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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 08:1446 Immigration: Petition for Naturalization Hearing

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PAVEL NIKOLAYCHUK,

Plaintiff,

v.

HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC., a 

corporation; THE HOME DEPOT, a 

corporation; THE HOME DEPOT 

PRODUCT AUTHORITY, LLC, a 

corporation; and DOES 1 THROUGH 

100, Inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. 3:17-cv-02540-W-NLS

ORDER GRANTING IN PART 

AND DENYING IN PART THE 

MOTION TO AMEND 

SCHEDULING ORDER

[ECF No. 22]

Before the Court is the parties’ joint motion to amend the scheduling order to 

permit additional time for expert discovery in light of recent deposition testimony 

raising concerns over the development of arthritis. ECF No. 22. The parties also 

explain they are discussing settlement and desire to avoid unnecessary expert fees if 

possible. Id. The parties request all expert and pretrial deadlines be continued by 21 

days. Id. 

Trial courts “set schedules and establish deadlines to foster the efficient treatment 

and resolution of cases. Those efforts will be successful only if the deadlines are taken 

seriously by the parties.” Wong v. Regents of the Univ. of Calif., 410 F.3d 1052, 1060, 

1062 (9th Cir. 2005). “Courts set such schedules to permit the court and the parties to 

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deal with cases in a thorough and orderly manner, and they must be allowed to enforce 

them, unless there are good reasons not to.” Id. A request to modify the scheduling 

order is governed by Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 16(b)(4) and “may be modified 

only for good cause and with the judge’s consent.” The good cause standard articulated 

in Rule 16 focuses on the diligence of the party seeking to amend the scheduling order, 

and the reasons for seeking modification. Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc. 975 

F.2d 604, 609 (9th Cir. 1992) (“[T]he focus of the inquiry is upon the moving party's 

reasons for seeking modification. ... If that party was not diligent, the inquiry should 

end.”) (citing Gestetner Corp. v. Case Equip. Co., 108 F.R.D. 138, 141 (D.Me.1985)). 

The district court may amend the scheduling order if it “cannot be met despite the 

diligence of the party seeking the extension.” Id. (citing Fed. R. Civ. P. 16 Advisory 

Committee Notes).

The court finds good cause to GRANT IN PART the parties’ request to permit 

some time for settlement discussions in advance of expert discovery. However, the 

court will not alter the pre-trial motion filing date, or any subsequent pre-trial deadlines. 

The pretrial motion deadline ensures there is adequate time to address any substantive 

motion filed by the parties in advance of the pre-trial conference. The parties have not 

presented sufficient good cause to alter either the motion filing or pre-trial conference 

dates, and so the court will modify only the expert discovery dates. The parties must 

plan accordingly to complete expert discovery in this timeframe. 

The Scheduling Order is modified as follows:

1. The deadline to comply with the disclosure provisions in Rule 

26(a)(2)(A) and (B) of the Fed. R. Civ. P. is October 19, 2018.

2. Any party shall supplement its disclosure regarding contradictory or 

rebuttal evidence under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(D) and 26(e) by November 9, 2018.

3. Expert discovery shall be completed by all parties by November 30, 

2018.

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4. All other dates and deadlines remain as set in the Scheduling Order, ECF 

No. 15. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 25, 2018

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