Perez v. Kijakazi
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Opinion
1 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 3 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 4 5 YOLIE PEREZ, 6 Case No. 2:22-cv-02014 -NJK Plaintiff, 7 ORDER V. 8 [Docket No. 20] 9 KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Defendant. 10 ll Pending before the Court is the parties’ stipulation for extension of time to file Plaintiff's 12] reply brief. Docket No. 20. 13 A request to extend a deadline set by the Federal Rules must be supported by a showing of 14], good cause. Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b). Plaintiff seeks a seven-day extension to file her reply brief in 15], support of her motion to remand. Docket No. 20 at 1. Plaintiff submits that this extension is 16], necessary because her counsel needs additional time to research the issues presented because of counsel’s “heavy hearing and briefing schedule.” Jd. at 1-2. “[A]ttesting that an attorney has 18] overloaded his work obligations such that he cannot comply with established deadlines is not only 19] an insufficient basis to modify case management deadlines, it is cause for alarm.” Williams v. 20] James River Grp. Inc, _F.Supp.3d___, 2022 WL 4181415, *4 (D. Nev. 2022) (internal citations 21] omitted). Plaintiffs submission, therefore, cannot constitute good cause to extend the deadline to file her reply brief. However, as a one-time courtesy to Plaintiff, the Court GRANTS the parties’ 23] stipulation for an extension of time to file Plaintiffs brief. Docket No. 20. Plaintiff must file her 24] reply brief no later than May 18, 2023. 25 IT IS SO ORDERED. 26 Dated: May 12, 2023 27 ZS FO Nancy JKoppe 28 United’States Magistrate Judge
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