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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Employment Discrimination

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DUKES, ET AL.,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

WAL-MART STORES, INC.,

Defendant. /

No. C 01-2252 CRB

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

EXTENSION

Plaintiffs ask that this Court grant them an additional six months to file their motion

for class certification. See dkt. 867. Wal-Mart opposes the request. See dkt. 874. 

Extensions may be granted “for good cause,” Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b)(1)(A), which the Court

finds absent here. The Court initially made the motion due January 11 2013, see dkt. 812 at

14, and then approved the parties’ stipulation extending the deadline an additional three

months to April 11, 2013, see dkt. 833. 

Extensive discovery had already been completed while this case proceeded as a

nationwide class action, Seligman Decl., dkt. 761 ¶ 3, and the current discovery period

presented a limited opportunity to supplement that record–not to start from scratch. Plaintiffs

say discovery disputes have hampered their progress, but every party has to prioritize and

tailor its discovery efforts in light of court-imposed deadlines and the time it takes to resolve

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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formal disputes, which the Court has demonstrated its willingness to address promptly. E.g.,

dkts. 872, 863, 837. Having already granted a three-month extension, the Court finds no

good cause for further extension.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 18, 2013 

CHARLES R. BREYER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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