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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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For the Northern District of California

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NOT FOR CITATION

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

PLATO.C.LLC and UNITED REVENUE

SERVICES, INC.,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

CITY OF SAN JOSE, APPEALS HEARING

BOARD OF THE CITY OF SAN JOSE,

Defendants.

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No. C05-01682 HRL

ORDER RE PARTIES’ STIPULATED

REQUEST TO MODIFY SCHEDULING

ORDER

On February 6, 2007, the parties filed a stipulation, jointly requesting that this court reset case management deadlines and trial. Under this court’s June 13, 2006 Case Management

Order, fact discovery closed over a month ago, and the deadline for filing any dispositive

motions lapsed on January 23, 2007. This court has the power to relieve a party of an expired

time limit for performing an act upon a showing of excusable neglect. FED.R.CIV.P. 6(b). 

Here, however, it appears that the parties have not been diligent in pursuing the case within the

timeframe established by the court. The parties should not assume they can casually ignore

deadlines, presuming the court will accommodate their plea for more time.

Nevertheless, the papers presented indicate that both sides are ill-prepared to proceed

with dispositive motions or trial under the current case schedule, and the parties apparently

*ORDER E-FILED 02/12/2007*

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agree that this action will be resolved on summary judgment. Accordingly, the parties’ request

is GRANTED AS FOLLOWS:

Fact Discovery Cutoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 1, 2007

Last Day for Hearing on Dispositive Motions . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 5, 2007, 10:00 a.m.

Final Pretrial Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 10, 2007, 1:30 p.m.

Start of jury trial (estimated 3 days) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 16, 2007

This court is not inclined to grant any further continuances or extensions in this matter.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: _______________________________

HOWARD R. LLOYD

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

February 12, 2007

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5:05-cv-1682 Notice will be electronically mailed to: 

Clifford S. Greenberg cao.main@ci.sj.ca.us 

Marc G. Hynes mhynes@netgate.net 

George Rios george.rios@ci.sj.ca.us 

Counsel are responsible for distributing copies of this document to co-counsel who

have not registered for e-filing under the court's CM/ECF program.

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