(PC) Casteneda v. Quiring ( 2024 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 LORENZO CASTENEDA, Case No. 2:21-cv-02196 DAD KJN P 12 Plaintiff, [PROPOSED] ORDER 13 v. 14 15 J. QUIRING, et al., 16 Defendants. 17 18 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se. Defendants Chamberlin, McTaggart, 19 Arteaga, Quiring, Rowe, and Medina move for a seven-day extension of the February 13, 2024 20 filing deadline for pretrial motions due to the temporary illness of defense counsel. 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 //// ] Due to counsel’s illness, the undersigned finds good cause supports the brief extension of 2 || the pretrial motions deadline. 3 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 4 1. Defendants’ motion (E CF No. 59) is granted; and 5 2. The pretrial motions filing deadline is extended until February 20, 2024. 6 | Dated: February 9, 2024 aie } Kt | Ld , a sia 7 CAROLYNK. DELANEY 8 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 9 cast2196.1663 1] 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28