Andrew Vasquez v. Eilya Moghaddam, et al.

Summary

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California partially granted and partially denied Plaintiff Andrew Vasquez’s motion concerning a settlement conference, discovery, and pretrial proceedings. The court ordered a settlement conference, denied the requests to reopen discovery and set a pretrial conference, vacated the existing pretrial deadlines, and maintained the July 28, 2025 jury trial date.

Holdings

1. The court granted plaintiff's request for a settlement conference because no prior settlement conference had been held and the renewed request made a settlement conference appropriate.
2. The court denied plaintiff's request to reopen and compel discovery because plaintiff provided no basis for reopening discovery at that stage of the litigation.
3. The court denied plaintiff's request to set a pretrial conference and vacated the existing pretrial conference date and pretrial statement deadlines, while directing that the conference and deadlines be reset on the papers if the case did not settle.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the court should schedule a settlement conference.
2. Whether plaintiff established a basis to reopen and compel discovery after the discovery deadline had passed.
3. Whether the court should set or otherwise modify the pretrial conference and pretrial statement deadlines.

Disposition

other