Roddy Mac v. EA Family Services

Summary

This document is a scheduling order issued in Mac v. EA Family Services, No. 2:24-cv-02702-DC-CSK, by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. It establishes discovery and motion deadlines, settlement-conference requirements, procedures for the final pretrial conference, and requirements for modifying the schedule.

Holdings

1. After entry of the scheduling order, joinder of additional parties, amendment of pleadings, and modification of the schedule require leave of court and a showing of good cause. A request to amend under Rule 15(a) must also avoid prejudice, undue delay, bad faith, and futility.
2. Discovery matters that do not implicate the case schedule are referred to the assigned magistrate judge, whose written discovery 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. What case-management schedule and procedural requirements should govern the action under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b)?
2. What showing is required to obtain leave to amend the pleadings or modify the scheduling order after the applicable deadlines?
3. What procedures govern discovery disputes and review of discovery rulings by the assigned magistrate judge?

Disposition

other