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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Product Liability

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROGELIO SANCHEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC.; HOME 

DEPOT U.S.A., INC.; and DOES 1 to 10, 

inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:20-cv-00365-DAD-BAM

ORDER REGARDING THIRD

STIPULATION TO AMEND 

SCHEDULING CONFERENCE ORDER

(Doc. 32)

On November 8, 2021, the parties filed a third stipulation to amend the Scheduling 

Conference Order. (Doc. 32.) The parties request an extension of the discovery and pre-trial 

deadlines in this action because Plaintiff has yet to receive documents defense counsel advised 

would be produced on July 12, 2021. Plaintiff likewise has not responded to written discovery 

propounded by defendants. Defendants report that the discovery delays were caused by “various 

complications associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as health and family issues, 

professional deadlines, and other scheduling issues experienced by defense counsel—which have 

been resolved.” (Id. at ¶ 6.) Accordingly, the parties stipulate and request that the Court continue 

the pretrial dates and deadlines in this matter, including the non-expert discovery deadline, which 

expired on October 4, 2021. 

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Requests for Court-approved extensions brought on or after the required deadline are 

looked upon with disfavor. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 6; L. R. 144(d). In this instance, the parties fail to 

adequately explain why they were unable to seek the requested modification prior to expiration of 

the non-expert discovery deadline. They also have failed to identify when Defendants’ discovery 

delays were resolved. Nevertheless, because the parties have been unable to complete non-expert 

discovery, the Court finds cause to grant the requested modification. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4) (“A 

schedule may be modified only for good cause and with the judge’s consent.”). Accordingly, the 

Scheduling Conference Order is MODIFIED as follows:

Non-expert Discovery Cutoff: January 4, 2022

Expert Disclosure: February 8, 2022

Supplemental Expert Disclosure: March 21, 2022

Pretrial Motion Filing Deadline: June 21, 2022 

The parties’ proposal to continue the Pretrial Conference to October 29, 2022, is not 

compatible with the Court’s calendar. The date selected is a Saturday. Accordingly, the 

Scheduling Conference Order is FURTHER MODIFIED as follows:

Pretrial Conference: October 31, 2022

1:30 p.m.

Courtroom 5 (DAD)

The parties are cautioned that further modifications of the Scheduling Conference Order 

will not be granted absent a demonstrated showing of good cause. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 9, 2021 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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