Opinion
No. C05-01962 HRL.
January 8, 2007
ORDER GRANTING IN PART STIPULATED REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF MEDIATION DEADLINE [Docket No. 73]
Presently before the court is the parties' stipulated request to extend the January 29, 2007 mediation deadline for approximately four months. Upon consideration of the parties' papers, this court is unable to determine whether that much additional time truly is needed; and, ideally, ADR should be conducted relatively early in a case before the parties have expended time and resources on full discovery. Nevertheless, in view of the apparent complexity of the case and the parties' desire to complete some discovery beforehand, the court will extend the deadline for conducting the mediation for an additional 90 days to April 30, 2007. The court assumes that this extension will not cause the parties to run afoul of the other court-ordered case management dates. Indeed, the fact that this extension has been granted will not be considered "good cause" for future requests (if any) to extend or alter other dates set by this court's scheduling order.
IT IS SO ORDERED.