Mejia v. Aragona

• Court: District Court, D. Nevada
• Decided: January 10, 2025
• Docket: 2:24-cv-01593
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 5 JAIME MEJIA, 6 Case No. 2:24-cv-01593-JAD-NJK Plaintiff, 7 Order v. 8 [Docket No. 9] RICHARD ARAGONA, et al., 9 Defendants. 10 11 Pending before the Court is the parties’ stipulation to extend discovery deadlines by 90 12 days. Docket No. 9. 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.1 16 Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 609 (9th Cir. 1992). Settlement discussions 17 are a common aspect of federal litigation and it is well-settled that the existence of such discussions 18 is not good cause to modify the scheduling order. Williams v. James River Grp. Inc., 627 F. Supp. 19 3d 1172, 1181 (D. Nev. 2022) (collecting cases). Nonetheless, relief may be afforded in 20 appropriate cases when, inter alia, a firm mediation date is set in the near term, avoiding costs in 21 the interim is likely to foster resolution at the mediation, and resolution at the mediation is likely. 22 See id. at 1181 n.8 23 Here, the parties seek relief based on a mediation scheduled for February 19, 2025. Docket 24 No. 9 at 1. However, the stipulation fails to explain why that circumstance justifies a three-month 25 26 1 The parties’ recitation of discovery completed does not include the dates on which they 27 completed the specific discovery. As a result, the Court cannot make a finding as to whether the parties were diligent through the entire discovery period. Any future stipulation must include these 28 dates. 1} extension of deadlines. Such an extension appears excessive on its face in relation to the circumstance identified. 3 The Court finds that good cause has been established for a 30-day extension of the current 4! deadlines. Accordingly, the stipulation to extend is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. Docket No. 9. The Court ORDERS the parties to file, no later than February 21, 2025, a joint 6] status report regarding the results of the mediation. 7 Deadlines are RESET as follows: 8 e Discovery cutoff: March 26, 2025 9 e Dispositive motions: April 25, 2025 10 e Joint proposed pretrial order: May 26, 2025, or 30 days after resolution of 11 dispositive motions 12 IT IS SO ORDERED. 13 Dated: January 10, 2025 ae. 14 7 xn. Nancy J. Kopps 15 United States h agistrate Judge 6 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28