Opinion
21-CV-1103 JLS (MSB)
03-17-2022
LYAN FRANCIS DE SOUZA, an individual, Plaintiff, v. DAWSON TECHNICAL, INC.; a Hawaiian Corporation; and DOES 1-50, inclusive, Defendants.
GRANTING DEFENDANT'S EX PARTE MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE A RESPONSIVE PLEADING (ECF NO. 24)
Hon. Janis L. Sammartino, United States District Judge.
Presently before the Court are Defendant Dawson Technical, Inc.'s ex parte Motion to Extend Defendant's Time to File a Responsive Pleading (“Mot., ” ECF No. 24) and Plaintiff Lyan Francis De Souza's Statement of Non-Opposition thereto (ECF No. 25). Defendant contends that there is good cause to extend its time to file a responsive pleading “[g]iven the number of federal and California state statutes newly identified in Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint, ” which requires Defendant “to complete its investigation into recent activities of Plaintiff and whether they arise from the same ‘transaction or occurrence that is the subject matter of [Plaintiff's] claims'” in order “[t]o ensure proper pleading of any . . . compulsory counterclaims.” Mot. at 2.
Good cause appearing, the Court GRANTS Defendant's ex parte Motion. Defendant SHALL RESPOND to Plaintiffs First Amended Complaint on or before April 15, 2022.
IT IS SO ORDERED.