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Johnson v. Sandy

United States District Court, Ninth Circuit, California, E.D. California
Dec 12, 2013
2:12-cv-02922 AC (P) (E.D. Cal. Dec. 12, 2013)

Opinion


JOSEPH JOHNSON, Plaintiff, v. E. SANDY, et al., Defendants. No. 2:12-cv-02922 AC (P) United States District Court, E.D. California. December 12, 2013

          ORDER

          ALLISON CLAIRE, Magistrate Judge.

         Defendants Cruzen, Sandy, Lavagnino, Lavergne and Cobian have requested an additional twenty-five days, to and including January 7, 2014, within which to serve their responses to Plaintiff's Request for Document Production, Set One. The Discovery and Scheduling Order (DSO) sets January 20, 2014 as the discovery deadline and requires that any motion to compel discovery be brought by that date. ECF No. 20. The court disagrees with the defendants' contention that the requested extension would not prejudice plaintiff in light of the current discovery deadline. However, there is good cause to extend the deadlines set in the DSO. That scheduling order was issued after four of the defendants, Sandy, Lavagnino, Lavergne and Cobian, had answered the original complaint but before one of the defendants who seeks an extension, Cruzen, had filed an answer. In addition, plaintiff subsequently filed a first amended complaint and the court, on November 25, 2013, found the first amended complaint appropriate for service, as modified, upon six additional defendants. ECF No. 29.

         In light of the foregoing, the court will VACATE the discovery and dispositive motion deadlines set in the DSO (ECF No. 20), and will grant defendants' request for an extension of time until January 7, 2014 (ECF No. 30) to respond to plaintiff's first set of requests for production of documents. A new DSO will issue when all defendants have been served.

         IT IS SO ORDERED.


Summaries of

Johnson v. Sandy

United States District Court, Ninth Circuit, California, E.D. California
Dec 12, 2013
2:12-cv-02922 AC (P) (E.D. Cal. Dec. 12, 2013)
Case details for

Johnson v. Sandy

Case Details

Full title:JOSEPH JOHNSON, Plaintiff, v. E. SANDY, et al., Defendants.

Court:United States District Court, Ninth Circuit, California, E.D. California

Date published: Dec 12, 2013

Citations

2:12-cv-02922 AC (P) (E.D. Cal. Dec. 12, 2013)