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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans w/ Disabilities Act (ADA)

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SCOTT JOHNSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

RAYMOND V. CASTELLO, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 18-cv-05337-SVK 

ORDER GRANTING JOINT

STIPULATION TO EXTEND 

MEDIATION DEADLINE

Re: Dkt. No. 21

On January 21, 2020, the parties filed a joint stipulation to extend the mediation deadline 

from September 24, 2019 to March 4, 2020. Dkt. 21. The parties represent that they were 

unavailable to conduct the mediation by the September 24, 2019 deadline due to scheduling 

conflicts. Dkt. 21 at 2. The parties also represent that they have set a mediation hearing for March 

4, 2020 and request that the mediation deadline be extended to and include that date. Id. 

The docket reflects that the mediation was set on two prior occasions – first on December 

19, 2019 and then on January 29, 2020. These entries note that the hearings are “pending Court 

approval of an anticipated stipulation to extend the mediation deadline,” which apparently neither 

party found necessary to file. The Court has admonished Plaintiff’s counsel on numerous 

occasions in other matters that after-the-fact requests for extensions, even if needed to 

accommodate the mediator’s schedule, are not acceptable. Requests for extension must be filed 

within 30 days of the original deadline. 

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With this admonishment and the parties’ failure to follow the Court’s instructions set forth 

in the docket regarding the prior extensions in mind, the parties’ request for an extension to the 

mediation deadline is GRANTED this one time only. There will be no further extensions of the 

mediation deadline to accommodate the parties’ schedules. An extension to accommodate the 

mediator’s schedule will be granted only upon a showing of good cause. 

SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 21, 2020

SUSAN VAN KEULEN

United States Magistrate Judge

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