(PC) Hill v. Prasad ( 2023 )

1 ROB BONTA, State Bar No. 202668 Attorney General of California 2 TYLER V. HEATH, State Bar No. 271478 Supervising Deputy Attorney General 3 GARRETT L. SEUELL, State Bar No. 323175 Deputy Attorney General 4 1300 I Street, Suite 125 P.O. Box 944255 5 Sacramento, CA 94244-2550 Telephone: (916) 210-6144 6 Fax: (916) 324-5205 E-mail: Garrett.Seuell@doj.ca.gov 7 Attorneys for Defendants Prasad, Tapia, and Read 8 9 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 SACRAMENTO DIVISION 12 13 CYMEYON HILL, 2:21-cv-1727 KJN 14 Plaintiff, [PROPOSED] ORDER 15 v. 16 17 DR. PRASAD, et al., 18 Defendants. 19 20 On February 22, 2023, defendants Prasad, Tapia and Read requested an order modifying the 21 January 11, 2023 order setting the deadline to file pretrial motions. Such order granted 22 defendants until February 27, 2023, to file pretrial motions. 23 “The district court is given broad discretion in supervising the pretrial phase of litigation.” 24 Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 607 (9th Cir. 1992) (citation and internal 25 quotation marks omitted). Rule 16(b) provides that “[a] schedule may be modified only for good 26 cause and with the judge’s consent.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4). “The schedule may be modified 27 ‘if it cannot reasonably be met despite the diligence of the party seeking the extension.’” 28 1 || Zivkovic v. Southern California Edison Co., 302 F.3d 1080, 1087 (9th Cir. 2002) (quoting 2 | Johnson, 975 F.2d at 607). 3 Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that defendants’ motion to modify the 4 | order extending the deadline to file pretrial motions (ECF No. 30) is granted. The deadline for 5 || defendants to file a dispositive motion is extended until March 9, 2023. All other deadlines and 6 || requirements of the Court’s discovery and scheduling order remain in place unless otherwise 7 || modified. 8 | Dated: February 24, 2023 Foci) Aharon 10 KENDALL J. NE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 1] 12 | mitli727.16b2 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28