C.R. v. County of Kern ( 2023 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 C.R., ET AL., Case No. 1:21-cv-01593-ADA-CDB 12 Plaintiffs, ORDER ON STIPULATION AMENDING SCHEDULING ORDER 13 v. (ECF No. 35) 14 COUNTY OF KERN, ET AL., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Pending before the Court is the parties’ second stipulated request to extend dates relating 18 to expert discovery. In their stipulation, the parties represent that Defendants’ police practices 19 expert is experiencing a personal matter and cannot complete his Rule 26 report in a timely 20 fashion. The parties’ representations and request for a limited, modest extension of dates 21 satisfies the requirements under Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4) to show good cause and diligence. See 22 Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 609 (9th Cir. 1992). 23 Accordingly, based on the parties’ representations in the stipulation and for good cause 24 shown, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the following dates and deadlines are continued as 25 follows: 26 1. Designation of Expert Witnesses, previously due February 10, 2023, is now due March 27 6, 2023. 2. Designation of Rebuttal Expert Witnesses, previously due March 13, 2023, is now due 1 April 6, 2023. 2 3. Expert Discovery, previously scheduled to close on March 29, 2023, will now close on 3 May 8, 2023. 4 | IT IS SO ORDERED. >| Dated: _February 8, 2023 | Wr by 6 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28