PMA Companies v. Genox Transportation, Inc.

Opinion

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10 11 PMA COMPANIES, Case No.: □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ □ 12 Plaintiff, . y ORDER GRANTING JOINT 13)" MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO 14 || GENOX TRANSPORTATION, INC., et. | JOIN ADDITIONAL PARTIES, al., AMEND PLEADINGS, AND FILE 15 ADDITIONAL PLEADINGS 16 Defendants. \7 || APPLIED LNG TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, | !Po¢s: 23> 361 18 Cross-Claimant, 19 || v. 20 || L AIRD TRANSPORTATION, LLC, 1 || GENOX TRANSPORTATION, INC. 22 Cross-Defendants. 23 || ,ppLIED LNG TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, 24 Third Party Plaintiff,| 25 Vv. : 26 || CLEANCOR LNG, LLC, JASON

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1 On May 20, 2021, Plaintiff PMA Companies, Defendant Genox Transportation, Inc., 2 ||Third Party Plaintiff Applied LNG Technologies, LLC and Third Party Defendant 3 ||Cleancor LNG, LLC filed a joint motion for a thirty-day extension of time to join other 4 parties, amend the pleadings, and file additional pleadings. (Doc. 36 at 2.) The parties 5 allege good cause exists to modify the Court’s March 22, 2021 Scheduling Order (Doc. 23) 6 || because Cleancor recently obtained new counsel who are diligently analyzing indemnity 7 |;issues and determining whether new parties should be added. (/d.) Additionally, 8 || Defendant Laird Transportation, LLC has yet to appear. (Id.) 9 | A scheduling order may be modified only upon a showing of good cause and with 10 || the judge’s consent. FED. R. CIV. P. 16(b)(4); see, e.g., Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, 11 975 F.2d 604, 609 (9th Cir. 1992) (stating, “the focus of [the good cause] inquiry is 12 || upon the moving party’s reasons for seeking modification.”). 13 Good cause appearing, the joint motion is GRANTED. IT IS HEREBY 14 |} ORDERED that the Court’s March 22, 2021 Scheduling Order is hereby amended as 15 follows: any motion to joint other parties, to amend the pleadings, or to file additional 16 || pleadings shall be filed by June 21,2021. All other dates in the March 22, 2021 Scheduling 17 || Order remain operative. 18 ITIS SO ORDERED. . 19 || Dated: May 21, 2021 Prbeadeiaaes 21 . HON. RUTH BERMUDEZ MONTENEGRO 29 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 23 . . 24 25 26 ||