Opinion
2:21-cv-01410-JCC
12-20-2021
CAROL A. STEPIEN, Plaintiff, v. GINA RAIMONDO, SECRETARY, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE; UNITE STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, ALSO KNOWN AS NOAA; Defendants.
NICHOLAS W. BROWN UNITED STATES ATTORNEY JAMES C. STRONG, OR # 131597 ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS NOLAN LIN LAW FIRM, PS NOLAN LIM, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF
NICHOLAS W. BROWN UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
JAMES C. STRONG, OR # 131597 ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS
NOLAN LIN LAW FIRM, PS
NOLAN LIM, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF
STIPULATED MOTION FOR
EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND
TO AMENDED COMPLAINT
NOTING
JOHN C. COUGHENOUR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 6 and Local Rules 10(g) and 16, and hereby jointly stipulate and move for an extension of 30 days for Defendants to answer or otherwise respond to the Amended Complaint to February 2, 2022. Defendants' responsive pleading to the Complaint is currently due January 3, 2022.
A court may modify a deadline for good cause. Fed.R.Civ.P. 6(b). Continuing pretrial and trial dates is within the discretion of the trial judge. See King v. State of California, 784 F.2d 910, 912 (9th Cir. 1986).
The parties submit there is good cause for an extension of the deadlines. Defendants require additional time to review the allegations with the agency and prepare a response to be reviewed by the agency, which is difficult to coordinate with schedules over the upcoming holiday season. An extension of time to respond to the Amended Complaint will permit that review.
ORDER
The parties having stipulated and agreed, it is hereby so ORDERED. Defendants may have until to February 2, 2022, to answer or otherwise respond to the Amended Complaint.