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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity Action

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAE PROPERTIES, INC., a California 

corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

AMTAX HOLDINGS 2001-XX, LLC, an 

Ohio limited liability company,

Defendant.

Case No.: 19cv2075-JAH-LL

ORDER DENYING JOINT MOTION 

FOR SHORT CONTINUANCE OF 

FACT DISCOVERY DEADLINE

[ECF No. 31]

On March 5, 2020, the parties filed a joint motion asking the Court to grant a short 

continuance of the April 16, 2020 fact discovery deadline to permit Defendant to file a 

discovery-related motion, if necessary, on or after March 25, 2020. ECF No. 31. The parties 

also seem to alternatively ask the Court to allow Defendant to file a discovery-related 

motion on March 25, 2020 or later, and allow any such motion to be heard on or before 

April 30, 2020, notwithstanding the April 16, 2020 fact discovery deadline. Id. at 3–4. The 

parties state that an unforeseen event outside of the parties’ control has delayed the 

production of certain supplemental documents and a privilege log by Plaintiff. See id. at 

2–3. Because the parties are uncertain when the production will be made, they state that

the inability of Plaintiff to complete its production could “interfere with [Defendant’s] 

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ability to have a regularly-noticed discovery motion heard on or before the April 16, 2020 

fact discovery deadline.” Id. at 3. 

The Court fails to find good cause to grant the joint motion to extend fact discovery 

or to allow the filing of a discovery motion on March 25, 2020 or later because it is 

premature. Although discovery motions must be timely as stated in the Civil Chambers 

Rules of the undersigned magistrate judge, sometimes a timely motion will occur after fact 

discovery has ended.1 Such an occurrence will be determined on a case-by-case basis and 

pursuant to the Civil Chambers Rules. Accordingly, the Court DENIES the joint motion

as premature.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 12, 2020

 

1 Civil Chambers Rules states the following: 

Discovery motions must be timely. Any motion related to discovery disputes 

must be filed no later than thirty (30) days after the date upon which the event 

giving rise to the dispute occurred. For oral discovery, the event giving rise to 

the dispute is the completion of the transcript of the relevant portion of the 

deposition. For written discovery, the event giving rise to the discovery 

dispute is the date of service of the response, or the passage of a discovery due 

date without response or production, not the date on which counsel reach an 

impasse in meet and confer efforts.

Civil Chambers Rules of the Honorable Linda Lopez, Section V.C.

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