Israel v. Negrete

Summary

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California grants plaintiff Akiva A. Israel’s unopposed motion to modify the scheduling order. The Court extends the discovery deadline to September 18, 2025, and the pretrial motions deadline to November 17, 2025, while cautioning that further extensions are unlikely.

Holdings

1. Plaintiff demonstrated good cause for extending the discovery deadline because the deadline could not reasonably be met despite circumstances affecting his ability to conduct discovery, and defendant did not oppose the motion.
2. The pretrial motions deadline was extended sua sponte from October 23, 2025, to November 17, 2025.

Questions Presented

1. Whether plaintiff demonstrated good cause under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b)(4) to extend the discovery deadline.
2. Whether the related pretrial motions deadline should also be extended in light of the discovery extension.

Disposition

other