David v. County of Stanislaus

Summary

This document is a scheduling order issued in David v. County of Stanislaus, a civil action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. It establishes deadlines for disclosures, fact and expert discovery, motions, settlement procedures, and objections or modifications to the schedule. The order was issued by United States District Judge Dena Coggins on May 19, 2025.

Holdings

1. The court may issue a scheduling order without consulting the parties at a scheduling conference when, after reviewing the joint status report, it determines that a conference is unnecessary.
2. The scheduling order becomes final absent timely objections and may be modified only by leave of court upon a showing of good cause; party stipulation alone does not modify the schedule.
3. No further joinder or amendment of pleadings is permitted without leave of court and a showing of good cause; any amendment under Rule 15(a) must not be prejudicial, unduly delayed, made in bad faith, or futile.
4. Discovery disputes are referred to the assigned magistrate judge, whose written ruling is final subject to district-court modification only upon a showing that the ruling is clearly erroneous or contrary to law.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the court should issue a case schedule under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b) without first conducting a scheduling conference.
2. What procedures and deadlines should govern service, joinder, amendment of pleadings, discovery, motions, settlement, pretrial proceedings, and modification of the scheduling order.

Disposition

other