(PC) Robinson v. Scottini ( 2023 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JAVAUGHN K. ROBINSON, No. 2:22-cv-1641 KJN P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 SCOTTINI, 15 Defendant. 16 17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding pro se. On September 7, 2023, plaintiff filed a 18 motion for a seven day extension of time to seek discovery from defendant. On September 28, 19 2023, defendant filed an opposition. As discussed below, plaintiff’s motion is denied as 20 untimely. 21 “The district court is given broad discretion in supervising the pretrial phase of litigation.” 22 Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 607 (9th Cir. 1992) (citation and internal 23 quotation marks omitted). Rule 16(b) provides that “[a] schedule may be modified only for good 24 cause and with the judge’s consent.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4). “The schedule may be modified 25 ‘if it cannot reasonably be met despite the diligence of the party seeking the extension.’” 26 Zivkovic v. Southern California Edison Co., 302 F.3d 1080, 1087 (9th Cir. 2002) (quoting 27 Johnson, 975 F.2d at 607). 28 //// 1 As argued by defendant, the June 27, 2023 discovery and scheduling order provided that 2 || all requests for discovery shall be served not later than sixty days prior to the October 20, 2023 3 || discovery deadline. (ECF No. 26 at 5.) Thus, plaintiff was required to propound all discovery 4 | requests on or before August 20, 2023. Because plaintiff was informed about the deadline in the 5 || court’s discovery and scheduling order, his claim that he is “unaware of civil law rules in motions 6 || or how to go about it without help” (ECF No. 28 at 1) is unavailing. Plaintiff fails to explain his 7 || failure to earlier seek an extension of time and fails to show good cause for the extension. Thus, 8 | plaintiffs motion is denied. 9 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff's motion (ECF No. 28) is denied 10 || without prejudice. 11 | Dated: October 3, 2023 Aectl Aharon 13 KENDALL J. NE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 14 15 6 frobil641.16b 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28