Sedgh v. Costco Wholesale Corporation

• Court: District Court, D. Nevada
• Decided: March 26, 2025
• Docket: 2:24-cv-02303
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 5 FLORENCE SEDGH, 6 Case No.: 2:24-cv-02303-RFB-NJK Plaintiff, 7 Order v. 8 [Docket No. 18] COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION, 9 Defendant. 10 11 Pending before the Court is the parties’ stipulation to extend discovery deadlines for 60 12 days. Docket No. 18. 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 January 13, 2025. Docket No. 14. The parties have conducted little 27 affirmative discovery. Docket No. 18 at 2-3. 28 1 Nonetheless, as a one-time courtesy, the Court will allow the extension. The parties must 2|| diligently conduct discovery. 3 Accordingly, the stipulation to extend is GRANTED. Docket No. 18. 4 Deadlines are RESET as follows: 5 e Initial expert: June 9, 2025 6 e Rebuttal expert: July 11, 2025 7 e Discovery cutoff: August 8, 2025 8 e Dispositive motions: September 8, 2025 9 e Joint proposed pretrial order: October 13, 2025, 30 days after resolution of 10 dispositive motions, or further order of the Court 11 Any future request to extend discovery deadlines must include a robust showing of 12} diligence. 13 IT IS SO ORDERED. 14 Dated: March 26, 2025 Nancy JoK&ppe | 16 United Si ates\Magistrate Judge 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28