Opinion
2:20-cv-01923-ART-DJA
10-10-2023
Ernest Guardado, Plaintiff, v. James Dzurenda; et al., Defendants.
ORDER
DANIEL J. ALBREGTS UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Before the Court is Defendant Nonilon Peret's motion to extend the dispositive motion and joint pretrial order deadlines, filed on April 17, 2023. (ECF No. 33). Peret explains that Peret's counsel could not meet the current deadlines due to an increased caseload caused by staffing changes at the Attorney General's Office. Peret also points out that, on March 16, 2023, the Court granted Plaintiff's motion for appointment of counsel, but no counsel has yet accepted the appointment. No party responded to Peret's motion.
A party seeking to extend a deadline before that deadline has expired must show good cause. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 6(b)(1); see Local Rule 26-3.The Court finds that Peret has shown good cause to extend the dispositive motion and joint pretrial order deadlines. Additionally, no party has responded to Peret's motion, constituting consent to the Court granting it. See LR 7-2(d). Because Peret's proposed new deadlines have passed and Peret has not yet filed a dispositive motion, the Court sua sponte extends the dispositive motion and joint pretrial order deadlines by thirty days from the date of this order.
The deadline to file dispositive motions passed on April 17, 2023.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Peret's motion to extend time (ECF No. 33) is granted in part and denied in part. It is granted in part to the extent it seeks an extension. It is denied in part regarding Peret's proposed deadlines because the Court sua sponte extends the deadlines thirty days from the date of this order.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the following deadlines shall govern discovery in this case:
Dispositive motions: November 9, 2023 Joint pretrial order: December 11, 2023