Opinion
2:23-cv-01227-GMN-NJK
08-14-2023
JENIFRE MCCONNELL, Plaintiff, v. ESTES EXPRESS LINES, INC., Defendant.
ORDER
[Docket No. 11]
Nancy J. Koppe United States Magistrate Judge
Pending before the Court is the parties' amended proposed discovery plan. Docket No. 11. The presumptively reasonable discovery period is 180 days. Local Rule 26-1(b)(1). The parties, however, seek a 311-day discovery period. See Docket No. 11 at 1. When a specific showing has been made that established deadlines cannot be met in a particular circumstance, the Court has found good cause for extension. Here, the parties seek an extended discovery period based on generalizations that can be made about most personal injury litigation. See id. at 2.
Discovery periods are calculated from the date the first defendant answers or otherwise appears in the case. Local Rule 26-1(b)(1).
The Court further notes that the parties' amended proposed discovery plan fails to correct the procedural deficiencies that were present in their original proposed discovery plan. See Docket No. 11; see also Docket No. 10 fns. 1 & 2 (noting procedural deficiencies in the parties' original proposed discovery plan).
Accordingly, the amended proposed discovery plan is DENIED. Docket No. 11. The scheduling order will be as follows:
Initial Disclosures: August 23, 2023
Add/Amend Pleadings: August 29, 2023
Initial Experts: September 28, 2023
Rebuttal Experts: October 30, 2023
Discovery Cut-Off November 27, 2023
Dispositive Motions: December 27, 2023
Joint Pretrial Order: January 26, 2024, 30 days after the resolution of dispositive motions, or further Court order.
IT IS SO ORDERED.