Tiev v. The Standard Fire Insurance Company

Opinion

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3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 MALYNA TIEV and JAMES NORRIS, CASE NO. 2:23-cv-950 8 Plaintiffs, MINUTE ORDER EXTENDING THE 9 EXPERT DISCOVERY DEADLINE v. 10 THE STANDARD FIRE INSURANCE 11 COMPANY, Defendant. 12 13 The following Minute Order is made by direction of the Court, the Honorable 14 Jamal N. Whitehead, United States District Judge: 15 On October 31, 2023, Defendant The Standard Fire Insurance Company 16 (“Standard Fire”) moved to continue the expert disclosure deadline by 60 days 17 under LCR 16(b)(6) to allow more time for Dr. Patrick N. Bays to prepare an expert 18 report. Dkt. No. 15. Plaintiffs do not oppose an extension. Dkt. No. 16. 19 The Court may modify a scheduling order if a party demonstrates “good 20 cause.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4). The good cause standard focuses mainly on “the 21 diligence of the party seeking the” modification. Johnson v. Mammoth Recs., Inc., 22 975 F.2d 604,609 (9th Cir. 1992). 23 1 The Court finds that good cause exists for Standard Fire’s request. This 2 extension is necessary due to the parties ongoing negotiations about the scope and

3 timing of Standard Fire’s independent medical examination of Plaintiff Malyna. 4 The Court GRANTS Defendant’s motion. Dkt. No. 15. Defendant has until 5 December 30, 2023, to produce Dr. Patrick N. Bays’s Rule 26 expert report. 6 Plaintiff’s rebuttal expert report, if any, is due 30 days later. 7 Dated this 22nd day of November 2023. 8 Ravi Subramanian Clerk 9 /s/ Kathleen Albert 10 Deputy Clerk 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23