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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL GAREDAKIS, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

BRENTWOOD UNION SCHOOL 

DISTRICT, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-04799-PJH (DMR)

ORDER DENYING DISCOVERY 

LETTERS AS UNTIMELY

Re: Dkt. Nos. 155, 156, 157, 158

The parties filed four joint discovery letters on February 22, 2016. Docket Nos. 155, 156, 

157, 158. The court denies all four letters as untimely. 

The Hon. Phyllis J. Hamilton set a January 15, 2016 deadline for completion of fact 

discovery. Docket No. 75. The parties filed a stipulated request to extend the fact discovery 

cutoff to February 15, 2016. Docket No. 121. Chief Judge Hamilton explicitly denied this 

request, (Docket No. 122), but stated that the parties were free to come to any arrangement that 

they wished among themselves with regard to deadlines for fact and expert discovery. Id. 

Under Civil Local Rule 37-3, no motions to compel may be filed more than seven days 

after the fact discovery cut-off. Discovery requests that call for responses or depositions after the 

applicable discovery cut-off are not enforceable, except by order of the Court for good cause 

shown. Civil L.R. 37-3. 

The fact discovery motion deadline has long come and gone. By entering into an 

agreement to extend discovery beyond the deadline set by the court, the parties assumed the risk 

that late discovery would be unenforceable. Having consulted with Chief Judge Hamilton, the 

undersigned finds no good cause to extend the January 22, 2016 fact discovery motion deadline. 

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The parties’ discovery letters filed on February 22, 2016 are therefore denied as untimely. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 23, 2016

______________________________________

Donna M. Ryu

United States Magistrate Judge

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