L.V.Q. v. The GEO Group, Inc.

Summary

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California grants the parties’ stipulated request to amend the scheduling order in L.V.Q. v. The GEO Group, Inc. The court finds limited good cause based on discovery disputes and ongoing ESI review, extends the case-management deadlines, and cautions that further extensions are unlikely absent extraordinary circumstances.

Holdings

1. The parties did not establish good cause based on Defendant's unexplained delay in serving its first discovery requests because the record did not show that Defendant acted diligently in seeking discovery.
2. The court granted the stipulated request in modified form because the parties demonstrated limited good cause through their participation in the court's informal discovery-dispute procedures, Defendant's compliance with the discovery-dispute order, and Defendant's ongoing review of potentially responsive ESI.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the parties had shown good cause under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b)(4) to modify the scheduling order.
2. Whether the requested discovery, motion, pretrial, and trial deadlines should be extended based on the parties' discovery-dispute proceedings and Defendant's ongoing ESI review.

Disposition

other