Nozot v. Wal-Mart Associates, Inc.

Summary

The United States District Court for the Southern District of California granted the parties’ joint motion to continue the deadline for requesting an informal discovery conference concerning electronically stored information. The court found good cause under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b)(4) and continued the deadline from March 14, 2025, to April 21, 2025, leaving all other scheduling-order deadlines unchanged.

Holdings

1. Good cause existed to modify the scheduling order, so the court granted the joint motion and continued the plaintiff's deadline to request an informal discovery conference concerning electronically stored information discovery from March 14, 2025, to April 21, 2025.

Questions Presented

1. Whether good cause existed under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b)(4) to modify the scheduling order and extend the deadline for requesting an informal discovery conference concerning electronically stored information discovery.

Disposition

other