Deveroux v. County of Kern

Summary

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California grants the parties’ stipulated request to amend the scheduling order based on good cause. The order extends discovery and expert-disclosure deadlines, advances the pretrial conference, and continues the trial date from September 9, 2025, to September 16, 2025.

Holdings

1. The scheduling order may be modified because the parties demonstrated good cause, and the requested extensions and date changes were granted.
2. The pretrial conference was advanced from July 14, 2025, to July 7, 2025, and the trial was continued from September 9, 2025, to September 16, 2025.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the parties had shown good cause to modify the scheduling order under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b)(4).
2. Whether the court should adjust the pretrial conference and trial dates to accommodate scheduling needs.

Disposition

other