Alcantara v. Archambeault

Opinion

ADRIAN RODRIGUEZ ALCANTARA, Case No.: 3:20cv756-DMS-AHG et al., ORDER GRANTING JOINT Plaintiff-Petitioners, MOTION TO EXTEND DISCOVERY v. DISPUTE DEADLINE

GREGORY J. ARCHAMBEAULT, San [ECF No. 154] Diego Field Office Director, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, et al., Defendant-Respondents. By joint motion, Plaintiffs request an extension of the January 21, 2020 deadline to raise discovery disputes with the Court arising from Federal Defendants’ December 7, 2020 discovery responses to Plaintiffs’ first sets of Interrogatories and Requests for Production. ECF No. 154. Specifically, Plaintiffs ask that the deadline be continued to March 5, 2021. Id. Under Fed. R. Civ. P 16(b)(4), “[a] schedule may be modified only for good cause and with the judge’s consent.” “Good cause” is a non-rigorous standard that has been construed broadly across procedural and statutory contexts. Ahanchian v. Xenon Pictures, Inc., 624 F.3d 1253, 1259 (9th Cir. 2010). The good cause standard focuses on the diligence of the party seeking to amend the scheduling order and the reasons for seeking modification. Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 609 (9th Cir. 1992). In this case, the parties have not requested any previous extensions. The record before the Court demonstrates that they are meeting and conferring and diligently working together to resolve their discovery disputes. Accordingly, the Court finds good cause to GRANT the request. Plaintiff shall have until March 5, 2021 to raise any discovery disputes as to Federal Defendants’ discovery responses to Plaintiffs’ first sets of Interrogatories and Requests for Production. Dated: January 22, 2021 _ Siow. Xion Honorable Allison H. Goddard United States Magistrate Judge