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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JODEE GARRETT, Sr.,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-06-1904 DFL EFB P

vs.

JAMES WALKER, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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Defendants Rustad, Naramore, Saldana, Cortes, Walker, Minor, Garcia, Moreno, Vance

and Nies move to modify the schedule made February 26, 2007. They request more time to

respond to discovery requests plaintiff served on March 26, 2007.

A schedule may be modified upon a showing of good cause. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b). Good

cause exists when the moving party demonstrates he cannot meet the deadline despite exercising

due diligence. Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 609 (9th Cir. 1992). 

Pursuant to the scheduling order discovery closed May 14, 2007. Defendants assert that plaintiff

served each defendant with requests for admissions, interrogatories and requests for production

of documents. They cannot timely respond because counsel repeatedly has been out of the office

for the last six weeks working on other cases. Furthermore, counsel has not been able to reach

two defendants to complete and verify their responses because they have been on vacation. 

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The court finds that the time for defendants to respond to the discovery requests served

March 26, 2007, should be extended and the schedule modified accordingly. Therefore,

defendants have 10 days from the date this order is signed to serve responses to those requests. 

The February 26, 2007, schedule otherwise remains in force.

So ordered. 

Dated: May 21, 2007.

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