Opinion
CASE NO. 1:06-cv-00771-AWI-SMS PC.
August 29, 2011
Telephonic Trial Confirmation Hearing Jury Trial
: March 19, 2012, at 3:00 p.m. in Courtroom 2 (AWI) : May 1, 2012, at 8:30 a.m. in Courtroom 2 (AWI) Plaintiff Donald J. Ackley ("Plaintiff") is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On August 17, 2011, Defendants filed a motion to amend the scheduling order. (ECF No. 60.)Modification of a scheduling order requires a showing of good cause, Fed.R.Civ.P. 16(b), and good cause requires a showing of due diligence, Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 609 (9th Cir. 1992). Defendants move to amend the scheduling order because defense counsel has a scheduling conflict with the current trial date. The Court finds good cause and will grant Defendants' request.
Good cause having been shown the amended scheduling order filed on July 15, 2011, is HEREBY AMENDED as follows:
1. The telephonic trial confirmation scheduled for December 5, 2011, and the trial set for January 24, 2012, are VACATED;
2. This matter is set for telephonic trial confirmation hearing before the Honorable Anthony W. Ishii on March 19, 2012, at 3:00 p.m. in Courtroom 2;
3. This matter is set for jury trial before the Honorable Anthony W. Ishii on May 1, 2012, at 8:30 a.m. in Courtroom 2;
4. Counsel for Defendants is required to arrange for the participation of Plaintiff in the telephonic trial confirmation hearing and to initiate the telephonic hearing at (559) 499-5669; and
5. All other established deadlines in this action shall remain unchanged.
IT IS SO ORDERED.