Cortes-Reyes v. Carrasco

Opinion

1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 5 MARIA DEL CARMEN CORTES-REYES, 6 Case No.: 2:25-cv-00323-GMN-NJK Plaintiff, 7 Order v. 8 [Docket No. 13] ENRIQUE HERRERA CARRASCO, et al., 9 Defendants. 10 11 Pending before the Court is the parties’ stipulation to extend discovery deadlines for 90 12 days. Docket No. 13. 13 A request to extend unexpired deadlines in the scheduling order must be premised on a 14 showing of good cause. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4); Local Rule 26-3. The good cause analysis turns 15 on whether the subject deadlines cannot reasonably be met despite the exercise of diligence. 16 Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 609 (9th Cir. 1992). “The diligence 17 obligation is ongoing.” Morgal v. Maricopa Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors, 284 F.R.D. 452, 460 (D. 18 Ariz. 2012). The showing of diligence is measured by the conduct displayed throughout the 19 entire period of time already allowed. See Muniz v. United Parcel Serv., Inc., 731 F.Supp.2d 961, 20 967 (N. D. Cal. 2010) (quoting Jackson v. Laureate, Inc., 186 F.R.D. 605, 607 (E. D. Cal. 1999)). 21 That a request is jointly submitted “neither mandates allowance of the extension sought nor 22 exempts parties from making the necessary showings to justify that relief. Failure to provide such 23 showings may result in denial of a stipulated request to extend the case management deadlines.” 24 Williams v. James River Grp. Inc., 627 F. Supp. 3d 1172, 1178 (D. Nev. 2022) 25 Here, the parties have failed to demonstrate diligence. The Court issued the scheduling 26 order in this case on March 31, 2025. Docket No. 10. The parties have conducted little affirmative 27 discovery. Docket No. 13 at 2. 28 ] Nonetheless, as a one-time courtesy, the Court will allow a 60-day extension. The parties 2|| must diligently conduct discovery. 3 Accordingly, the stipulation to extend is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. Docket 4 No. 13. 5 Deadlines are RESET as follows: 6 e Amend pleadings: July 28, 2025 7 e Initial expert: August 25, 2025 8 e Rebuttal expert: September 26, 2025 9 e Discovery cutoff: October 24, 2025 10 e Dispositive motions: November 24, 2025 11 e Joint proposed pretrial order: December 23, 2025, 30 days after resolution of 12 dispositive motions, or further order of the Court 13 Any future request to extend discovery deadlines must include a robust showing of 14] diligence. 15 IT IS SO ORDERED. 16 Dated: May 14, 2025 17 #7 RE fo Nancy J Koppe 18 United-States Magistrate Judge 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28