Heyligar v. Jones

Summary

The court grants defendants’ second motion to modify the scheduling order in a prisoner civil rights action alleging excessive force and deliberate indifference under the Eighth Amendment. Discovery remains closed, and the deadline for pretrial motions is extended to March 28, 2025, because the parties are awaiting completion of settlement papers.

Holdings

1. A scheduling order may be modified for good cause when the existing deadline cannot reasonably be met despite the diligence of the party seeking the extension. Defendants established good cause for extending the pretrial motions deadline because additional time was needed to allow settlement papers to be completed and, if settlement failed, to file a dispositive motion.

Questions Presented

1. Whether defendants demonstrated good cause under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b)(4) to extend the pretrial motions deadline.

Disposition

other