Opinion
2:22-cv-00409-CDS-NJK
04-18-2022
CHARMAINE LAI, Plaintiff(s), v. ZURICH INSURANCE GROUP, et al., Defendant(s).
ORDER [DOCKET NO. 12]
Nancy J. Koppe United States Magistrate Judge
Pending before the Court is an amended joint proposed discovery plan. Docket No. 12 The presumptively reasonable discovery period is 180 days. Local Rule 26-1(b)(1). A discovery plan seeking a longer period must, inter alia, provide reasons for departing from the defaul schedule. Local Rule 26-1(a). The instant discovery plan seeks a discovery period beyond the presumptively-reasonable schedule, see, Docket No. 12 at 2, but provides paradoxically that there is no reason to depart from the default schedule, see id. at 1. Accordingly, the amended join proposed discovery plan is DENIED without prejudice. A second amended joint proposed discovery plan must be filed by April 21, 2022.
This is the second discovery plan filed in this case that does not comply with the basic requirements in the local rules. See Docket No. 11 (denying without prejudice first discovery plan). To the extent counsel are unfamiliar with practice in this Court, they must immediately familiarize themselves with the local rules.
IT IS SO ORDERED.