CA Sportfishing Protection Alliance v. Pacific Bell Telephone Co.

Opinion

ANDREW L. PACKARD (State Bar No. 168690) Email: andrew@packardlawoffices.com WILLIAM N. CARLON (State Bar No. 305739) Email: wncarlon@packardlawoffices.com Law Offices of Andrew L. Packard 245 Kentucky Street, Suite B3 Petaluma, CA 94952 Tel: (707) 782-4060 Fax: (707) 782-4062 [Additional counsel on p. 2]

Attorneys for Plaintiff CALIFORNIA SPORTFISHING

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CALIFORNIA SPORTFISHING Case No: 2:21-cv-00073-JDP

Plaintiff,

v. [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO AMEND

Defendant. Hearing Date: January 25, 2024 Time: 10:00 a.m. Courtroom: 9, 13th Floor Magistrate Judge: Hon. Jeremy D. Peterson

MATTHEW MACLEAR (State Bar No. 209228) Email: mcm@atalawgroup.com JASON FLANDERS (State Bar No. 238007) Email: jrf@atalawgroup.com ERICA A. MAHARG (State Bar No. 279396) Email: eam@atalawgroup.com J. THOMAS BRETT (State Bar No. 315820) Email: jtb@atalawgroup.com AQUA TERRA AERIS LAW GROUP 4030 Martin Luther King Jr Way Oakland, CA 94609 Tel: (415) 568-5200 WILLIAM VERICK (State Bar No. 140972) Email: wverick@igc.org KLAMATH ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER 1125 16th Street, Suite 204 Arcata, CA 95521 Tel: (707) 630-5061; Fax: (707) 630-5064 J. KIRK BOYD (State Bar No. 122759) Email: jkb@drjkb.com LAW OFFICE OF JOHN KIRK BOYD 548 Market St., Suite 1300 San Francisco, CA 94104-5401 Tel: (415) 440-2500 BRIAN ACREE (State Bar No. 202505) Email: brian@brianacree.com LAW OFFICES OF BRIAN ACREE 331 J Street, Suite 200 Sacramento, CA 95814 Tel: (916) 505-6861 Plaintiff California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (“CSPA”) moves to amend the scheduling order under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (“Rule”) 16(b)(4). “Rule 16(b)’s ‘good cause’ standard primarily considers the diligence of the party seeking the amendment.” Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, 975 F.2d 604, 609 (9th Cir. 1992). Having considered the briefing and the parties’ arguments at the hearing on the motion, as well as the parties’ supplemental declarations, I find that CSPA has met the “good cause” standard of Rule 16(b). Accordingly, the Court hereby GRANTS CSPA’s Motion and ORDERS that the Scheduling Order be modified as follows: Notice of subject matter for each expert eport 6/26/2024 7/10/2024 Rebuttal disclosures 8/16/2024 ul Last day to hear motions to compel 9/26/2024 10/18/2024 Last day to hear dispositive motions 12/19/2024

— Dated: _ February 12, 2024 □□ JEREMY D,. PETERSON UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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