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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-(Citizenship)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HEIGHT STREET SKILLED CARE, LLC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE 

COMPANY, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:21-cv-01247-JLT-CDB

ORDER ON STIPULATION MODIFYING 

CASE MANAGEMENT DATES

(Doc. 57)

Plaintiff initiated this action with the filing of a complaint against Defendants in state court. 

Defendant Liberty Mutual Insurance Company removed the action to this court on August 16, 

2021. (Doc. 1). On November 1, 2023, the Court entered the operative scheduling order setting 

forth all discovery, motion and trial dates. (Doc. 53).

Pending before the Court is the parties’ first stipulated request to amend the scheduling 

order. (Doc. 57). The stipulated request sets out that the parties have diligently conducted 

discovery, but numerous depositions and discovery disputes remain. In addition, the parties are 

actively considering the benefits of a settlement conference and would benefit from additional 

time to facilitate their decision. Id. Finally, the parties note that the requested extensions would 

not impact the presently scheduled dispositive motion filing and trial dates.

The Court finds good cause to grant the requested extensions with three caveats. First, as 

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the Court expressed during the recent mid-discovery status conference (Doc. 56), because the 

parties’ request for relief is due in part to their anticipation of discovery disputes, they are directed 

to pursue the Court’s informal discovery dispute resolution procedures and to timely present 

unresolved discovery disputes before the close of non-expert discovery. Second, the parties are 

directed to efficiently manage both discovery and their desire to pursue settlement options within 

the expanded timeframe for discovery granted herein. Finally, the parties are directed to review 

the scheduling order which, among other things, sets forth that stipulations seeking extensions of 

case management dates must be accompanied by affidavits or declarations establishing good 

cause for granting the relief requested. (Doc. 53 at 7-8). No further requests for modification of 

case management dates will be considered by the Court unless the parties comply with this 

provision.

Conclusion and Order

For the forgoing reasons and for good cause appearing, the scheduling order (Doc. 53) is 

modified to the extent of establishing new deadlines as follows:

1. Fact Discovery Cut-Off is extended from June 28, 2024, to November 8, 2024.

2. Expert Disclosures are extended from July 12, 2024, to September 27, 2024.

3. Rebuttal Expert Disclosures are extended from August 12, 2024, to October 18, 2024.

4. Expert Discovery Cut-Off is extended from September 9, 2024, to November 8, 2024.

5. Non-Dispositive Motion filing deadline is extended from September 20, 2024, to 

October 18, 2024.

6. Non-Dispositive Motion hearing deadline is extended from October 18, 2024, to 

November 15, 2024.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 26, 2024 ___________________ _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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