). The parties are ordered, no later than March 4, 2013, to file another proposed discovery plan that either (1) is based on the 180-day discovery period outlined in Local Rule 26-1(e)(1) or (2) provides explanation why a longer period is sought.
The Court further notes that the parties failed to timely hold the 26(f) conference. See Local Rule 26-1(d) (requiring the 26(f) conference to be held within 30 days after the first defendant answers or otherwise appears).
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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NANCY J. KOPPE
United States Magistrate Judge