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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KAREEM J. HOWELL,

Plaintiff,

v.

N. VERA, I. MEDINA, I. CEBALLOS, 

J.B. FUGATE, J. NAVARRO, A. 

RANDOLPH, C. GIPSON, H. COMPOS,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:22-cv-00277-KES-HBK (PC)

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ 

MOTION TO EXTEND CERTAIN 

DEADLINES IN SCHEDULING ORDER

(Doc. No. 36)

 

Pending before the Court is Defendants’ motion to extend certain deadlines in the Case 

Management Scheduling Order filed November 13, 2024. (Doc. No. 36). Specifically, Defendants 

seek to extend the deadlines to complete discovery, confer regarding settlement, and file dispositive 

motions by sixty (60) days due to Plaintiff’s institutional transfer for a court appearance and 

Plaintiff inability to access his legal documents. (Id. at 2:21-26). Defendants advise that due to 

Plaintiff’s institutional transfer and housing placement he does not have access to legal files; thus, 

he is unable to respond to the propounded discovery and they are unable to take his deposition that 

was noticed for December 4, 2024. (Id. at 2:18-26).

Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b) provides for extending deadlines for good cause shown, if the request 

to extend time is made before the original time, or its extension expires; or, on a motion made after 

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the time has expired, if the party failed to act because of excusable neglect. Additionally, Fed. R. 

Civ. P. 16(b)(4) permits a court to modify a scheduling order for good cause shown and with the 

judge’s consent. The Court finds good cause to grant the proposed extensions. 

Accordingly, it is ORDERED:

1. Defendants’ Motion (Doc. No. 36) is GRANTED as set forth herein.

2. The deadline to complete Non-Expert Discovery is extended to February 21, 

2025. This includes extending the time for Plaintiff to respond to the discovery already 

propounded by Defendants and for Defendants to re-notice and take Plaintiff’s deposition. 

3. The Deadline to Confer with Plaintiff re: Settlement and file a Settlement Report is 

extended to March 12, 2025.

4. The deadline for the Parties to file Dispositive Motions is extended to May 20, 

2025.

5. The remaining procedures and deadlines set forth in the March 18, 2024 Case 

Management and Scheduling Order (Doc. No. 28) otherwise shall govern this action. 

Dated: November 15, 2024 

HELENA M. BARCH-KUCHTA

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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