Opinion
2:20-cv-00556-MMD-NJK
10-17-2022
JAMES VINCENT BANKS, Plaintiffs, v. JOSEPH LOMBARDO, et al., Defendants.
ORDER [DOCKET NO. 93]
NANCY J. KOPPE, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE.
Pending before the Court is Defendants' renewed motion to extend the dispositive motion deadline. Docket No. 93.
A request to extend unexpired deadlines in the scheduling order must be premised on a showing of good cause. Fed.R.Civ.P. 16(b)(4); Local Rule 26-3. The good cause analysis turns on whether the subject deadlines cannot reasonably be met despite the exercise of diligence. Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 609 (9th Cir. 1992).
Defendants have not made a strong showing of diligence, particularly given that they began the conferral process for the motion to compel in July. See Docket No. 93 at 3. Nonetheless, the Court relies on Defendants' representations that the timing of the motion to compel was predicated on the desire to afford Plaintiff extra time to comply with discovery, particularly in light of his past assertions of insufficient legal supplies. See id. at 3-4. Such representations suffice, given the circumstances of this case, to nudge Defendants across the good cause threshold.
Accordingly, the motion to extend is GRANTED. The dispositive motion deadline is RESET for December 23, 2022, and the joint proposed pretrial order deadline is RESET for January 23, 2023. All other deadlines in the scheduling order remain unchanged.
IT IS SO ORDERED.